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However, if on one hand synthetic molecules have exponentially multiplied crop yields, shaping the contemporary idea of “food overproduction,” on the other hand for the first time in history we are starting to question the long-term effects of chemistry in agriculture.
The identification of Endocrine disruptors1, known as the active ingredients present in agricultural treatments that can change the production of hormones and hence the “normal” sexual development in complex organisms2, has gradually caused a modification of human metabolism initiated by the agro-pharmaceutical industry.

At the same time, sterility is setting up to be a significant problem in the Western world, and the social motivations alone are not sufficient to explain the impressive population growth imbalance on the planet. Once again, this difference resembles witchcraft. More likely, the real reasons for these changes are in the exposure to mutagenic agents, which are modifying the chemical structure of our bodies, working on human biology itself.
In this new project, Luca Francesconi’s analysis avoids a simplistic demonization of scientific progress and a utopian “return to the past.” The artist’s investigation, starting from the ground-up, does not want to be a laboratory experiment aimed to reach an objective and universal conclusion. Instead, questioning eschatological faith in the progress, Francesconi tries to show the complexities and contradictions generated by the transposition of agricultural and food models in an “other” context.