TIn the intimate and moving spaces of the Chiostro del Carmine in Bergamo it runs until May 28 Noise in moodhis first solo exhibition Beatrice Sancinelli, television director and writer. A series of audio-visual installations that repeat some of the emotions the artist felt during the pandemic years, to experience and feel them first-hand through a tactile technological vest
It all starts with a heartbeat. Pulsating, vibrating through the oscillators of the haptic vest with which you visit the exhibition. This is the central theme of Beatrice Sancinelli’s first solo exhibition: the sound of thoughts, feelings, fears. What noise does our state of mind make? A thundering noise even if we are used to muting it. In an increasingly numbed world, it can be hard to hear your pain. This is where it starts Mood noiseexhibition work curated by “art sharer” Maria Vittoria Baravelli That until May 28 it will allow you to immerse yourself in his emotional journey Beatrice Sancinelli, artist, director and television writer.
The exhibition consists of nine audiovisual works unfolding through the dark rooms, lit only by candles, of the sixteenth-century former monastery The monastery of Carmine in Bergamousually closed to the public.
A multi-stage journey consisting of sharp short films where the dancer and performer Emanuele Algeri directs the emotions felt by the artist in the first months of the pandemic, when, in a white room colored by anxiety and hopes, he saw the events of his city, Bergamo. “The idea for this exhibition was born in March 2020, precisely from a dialogue with Emanuele, a love that is difficult to define, a soulmate. During the seclusion he told me he was dancing in his room, while in my room I thought I was thinking about what we were going through. Mood noise it was born out of the pandemic but it doesn’t talk about it, it’s a personal journey, an emotional exchange with the people who come here,” he says. Beatrice Sancinelli27 years old and with professional experience gained between the United States and Italy in the field of film and video production.
An intimate experience, the one narrated by Rumore dell’umore, designed to become collective, universal
What makes this possible is also an unprecedented use of exposure thanks to Waistcoat 3tactile technological vest produced by the American company Woojer which is worn at the entrance to the exhibition space. A device born as accessories for gamers which allows you to perceive sounds throughout the body, in a multi-sensory physical engagement where perceptions are enhanced.
Fully comprehensive, the report It can therefore be enjoyed by blind and deaf people: Entry is allowed in groups of ten visitors at a time and each is equipped with headphones and a jacket Waistcoat 3, debuting art from the world of gaming. “I have lived a long time in America and during the pandemic I often talked to some of my friends who still live there. One day a gamer friend of mine was wearing this jacket: I was immediately intrigued and thought it could be perfect for this project. This technology is well known abroad, but it had never reached Italy. So I contacted Woojer and they immediately believed in my project, becoming my first sponsors. I am the first to bring this technology to Italy,” continues the artist.
Acting almost as a second chest, the jacket allows you to “feel” the emotions described in the nine videos of the exhibition – Beginning, Chaos, Restlessness, Absence, Hope, Euphoria, Exhaustion, Coexistence, Oblivion – in addition to the audio experience developed by the composer Nikola Gualandris.
A technological innovation, that of Vest3, which is made to move in the historic context of the Chiostro del Carmine of Bergamo, this year, together with Brescia, Italian Capital of Culture 2023: “I grew up in Città Alta in Bergamo, yet I did not know this place until, in the fall of 2021, I found this door open for the first time. I crossed the threshold and was enchanted by this magical courtyard. My curiosity always leads me to discover wonderful things. It was like I had come full circle. I had the space for my exhibition,” he continues.
And it’s a bit of a tribute to the city of Bergamo Mood noise, a ballad that faces his pain to finally say goodbye and move on: “Yes, this project is a tribute to my city but also to my grandfather, who was hospitalized in intensive care in 2020, right at the beginning of the pandemic. At his age of 80, survival was far from certain. Mood noise it celebrates our power from Bergamo”, concludes the artist.