Il Progresso danzante

A paradoxical suspension, the dance of an “upside down” world that obesely hangs in a virtual present. The art-nouveau-shaped banana peel suggests the primitive appetites’ edulcoration and the inexorable slippage on ecological matters. On the right edge, a perspective on the “Isle of the Dead” by Bocklin stands out: is it the final destination or a transient threat? The world that appeals to the Progress myth ignores it, but the dance still goes on.