The event focuses on the catalogue curated by Achille Bonito Oliva and published on the occasion of the Amore mio exhibition, opened in Montepulciano in 1970. The book provides the opportunity to discuss and redefine the concept of exhibition by questioning the oppositionist approach that has come to guarantee the genuineness of experimental practices. In Amore mio, the catalogue is a means for artists to cooperate, in order for their ability to communicate and interact within a group to be analysed. Indeed, Bonito Oliva has started working on information theories, drawing inspiration from sociological ideas that have been spreading in recent years. As in future projects by the critic and past international exhibitions, catalogues are starting to become increasingly independent and detached from exhibitions, being no longer a mere collection of pictures, but rather a critical caption that is sometimes in contrast with the very exhibition.
