Two exhibitions at Prada

Fondazione Prada in Milan presents two new exhibitions: the project “Extinct in the Wild” curated by Michael Wang, and “Slight Agitation 2/4: Pamela Rosenkranz”, the second iteration of a four-part project of newly commissioned, site-specific works hosted in sequence within the Cisterna, one of the pre-existing buildings at Fondazione Prada’s Milan venue.

  “Extinct in the Wild”, conceived by American artist Michael Wang (1981), brings together flora and fauna that are no longer found in nature, but persist exclusively under human care, within an artificial habitat. Labelled with the officially designated term “extinct in the wild”, these species have left nature behind to fully enter the circuits of human culture. In this project, natural beings such as plants and animals are transplanted into an exhibition and cultural space. In the age of extinction, such displacements are not only aesthetic devices but stand for actual strategies of survival.

Pamela Rosenkranz’ work explores how physical and biological processes affect art. Her forthcoming installation Infection is based on a neuro-active parasite, of which an estimated 30% of the world’s population is affected. A huge, almost sublime mountain of sand is formed inside the Cisterna’s tall spaces. Its scale pressuring against the historic architecture. The sand is impregnated with fragrance of synthetic cat pheromones that activates a specific, biologically determined attraction or repulsion and subconsciously influence the public’s movement. RGB green light illuminates the peak of this chemically altered nature gently evaporating the scent.

until 9 April 2017
Extinct in the Wild
Curator: Michael Wang
until 14 May 2017
Slight Agitation 2/4: Pamela Rosenkranz
Curators: Shumon Basar, Cédric Libert, Elvira Dyangani Ose e Dieter Roelstraete
Fondazione Prada
Largo Isarco 2, Milan