Cinque dispositivi in uno, magic box
Cinque dispositivi in Uno is a magic box realized by Grossi Maglioni at the end of the long term project Macchina Dematerializzante e Gabinetto Spiritico per l’apparizione di corpi dispersi in 2011.
It continues the research on magic and devices to mediate experience and interaction between the artists and the audience.
The box can be transformed in 5 devices through the different combination of its elements and position in the space, each shape represent one device used in magic and spritual practices in order to connect and perceive to the spirits and metaphisical phenomena.
The device as been presented in a series of performance lectures in which the artists presented the magic box and its function as a transfromable furniture by telling the story of its origin between reality and fiction.