Void is delighted to present BLACK MED SECCO, a solo exhibition by Invernomuto, the name of the artistic personality created in 2003 by Simone Bertuzzi and Simone Trabucchi.

Invernomuto’s works are research-based projects that often use cultural references as their starting points and utilise open systems to disseminate their work – outputs that take the form of moving images, sounds, performative actions, and publishing projects.

For their exhibition at Void, Invernomuto have created an immersive sonic, physical and visual environment referencing the Mediterranean basin. The historian David Abulafia refers to the Mediterranean as a sea with many names: an in-between sea or sea ‘between the lands’. He writes about the world having several ‘Mediterraneans’, all of which present us with vast, empty spaces like a sea or a desert that have helped to bring very different cultures into contact with each other.

Throughout this exhibition, Invernomuto delve into the idea of the sea historically being a crossroad of cultural exchanges and a space of contention that both separates us and brings us together.

To see research that has informed the works in the exhibition, please see here.

Biography:

Invernomuto’s recent shows include MACRO, Rome; Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz (2022). They participated in the Liverpool Biennial 2021, 58th October Salon-Belgrade Biennial 2021 and Pompeii Commitment, Pompei (2021). Solo exhibitions include Sismógrafo, Porto (2022); VOID Gallery, Londonderry (2022); The Green Parrot, Barcelona (2021); Auto Italia, London (2020); Galleria Nazionale, Rome (2019); NN Contemporary Art, Northampton (2019); Pinksummer, Genoa (2019); Artspeak, Vancouver (2015); Marsèlleria, Milan (2014) and the ar/ge kunst, Bolzano (2014). Their work has also been exhibited at the 58th Venice Biennale; Tate, London; Manifesta 12, Palermo; Villa Medici, Rome; Alserkal Avenue, Dubai; Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna; Nuit Blanche 2017; Paris, Museion, Bolzano; Kunstverein München, Munich; Bozar, Brussels; FAR°, Nyon; Centre d’Art Contemporain, Geneva; Bétonsalon, Paris; Italian Cultural Institute. Addis Ababa; American Academy in Rome, Rome; PAC, Milan; Vleeshal, Middelburg; Centre Pompidou, Paris; Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin; Hangar Bicocca, Milan; Netmage 07/09, Bologna; Premio Furla, Bologna; No Fun Fest 2009, New York; Biennale Architettura 11, Venice.

Acknowledgements
Void Gallery is supported using public funding from Arts Council Northern Ireland, Derry City and Strabane District Council, Enkalon Foundation, Ragdoll Foundation, and Art Fund.

BLACK MED SECCO is supported by Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Edimburgo and Todoli Citrus Fundació and I Naranzeri, Venezia, Italy.

Photos: Simon Mills