Luisa Turuani
Blind Date [A Tragedy In Two Acts]

Luisa Turuani
Blind Date [A Tragedy In Two Acts], 2024

The work evokes the drama of a shooting through a complex tapestry of sounds, including guns, rifles, machine guns, and bombs. The various tracks overlap, creating a dynamic sound dialogue in which different voices interact and sometimes suffocate each other. The result is a controlled chaos that follows a precise rhythm inspired by Morse code.

Each gunshot articulates the phrase "I love you" in different languages: the Glock in Italian, the rifle in German, the machine gun in Russian. The association of the phrase "I love you" with violence invites a deep reflection on the complexities of human relationships, the tenuous boundary between affection and possessiveness, and the dynamics of power and influence in personal interactions.

The artwork was created by the association Contemporary Locus on the occasion of the 20th Day of Contemporary Art and presented to the public online from October 12 to 21, 2024. The artist chose to leave only the visual translation as a documentation after October 21, 2024.

Luisa Turuani (Milan, 1992) explores various media including performance, video, installation, and drawing, with a focus on the relationship between society and time. After studying at the Brera Academy in Milan, she began experimenting with performative actions in urban spaces, blending tangible and digital elements to create works in a state of constant flux. In 2022, Turuani was awarded the Italian Council for her project 1 Second 1 Gram, which was exhibited both in Italy and internationally at venues such as Modo asbl (Brussels), OnCurating Project Space (Zurich), and the International Museum of Ceramics (Faenza). She has participated in numerous exhibitions, residencies, awards, and workshops, including Core Residency at Millay Arts (NY, USA, 2024), TAD Residency, Contemporary Locus (Bergamo, 2024), Dialogos Part Six (Kenya, 2022), Travel Diary (the first digital exhibition of crypto art in Italy – 2021), the Premio AccadeMibact (2020), Artissima Experimental Academy (2019), and the UK Young Artists Biennale (2019). Her work is featured in several publications