Gabriele Garavaglia, 1981

Art

Jury report

The jury was having lunch when the zombie turned up. He came out of nowhere and walked through the exhibition site. His suit enveloped everything save his hands and face, both in an advanced state of decay. A tenacious, unfathomable instinct brought the zombie to the exhibition. Here, his presence exuded an undefined yet existential otherness. Then he disappeared. Gabriele Garavaglia’s presentation is not a performance but rather an intervention in our perception. His works allow the deepfake to intrude into reality, making the untrue an incontestable fact. Inner Resistance is enduringly unsettling, because the work refuses to be categorised within our everyday experience, shaped as it is by communication media, sensational news and consumer promises.