When something loses its original form, does it also lose its weight?
PESO SPECIFICO begins with this question, examining how objects, images, and
memories continue to exist differently through displacement, deterioration, and the
passage of time.
The exhibition unfolds along two connected directions: EMERGERE and RESTARE.
EMERGERE considers what has been hidden, displaced, or removed from its original
context. When it becomes visible again, what once seemed familiar can be seen and
interpreted differently.
RESTARE turns to what survives change: fractures, worn surfaces, and fragments. These are not flaws waiting to be repaired, but material evidence of what has taken place. The artist duo Nie Mengxi & Andrea Rizzo and artist Zhang Xingyu approach these two directions from different perspectives: in one, what was concealed comes into view; in the other, remaining traces become the focus of attention.
The exhibition does not attempt to reconstruct the past. Instead, it asks: when wholeness is lost, on what grounds do we judge the value of a thing?
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