“With Second Order Reality I am interested in examining in greater detail certain predispositions of which kids are healthy carriers, such as the ability to explore transitional
states (facilitated by their natural predisposition to enter and exit different subjectivities, whether they are within a digital-virtual scenario, or analogue-narrative one), the interest in
the construction of architectures and liminal spaces (which translates into their fascination for temporal gaps and thresholds that “allow” access to other realities), the propensity for
“magical thinking”, the curiosity towards those which can be defined as “bugs”, “slips” of
perception of their body or of what surrounds them.” – Carola Bonfili states.

Every aspect of the story is the result of careful construction that combines different languages and eras: from nineteenth-century literature to brutalist architecture; from contemporary comics to generative artificial intelligence, In a combinatorial system designed to stimulate a different perception of the environment.

The sounds, created by the sound artist Francesco D’Abbraccio, also play a crucial role in the narrative development, especially as a melody forms to guide the monkey’s journey, emphasizing the importance of senses in this immersive experience.

Through a constant renewal of the imagination, the artist reveals the potential of contemporary narrative mediums such as computer graphic animation and virtual reality, transposing elements borrowed from the collective unconscious into a new dimension where familiarity gives way to estrangement, in a potentially infinite cycle.