At the same time as the exhibition on Ugo Mulas, the MAN is offering an important video exhibition which is configured as a sort of survey of Italian video in recent years. The invited artists, all Italians of the latest generation (between 20 and 40 years old), propose through their works, a reflection on reality and our time, according to that special declination of the visual language typical of the most current and contemporary artistic instrument.

The proposed videos, around 15 in total, will present one or more works by the selected artists, intending to give not only a state of Italian research but also a brief chronological journey of the personal investigation of the most established artists, together with first works by debutants who are characterized by the strength and technical ability of the medium.

The theme, to which the title refers, focuses on the idea of ​​video as a gaze that lingers, which delves intensely through a sort of suspension of time and judgment on the things recorded by the camera.

The exhibition reaches out to the public who are increasingly fond of and intrigued by an art form that is not easily accessible and attractive due to its charm which is halfway between cinema and television. But precisely because of this false familiarity, the public is often contradicted and seduced by the surprise that video works normally produce.

Edited by Elio Grazioli, contemporary art critic