In forma d'azzardo. Una nota su "Bisca Vascellari"

The essay analyses the exhibition “Bisca Vascalleri”, by the Italian artist Nico Vascellari, held in Rome during Winter 2018 that will be re-launched in an itinerant format in 2019. A Roman project space run by laria Marotta and Andrea Baccin (Cura Basement) has been transformed for a month into a gambling house, where people can participate in games invented by the artist, testing one’s skills, imagination, willing to take risks and, generally, try one’s luck. With a few chips and limited expenditure, all gamblers have a chance to win a work by Vascellari. The “Bisca” has triggered both amusement and reflections on the topics of gambling, participatory creativity, alternative art markets and the value of original artwork