Invernomuto
Invernomuto is the name of the artistic personality founded in 2003 by Simone Bertuzzi (Piacenza, 1983) and Simone Trabucchi (Piacenza, 1982; they live and work in Milan). Invernomuto is the author of a series of temporally and spatially structured research projects, from which cycles of interconnected works are derived. On a common theoretical basis, Invernomuto tends to think openly and rhizomatically, developing various results that take the form of moving images, sounds, performative actions and publishing projects, within a practice defined by the use of different media that is as diffuse as it is precise. Reality is observed according to documentary principles and interests, but with the aim of creating an imaginative and almost abstract representation that offers a wide scope for reflection and critical questioning.
In particular, Invernomuto explores subcultural universes that move through different practices in which the vernacular is a way of approaching and appreciating oral cultures and contemporary mythologies, observed with a gaze that strives to cross-fertilize and renew each other. The declared inauthenticity of some of the materials used plays a fundamental role in this process, emphasizing not only the real, but also the fictional and distorted character of the realities explored by Invernomuto. Both artists are also developing their own lines of research with the music projects Palm Wine and STILL.
Recent exhibitions include Liste 2023, Basel; MAXXI, Rome; OGR, Turin; Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz; MACRO, Rome. They have recently published "VERNASCACADABRA" (Xong Collection, 2023) and "Black Med" (Humboldt Books, 2022). In 2021 they have participated in the Liverpool Biennial 2021, the 58th October Salon- Belgrade Biennial 2021 and Pompeii Commitment, Pompei. Solo exhibitions include Sismógrafo, Porto (2022); VOID Gallery, Londonderry (2022); The Green Parrot, Barcelona (2021); Auto Italia, London (2020); Galleria Nazionale, Rome (2019); NN Contemporary Art, Northampton (2019); Pinksummer, Genoa (2019); Artspeak, Vancouver (2015); Marsèlleria, Milan (2014) and ar/ge kunst, Bolzano (2014). Her work has also been exhibited at the 58th Venice Biennale; Tate, London; Manifesta 12, Palermo; Villa Medici, Rome; Alserkal Avenue, Dubai; Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna; Nuit Blanche 2017; Paris, Museion, Bolzano; Kunstverein München, Munich; Bozar, Brussels; FAR°, Nyon; Centre d'Art Contemporain, Geneva; Bétonsalon, Paris; Italian Cultural Institute. Addis Ababa; American Academy in Rome, Rome; PAC, Milan; Vleeshal, Middelburg; Center Pompidou, Paris; Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin; Hangar Bicocca, Milan; Netmage 07/09, Bologna; Premio Furla, Bologna; No Fun Fest 2009, New York; Biennale Architettura 11, Venice.
Invernomuto is represented by Pinksummer, Geneva.
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