The scene fades in, you start to see black geometries and white shadows. A spiral table is the only island in a sea of milk, surrounded by collapsed Egyptian statues.

Voice Over from above:

The land is beginning to stir again,

the shores are shining wonderfully,

and wealth and well-being dwell with them,

as it had been before ..

as it had been before ..

as it had been before ..

The voice repeats these words while the sea level is slowly rising. Music keeps playing. The sea level is up to your knees, then you’re completely submerged. Under the sea level is black, only one white sphere next to you.

From Aerobanquets RMX, Mattia Casalegno (2019)

Mattia Casalegno is an Italian artist working in installations, sculpture and mixed reality.

His multidisciplinary practice is influenced by both post-conceptualism and digital art, and has been defined relational, immersive, and participatory. Casalegno exhibited in numerous international galleries and institutions, among others: MACRO Museum Rome, Civic Museum of Bassano del Grappa, Auditorium, Hadrian Temple, RomaEuropa Festival, Sant’Arcangelo dei Teatri, Netmage festival (Italy), Mutek Festival (Canada), Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts (Taiwan), Chronus Art Center (China), UPDATE Biennial, Cimatics Festival, Nuit Blanche Brussels (Belgium), Optronica Festival (UK), Le Cube Contemporary Art Museum (France), OFFF Festival (Spain), The Satellite Art Fair, AxS Festival, YAA Museum, LACMA in US.

Nominated to the New Technological Art Awards in 2014 and artist in residence at Eyebeam in 2015, he received various grants and fellowships from NEW INC, the Center for Cultural Innovation, Young Italian Artists Network, NYFA, the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts and the Chronus Art Center, among others. In 2018 he is recipient of the Lumen Prize People’s Choice Award. He is currently adjunct faculty at department of Digital Arts, Pratt Institute in New York, and the Design+Media department at Rhode Island School of Design.