The exhibition brings together two seemingly opposite artistic paths, united by a shared exploration of time, memory, and transformation. Karen Bermann and Jason Vigneri-Beane present two distinct visions: one intimate and rooted in personal experience, the other projected towards a future where technology and nature intertwine.
With Bone by Jeweled Bone, Karen Bermann explores the relationship between autobiography and memory through an installation that contrasts the voices of a father and daughter. On two opposite walls of the gallery, the narratives of Fritz, a Viennese exile of the twentieth century, and Karen, who grew up in New York in the 1960s and ’70s, intertwine in a generational dialogue on the fragility and transformation of identity. The installation unfolds as an immersive experience, part of her memoir The Art of Being a Stranger, set to be published in 2025.
Jason Vigneri-Beane, with the series Cephalon, shifts the gaze towards the future, exploring the interaction between artificial intelligence and synthetic ecology. Through thirty-three digital prints, the artist imagines a hybrid ecosystem where autonomous infrastructures, micro-machines, and cryptic flora merge in ever-evolving scenarios. Founder of Split Studio in Brooklyn, Vigneri-Beane employs advanced algorithmic design tools to redefine the relationship between nature and technology, suggesting new possibilities of coexistence between humans and artificial systems.
While Bermann moves between matter and memory, Vigneri-Beane operates in the digital and the abstract. Two different languages and perspectives converge in a single reflection on the human condition, between past and future, roots and transformation.
