Rachel Rose. Wil-o-Wisp
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From 02 Novembre 2018 to 03 Febbraio 2019
Turin
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Address: via Modane 16
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fate of a woman in rural England during the 1500s and 1600s.
Rose frames the story of her protagonist, Elspeth Blake, against the setting of the Enclosure Movement, the systematic privatization of common land in England that spurred tumultuous, violent upheavals in agrarian life. Elspeth is first introduced as a wife and mother in 1570, when her daughter, Celestina, sneaks out of the house at night, an act which carries grave consequences. In 1603, Elspeth reemerges as a mystic, healing a man through transference—
channeling the life force from one being to another through magic. Spied on by a townsman and reported to the town’s prefect, Elspeth is led away to face persecution.
These chapters of Elspeth’s life are modelled after accounts of healers persecuted for their practices, which were considered deviant and threatening within an increasingly regulated society. Weaving together the harsh realities of the rural English landscape with ghostly sprites and the ethereal forces of magic, Rose questions how our perceptions of the world, and of others, can so radically change within the fluctuating norms of society and the seismic shifts of history.
Rose’s installation evokes these shifts in its materials, producing a moiré effect—a shimmer-like rippling of light—through two layers of scrim that line the interior of the room.
Rachel Rose: Wil-o-Wisp/The Future Fields Commission is organized by the Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo with the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
The Future Fields Commission in Time-Based Media is a collaborative initiative between the Museum and the Fondazione. It is a platform to support, on a biennial basis, the production and co-acquisition of work created by compelling new voices in video, film, sound, and performance every two years.
The work by Rachel Rose Wil-o-Wisp (Moiré Installation) will be jointly acquired by the two institutions.
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