​È Utopia, La Realtà, È Rivelazione

phosphorescent varnish, fluorescent letters, iron, timer, halogen, lamp, Wood’s lamp

Gilberto Zorio proposes a singular perspective on the question of utopia. The installation, consisting of partly fluorescent letters on a metal bar lit by two different types of lights, is reminiscent of the visual minimalist characteristic of Arte Povera. While the three terms ‘utopia’, ‘reality’ and ‘revelation’ are continuously lit by spot lights, halogen lights are turned on and off at regular intervals, revealing a fluorescent inscription: ‘it’s utopia, reality is revelation’. It is the reality, taken in its richness and simplicity, which may reveal itself as the source of epiphany, or even the utopia. Here, we find the most affirmative voice in the whole exhibition. It suggests that sometimes the answers should be sought in the ordinary and the mundane, because ultimately that is where everything begins and ends.