Progetto Costellazioni
chapter #3
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…
ARTWORK
Il carro sbagliato
screen printing and watercolor on paper
50 x 70 cm
2016