le nuvole sono soltanto un pretesto/Clouds are just an excuse

Casa Milio, Ficarra, Italy, 2015

The residency in Ficarra arrived in a precise moment of my research, in which I wanted to abandon the support/frame, in search of a fixed point in space and time. Something was bound to happen. Ficarra is located above the 38th parallel. From a large shop window, at Casa Milio, the direct solar light, in August, managed to cover a lapse of time that went from 14,35 until 20,00 and beyond. The sunbeams managed to stand out against five different walls of the room. The choice of the fresco to leave out the support/frame was crucial in order to obtain an image that was totally integrated with the environment.

The result is an appointment in the same place for the 14th of August 2016, when direct sunbeams will find again their position on the forms recorded one year before on the five walls, on an hourly basis. Space, time and a light source able to reach 100.000 lx become a performative device that questions the experience of definition, the nature of the screen and the image.

The work will be hosted in this private space for one year. Since I didn’t know the future of this work, I supplied it with a natal chart drawn up according to its date of birth, so as to pinpoint its character, the potential, its destiny and a probable future.