Semosemosemosemosemosemo
senseOFcommunity #11 :galleria SPIAZZI | Venezia | 3-10.10.2014 | a cura di Silvia Petronici // in collaborazione con associazione culturale SPIAZZI e SPIAZZI VERDI || INFO: SPIAZZI | infospiazzi@gmail.com | http://infospiazzi.blogspot.it/ | Silvia Petronici | curatore indipendente di arte contemporanea | gavagai.art@gmail.com | www.silviapetronici.eu.
Installazione site specific; 300 moduli esagonali con lato di cm 7 in spugna nera e serigrafia, dimensioni complessive d’ambiente.
L’installazione nelle prime due sale della galleria consiste nella composizione a pavimento dei moduli di spugna sui cui spicchi triangolari si legge la parola “semo” che nelle sequenze di giustapposizione dei moduli si compone a formare la parola “mose”.
Il lavoro riflette sul tema della responsabilità collettiva, sull’elaborazione di un pensiero e di una risposta condivisa ai problemi posti dalla convivenza in un territorio. L’ambiente circostante e le sue criticità possono e forse debbono tornare al centro di una consapevolezza diffusa e delle sue conseguenze in termini comunitari di intervento nel merito di queste criticità. Nella lingua veneta la parola “semo” può significare “scemo” come anche alludere alla dimensione plurale, significando “siamo”. Partendo da queste riflessioni l’artista dà una sua risposta poetica alla questione annosa del Mose, studiando l’utilizzo della spugna per la forma finale del suo lavoro. La spugna che così semplicemente asciuga e trattiene l’acqua in eccesso. Il dato eccellente di questo lavoro è anche nel processo della sua produzione che ha compreso il coinvolgimento di un’azienda leader del settore che sceglie di sostenere il progetto condividendone gli intenti*. L’artista mostra la connessione virtuosa tra l’immaginazione, la posizione poetica delle questioni serie e la tecnologia che può essere a sua volta interrogata per la ricerca delle soluzioni. L’artista riassume il pensiero che sottende al suo lavoro: “ai margini di te inizia l’altro e nell’incontro succede qualcosa”.
* lavoro realizzato grazie al sostegno e al contributo di Martini S.p.a.
senseOFcommunity #11 // venezia | the community spirit of art in the 2.0 society SPIAZZI Gallery | residence both for artists and curators on “site specific” artistic practices edited by Silvia Petronici. Site specific installation. 300 hexagonal modules of side 7 cm made of black sponge with serigraphy, overall size environment. The installation in the first two rooms of the Gallery consists in the floor composition of the sponge modules on which triangular wedges we read the word “semo” (i.e. silly) that in the sequences of juxtaposition of the modules it is composed to form the word “mose”. The work makes reflect upon the theme of collective responsibility and the development of a thought and a shared answer to the problems posed by living in a territory. The surrounding environment and its criticality can and maybe must return to the center of a widespread awareness and its consequences in terms of Community intervention on the substance of these critical issues. In the Venetian language the word “semo” may mean “silly” as also allude to the plural dimension with the meaning of “siamo (we are)”. Starting from these reflections the artist gives a his own poetical answer to the age-old question about the Mose project, by studying the usage of the sponge for the final form of his work. The sponge so that simply dries and retains excess water as well. The excellent fact of this work stays also in its production process which included the involvement of a leading sector company which chooses to support the project by sharing intentions*. The artist shows the virtuos connection among imagination, the poetical position about serious issues and technology which can in turn be queried for the search of solutions. The artist sums up the thinking behin his work: “on the edge of you the other begins and encountering, something happens”. *work realized with the support and contribution of Martini S.p.A.
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senseOFcommunity #11 // venezia | the community spirit of art in the 2.0 society SPIAZZI Gallery | residence both for artists and curators on “site specific” artistic practices edited by Silvia Petronici. Site specific installation. 300 hexagonal modules of side 7 cm made of black sponge with serigraphy, overall size environment. The installation in the first two rooms of the Gallery consists in the floor composition of the sponge modules on which triangular wedges we read the word “semo” (i.e. silly) that in the sequences of juxtaposition of the modules it is composed to form the word “mose”. The work makes reflect upon the theme of collective responsibility and the development of a thought and a shared answer to the problems posed by living in a territory. The surrounding environment and its criticality can and maybe must return to the center of a widespread awareness and its consequences in terms of Community intervention on the substance of these critical issues. In the Venetian language the word “semo” may mean “silly” as also allude to the plural dimension with the meaning of “siamo (we are)”. Starting from these reflections the artist gives a his own poetical answer to the age-old question about the Mose project, by studying the usage of the sponge for the final form of his work. The sponge so that simply dries and retains excess water as well. The excellent fact of this work stays also in its production process which included the involvement of a leading sector company which chooses to support the project by sharing intentions*. The artist shows the virtuos connection among imagination, the poetical position about serious issues and technology which can in turn be queried for the search of solutions. The artist sums up the thinking behin his work: “on the edge of you the other begins and encountering, something happens”. *work realized with the support and contribution of Martini S.p.A.
Comunicato stampa
Press release
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