Adelita Husni-Bey

Adelita Husni-Bey investigates the themes of utopia, collective memory, and the analysis and counter-representation of hegemonic ideologies in contemporary societies. In this work, the artist reflects on the possible development of the concept of labour: her research stems from reflections and questions on the changes in the world of labour in Italy and the way it will develop over the next thirty years. In Room for a void, Husni-Bey poses a clear-cut question inscribed on an empty billboard set up at the centre of a roundabout in an anonymous suburb: “Che faremmo se non dovessimo produrre e consumare?” (“What would we do if we didn’t have to produce and consume?”). Motorists driving to their workplaces are asked to reflect on the provocation.