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preface
THE CONTINUITY OF BECOMING this journey, we need bridges. And Art is one
of these: it allows us to get to the other side, it
In an era such as our own, where we are leads us back to a situation which is in any case
constantly faced with infinite transitions, we consubstantial with man. A situation in which
are often tempted to wonder if it isn’t possible thought begins once again to logically restruc-
to codify the different phenomenologies of con- ture a new grammar and language. New in the
temporary art in a sort of cinematic ritual that sense of re-found.
would make it comprehensible in its totality, in
its unitary globality. All contemporary art, in fact, is nothing other
If we start with the concept that all art (and than a reflection of the idea or philosophy of a
not only art) is matter, then it is only natural transversal, complex and at times even incom-
to reflect on whether it is right to bring matter prehensible (if superficially interrogated) cul-
back to a level that transmits pure energy. All tural era. This is why it seems ever more willing
this derives from the fact that, alongside the to provide innovative spatial dimensions, new
external world, there is also an interior world. temporal dynamics. It attempts to represent the
As there are always two sides to every coin, we interior world of man. It simulates the feelings,
would therefore have find the right, but certain, sensations, emotions that he would be expe-
balance. And man, dealing with art, has, as it riencing if he were faced with his own thoughts
were, the possibility to re-design his own role, and wanted to completely traverse these
along with his limits and boundaries. thoughts.
The meaning of all this lies in the fact that art,
metaphorically, reveals itself as a travel compa- A work of art is thus the end result of a spe-
nion able to accompany us towards new dimen- cific process – possessing a specific form and
sions of life. It asks us questions about which aesthetic, it serves no purpose except that of
and how many resources we are harbouring, channelling a very specific form of energy. It is
about what we are able to mobilise in order to always a sort of communicative performance.
reach new horizons. If we want to undertake It allows man to plumb his own conscience and
