© Jorge das Neves

© Jorge das Neves

Elisabetta Benassi

Io vivere vorrei addormentato entro il dolce rumore della vita
[I would like to live asleep within the sweet noise of life], 2022
Morse lamps, tripods, electromagnets, electronic control unit, electric cables
Courtesy of the artist and Magazzino, Rome

Two lamps communicate with each other translating a fictional dialogue between poets Sandro Penna and Pier Paolo Pasolini, a dialogue written by Elisabetta Benassi from poems and texts of the latter. ‘I would like to live asleep within the sweet noise of life’ is a silent hymn to body, love and difference.