SINESTETICA
UMANO DISUMANO
Nov
a synesthetic concept by artist AKIRA ZAKAMOTO
“Umano Disumano” by Akira Zakamoto
30.11.2024 – 30.12.2024
Atelier Montez, Roma
The Human Transition and the Poetics of Mutation
The exhibition comes from Zakamoto’s recent research, which is compiled in the book Umano Disumano (Nulla Die). In this work, the artist explores the shift from the human to beyond, super, sub, or trans-human dimensions. While technology promises a future of harmony and prosperity, the present is filled with contradictions like war, ignorance, and environmental destruction. As a result, nature reacts. Humiliated and oppressed, it rebels by engulfing humanity and its creations.
Works on Display
The exhibition features ten large canvases (up to 220×200 cm), painted in oil and inspired by the poems in the book. The faces of women and flowers appear in these works, both stylized and figurative. They blend symbols and images to tell a story of human transformation and the bond with nature. In addition, the experience goes beyond sight. Essential oils in the paintings release floral fragrances, turning the viewing of the canvases into a multisensory journey.
A Journey Through Poetry and Metaphysics
A video inspired by the book will play on loop during the inauguration. This dreamlike journey guides viewers through uniform cities, connected by dimensional tunnels, into liminal and metaphysical spaces. The video’s soundtrack, matching the visuals, will be a key part of the event. It will either play on loop or be performed live by selected musicians.
The soundtrack, a central element of the project, amplifies the impact of the images through a hypnotic and recursive rhythm.In it emerges a clear homage to the feature film “Umano, non “human” by Mario Schifano, a masterpiece of Italian experimental cinema which, with its recurrent cardiac heartbeat, connected heterogeneous visual fragments. Zakamoto takes up this intuition and reinterprets it using the sound of the heart as a universal symbol and rhythmic archetype, capable to unite apparently alien landscapes and build a sensorial unity that transcends the narrative dimension.(Marcella Magaletti)
artist's biography
Luca Motolese
Luca Motolese, also known as Akira Zakamoto, was born in Turin in 1974. After studying at IPS Albe Steiner, Université Stendhal in Grenoble, and Dams in Turin, he built a career as an art director and director in advertising and cinema. In 2007, he co-founded Bottega Indaco with Ciro Palumbo and launched Arte Indaco in 2008. Now living between Turin and Milan, he exhibits his work in prominent galleries and museums worldwide.
Vernissage 30.11.2024
On the evening of November 30, 2024, the opening of Umano Disumano will offer a unique experience for all attendees.
The evening will start with a Video Screening, where guests will watch a hypnotic, dreamlike journey that reflects on transformation and the themes of the exhibition.
Following the video, guests will enjoy a Themed Dinner. The meal will feature dishes made with flowers and leaves, celebrating the union of art and nature.
Designed to engage the mind, body, and senses, the event will immerse everyone in a rich and multisensory journey, connecting them with the themes and creative world of the artist.
Dinner Menu:
“Umano Disumano”
vino d’onore
W LA PASSERINA
cocktail
FANTASIA FLOREALE
Apericena
LEAVES AND LIVES
to participate in the dinner, reservations are required
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