"The Illuminating Gas" is the work of extraordinary elegance and great effect by the artist Cerith Wyn Evans, exhibited from 31 October 2019 to 26 July 2020 at Pirelli HangarBicocca. The exhibition, curated by Roberta Tenconi and Vicente Todolì, draws on complex references and citations in the literary, musical, philosophical, photographic, poetic, artistic, astronomical and scientific fields. All declined in new forms through an articulated assembly process. The main focus of the artist's research revolves around perception, the potential of language and communication, in a way that challenges the natural notion of reality; the materials and elements used are mostly light and sound, with the temporal dimension in the use of the work at the center.

With a past as a filmmaker, from the 90s Cerith Wyn Evans has dedicated himself to the creation of sculptures, site specific and performative interventions. This exhibition is the result of one of his most recent works: texts translated into light in the form of neon lights, fireworks or pulsations of light, luminous transpositions of ideas by historical artists such as Duchamp or gestures of the Japanese theater Noh. All elegantly and balanced composed by the two curators of the exhibition.

Several institutions of international importance and important collective exhibitions have previously presented the exhibitions of this contemporary artist certainly worthy of note.

Below is a video presentation by the curators and a highly explanatory video of the power of this exhibition.