Gea Casolaro (b. 1965) primarily uses video and photography to activate new possible readings of the image, bringing to light aspects of reality that habit or commonplaces tend to erase, hide, or forget. Sopra il nostro futuro #5 (Above Our Future #5) is one of the works in a series of 40 shots taken in China and Argentina, two geographical, political, and social realities that seem to be at opposite ends of the spectrum, intended to highlight the contradictions of capitalist societies and the possible directions contemporary life appears to be heading. The artist adopts a sociological approach, addressing themes such as street labor, the condition of women, road systems, and urbanization to reveal the many contradictions of today’s societies. The title of the work comes from a graffiti photographed on a wall in an Argentine city marked by poverty: “The government, the entrepreneurs, and the police will not trample over our future.” The video, from the same series, is composed of photographs edited in sequence and is inspired by the kinetic studies of Edward Muybridge. It invites reflection on the dual concept of movement: movement as a metaphor to question the direction the world is taking, and movement as a form of protest, a call to revolt against globalization and neoliberalism.