Primate – HOT SPOT – Caring For a Burning World #032 (2009) by Daphne WrightLa Galleria Nazionale
Daphne Wright, Primate
The biodiversity crisis, the spiralling extinction of animal and plant species, and the criticism towards the violent development of urbanised areas are at the centre of the work Primate by Daphne Wright.
Installation View – HOT SPOT – Caring For a Burning World #095 (2022)La Galleria Nazionale
What's the first thing you think of when I say Hot Spot?
A place of intense and uncomfortable focus.
Installation View – HOT SPOT – Caring For a Burning World #033 (2022)La Galleria Nazionale
What is the "hottest" contemporary theme nowadays?
Our young people’s negotiation of hyper connectivity.
Primate – HOT SPOT – Caring For a Burning World #002 (2009) by Daphne WrightLa Galleria Nazionale
How artistic practice can actively influence these issues?
Using slow, considered excavation around the edge of the issue can produce resonating, poignant language.
Primate – HOT SPOT – Caring For a Burning World #031 (2009) by Daphne WrightLa Galleria Nazionale
How was it to confront with other artists in Hot Spot?
I was fascinated by the diverse and complicated work, much of which did not directly appear to confront climate change ... but mined the deeper issues surrounding it.
Primate – HOT SPOT – Caring For a Burning World #032 (2009) by Daphne WrightLa Galleria Nazionale
What do you think is the main visitors' feeling in Hot Spot?
I noticed that visitors to the exhibition stayed for a long time … standing still and really looking.
Primate – HOT SPOT – Caring For a Burning World #002 (2009) by Daphne WrightLa Galleria Nazionale
Choose a claim for an aesthetic activism manifesto
Do what you can within your own situation as an individual ... it will have ripples.
Interview by Giulia Lotti. Photo by Adriano Mura.
