ARTE FIERA BOLOGNA 2022

2022

Arte Fiera, Bologna

1/9 - Somnium, Bologna, 2022 – Photograph by Numero Cromatico

2/9 - Somnium, Bologna, 2022 – Photograph by Numero Cromatico

3/9 - Somnium, Bologna, 2022 – Photograph by Numero Cromatico

4/9 - Somnium, Bologna, 2022 – Photograph by Numero Cromatico

5/9 - Somnium, Bologna, 2022 – Photograph by Numero Cromatico

6/9 - Somnium, Bologna, 2022 – Photograph by Numero Cromatico

7/9 - Somnium, Bologna, 2022 – Photograph by Numero Cromatico

8/9 - Somnium, Bologna, 2022 – Photograph by Numero Cromatico

9/9 - Somnium, Bologna, 2022 – Photograph by Numero Cromatico

LOCATION — Arte Fiera, Bologna

DATE — May 13–15, 2022

CURATED BY —
Untitled Association

Press kit

Limited edition prints

On the occasion of the 45th edition of Arte Fiera Bologna, Numero Cromatico presented Somnium, a project curated by Untitled Association.

Numero Cromatico proposed to the public and experts a true collective oneiric performance. From the very first day, a device for triggering oneiric activity was distributed to the public. It comes in the shape of a package with precise instructions to be followed before falling asleep – a means for stimulating oneiric activity and recalling its contents upon awakening.

Hundreds of devices were distributed each day, and the public’s task was to use them the same night and, upon waking up, send the transcript of the contents and/or feelings of their dream.

Over the course of the three days of the fair, the dreams were exhibited on the walls of the booth, creating an installation piece, from which similarities and differences across participants’ oneiric contents emerged. The texts also formed both an archive and an anthology of tales that will be collected in a digital edition available online.

The project is supported by the Italian Council (10th edition, 2021) program – Directorate General for Contemporary Creativity of the Italian Ministry of Culture.