Metropolis M

Building on research first presented in her recent exhibition Clara and Other Specimens at Fondazione Antonio Ratti, Rossella Biscotti’s New Work at Witte de With continues her ongoing investigation into the movement of ‘sentient beings’ and the directions in which they are pulled by the larger matter at hand. In a similar method of sculptural analysis to that applied to the rum ball – then performed as a means to ascertain the truth, here performed as a means to regain it – Biscotti brings the history of botanical importation and colonial trade to the fore. This occurs through the play of form, which anchors the ramifications of these historically generated questions to the circumstances currently facing artistic production in a globally mobile world. As such, she puts artworks forward as relevant primary sources in their own right.