INCA Exhibition “Virtualità Materiali” in Lugano
October 30 @ 5:00 pm - November 22 @ 7:30 pm CET
📅 Opening: October 30, 2025, 5:00 PM (followed by buffet)
🖼️ On view: October 30 – November 22, 2025
📍 Location: Limonaia, Villa Saroli Viale Stefano Franscini 8, Lugano
Description
How does a “like” materialize? How many deserts turn into processors? Where does the labor that connects us hide?
In the folds of everyday digital life—where every click seems magical and every package appears to arrive “out of nowhere”—this exhibition brings to the surface what the illusion of the virtual tends to hide: the material.
Virtualità Materiali is the second stop of the INCA exhibition “Data Materialities”, which was first shown in Bologna from September 20 to October 12, and this edition will include new features and additions. It invites visitors to look beyond the screen and discover the infrastructures, bodies, and natural resources that lie behind every interaction with our devices.
The exhibition features six installations, showcasing the works of EXTENTS (McClain Clutter & Cyrus Peñarroyo), Morgane Billuart, Rául Silva, soju.studio, and Omar Tigrini. In addition, four public events will be part of the program, providing opportunities for discussion at the intersection of art, technology, and society.
Program
17:00–17:30 Il Piccolo Circuito – Space for play and discovery
17:30–18:00 Exhibition presentation 18:00–19:00 Opening aperitif
17:30–19:00 Behind digital platforms: New educational approaches for Ticino schools
19:00–20:00 Aperitif
17:30–19:00 Social networks in the classroom
19:00–20:00 Aperitif
17:30–18:30 Digital capitalism
18:30–19:30 Aperitif
Opening hours
- Thursdays and Fridays: 12:00 PM – 6:00 PM
- Saturdays: 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM
👉 [Discover all the details of the exhibition and the program in the following article]