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Andrea Galvani: The Void Migrates to the Surface
Constituted by a multichannel video and sound installation developed specifically for Fotografiska Shanghai, Andrea Galvani鈥榮 first solo exhibition in Asia 鈥� The Void Migrates to the Surface offers an immersive experience, bringing visitors into a new dimension of time.
Andrea Galvani presents The Void Migrates to the Surface 鈥� the Italian-born, international artist鈥檚 first solo exhibition in Asia 鈥� at Fotografiska Shanghai, opening September 12, 2025 and on view through January 12, 2026. Constituted by a multichannel video and sound installation developed specifically for Fotografiska Shanghai, this groundbreaking show offers an immersive experience, bringing visitors into a new dimension of time.
Galvani has established an acclaimed artistic practice rooted in an exploration of the natural world and our human condition. In his latest cinematic masterpiece, the artist extends the brief lives of twenty rare and endangered butterfly species 鈥� from just a few weeks to 73 years, the global average human life expectancy. Using advanced super-slow motion technology capable of capturing up to 1 million frames per second, Galvani dilates time with precision 鈥� stretching seconds into minutes and aligning the lifespan of butterflies with that of human beings.
Within this parallel universe of altered temporality, viewers are immersed in a radiant purple cosmos where they witness dazzling butterflies flying in slow motion. The Void Migrates to the Surface crystallizes a gradual, graceful choreography of flight 鈥� of fragility and resilience, delicacy and monumentality. As the butterflies move, visitors observe the subtle passage of time through their natural aging process 鈥� the fraying of wings, the fall of iridescent scales, and the shimmering traces they leave behind. Projected in Fotografiska鈥檚 Exhibition Hall A at architectural scale, Galvani鈥檚 mesmerizing installation invites viewers into a new cosmology. There, boundaries between life and void, ephemerality and eternity dissolve in a complex continuum.
Accompanying the visuals is a soundtrack specifically developed for the exhibition by celebrated composer and musician Federico Albanese. Luminous yet melancholic, intricate yet hopeful, the music interprets the images鈥� majestic power 鈥� melodically synchronizing the visual ascent and descent, stillness and motion that unravel across a different order of time.
The Void Migrates to the Surface creates more than just an immersive sensory spectacle 鈥� Galvani鈥檚 installation transports audiences into a world that coexists within and yet remains invisible to our everyday reality. Through his profound technological intervention on our perception of temporal flow, Galvani exposes anthropocentric limitations and encourages us to move beyond them. The Void Migrates to the Surface takes on a clear political, philosophical, and existential direction鈥攍ife is an event that embodies time in a continuous natural flow, without perimeters.
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Constituted by a multichannel video and sound installation developed specifically for Fotografiska Shanghai, Andrea Galvani鈥榮 first solo exhibition in Asia 鈥� The Void Migrates to the Surface offers an immersive experience, bringing visitors into a new dimension of time.
Andrea Galvani presents The Void Migrates to the Surface 鈥� the Italian-born, international artist鈥檚 first solo exhibition in Asia 鈥� at Fotografiska Shanghai, opening September 12, 2025 and on view through January 12, 2026. Constituted by a multichannel video and sound installation developed specifically for Fotografiska Shanghai, this groundbreaking show offers an immersive experience, bringing visitors into a new dimension of time.
Galvani has established an acclaimed artistic practice rooted in an exploration of the natural world and our human condition. In his latest cinematic masterpiece, the artist extends the brief lives of twenty rare and endangered butterfly species 鈥� from just a few weeks to 73 years, the global average human life expectancy. Using advanced super-slow motion technology capable of capturing up to 1 million frames per second, Galvani dilates time with precision 鈥� stretching seconds into minutes and aligning the lifespan of butterflies with that of human beings.
Within this parallel universe of altered temporality, viewers are immersed in a radiant purple cosmos where they witness dazzling butterflies flying in slow motion. The Void Migrates to the Surface crystallizes a gradual, graceful choreography of flight 鈥� of fragility and resilience, delicacy and monumentality. As the butterflies move, visitors observe the subtle passage of time through their natural aging process 鈥� the fraying of wings, the fall of iridescent scales, and the shimmering traces they leave behind. Projected in Fotografiska鈥檚 Exhibition Hall A at architectural scale, Galvani鈥檚 mesmerizing installation invites viewers into a new cosmology. There, boundaries between life and void, ephemerality and eternity dissolve in a complex continuum.
Accompanying the visuals is a soundtrack specifically developed for the exhibition by celebrated composer and musician Federico Albanese. Luminous yet melancholic, intricate yet hopeful, the music interprets the images鈥� majestic power 鈥� melodically synchronizing the visual ascent and descent, stillness and motion that unravel across a different order of time.
The Void Migrates to the Surface creates more than just an immersive sensory spectacle 鈥� Galvani鈥檚 installation transports audiences into a world that coexists within and yet remains invisible to our everyday reality. Through his profound technological intervention on our perception of temporal flow, Galvani exposes anthropocentric limitations and encourages us to move beyond them. The Void Migrates to the Surface takes on a clear political, philosophical, and existential direction鈥攍ife is an event that embodies time in a continuous natural flow, without perimeters.
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