Marco Bernardi

Passionate about science fiction, he deals with the subject of machines seen from an anthropic point of view. In the regression process, they take on a human state, becoming exciting and somehow excited. Bernardi dismantles the objects, reveals their mechanism, their intimate functioning, in a process of deconstruction of the material itself in order to reveal its secrets.

The definition of his artworks take place during the creation itself, when the making and the idea come together, causing the final result. From his interest in the mechanism, Bernardi moves to its deconstruction, freeing the machines from the slavery of rational and oppressive functioning. A freedom that leads to a new function, a metaphor for the post-modern liberation of humanity that also carries an enslavement.

The theme of vainglory runs throughout Bernardi’s entire work, in a disenchanted vision of the world. A perspective that sees the decline of the human-machine, replaced by the machine-human, all covered by a veil of lightness that does not take humanity or the world too seriously.

Attention to the object characterizes Bernardi’s creations, such as the series entitled Italietta prêt-à-porter, presented for the 2011 Biennale, at the Bugno Art Gallery. Bernardi creates a series of Italys, using mattresses with floral, striped and solid colors. The work reveals the image of an Italy that demands comfort, where what matters most is to always wear the best dress to save appearances at any cost. “A country as old as the canvas that covers it, soft in will and action, like foam, comfortable and uncomfortable like a mattress thrown on the floor”. An Italy that always changes its guise, risking to lose its identity.

Marco Bernardi graduated in Venice from the Academy of Fine Arts. He lives and works between Rome and Venice. He has exhibited in Rome, Turin, Venice, London, Paris, Argentina, Slovenia, the Slovak Republic, Russia.