1. LYGIA PAPE — DIVISOR Divisor is an art work by Brazilian artist Lygia Pape, presented for the first time in Rio de Janeiro in 1968. Approaching the characteristic poetics of the neo-concrete movement, its strength derives from the participatory aspect it contains: the public can actively take part of a collective action that consists of an enormous piece of white fabric through which members of the audience poke their heads while their bodies remain enveloped in the fabric.

One place after another, the city vanishes behind us, the heart slows down and the palms get just a little less sweaty. Suddenly we are aware of it: with each architectural framing, with each new smell and drunken chorus, a whole set of emotions is unleashed through our bodies. The city becomes something extremely physical. Or better: physiological. The exhibition Urban Embrace: Exploring Bodies and Emotions in Bologna takes precisely this as its point of departure.

Liminality is a quality of being in between two places or stages, on the verge of transitioning to something new. Using their bodies and moving in space, people always set by their own actions and activities how a certain area will be perceived on an emotional and rational level. You can feel that Galleria Cavour is a very clean and tidy place that offers, on a rational level, gives you a picture of a very wealthy and carefree life.