Agorà
permanent sound installation
OPENRIVA Project
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In the photographic project Suspended (2018/2019), the inhabitants of San Francesco (Pelago) and Pontassieve walking near the river were invited to perform an unusual action. They were asked to jump on a trampoline specifically brought by the authors, and made a gesture that, with no manipulation or photomontage, allowed the photographers to portray them with the Sieve River in the background. The photographs taken by the authors thus relayed a perspective in which the locals, suspended in the air, are as close to as superimposed over the river, visually reconstructing a man/water relationship that goes beyond simply swimming in the river or posing in front of it.
The choice, shared with locals, to exhibit the monumental works produced by Delille and Woods for the RIVA Project on the façades of the buildings of the Le Murate Complex, including the one that houses MAD, was led by the desire to recall the strong bond between the Complex and the Arno River, since the original mona
In the photographic project Suspended (2018/2019), the inhabitants of San Francesco (Pelago) and Pontassieve walking near the river were invited to perform an unusual action. They were asked to jump on a trampoline specifically brought by the authors, and made a gesture that, with no manipulation or photomontage, allowed the photographers to portray them with the Sieve River in the background. The photographs taken by the authors thus relayed a perspective in which the locals, suspended in the air, are as close to as superimposed over the river, visually reconstructing a man/water relationship that goes beyond simply swimming in the river or posing in front of it.
The choice, shared with locals, to exhibit the monumental works produced by Delille and Woods for the RIVA Project on the façades of the buildings of the Le Murate Complex, including the one that houses MAD, was led by the desire to recall the strong bond between the Complex and the Arno River, since the original monastery was located right on the river banks, on the present Ponte alle Grazie bridge. The decision was made to enhance their project in a public framework, thinking also of the symbolic suggestion inspired by the context: Suspended and free, the protagonists stand out of the natural elements represented by water and air, and are displayed in a monumental dimension in a place that was originally conceived as a prison and that was eventually returned to the community.
