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Progetto Costellazioni
chapter #3
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ALCOR & MIZAR
Interactive Land Art installation
Non-fabric tissue, wood, plastic, old telephone, LEDs, interactive device
about 30 x 11 mt.
2016
Land art and text by Luca Serasini
Technical collaboration: Massimo Giannoni
Voice by Colin Pilkington
“Art in the Woods” – Holmfirth Arts Festival 2016
West Yorkshire, UK
These 2 stars of the Big Dipper (sometimes called “horse and rider”) form a naked eye double star that was both very important in ancient history. The ability to perceive the separation of these two stars, was considered a measure of good vision and was, in fact, an important “sight test” necessary to be a member of the Imperial Guard of the Arabic Emperor.
I took this story and 2016 according to the theme of the Art in the Woods, “the circus” I created a little story where Alcor speaks with the listener who picks up the phone and asks them to look up to the installation and find him…
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ARTWORK
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Il carro sbagliato
screen printing and watercolor on paper
50 x 70 cm
2016