Panorama 4

Last days to visit the exhibition Panorama 4 at the Fortress of Fortezza. The works of 33 artists from South Tyrol will be exhibited up to 30th September in the massive building opened in 1835.

Ultimi giorni per visitare lamostra Panorama 4 presso il Forte di Fortezza. Le imponenti strutture inaugurate nel 1835, ospitano fino al 30 settembre le operedi 33 artisti altoatesini.

The strong, functional and impregnable, is definitely a difficult and intriguing location. It still preserves a great communicative and evocative power, preserved and highlighted by the restoration work of the architects Markus Scherer and Walter Dietl. The choices made  convey to visitors the original atmosphere and the special aura of places and structures. Thanks to materials such as galvanized steel railings and stairs and concrete with granite inerts, the fortress is in tune with its history. 

The exhibition twists and turns between interior and exterior of the structure from the bottom up. There aren't specific links between the work of different artists, so the works communicate directly with the environment, the atmosphere and the history of fortress. The artists choose different ways to interact with the place: Benjamin Tomasi and Leander Schwazer, for example, decided to work with sounds. The first proposes an installation where the flickering flame of a candle is transformed by a light sensor into electrical impulses, translated then by a speaker in a loud, deep and pervasive noise. The second transcribed "The Capital" on punched cards which, when applied to a music box allows visitors to literally play Marx's words. 

Benjamin Tomasi, 800/20, 2008, mixed media

Peratoner Diego choose a socio-political approach, with the work Kacke am Dämpfen, where warships' models face off in a milky liquid within two wheelbarrows. 

Diego Peratoner, Kacke am Dampfen, 2012, mixed media, 61 x 280 x 68 cm

Even Gehard Demetz sets his speech on a social level. Exposing the sculpture of a curved  tabernacle and a monstrance including a fork deprived of its functionality, leads the viewer to reconsider the certainties about values ​​and ideals of Western culture and society. 

Gehard Demetz, Objekt 3, 2012, wood, 160 x 32 x 22 cm

In the three sculptures by Aron Demetz, there is a direct reference to military and war. A firearm and a knife becoming one with parts of the human skeleton and a gun with the barrel turned back, kept in a noble wooden box. 

Carla Cardinaletti installed a huge pair of sunglasses on one of the panoramic terraces. The pink colored lenses remind the color of the Dolomites in the area. 

Carla Cardinaletti, In the Pink, 2012, mixed media, 85 x 250 x 250 cm

Hannes Egger involves the visitor, who become the protagonist and a living sculpture. In this way he change the classic position of passive audience. Performing, people reacts to the military structure surrounding. The instructions for use, in fact, invite to a physical dialogue with the individual works and the different spaces.