CUICUOCUA
The socks show
Isothermal skin on sounds and slits.
Presented in July 2024 as part of the Lugano LongLake Festival – Buskers, The Sock Show is a surreal and delirious performance conceived by Cuicuocua, a Livorno-based collective whose research moves across visual arts, objects, and stage experimentation. The action unfolds entirely inside a closed, lightweight structure — a sort of self-built container wrapped in isothermal blankets. Inside this reflective capsule, the performers move immersed in lights, effects, and smoke, while outside the audience is confronted with a closed, impenetrable volume, able to spy on the absurdity happening within only by peeking through small portholes. I personally curated both the live sound performance and the photo and video documentation: the sound acted as a physical lure for passersby, drawing them toward the structure and urging them to peer through the portholes, while through photography and video I captured the dual dimension of the work — the reflective mystery of the exterior and the hallucinated atmosphere of the interior.
