Invernomuto (IT, 1983/1982)
Residency period: May-June 2025
Invernomuto is the name of the artistic duo founded in 2003 by Italian artists Simone Bertuzzi (b. 1983) and Simone Trabucchi (b. 1982). Based in Milan, Invernomuto has conducted a series of research projects structured in time and space, from which the artists have derived cycles of interconnected works. Drawing upon a common theoretical basis, Invernomuto adopts an open, rhizomatic approach, developing different outputs that take the form of moving images, sounds, performative actions, and publishing projects, within the framework of a practice defined by the use – both diffuse and precise – of different media. Invernomuto investigates subcultural universes using vernacular language as a means of approaching oral cultures and contemporary mythologies. The declared inauthenticity of some of their materials underlines the fictitious and distorted nature of the realities explored.
Both artists are also engaged in individual research with the musical projects Palm Wine and STILL.
At La Becque, Invernomuto will aim to build the initial phases of their Triton project, a cross-media work based on a personal and portable device that evolves as an open artwork, circulating both physically and digitally. This sentient and portable sculpture, capable of emitting sound and light, analyzes a microcosm and transfers it to an aural dimension. Drawing inspiration from a real colony of tritons, amphibians that have mysteriously inhabited two basins filled with rainwater carved into the rock of Pietra Perduca in Val Trebbia, close to the artists’ birthplace, the project seamlessly blends ancient myths with contemporary technology, prompting deep reflection on the intricate interplay between nature, sentient feelings, and digital technology.
Examining real historical precedents, sci-fi, and fantasy literature, Triton aims to construct a new physical format that allows the integration of an articulated timeline of sounds, texts, and actions, and that can be enriched by a wide range of contributors.