July 1, 2022
Running from July 1–31, 2022
Berlin * Bologna * Cervia
Conceived by the artist and curator Giovanna Sarti, Note di Sguardi is realized in collaboration with Sara Bernshausen in Berlin and Gino Gianuizzi in Bologna. Every year thirty-six artists, 12 artistic contributions from each city, are asked to select from their photographic archive an image that captures a fleeting moment and has specific meaning within their personal research. In the poster format 70×100 cm, three reproduced images, each from every city, are on display simultaneously for a month in Berlin, in Bologna, and in Cervia.
I encountered this salt lick in Vallunga, near Wolkenstein in South Tirol. I have recently been fascinated by the sheer formal beauty of these blocks of salt that have been licked into shape by animals. These “licking stations” seem to me a little like the animal-equivalent of an office’s water cooler. It’s a social node of sorts. The licking reminds me of how we physically activate other types of social junctions: by swiping and stroking our mobile devices we gain access to a digital social sphere.