ROMANCE

October 23, 2012
RESIDENCY UNLIMITED, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK

Materials: black suit, paper masks, projector

Duration: 30 min

Patrons: New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo; The New York State Legislature

Special thanks to: S.E.A. ; cura.books

March 12, 2013
ITALIAN INSTITUTE OF CULTURE, NEW YORK

​Materials: black suit, paper masks, projector

Duration: 6.33 min

Patrons: Italian Cultural Institute of New York

Courtesy: the artist; Furini Arte Contemporanea, Rome; Barbara Davis Gallery, Houston, Texas, USA; AMC Collezione Coppola

Special thanks to: S.E.A.; cura.books; Art Consulting; Arte 2000 Collection for the performance in Residency Unlimited: Sara Schifano, Boshko Boskovic, Nathalie Anglès, Fabio Troisi, Antonio Stellatelli, Romano Ravasio, Marina Pizziolo

Photo: Sebastien Sanz de Santamaria, Filippo Bordin

The performance is based on the artist's book Romance published by cura.books, MoMA Museum of Modern Art Library Collection, New York

The artist has drawn the book Romance formed of 5000 marks that represent an infinite flux of words and images. He is motionless on the stage, and each mark is projected on the mask he is wearing, as if the whole story of his life were passing before him.