The room
was a try to present the fundamental elements and patterns of a ritual in a contemporary time/frame. Use them to host a performance. The performance/ritual was designed in order to convey and rise a question into the visitor, towards the next solution, in a provocative way. The main reflection was about how we “use” our time [important element also to set in a ritual].
Establishing one-to-one relation/connection with the visitors the book given to the participants engages them in a fictional diet to end the ritual back home. After one week, the book revealed the final provocation of the artist with the help of the 8 images present in Ritualibrum.
As the whole experience is focused on the meaning of Time, the main elements worked to bring it into the participants. HOW?
The main question of each participant is still secret to Giacomo. Because through the experience the participants had the chance to find their own solution with the provocative guiding of the artist. If not yet, he wants to share with them the process of reaching solutions, the importance of keeping questioning and setting a time/frame for the purpose.
- “Do you have a question without a solution that you wanna carry into the ritual?”
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-“How many minutes, of an hour, do you want to buy, of your time?”
The way Giacomo recreates the ambient, the use of the objects and most of all the iconological/visual aspect of it, moves the equilibrium [which was part of the setting]. The fascination is developing an experience to re-open connections and feel the energy of the explorer.