Endings: Nightclub

Overview

Endings: Nightclub (2025) is a collaborative work by artist Marina Apollonio (Trieste, 1940), whose exploration of optical and kinetic art has been ongoing since the 1960s, and composer and sound artist Bottin (Guglielmo Bottin, Venice, 1977). Drawing inspiration from the hypnotic spiral movements that have long defined Apollonio’s practice—particularly her lacquered wood pieces, Fusione Circolare (2016) and Fusione Circolare Doppia (2019)—the video depicts a spinning vinyl record that embodies the dialogue between the two artists. The image captures the rhythmic expansion and contraction of black and white lines. Meanwhile, a fluorescent yellow turntable stylus, labelled Nightclub, traces the record groove from start to finish.