Gift to Entropy

Renato Leotta explores the relationship between preservation and transformation through installations of 16mm film and folded paper suspended between presence and the unattainable. About At Bangkok Kunsthalle, our artist-in-residence Renato Leotta brings together two bodies of work in "Gift to Entropy", exploring the relationship between preservation and transformation as a prefiguration of the upcoming work at Khao Yai Art Forest. One conceals 16 mm films of flowers within aluminium cases, evoking a fragrance that can be imagined but never experienced. The other suspends folded red paper within a transparent plexiglass case, allowing gravity to gradually unfold it towards a state of absolute flatness that can never be fully attained. Both installations remain suspended between what is present and what is unattainable, revealing the potentiality of forms that exist not in their final state, but in the continuous movement towards it. This artist-in-residence program is in collaboration with The Istituto Italiano di Cultura Bangkok, Khao Yai Art Forest and Bangkok Kunsthalle. Read more Toggle Film / Video Installation