Like a herd of rhinoceros in a mirror shop, humans have been interacting with ignorance, entitlement and great force in equal parts, creating irreparable damage to their environment and themselves. With elegant gestures, Chiara Bugatti summons a soft cosmos of order and chaos, reflecting the complicated history of the human species and the world they inhabit.
The protagonist in the film Brute Force, Il Bigio (Foolish) is the tiniest particle of calcium carbonate, captivated within the oversize monument by Arturo Dazzi Era Fascista (1932), that used to be a centrepiece in the main square of Brescia (IT). As the 7,5 meter tall and 52 ton heavy marble sculpture that was once erected by Mussolini, is now tucked away in a container situated in an area contaminated by toxic waste, the absurdity of man’s vanity mercilessly appears. Our futile resistance against our mortality drives us to actions that, ironically and inexorable, enhances the speed of our own destruction. As of today, the debate on the relocation of the monuments on its original pedestal is ongoing.