Nunzio Paci. False memory

This monograph collects the artist's most recent works Nunzio Paci (Bentivoglio -BO, 1977) and was created as a result of the cycle of exhibitions False Memory. Tribute to Luigi Calori, edited by Monica Zaghi: False Memory (Frabboni House Museum, San Pietro in Casale (BO), 9 April – 29 May 2022), Of Memories and Grafts | In the Spirit (Oratory of San Giuseppe, San Giorgio di Piano (BO), 13 May – 12 June 2022), Of Memories and Grafts | In the Flesh (Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences of the University of Bologna, 14 May – 12 June 2022).

“Nunzio Paci's visual narration has the power to make what is not plausible for science, on the contrary, exposing as scientifically plausible what can never be. Whether it's a miracle, magic or deception – and what nature is, in the eyes of the child, if not the sum of these three elements – in the face of such a distortion of reality we can only be complacent victims of clear suggestion. Whether or not what we are shown is authentic doesn't matter, because it reminds us of something we have already seen, or that we thought we saw. An artfully orchestrated déjà-vu that, violate the defenses of our psyche, results in a false memory, the false memory.

From the text Memory and illusion: the transfigured nature of Nunzio Paci by Monica Zaghi