CANEMORTO: The Radiant Van
light installation
French Revolution Square // until 20 June
OPENING: Tuesday, 26 May 2026, at 9:30 p.m.

BOOK & FILM PRESENTATION: Wed., 10 June 2026, 8.30 PM

The new project by the anonymous Italian trio CANEMORTO was conceived for the Luci d’Artista light art festival in Turin, for its upcoming 29th edition, which shall open in the city on the Po River on 23 October. The Radiant Van, parked in front of the Vžigalica Gallery (Match Gallery), will thus make its début in Ljubljana. On view is a unique gallery on four wheels; at night, the body of the vehicle transforms into a special, magical lantern that illuminates its immediate surroundings. The authors describe the images emanating from the van as apotropaic — an eclectic compendium of symbols and images from various temporal and spatial coordinates of the past, which by means of mysterious magical rituals, ward off malevolent forces from their surroundings. The project thus draws on esoteric or shamanistic traditions, where the image, as the essence of the world, is capable of actively influencing it and even transforming it. Moreover, a trilingual catalogue and video documentary accompanying the project will be released. They will be presented on Wednesday, 10 June, at the French Revolution Square, at 9 p.m.

CANEMORTO is an anonymous artistic trio from Italy, active since 2007. The group is known for its unconventional and provocative poetics, manifesting itself both across the broadest area of visual art and through performative and musical ventures. Emerging from the subcultural scene and drawing on the legacy of historical avant-gardes, their ironic and often ambiguous artistic endeavours challenge established conventions and the structured nature of art and society at large. In their distinctly interdisciplinary work, CANEMORTO intertwine fiction and ritual, mythology and ecstasy.

The projects result will be also a film and a book, which will be presented on 10th June 2026 at the Radiant Van location.

The project was created with the financial support of the Direzione Generale Creatività Contemporanea (the General Directorate for Contemporary Creativity (DGCC)) of the Italian Ministry of Culture, as part of the Italian Council programme (14th edition, 2025), the goal of which is the international promotion of Italian contemporary art. The project was realised by the Turin Museum Foundation (Fondazione Torino Musei) for the Artists’ Lights (Luci d’Artista) festival in collaboration with the following partners: The Venice Civic Museum Foundation (Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia (MUVE)), the Museum and Galleries of Ljubljana (MGML), the City Municipality of Ljubljana and the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia. Special thanks go to Camilla Sanguinetti and the Alchemilla organisation.