PHOTO BRICK - winning project of Public Art under 30 - in collaboration with Lucilla Candeloro
site-specific photo installation made of glass bricks and photography of the historical and abandoned village Medelana in the Tuscan-Emilia Apennines
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An entire historical village abandoned and uninhabited. New habitants will arrive but along with new building plans. What of the past can be saved? What will be the future everyday life of Medelana? Our proposal was to insert particular moments of Medelana's past into glass bricks, incorporating photography into objects. These glass bricks, that transform old treasures, would then be positioned on paths at the entrance of the village, in the stone walls that surround the main square, in house walls and next to trees - reaching and extending their visible roots, "drawing" new trails in this medieval village.
Passing through the village, the observer - an active part of this public art project - discovers new thought trails bringing about associations of new times and places, which in turn become part of the future of Medelana.
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2006. Award ceremony - premio sezione giovane - at the fair Arte Fiera in Bologna/Italy; scientific jury formed of Adolfo Soldati (president of the Cooperative Murri), Valerio Dehò (teacher of aesthetics and art critic), Salvatore di Blasi (expert of communication and teacher at DAMS in Bologna) and Paolo di Biase (architect)