RAM x TRLab: Memories of Tomorrow

Six N. Five (a.k.a. Ezequiel Pini), SOMBRA (Shadow) , 2023, digital moving image, with sound, 1 min., loop, dimensions variable. Courtesy the Artist.

Argentinian-born, Barcelona-based Six N. Five, a.k.a Ezequiel Pini, is best known for his poetic mirages that combine sculptural, architectural and digital techniques that transform the viewers’ experience of time and space. Structured over four “acts”, Memories of Tomorrow contemplates the plasticity of perception and memory in the digital age. The narrative unfolds through a series of spatial "performances", played out through Pini’s rigorous and symphonic studies of light and shadow, symmetry and geometry. Recalling Joseph Kosuth’s seminal conceptual gesture, the chair recurs throughout Pini’s installation as a motif of human presence and absence, caught between pixels and atoms.

Six N. Five (a.k.a. Ezequiel Pini), LUNAS (The Moon) , 2023, digital moving image with sound, 1 min., loop, dimensions variable. Courtesy the Artist.

Opened in 1928, the Capitol Theatre Building was a symbol of Shanghai’s golden era, with its dreams of technological and cosmopolitan futurity. Almost a century on from that cinematic golden age, we sit at a far more ambiguous juncture, where technology is a ubiquitous force in our lives. Pini’s oneiric interventions into the Capitol’s architectural surface excavate the spectral and existential presence of the digital in shaping our realities, blurring the boundaries between history, memory and dream.

Six N. Five (a.k.a. Ezequiel Pini), Photographer: Salva Lopez

Six N. Five, a.k.a Ezequiel Pini , is an award-winning Argentinian digital artist and designer based in Barcelona. Over the last decade, Pini has pioneered the use of 3D to create imaginary, dreamlike worlds with his signature clean, modern aesthetic. His work incorporates different mediums to explore imaginary spaces, moving stories and physical works. Six N. Five is exclusively represented by Triple X, an international organization that specialises in digital art and represents some of the world’s leading digital artists.

 ·About TRLab

TRLab fuses technology with fine art expertise to engage people in the discovery of new art forms. Digital, technology, and experimentation are our key words. Since its founding in 2021, TRLab has successfully designed and launched innovative collecting experiences with leading digital and traditional artists. We enable a new medium for artistic expression and expand the collector base for artists and institutions. We democratize access to know but previously inaccessible art for collectors and fans. TRLab was incubated by significant players in the art industry, including Christie's Auction House, Artsy,  Pace Gallery, and founders of Rockbund Art Museum and ART021. 

 ·About Rockbund Art Museum(RAM)

Inaugurated in 2010, the Rockbund Art Museum is a contemporary art museum located on the Bund in Shanghai. In considering what it means to be an Asia-based contemporary art museum in the 21st century, RAM aims to explore the importance of "archipelago thinking": connecting to artistic culture across Asia and beyond to gain richer perspectives on today’s challenges, practices, and networks within contemporary artistic practices.