In "The Consequences of Vacua" by Stefano Cagol, the idea of emptiness is chosen as possible key to reading of contemporaneity, of our relationship with ideologies and with nature, as common denominator of the exhibited artworks.
The exhibition is composed by three videoinstallations: Stars & Stripes, New Experiments on Vacua, Elektron (of the mind).
In the "Stars & Stripes" series (2002), Cagol created an iconic reinterpretation of such a strong symbol of our era. In an artwork that evokes the current lack of certainty and the change of values and beliefs, a wig waging American flag is shown in a split image that gives rise to new iconic independent forms, stops being a flag and becomes several mutating objects: a fighter, a butterfly, an eagle, a monster ... linking to often opposing meanings.
In the "New Experiments on Vacua" series (2016), Stefano Cagol developed a reflection on our relationship with nature and its resources. In the video work "Lufteleer Raum", part of this series, clumps float enigmatically in the blue sky.
Stefano Cagol, ‘Elektron (of the mind)’, 2017, Adria. HD video, Blu-ray, 8’ 41” looped
Courtesy Canepaneri, Milan