papier-mâché
93x28x12 (detail)
Italian Pavilion / Abruzzo – Aurum, Pescara
Installation view
Italian Pavilion / Abruzzo – Aurum, Pescara
Installation view
Italian Pavilion / Abruzzo – Aurum, Pescara
Installation view
Installation view
Dimensions variable
Italian Pavilion / Abruzzo – Aurum, Pescara
Installation view
papier-mâché
93x28x12 cm (detail)
Italian Pavilion / Abruzzo – Aurum, Pescara
Installation view
Italian Pavilion / Abruzzo – Aurum, Pescara
Installation view
papier-mâché
93x28x12 cm
Italian Pavilion / Abruzzo – Aurum, Pescara
Installation view
papier-mâché
93x28x12 cm (detail)
Silenzio is an installation created in memory of the 309 victims of the earthquake that struck L’Aquila on 6 April 2009. It was exhibited at the Italy–Abruzzo Region Pavilion at the 54th Venice Biennale (2011), on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of Italian unification. The work consists of 309 (work in progress) papier-mâché bodies, produced from a single plaster mould and arranged facing the wall, as though seeking to reunite with the very Earth that witnessed their birth. Devoid of individual characteristics and uniformly white, they emphasise a collective dimension of memory, transcending individual identity to convey the universal experience of loss. The choice of paper as the material from which they are made foregrounds the fragility and vulnerability of the human condition.