A white donkey strolls through a museum under construction, wandering among objects left by construction workers.

Present is a dreamlike transposition of everyday life, in which we must constantly adapt to survive. The donkey who disappears among the white walls and then reveals itself, like a message of hope. Waste from the past becomes useful tools for orientation in the present, allowing the animal to move forward and survive in a new habitat. The video was shot in 2018 inside the halls of the MAMbo in Bologna during the setting up of That's IT! On the last generation of artists in Italy and One meter and Eighty cm. from the Border, a group exhibition in which the work premiered.

 

Valentina Furian (Italy, 1989) her work has been shown in museums, galleries and no profit spaces such as: UNA Galleria Piacenza, MUSE Trento, MAXXI Roma, Sunaparanta Center for Contemporary Art di Goa, Method Gallery, Soho House e ArtOxygen in Mumbai, BACO, The Blank Contemporary Art in Bergamo, Musei Civici Bassano del Grappa, Case chiuse, Careof, Viafarini, Dimora Artica, Fondazione Bevilacqua la Masa in Venezia, MAMbo Bologna.