Ausstellung: Islands of Time von Niccolò Masini

In the organizer's words:

silent green & Miller-Zillmer Foundation present

Founded in 2019, the Miller-Zillmer Foundation initiates and promotes international projects at the interface of art, society and education. Through acoustic, visual and audiovisual formats, it connects artists, cultural workers and socially committed people. The focus is on combining artistic practice with socio-cultural needs and promoting education and cultural exchange. Influenced by Daniel Miller's lifelong expertise in music and Diáne Zillmer's experience in the arts and education, the foundation creates platforms for creative work, learning and social dialog.

Islands of Time by Niccolò Masini
The result of a joint collaboration between the Miller-Zillmer Foundation and silent green, Islands of Time by Niccolò Masini comprises a coherent ensemble of works created as part of the Miller-Zillmer Foundation's Vision into the Future program (2019-2022). Situated between territories, communities and perspectives, Islands of Time explores the relationships between the formation of immaterial senses of belonging and the construction of geographical identity. In an attempt to overcome linear notions of time, the exhibition approaches themes of memory and movement by understanding the past, present and future as closely intertwined within a global geopolitical context.

Alternating between the Western Sahara, the Italian-French border region of Ventimiglia/Menton, Argentina and the Aeolian archipelago, the exhibited works emerge from the interplay of different languages of expression. They raise questions about individual and collective reactions to the complex realities of different forms of geographical belonging. In this sense, Islands of Time proposes spatial investigations and analytical discourses that go beyond mere territorial references, tracing the mobile boundaries that consolidate the states of "imagined" deterritorialization processes through various forms of written and oral knowledge.

Niccolò Masini
Niccolò Masini is an artist, researcher and PhD candidate in New Media and Critical-Curatorial Practices of Contemporary Creation at the Albertina Academy of Fine Arts in Turin. His practice explores the legacies inscribed in the politics of time, space and memory and deals with the possibilities that emerge between spatial modalities and socio-cultural frameworks. His work and research has been exhibited internationally, including at the Boghossian Foundation in Brussels, the Museum of Contemporary Art of the Republic of Srpska (MSURS), the Museum of Contemporary Art (MoCA-Skopje), the Watermill Center in New York City and the Bali Purnati Center for the Arts in Indonesia.

August 6 - August 16, 2026 | silent green Atelier 2+3
Opening: Thu, August 6, 6-10 pm
Opening hours: 2-8 pm
Free admission