3 Rochester NY (USA) "Detecting machine n.1" Mural painting realized for the Wall Therapy co-curated by Urban Nation Berlin 2015
1 Torino (Italy) "Black machine” Mural painting and installation realized on the Colosseo theater 2015 Playing with the line of sight of the forced point of view from the sidewalk and inspiring us to the theater (on whose wall was made the painting), we decided to work on the idea of representation intended in a broad sense as portrayal, as performance and as a figuraton of reality. We used direct references to the theatrical context to define a “real” proportion and a starting point, but we wanted to move the attention on global warming related to human habits. We have then developed these issues trying to evoke the position (and responsibility) of man in a delicate balance, into the ecosystem, and so the choice of points of view, of real awareness and the idea of a passive condition in a system.
2 New Delhi (India) "See through / See beyond” Couple of mural paintings for St+Art India and the exhibition “WIP” 2016 The work consists of two paintings connected between them, although distant a few kilometers. The first was realized in the Lodhi Colony in south-central New Delhi, while the second was painted on six train containers of the "WIP" exhibition (02-28.02.2016), at the ICD deposit of Tughlakabad, further south. Lodhi Colony is one of the oldest colonies established during the British period and was originally built in 1940 to house the employees of the government of that time. In our society structured on the expansion of power and on the conquest of the final product, the origin of things and their history are often put aside. The reasons are confused and mixed over time, diluted up to make it turbid, making past and present less and less readable. In this way the vision of reality itself and its understanding, as the understanding of its problems, fails. The man finds himself with no history, unable to distinguish the outlines of his surroundings, without memories that make it aware and without reference points that make it conscious of his actual position.
In this situation we wanted to realize something related to the balance between the elements inside a system: where all the parts partecipate, consciously or not, and where there should be a mutual comprehension and empathy. We see this related in a wider way to the balance existing in nature, a sort of "collaboration" between everything for a common "wellness”. An existing working system based on needs and not on profit. From this then we wanted to highlight 2 different aspects: at a more immediate level the relationship between mankind and nature, as a litmus paper that reveal an emergency and risks (first of all the global warming, an emergency sign itself). On a second and more specific level we wanted to relate our painting to the idea of a community that cooperate for a local or/and a more global benefit, exactly as the natural example mentioned above. A sort of positive shell, strong and delicate at the same time, strictly connected to what it’s made of and to what is around it, and of which to take care of constantly.
4 Belgrado (Serbia) “Imitation of life n°9” Mural painting realized over the Mikser House 2014 The project is represents for us an idea of evolution, of transformation, of life and change under an alternative perspective, which we associate with the city of Belgrade and in particular with the area where we have made the painting, referring then to the “Utopia” that’s in the topic of this Festival. The mechanism present in the upper part, moreover, is powered by the free energy coming from the Tesla coil. This, then, like many other pieces goes to enlarge an already large “file” of components that we use to build the other machines of our works.
5 Luzern (Switzerland) "Realizing machine” Mural painting realized for the Neusicht exhibition organized by Viva con Agua 2016 This works is about the the look that mankind has towards nature and everything concerning their relationship, where there’s a direct connection that often it’s not completed by knowledge and comprehension. This cultural attitude brings a distance and the distance creates a lack of empathy that can be easily turned, or purpose or not, in blindness. In a society where the profit is the main value, this relationship is then based on exploitation and privatization of natural resources, and all the consequences are hidden also if they’re in front of everyone’s eyes. As in the previous paintings, the structure of the building became an important element for the definition of the composition: from this comes the idea of something that’s inside, partially hidden and / or protected. The subject is then into the structure and not outside, is a sort of cage made again by the human gesture of opening and closing, looking or hiding.
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