Universal Indicator
DARIO D’ARONCO
April 29 – May 22, 2016

A Tale of A Tub is delighted to present Universal Indicator, a solo exhibition with a new body of site-specific works by Dario D’Aronco. Universal Indicator is in line with the long-term programming of A Tale of A Tub, in which issues such as the limitations of knowledge, the experience of time and change, and questions regarding expectations in relation to space and material are raised. Artists are invited to develop new work or revisit existing work in relation to A Tale of A Tub’s space and the history of the bathhouse with a focus on remediation and affect.

For the exhibition, D’Aronco worked with 3D scans of his own body and organs. Nowadays, previously unseen injuries and medical conditions can be made visible and treated through this technique. It is also possible to print a scan of an unborn child, which served as the starting point for the artist. In Universal Indicator D’Aronco looks at new potentials of visualisation through sculpture. Unborn (2016) is a 3D-print of an ultrasonic scan and represents the artist’s heart. It leads the viewer astray: are we dealing with an (admittedly abstract) similitude? Shell (2016), subsequently, reveals the edges of the torso of the artist, and functions as a shell that contains its own negative. What information is disclosed when the internal is made external? In addition to scanning his organs, D’Aronco scanned the walls of the bathhouse, exploring the limitations of space and how these have an effect on the viewer’s perception. With Universal Indicator, the artist presents a sensory and simultaneously philosophical inquiry into the space of the bathhouse and the body.