AANT takes part in the exhibition “E nel futuro…”, on view from February 6 to 22 at the Triennale di Milano, through the direct involvement of its students in the realization of the light-based and interactive installation by Alex Braga, member of the GeniaLAB Scientific Committee. The project confirms the role of the Rome-based Academy as a space for advanced education, experimentation, and dialogue between visual arts, digital technologies, and contemporary research.
Curated by Gabriele Simongini and promoted by Enel, the exhibition brings together three key figures in the history of light as an artistic language, Giacomo Balla, Fernando Jacopozzi, and Alex Braga, within an immersive journey that spans the twentieth century and reaches today’s most current artistic practices. “E nel futuro…” offers a contemporary reinterpretation of the Futurist legacy, in which light becomes a tool for engaging with space, the body, and perception. The exhibition path opens with a digital reinvention of Giacomo Balla’s historic stage design for “Feu d’artifice” (1917), animated by Alex Braga, and continues with a visual evocation of the work of Fernando Jacopozzi, a pioneer of urban lighting and a central figure in the transformation of Paris into the Ville Lumière. The exhibition weaves together historical memory, technological innovation, and a forward-looking vision, highlighting light as both artistic material and symbolic medium.
At the core of the exhibition is Alex Braga’s interactive installation “Automatic Impermanence”, an immersive dark room in which the audience is engaged in a sensory and perceptual experience—a metaphorical journey that brings together technology, artificial intelligence, and introspection. The work reflects on themes of identity, transformation, and impermanence, placing the relationship between human beings and digital systems at its center.
Within this high-profile cultural context, AANT promoted a project-based farm that enabled students from its undergraduate programs to actively collaborate in the realization of Alex Braga’s light installation, gaining hands-on experience with contemporary artistic production processes. The students involved in the project are:
- Francesca Laghi
- Adriano Roman
- Gaia Piersanti
- Jacopo Parodi
- Aurora Conte
- Giorgio Nelson Castellani
- Gaia Mineo Lanza
- Maurizio Matta
- Benedetta Perri
- Lara Lucia Sichetti