{"id":2017,"date":"2025-10-27T18:02:30","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T17:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.noamfestival.it\/?p=2017"},"modified":"2025-10-27T18:02:39","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T17:02:39","slug":"western-simulacrum-mostra-noam-2025-mengotti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.noamfestival.it\/en\/2025\/10\/western-simulacrum-mostra-noam-2025-mengotti\/","title":{"rendered":"WESTERN SIMULACRUM &#8211; MOSTRA DI EMANUELE MENGOTTI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Western Simulacrum&#8221; di Emanuele Mengotti<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>-A mio padre, che mi ha donato un West che non esisteva.-<\/p>\n<p>Mostra inedita.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Western Simulacrum&#8221; nasce dal bisogno di attraversare il miraggio, di capire come un\u2019immagine possa diventare carne, come un sogno possa trasformarsi in destino&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>La mostra\u00a0esplora il West come costruzione mentale prima che geografica.<br \/>\nPartendo da una memoria ereditaria: il West immaginato da un padre che non lo ha mai visto e lo racconta ad un figlio per svilupparsi attraverso Polaroid realizzate sul campo dall&#8217;autore nell\u2019America pi\u00f9 marginale e autentica in dialogo con una selezione di cartoline originali del secolo scorso, con testi manoscritti dell&#8217;epoca che oggi pi\u00f9 mai risultano attuali. La mostra intreccia intimit\u00e0 familiare, costruzione del mito, ideologia nazionale e ci\u00f2 che l\u2019America continua a sognare di s\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p>Non \u00e8 una mostra\u00a0sul\u00a0West, ma\u00a0sul desiderio del West\u00a0, su ci\u00f2 che resta quando il mito cede, ma continua ostinatamente a pulsare. Tra apparizione e smarrimento, riemerge anche un simbolo ferito, traccia di un\u2019esposizione che tocca la memoria personale tanto quanto il presente americano.<\/p>\n<p>\/ Soundtrack of the Exhibition \/ installazione sonora di Enrico Coniglio<\/p>\n<p>Realizzata come controcanto acustico alla mostra &#8220;Western Simulacrum&#8221;. Quattro mangianastri, quattro direzioni possibili di ascolto: ogni brano accompagna una parte del percorso, come un\u2019eco che attraversa il mito e ne rivela le crepe. Suoni trovati, catturati, registrati, reinventati: frammenti di un immaginario collettivo che vacilla. Un paesaggio sonoro fatto di stereotipie, dove il Far West non \u00e8 pi\u00f9 luogo n\u00e9 tempo, ma simulacro acustico, quinta teatrale di memorie distorte. 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