THE LUIGI CATTANEO ANATOMICAL WAX MUSEUM OF BOLOGNA PRESENTS FROM JANUARY 29 TO 31, 2016, “SUCCURRERE VITAE”, A TWO-PERSON EXHIBITION FEATURING ARTISTS NUNZIO PACI (BOLOGNA, 1977) AND TAMARA FERIOLI (MILAN, 1982). THE EVENT IS INCLUDED IN THE CALENDAR OF ART CITY BOLOGNA, THE INSTITUTIONAL PROGRAM OF ART AND CULTURE INITIATIVES PROMOTED BY THE MUNICIPALITY OF BOLOGNA DURING ARTE FIERA.

HIC MORS GAUDET SUCCURRERE VITAE, LITERALLY “HERE DEATH IS HAPPY TO HELP LIFE”, WAS THE MESSAGE THAT ONCE STOOD ON THE WALLS OF DISSECTION ROOMS. THE VERY SAME MESSAGE WELCOMED THOSE WHO VISITED THE ANCIENT ANATOMICAL ROOM OF THE UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA, WHICH EXCEPTIONALLY OPENS ITS DOORS TO THE PUBLIC BY HOSTING AN EXTRAORDINARY EVENT RESULTING FROM THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN ARTISTS TAMARA FERIOLI AND NUNZIO PACI.

SUCCURRERE VITAE, THE TITLE OF THE EXHIBITION, AIMS TO OFFER AN EXCLUSIVE INSIGHT INTO THE INTIMACY OF A PLACE RESERVED FOR ACADEMIC KNOWLEDGE, THROUGH THE UNPRECEDENTED GAZE OF THE TWO ARTISTS. PACI AND FERIOLI, STARTING FROM THE SOLEMNITY OF THE LATIN INSCRIPTION, WILL WEAVE AN INTENSE AND POETIC DIALOGUE WITH THE SPACE HOSTING THEM.

A PATH BETWEEN ART AND SCIENCE WHERE THE DREAMLIKE LYRICISM THAT CHARACTERIZES THE WORK OF THE TWO INVITED AUTHORS CONFRONTS SCIENTIFIC FACT, CROSSING THE BOUNDARIES OF REALITY AND BRINGING NEW NUANCES OF MEANING TO THE EXISTENTIAL DICHOTOMY BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH. SO THAT ART TOO, LIKE SCIENCE, CAN COME TO THE RESCUE OF LIFE, OR, AT LEAST, IMAGINE DOING SO.