A visual and conceptual reflection on the contemporary human condition, the drifts of society and the irreversible loss of original harmony: this is the thematic core of Eden | No Human Virus, the new art project by Giacomo Borzoni, which will be staged on August 9 and 10, 2025, at the Mutual Aid Association Hall in Forte dei Marmi. Curated by Joh Capozzolo, the initiative is divided into two distinct moments: an invitation-only opening night and a public opening the following day, presenting itself as an experience between painting, music, video and spoken word.
An Apuan painter, Borzoni tackles with this work one of his most complex and layered explorations, developed along a multidisciplinary path. The exhibition, presented as a multisensory experience, investigates the rupture of the original equilibrium and confronts the idea of a humanity that, far from being the guardian of creation, has turned into a virus capable of threatening the entire ecosystem. The Eden evoked in the title then becomes the symbol of a lost condition, not only natural but also spiritual, while painting becomes an act of denunciation and, at the same time, an attempt at reconciliation.
For Borzoni, each work is the result of an inner urgency, an expressive need that takes shape in raw images, dominated by chromatic tensions and a visual grammar that moves between symbolism, estrangement and a calibrated use of oxymoron. The artist refuses any explicit reading, preferring to rely on a complex code of ambiguous settings, enigmatic figures and visual contrasts. His intent, rather than conveying a direct message, is to solicit the viewer’s gaze, educating him to grasp the ambiguities of reality, opening a possibility for reflection through paradox.
The opening night on Aug. 9, reserved for journalists, art critics, cultural workers, gallery owners and students of theAcademy of Fine Arts of Carrara, will kick off at 6:30 pm. The program includes a series of talks and performance moments that will offer a plural reading of Borzoni’s work. Journalist and cultural popularizer Ilaria Guidantoni will introduce the evening, which will continue with a preview screening of the video clip Eden | No Human Virus, created by Joh Capozzolo, multimedia artist and curator of audiovisual content for the event. The video will be accompanied by original music, helping to amplify the emotional impact of the project.
One of the central moments will be the conversation between Borzoni and Ilaria Guidantoni, which will take place in a performative atmosphere, enriched by live soundtracks and the projection of selected aphorisms, underlining the link between word and image that runs through the entire initiative. Following this, art historian Alessia Bertelli will present her critical text, offering a structured analysis of the artist’s work and the exhibition project. It will conclude with a narrative itinerary among Borzoni’s canvases, culminating in the unveiling of the poster work entitled Eden. The August 9 event will close with a convivial moment and the opportunity to freely visit the exhibition. The following day, Sunday, Aug. 10, the exhibition space will be open to the public from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., allowing visitors to explore the works and contents of the project on their own.
“A life dedicated to art and art as the foundation of life, an expressive urgency as a panacea for every wound,” says Alessia Bertelli. “For Giacomo Borzoni, each work is like a son or daughter, pondered and birthed with his whole self. No detail is left to chance, no centimeter of the canvas is made without full awareness of what he wants to communicate. Through his work Giacomo Borzoni gives us a very personal key to interpret contemporary reality, trying to educate the viewer to deepen his gaze on it to the point of unmasking its internal contradictions. The master’s thought becomes art and art becomes a universal message in a constant dialectic between the ”I“ and the ”we.“ The communicative code adopted by the artist is multiple and never explicit, images become symbol, metaphor, analogy, while colors become oxymoron. Situations, characters, alienating and decontextualized elements are presented through a chromatic kaleidoscope that at first glance impacts and destabilizes. In the oxymoron lies the interpretive key to the master’s work and thought: the flame of hope lights the colors of a better future. The master’s is thus a disenchanted reading of contemporary reality that conceals within it the hope of redemption.”
Eden | No Human Virus thus presents itself as an articulated project, built on the collaboration between different professionalities, but unified by a coherent vision. The choice of Forte dei Marmi and the Hall of the Mutual Aid Association is not accidental: the space, laden with historical and social memory, provides an ideal setting for a project that questions the sense of community and individual responsibility towards the environment and civil coexistence.
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| "Eden | No Human Virus": in Forte dei Marmi, Giacomo Borzoni's project. |
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