GUGLIELMO CASTELLI e FABIO CHERSTICH - Sospeso nel moto con addebito di vuoto

On Saturday, March 21, Sospeso nel moto con addebito di vuoto was inaugurated at the Church of San Carlo in Cremona, a project that brings together installation, painting, and performance within an immersive environment.

The project originates from a nursery rhyme by Guglielmo Castelli, which introduces the central themes of the work: suspension, falling, uncertainty, and the possibility that even error may find its own form. These tensions are translated into a spatial dispositif in which image, sound, and movement converge to shape the experience.

The intervention unfolds as a continuous environment, where a large backdrop rises from the floor, generating a kind of visual limbo. The painted surfaces, traversed by fragile and suspended figures, suggest bodies in descent, evoking Baroque iconographies and dynamics of imbalance. Mobile elements, inspired by the scenic devices of Baroque theatre, introduce further layers of depth and transformation without relying on a traditional perspectival construction.

Guglielmo Castelli’s painting expands beyond the canvas, becoming an integral part of the space and contributing to the definition of an environment that can be physically traversed. Images emerge and dissolve, creating an unstable visual dimension in constant transformation.

During the opening, the installation was activated through a performance entrusted to a string trio and a chorus of performers. The sound, inspired by the tradition of the madrigal and opening toward more contemporary outcomes, moved through the space as a diffuse presence, while the performers inhabited the environment by alternating appearance and withdrawal, in constant dialogue with the architectures and images.

Following the performative activation, the work continues to exist as a walkable installation. Visitors can move freely through the space, engaging directly with the scenic and visual elements. The project thus takes shape as an environmental composition in which the mode of reception is no longer frontal, but experiential and dynamic.

SAN CARLO is an exhibition space dedicated to contemporary art, made possible through the commitment of Lorenzo Spinelli and oriented toward research, production, and cultural exchange. Artistic direction is entrusted to Francesca Minini.