Fabrizio Bellomo
Installation @ Art Around Milano
Carroponte, Milan
5.5.2012 - 15.10.2012
In the vast complex of Industrial Archaeological Park ’ex-Breda’, are now buildings with different functions, which have experienced different processes of regeneration. In a context that is so divided, Fabrizio Bellomo realizes an intervention capable of activating very concise and immediate visual relations, with space and time.
The artist found in a factory in Bari, closed in the mid nineties and still in a state of neglect, a metal plate, sort of image / text, bearing the words’ ”Take care of the machine on which you work, it is your bread!”. The artwork consists of the exact replica of the plaque, which is printed in a giant size and installed in different industrial locations of Carroponte in Milan.
The mere taking of an image from one context and placing it in another, seemingly similar, automatically triggers two opposing processes. On the one hand highlights and “consolidates” the industrial memory of the area, amplifying its role as a monument. On the other hand, it introduces an alienating dimension, putting us in front the critical of the ongoing transformation: from industrial to cultural production, from the consumption to information society.
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