BLACK LIBRARY, 2011
Performance, still da video, installazione site specific
Libreria, 90 metri di stoffa di cotone nero, strep adesivo, libro
Libreria Privata Fondazione Civitella Ranieri, Umbertide, Perugia
BLACK LIBRARY, 2011
Performance, video still, site specific installation
Library, 90 mt black cloth, wood, adhesive strep, book
Private Library Civitella Ranieri Foundation, Umbertide, Perugia
The Civitella Ranieri Castle is the Italian seat of the American Foundation hosting an international artist residency program. This castle contains an important and ancient library, which is unfortunately not accessible to the public. The artist decided to cover it with a black cloth, to make it disappear to the human eye, as a sign of mourning, creating a performance in which she makes black drapery fall in front of the book-shelves and at the end, covers herself with the same dark cloth. What’s the sense of a library not accessible to the public?
WATCH THE VIDEO OF THE PERFORMANCE
Performance, still da video, installazione site specific
Libreria, 90 metri di stoffa di cotone nero, strep adesivo, libro
Libreria Privata Fondazione Civitella Ranieri, Umbertide, Perugia
Il Castello di Civitella Ranieri è la sede italiana della Fondazione americana in cui si svolge un programma internazionale di residenze d’artista. Al suo interno si trova un’importante e antica libreria, che purtroppo non è accessibile. L’artista ha deciso di rivestirla con un tendaggio nero, per renderla invisibile all’occhio umano, in segno di lutto, realizzando una performance nella quale fa scendere delle tende nere davanti agli scaffali e infine si copre lei stessa dello scuro tessuto. A cosa serve una libreria inaccessibile al pubblico?
GUARDA IL VIDEO DELLA PERFORMANCE
BLACK LIBRARY, 2011
Performance, video still, site specific installation
Library, 90 mt black cloth, wood, adhesive strep, book
Private Library Civitella Ranieri Foundation, Umbertide, Perugia
The Civitella Ranieri Castle is the Italian seat of the American Foundation hosting an international artist residency program. This castle contains an important and ancient library, which is unfortunately not accessible to the public. The artist decided to cover it with a black cloth, to make it disappear to the human eye, as a sign of mourning, creating a performance in which she makes black drapery fall in front of the book-shelves and at the end, covers herself with the same dark cloth. What’s the sense of a library not accessible to the public?
WATCH THE VIDEO OF THE PERFORMANCE