An exhibition project that combines installation, research and collective participation.
From 8 to 22 June 2025, the spaces of the circle will host in Gorizia Via Rastello 91 “Osmotic process”. It is an exhibition project promoted by the Cultural Association Faces ETs that present themselves as a real laboratory between art, science and community.
The initiative is intended to train a reflection binding And often neglected between people and the environment that surrounds him.
Edited by the artistic duo Enzo and Barbara Together with Vincenzo Alessandria. The project arrives in Gorizia after a first Bolognese stop on the occasion of Kunststad 25Who entails a renewed set and a rich program of public activities.
An interdisciplinary laboratory to reconsider our relationship with water
In the middle of the reflection of “Osmotic process” There is the theme ofwater, Adriting through the filter of art, science and collective participation. The entire project, explanation about the curators, was born to explore “New possible future scenarios” Starting with the current critical problems with regard to water pollution and the limits of purification technologies.
“Osmotic process” It relates to biological, technological, environmental and cultural aspects in an osmotic process that is understood in a broad sense, as an exchange and continuous transformation between seemingly distant elements.
The heart of the exhibition: The work “Purifier 2”
The most important installation is “Purifier 2”Made by Enzo and Barbara in collaboration with the artist and designer Marco Selmin. The work, halfway between sculpture and machine, simulates a continuous and automated treatment system, managed via Arduino. The mechanism transmits a liquid cyclically between two containers, which symbolically reminds a purification cycle.
“Purifier 2” represents an evolution of earlier research and deals The problem of infection From substances such as PFAs, heavy metals, herbicides and microplastics, which often escape from even the most advanced treatments. “The work doubted the boundaries of existing technologies and opens for new intervention views”the artists explain it.
An experience between generative art and biotechnology
The exhibition presents itself as a compelling experience that integrates generative art, biotechnological practices and multimedia installation. The aim is to generate alternative visions that are able to inspire ecological and social transformations through a critical and participatory approach.
“We want to stimulate a critical reflection on the relationship between human organism and the environment”, The curator Vincenzo Alessandria says. “Alternative imaginary capable of orienting ecological and social transformation”.
The program: meetings, workshops and comparison moments
The event calendar starts on 8 June at 6:00 PM, with the official inauguration in the presence of artists and curator. The opening will also be a chance to compare with citizenship about the role of art in the processes of urban and ecological regeneration.
On 9 June he will be dedicated to students from the schools of Gorizia, with educational activities designed to bring young people closer to the themes of the environment, technology and contemporary art.
The dialogue between art and science will come into the heart on 12 June. Simone di Piazza will give a lecture at 10.30 am “Mica-Remediation” and environmental technologies. The workshop will follow at 2.30 p.m. “Organic growthogulation”Edited by Marco Selmin’s basic project, which combines digital simulation and organic growth.
The protagonists: artists, curators and creatives between art and technology
The initiative was born of the synergy between different actors of contemporary artistic panorama. The duo Enzo and Barbara, formed by Riccardo Lodi and Greta Fabrizio, has been active since 2022 and focuses on the relationships between technological innovation, environment and society through works “Site-specific” And compelling installations.
In addition to them there is the project “Basic” by Marco Selmin, dedicated to “Creative coding” And digital design with strong attention to the impact of technologies in cultural contexts.
Vincenzo Alessandria, born in 1995, is a designer and curator. After the formation between Perugia and Venice, he developed a multidisciplinary approach that combines visual art, graphic design and curatorial research, whereby the transformations of human practices are investigated over time and space.
A proposal for an active and conscious citizenship
“Osmotic process” It is aimed at a varied audience: artists, researchers, professionals in the cultural sector, students, institutions and citizens who are interested in understanding how art can become an active tool for change and ecological reflection.
The entire project is promoted by Quicaltrove Ets, a cultural association based in Gorizia that works for Improve the territory van Friuli Venezia Giulia through cultural initiatives that are able to connect tradition and temporality.