Ilaria Vinci, «Phoenix Philosophy Café»

Ilaria Vinci (*1991) explores in her practice what she calls the "zone of the imagination": The area in the human psyche where self-perception and world-perception meet and blur. The artist explores what constitutes reality and how people communicate and imagine. Over the course of a year, Vinci occupies the artists' pub and transforms the entrance area into a fireplace. People gather around fires, share stories, eat, drink, and play together. Vinci is also interested in mythological figures and those associated with fire, such as the phoenix and Prometheus.