Phonograms
Giorgio Di Domenico
Desired Objects: Desire and Desires in the Cerruti Collection
Giorgio Di Domenico explores the Cerruti Collection through the lens of desire: the desire to possess, to be remembered, and romantic desire, whether expressed or suppressed. Moving between the writings of Calvino and Savinio, paintings by Bacon and Pontormo, a dedication by Proust and a photograph by Man Ray, his Phonogram intertwines the collector’s aspirations with the passions of the artists and figures who inhabit the works.
Even the dummy books on the shelves, copies of paintings and carefully staged interiors of the Villa become clues in this web of desires. Expressed, implicit or unspoken desires emerge along the way, turning the house-museum into a journey that also invites listeners to reflect on the fine line between possessing something and being possessed by it.
Listen to the Phonogram by Giorgio Di Domenico (in Italian)
Giorgio Di Domenico is an art historian and research fellow at the Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa, where he focuses on the history and collection of the Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci in Prato. His doctoral research explored the reception of Surrealism in Italy during the 1960s and 1970s.
He has been a Visiting Student at New York University’s Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò, a Research Fellow at the Center for Italian Modern Art (CIMA) in New York, and an artist-in-residence researcher at Marea Art Project in Praiano.
His research focuses primarily on Italian art from the second half of the twentieth century to the present day, and on the relationships between Italian and international neo-avant-garde movements.