Vittorio Pettinato

There is a place – real and invisible at the same time – where everyone, sooner or later, passes through. An always-open center, frequented by image pilgrims, ascetics of well-being, and "professionals" of authenticity. It is the Center of Permanent Vanity, the new show by Vittorio Pettinato, who with his intelligent irony and the spontaneity that distinguishes him brings to the stage the human comedy of our time.

Vanity is no longer a secret vice, but a daily habit: a silent engine that directs gestures, thoughts, and desires. Today, everything transforms into storytelling, into experiences to share, into proof of authenticity; even silence, even pause, even escape from the world. Some return from a long spiritual journey and document it step by step, others leave the office to rediscover themselves among the vineyards, and some announce their digital detox by posting a final farewell to social media.

With his clear and affectionately ruthless gaze, Pettinato guides us through this merry-go-round of contemporary contradictions, alternating impressions, striking observations, and moments of corrosive comedy, always with the lightness of someone who knows how to laugh above all at himself.

His humor, never predictable, arises from the observation of reality: spontaneous yet precise, surreal yet recognizable, able to move effortlessly between smile and reflection, without ever losing rhythm.

“Center of Permanent Vanity” completes the ironic portrait of a society that mirrors, filters, narrates itself, and in doing so continues to seek itself.

A comedic journey into our need to exist through the gaze of others.