“Why can’t I go?”, hosted in Naples by 480 Site Specific and curated by Massimiliano Bastardo, is a collective reflection on the tensions between space, time and the human condition. Artists Katharina Sophia Hüttermann, Francesca Fogliano and Lea Pedri Stocco create a performative experience that intertwines various media and languages, transforming the body into a tool for investigating existence, relationships and the uncertainties of the present.
“Why can’t I go?”, installation view (Katharina Sophia Hüttermann) at 480 Site Specific, 2024, courtesy the artist and 480 Site Specific, ph: Maurizio Esposito
The exhibition unfolds as a crossing of boundaries, where the practices of the three artists converge in a shared exploration of how to translate profound emotions into visible gestures. Through video, movement and interaction, the project delves into an impasse condition – a dialogue with what restrains us or compels us to project ourselves toward the unknown. Hüttermann’s use of repetition to process emotional detachment aligns with Fogliano’s exploration of the threshold between stasis and transformation and Pedri Stocco’s instinctive approach, which probes risk as a creative possibility.
“Why can’t I go?”, exhibition view (Katharina Sophia Hüttermann) at 480 Site Specific, 2024, courtesy the artist and 480 Site Specific, ph: Maurizio Esposito
Aligned with 480 Site Specific’s mission of fostering interdisciplinary and site-specific experimentation, the exhibition highlights the role of the venue not just as a container but as an active agent in forging a dialogue between the artist, the work and the audience. The intimate practices on display, often rooted in the body and its vulnerability, engage with the space to create an experiential dimension that invites viewers to reflect on their own internal tensions. The exhibition’s title – a question that opens up and multiplies – resonates strongly throughout the works. Themes of control, waiting and relationships with others materialize in a performative language that oscillates between introspection and collective participation. The dynamics at play do not offer definitive answers but instead call upon the audience to inhabit the space with a renewed perspective, embracing uncertainty as an inescapable condition of existence.
“Why can’t I go?”, live performance (Lea Pedri Stocco) at 480 Site Specific, 2024, courtesy the artist and 480 Site Specific, ph: Maurizio Esposito
“Why can’t I go?” ultimately becomes a site of emotional resistance and ongoing inquiry. The artists build a unified visual and performative system, merging their voices into a shared, collective pursuit where the body, movement, and imagery narrate the complexity of the human experience without reducing it. In a world that often prioritizes speed over reflection, the exhibition invites viewers to pause, think, and share in a suspended moment where vulnerability transforms into creative potential.
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Katharina Sophia Hüttermann, Francesca Fogliano e Lea Pedri Stocco. Why can’t I go?
curated by Massimiliano Bastardo
06/12 2024 – 06/01 2025
480 Site Specific
Via T. Tasso 480, Napoli
www.480sitespecific.com
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