Daniela Cotimbo
Re:Humanism
WITH — Franco “Bifo” Berardi
Don’t You Forget About Me is a project by Numero Cromatico for Sala Santa Rita curated by Daniela Cotimbo, in collaboration with Re:Humanism, and winner of the prize Sala Santa Rita Contemporanea promoted by Azienda Speciale PalaExpo.
The exhibition stems from the artist’s investigation into the mechanisms of perception and their stimulation through artistic devices. To do so, Numero Cromatico uses artificial intelligence to help in the creation of epitaphs. The texts generated are addressed to the audience, in an attempt to make them question their perceptions, memories and their role on the Earth. The installation is made up of three hand-sawn banners that recall the large altarpieces typically found in religious architecture, yet they renounce iconography in favour of colour and text. Don’t You Forget About Me features the voice of Italian philosopher Franco “Bifo” Berardi reading out a selection of the epitaphs generated with the help of AI, shrouding the viewers into an intense dimension while also strengthening the relationship with the artwork itself.