Only if You Are a Magician

The source of Lara Favaretto’s artistic investigations is the festival in its various incarnations, and she draws on popular forms and associations, such as the carnival, the circus, and carousels .Confetti, sometimes used by the artist for her performances or installations, becomes an original sculptural material in Solo se sei mago (Only if You Are a Magician), 2006. Originally installed in the form of a perfect cube, a direct reference to the precise geometry of Minimalism, the work, however, is subject to continuous deformations and possible disintegration.The thousands of pieces of white confetti that make up the work remain arranged in the form suggested by the artist for a variable period of time, but they tend to be subjected to the laws of entropy. Whether an invitation or a challenge, the work’s title is intentionally directed toward each individual viewer. The sculpture thus becomes the subject of an artist-initiated dialogue with the viewer who seeks to analyze the magic governing the behavior of the flying bits of paper, and the significance of an artistic gesture that accepts being compromised by a simple breath of air.