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LEONARDO PANIZZA | UTOPIA: CAMPO DI POSSIBILITÀ
Vertikale
Utopia conceives of peace not as a stable state, but as a permanent tension. Drawing on Thomas Mann’s idea of utopia as a necessary horizon—one that loses its power the moment it is reached—the work understands peace as a fragile balance that can only exist through constant decision-making. The installation makes concepts from quantum optics and chaotic light fluids tangible. Microscopic experiments on the interaction between light and matter provide datasets that are transformed into video, sound, and projections. Two projections unfold across climbing crash pads, while central screens display visuals driven directly by scientific data, and a derived soundscape fills the space. Outdoors, two sculptural hands meet. One sentence permeates the installation: As long as you are running, you decide whether to accelerate to beat the person in front of you, or stop to embrace them.
