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MACRO inaugurates the entrance to its new wing with a site specific installation by Jacob Hashimoto. Silence Still Governs Our Consciousness creates a floating realm which anticipates the journey from MACRO’s present to its future.
Hashimoto conceived this “cloud of 7000 kites” specifically for MACRO’s new exhibition gallery. The work fills the room like a “diaphanous canopy” evoking in its spectators the sensation of being “surrounded by a mist filled forest of kites and strings - a quiet, meditative, sculptural environment.” The piece synthesizes nature and technology to yield a fluid and organic landscape. This encourages meditation and evokes new readings of the gallery: as a void, as space, or as time.
After the extraordinary response from our visitors, Rome, We Were the Avant-Garde will remain on view for the entirety of the summer exhibition season. This show has managed to cross the boundaries that traditionally divide generations and has opened dialogue with all types of public personalities. MACRO has decided to extend this show in a summer full of cultural activity because the memory of avant-garde Rome is relevant to the city’s interaction with the international community