Red indicates eroticism, love, anger, but also the blood of war, the cloak of power, and the flames of hell. The strongest emotions of man have been associated with this colour, for it is the colour of heat and blood. But there is not just one red: purple, carmine, cardinal, scarlet, lacquer, crimson, cherry, rust, vermilion, terracotta, maroon, burgundy, coral, and magenta. Magenta: upon hearing this name, all the passions that characterize the colour red merge into the memory of an event, i.e., the Battle of Magenta, during the Second Independence War. These emotions come together in a single historical scenario.

You can hear the excited movement, the shots and shouts, the chariots ploughing into the ground, the thundering cannons. Magenta becomes colour and sound at a time. This synaesthesia in red traces the outline of the Magenta Variations project: a video installation where sound is strongly present (the term “variations” is used in music), developed into a triptych. Its themes are war, peace, and memory. At the centre of the environment, the video projections determine a powerful red dominant, while the interactive device engages the viewer in the narration told by the screens.