During the global shutdown a new kind of silence seemed to have been created. The dominant structure of non-stop activity that dictated only one possible mode of function, has suddenly come to a halt. This pause was for some an opportunity for introspection, an occasion to adopt new temporal approaches - different from the one the regime imposed so far. “24/7 is a time of indifference, against which the fragility of human life is increasingly inadequate” [1], claimed the art critic and essayist Jonathan Crary. Now, after experiencing a different way of being, we should insist that subtlety and slowness will still be a part of the present. The artists gathered here share implicitly each unique practice to fail the system, that is to say, new methods to rebel the flattening of our common reality and its rampant speed.

With the multilayered universe that each piece suggests, appears the opportunity to separate from the functional perspective typically used to examine our surroundings. To take some time to contemplate, to fail the system of quick and efficient classifications that leads us to a binary monochromatic encounter with the world. To explore with our own invented tools, not only with the preconfigured hierarchic explorer . The association of these artworks in one space is an attempt to enhance the value of gentle nuances. These delicate details can outline together many of the forces and structures that shape our perception in these hectic times; nonetheless, while accumulated, they demarcate a conceivably alternative ground of being, more permissive.

- Noam Alon, October 2020

[1] Crary, Jonathan. 24 / 7 Late Capitalism and the Ends of Sleep, Verso, London, 2013. p. 9