Riccardo Banfi

CLUBNIGHT#22013

installation & performance
photographs, sound, strobe lights
environmental dimensions

CLUBNIGHT#2 explores the reality of clubbing and in particular that of TENAX in Florence, one of the most celebrated venues in the Italian contemporary house scene. The installation combines over 400 photographs taken at the club, printed in different sizes, lighted up with a strobe light and set to music by an audio recording played in loop, in the attempt to recreate the clubbing experience as a musical and social phenomenon within the exhibition space.
Once the visitors enter the installation, they find themselves immersed in an environment where the images seem ‘alive’ and in motion due to the repetitive light pulses and the audio track.  The sound includes both the music played by the DJ and the noises of the dancing crowd cheering in excitement.
In occasion of CLUBNIGHT#2 meets AV-Netwerk the installation has been turned into an actual club for a day featuring a performance by Paquita Gordon, Edo Danielli and Consuelo Anubi, members of the collective and production house AV-Netwerk.