BIENNALE LIGHT ART, MANTOVA
CASA DEL MANTEGNA
TEMPIO SAN SEBASTIANO
Giuliana Cunéaz, The light designer, 2020, video projection
The actor Andrea Damarco plays the part of the magician, the conjuror, the artist. The Magus, the first of the tarot
cards, clearly epitomises his character. Intent on understanding and representing all the different
realms of living beings, he creates luminous designs through his gestures. The light emanates directly from
his fingers and then dissolves quickly. His bearing is proud and concentrated, his gaze ready to be absorbed
into every little wonder. The figure evokes the great Russian dancer Vaslav Nijinsky. The pigments that I applied
directly to his trousers evoke biological, physical, mathematical, chemical and astronomical images. The braces
become colourful DNA scales.