Massimo D’Anolfi and Martina Parenti, 24 Landscapes + A Vision, 2026 In Canicula, Fondazione In Between Art Film at Complesso dell’Ospedaletto, Venice, 2026 | Courtesy Massimo D’Anolfi and Martina Parenti and Fonda

We tend to think that more light means greater clarity. But what happens when the light becomes so intense that it prevents us from seeing? This paradox lies at the heart of Canicula, the exhibition presented by Fondazione In Between Art Film at the Ospedaletto Complex in Venice, on view until November 22, 2026. Curated by Alessandro Rabottini and Leonardo Bigazzi, Canicula concludes the Trilogy of Uncertainties, which began in 2022 with Penumbra and continued in 2024 with Nebula. After semi-darkness and fog comes scorching heat and blinding brightness. A metaphor for our present, in which an excess of information generates disorientation and technology multiplies opportunities for knowledge, but also for manipulation. The exhibition brings together eight new video installations commissioned by the Foundation, established by Beatrice Bulgari, from international artists. Janis Rafa explores the violence concealed within food production processes, while Yuyan Wang constructs a montage of images retrieved from the internet. Massimo D'Anolfi and Martina Parenti reflect on the relationship between technological progress and environmental devastation, while P. Staff investigates the boundary between consciousness and death. The political dimension emerges in the works of Lawrence Abu Hamdan, who examines the possible use of sound as a tool of repression during a demonstration in Belgrade, and Wang Tuo, who addresses the relationship between individual memory and collective narratives. Maya Watanabe observes the remains of a mammoth emerging from the Arctic tundra, while Ukrainian artists Roman Khimei and Yarema Malashchuk imagine the future testimonies of Russian soldiers involved in the war against Ukraine. The exhibition design by studio 2050+ transforms the historic Ospedaletto into a journey through darkness and blinding light. The show brings to a close a project developed over six years and three editions of the Venice Biennale, involving 29 artists in the creation of 24 works. At its heart remains a question: in a world saturated with images, how much are we still able to see?

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