[Vittorio Veneto, Italy]

Nico Vascellari

Total Resistance

A radio station by Nico Vascellari making use of a sort of bird-call imitator traditionally found his home region in the north of Italy, known as a chioccolatore. The artist has explored these uncannily convincing figures before in performances such as Revenge (2018) at MAXXI in Rome. To prepare the station, a chioccolatore was recruited to visit various rather mundane locations in Vittorio Veneto (the post office, supermarket, café, church, etc) where bird calls and ordinary noises merge.