ROOMS 2 AND 3 – IN THE HALL AND IN THE PORCH
The theme of failure becomes metaphorical in works such as Sulla retta via (On the right path) (2014) of Filippo Berta. The latter work presents a group trying to walk in single file, following the transient border between earth and sea defined by the waves. It is a line that is continuously broken up, thus highlighting the impossibility of man finding a balance between primitive emotional-bestial nature and the rationality necessary for being part of society.
Christian Fogarolli, retracing the relationship between art and scientific disciplines, investigates the fine boundary between normality and deviance, as well as the arbitrary character of the relative categorisations. This is particularly evident in the work Misura di prevenzione (Preventative measure) (2017), an installation that resembles a water level, a device that has been used since ancient times, utilising it to depict the concept of chemical imbalance, today considered at the root of many mental disorders.
