Collective Exhibition
Mixed Media Installation, Golfo Aranci, Italy – 11/12 August, 2020
On 11 August 1932, Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi established a shortwave radio link between Capo Figari (Golfo Aranci) and Rocca del Papa (Rome), marking a milestone in the history of global communication.
Eighty-eight years later, this experiment was commemorated during Marconi Day. On this occasion, Arian Nowbahari, Daniel Rizzo, Daniele Carbini, and Daniela Cittadini (MAD Art Director) presented an installation conceived as a tribute to Marconi’s legacy.
The installation consists of two pillars, each 240 cm high, symbolizing a pair of radio antennas. Each pillar features eight sides, functioning as both structural and narrative elements.
On one pillar, four photographic prints are displayed—one on each side—depicting subjects holding different radio-related devices, such as a transistor radio and a Walkman. These four images were post-produced by Roberto Graffi and merged into a single composite image, presented on the opposite pillar.
The remaining sides feature the MAD logo, a painting by Arian Nowbahari, and a quote by Guglielmo Marconi, completing the dialogue between historical innovation, visual art, and contemporary interpretation.
The so-called science, I am occupied with, is nothing but an expression of the Supreme Will, which aims at bringing people closer to each other in order to help them better understand and improve themselves.
Guglielmo Marconi
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