The ritualistic, slow-motion quality (the video is slightly slowed down) makes every gesture heavy with meaning. The way a man adjusts his jacket before sitting. The slight hesitation of another at the door. You start imagining stories: Are they rehearsing something? Remembering someone? Waiting for a lesson that will never come?
La Ritirata was made in 2009, but it feels like it’s reaching back to post-war Italy — an era of rigid schooling, silent authority, and deferred emotions. There’s also a broader resonance: the retreat of a generation, the emptying of public institutions, the disappearance of rituals that once held communities together. la ritirata 2009 install
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