Marco Balbi 

The Artist dies in Art 

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In the video ‘The Artist Dies in Art’, within an existentialist philosophical vision,

the performer problematises the relationship with Being and Art, taking up the Greek

metaphysical origins. The investigation of Being, within the performer's poetics, is the

very search for Art, for the Self and the I in Art. In this light, the golden mask of archaic

funerary tradition (think of the mask of Agamemnon and the mask of the Egyptian

pharaohs), like the title given to the work, takes on multiple meanings: it is the death

of the artist's ego in the search for Art and its rebirth in the sacred light of the same,

as a sacred vehicle of connection with the deepest layers of Being; it expresses the

artist's difficulty in being free to search for his artistic identity within the market,

which directs him to follow stylistic lines in line with the taste of the sale; the catharsis

of his own suffering in creation, towards a state of rebirth and enlightenment; the

search for the end of human suffering in robotics and AI; the loss of human fragiltiy,

in a kind of technological ataraxia with the advent of AI. This gives rise to a broad

reflection on the ethos and meaning of one's artistic research and the resonance that

art can have. Thus in the sound composition, the sound of magnetic resonance is

added to the lyricism of the piano. The artist creates by exploring his body, his soul,

his identity' to be reborn in the light of knowledge 

Performer | Video artist | Painter

M. Balbi Dipalma graduated with a master's degree in theatre from DAMS in Bologna. He worked for 18

years with M° R. Mirecka, leading actress of J. Grotowski's Teatr Laboratorium. Since 2022, he has been

involved in ritual performance art with video art. His works investigate the existential realm,

exploring pain as a source of knowledge. The performer's primary love is at the centre of his research.

Since 2025, he has been represented by the CSA Farm Gallery in

Turin. 

www.marcobalbidipalma.it

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