Chiralità

The performance was an interaction with the artworks of Oppy De Bernardo and Aldo Mozzini in the “Sotterranei dell’arte”, on Monte Carasso, Bellinzona. The performance was part of a larger event, a workshop with presentations and discussions starting from questions about time and space, inspired by Oppy’s and Aldo’s work. The participants were Alessandro Castiglioni, Ermanno Cristini, Simone Frangi, Marzia Rossi and Lidia Sanvito. In her intervention, Barbara Fässler pushed herself in Aldo’s wooden boat from one side to the other in the underground space and layed 100 colored paper boats by and by in the water. The paper boats contain feminine adjectives written in a reversed direction, which can be read correctly mirrored in the water.

These are the written adjectives:
specchiata
riflessa
pensata
rinfrescata
azzurra
blu
celeste
turchese
mentale
traghettata
liquida
liquidata
lavata
depurata
purificata
soffocata
decostruita
ambigua
narcisistica
profonda
strozzata
futile
leggera
scivolata
passata
mediata
precipitata
affogata
annegata
allagata
vista
persa
riconosciuta
nuotata
combattuta
caduta
oscura
infernale
ammirata
angosciata
sepolta
viandante
errante
sfuggente
precaria
incerta
difficile
impoverita
confrontata
offuscata
sparita
cancellata
confusa
bella
bruta
spaventosa
ridicola
umiliata
distrutta
cupa
depressa
buia
stretta
cieca
sorda
muta
abbruttita
doppia
divisa
gemellata
slegata
confrontata
odiata
corrosa
inutile
violenta
paurosa
licenziata
elusiva
inafferrabile
incomprensibile
inondata
pesante
ineffabile
speculare
umida
marina
bagnata
replicata
reticente
dialettica
antitetica
contraria
opposta
sovversiva
paradossale
contraddittoria
fallita
corrotta