Riccardo Previdi

“Bouncing the Ball enters Piazza San Carlo as a poetic and conceptual device, capable of activating new readings of public space and shared time”. The work represents the motion of a bounce and the deformation of a ball at the moment of impact: a technical gesture becomes an essential form, a luminous freeze-frame of time. Created with the support of Nitto ATP Finals — the international tennis event hosted in Turin since 2021 — the installation draws inspiration from the bouncing of the ball before the serve: a metaphor for awareness, fragility, and unpredictability; a “suspended moment in which one gathers, discerns, and decides.” The Luce transforms, evolving from an ellipse into a perfect circle — a universal form and a recurring motif in the artist’s practice. The circle is also a void, a threshold, a symbol of permeability and transition. In Piazza San Carlo, the work enters into dialogue with the twin churches, whose façades feature large elliptical rose windows — forms that reappear in the luminous interplay, evolving in a dynamic flow. This transition between the simplicity of the circle and the complexity of the ellipse evokes the shift from the Renaissance to the Baroque: from a single center to two focal points, from pure geometry to dynamic form.

Riccardo Previdi explores the relationship between art, architecture, and design, with a particular focus on the project-based dimension as a connective space between disciplines. He has exhibited in international venues including Kunst Raum Riehen (2023), Museion (2023), Villa Croce (2017), Marta Herford (2011), and Manifesta 7.

Arianna Bona

Bouncing the Ball (2025) was realised with the support of Nitto ATP Finals.