Matteo Mandelli: Materia e Codice

Materia e Codice, curated by Simone Sensi, is Matteo Mandelli’s first solo exhibition at Marignana Arte. The project forms part of the exhibition programme of the inaugural edition of the Berlendis Venice Art Prize, of which the artist is one of the award recipients.

Through a multidisciplinary practice spanning installation, sculpture, performance and digital media, Mandelli explores the relationship between human beings and technology, examining how digital devices and systems shape perception, memory and individual behaviour. The exhibition thus establishes a dialogue between the physical and the immaterial, questioning the relationship between direct experience and technological mediation.

The exhibition features works from the Cyber Carpets, The Contact and The Algorithm Creed series: Persian carpet patterns intertwine with electronic circuits; LCD screens are engraved and transformed into unpredictable surfaces; while technology becomes an interlocutor through which concepts such as trust, listening and authority are brought into question.