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Unreliable Screen

Piera Pagnacco

A reflection on large scale time intervals.
The maquette can be reproduced in many instances thanks to CNC cut polyurethane molds. Every time a scale model is unrecognizable due to exhibition conditions, another cast can be produced to withstand elements and time—for a while longer.

Set of molds, wax cast modules, exposed to time and heat. 30x15x20 cm ca., variable over time.

A project made in the course

Project Warm-Up — Art 2020-21

the exhibition OUT OF THE PRESENT* After 300 days of zero gravity, more than ever bound in time and space to the conditions of now and here, we have adapted to learning and teaching—and vice versa—in order to understand the needs and to accomplish a necessary toolkit. Applied and approved strategies have allowed us to individually and collectively imagine, produce and exhibit art within a space that is non-conditional, virtual, bound neither to time nor space, that is not here, not now: https://hub.link/UCqTmnz *Andrei Ujica, 1995 the course The course clears basic questions such as “What does an artist do? What is the role of the contemporary artist within society? How do artists think?” It introduces to recent art history and gives the students the know-how to critically observe the artistic scene and the ability to define their own practice.
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