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The group exhibition Con lo zucchero in bocca (With Sugar in One’s Mouth) explores the relationship between resource extraction and sweetness. The project is inspired by the villa that now houses the Istituto Svizzero in Rome, formerly owned by Carolina Maraini-Sommaruga and Emilio Maraini, a Ticino pioneer of the beet sugar industry. Taking sugar and the history of its production as a starting point, the exhibition addresses the imagery associated with the exploitation of resources, exposing how notions of sweetness, romance and desire often contribute to softening narratives of domestication and conquest.
The exhibition presents both new and existing works by artists working with sculpture, painting, installation and film. Through historical accounts, autobiography, or fiction, the protagonists of these works grapple with the human-constructed concept of nature, questioning the narrative strategies concealing the exploitation of animals, resources, land, and...More
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The group exhibition Con lo zucchero in bocca (With Sugar in One’s Mouth) explores the relationship between resource extraction and sweetness. The project is inspired by the villa that now houses the Istituto Svizzero in Rome, formerly owned by Carolina Maraini-Sommaruga and Emilio Maraini, a Ticino pioneer of the beet sugar industry. Taking sugar and the history of its production as a starting point, the exhibition addresses the imagery associated with the exploitation of resources, exposing how notions of sweetness, romance and desire often contribute to softening narratives of domestication and conquest.
The exhibition presents both new and existing works by artists working with sculpture, painting, installation and film. Through historical accounts, autobiography, or fiction, the protagonists of these works grapple with the human-constructed concept of nature, questioning the narrative strategies concealing the exploitation of animals, resources, land, and...More
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