We are delighted to invite you to the June studio visit at Domus — the final public event of the international residency programme, which runs throughout the year and is promoted by Domus Artist Residency through the "IN RESIDENCE" project.
On Wednesday, June 25, starting promptly at 7:00 PM, we will discover the work and artistic research of Stefan Lukić and Emma Pasquer.
The evening’s programme is a special one and includes a public urban performance by Stefan Lukić, a Serbian visual and performance artist whose work aims to capture the universal state of transit, migration, and constant motion.
At the end of the performance, we will walk together to Arco Cadura 15, at Domus, where French performer, director, and writer Emma Pasquer will be waiting to present her work — developed between artistic research, teaching, dance, writing, and theatre.
The 7:00 PM Performance (meeting point: the entrance of Via Cavour, near the Basilica of Santa Caterina):
Stefan Lukić is intrigued by the role of travellers and eyewitnesses and strives to represent them through his art. Streets, distances, and we, the travellers, become links between places, memories, ideas, people, life, love, human struggle, and death.
"Inspired by the motto of the ancient painter Apelles — 'not a day without a line' — Stefan Lukić reflects on how this principle, once a call for consistent artistic practice, has been absorbed by today's hyper-productive, profit-oriented culture.
In an era where even free time is labelled as “serious digital work,” the pressure to constantly produce — be it social media posts or professional performances — is relentless.
Lukić’s residency at Domus in Galatina challenges this mindset, turning the Grand Tour, once a symbol of elite artistic education, into a daily endurance performance through running. Starting June 1, 2025, Lukić increases his route by 500 meters each day, tracing metaphorical lines across Italy on Strava that reflect the weight of daily labor and ever-growing expectations.
His project doesn’t just draw space, but time — a nostalgic search for lost rhythms, a longing for moments that perhaps never existed, and a hopeful possibility to enjoy time rather than consume it.
If the Grand Tour once offered aristocrats cultural enrichment, today’s reality replaces reflection with “active” holidays and constant stimulation.
Lukić’s work invites us to pause and ask: Can we still slow down, rest, and rediscover a meaningful relationship with time — or are we forever condemned to live along the line?