Ambient Tour at Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Explores Environment as Pure Concept
The Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo in Turin presents 'Ambient Tour,' an exhibition curated by Francesco Bonami running from April 1 to May 13, 2007. The show features Italian artists Christian Frosi, Deborah Ligorio, and Flavio Favelli, each interpreting the theme of environment through distinct practices. Frosi's installation includes a sand dune-like sculpture, a helium-filled airship, and a video reconstructing a Spatialist Manifesto inspired by Lucio Fontana. Ligorio employs a 'cinéma vérité' approach, filming the Mediterranean Sea and overlaying the filmmaker's thoughts, with videos, maps, and photographs of Ventotene, Pantelleria, and Puglia. Favelli's 'My deep dark blue (Abissi)' uses the sea depth as a metaphor for oppressive space, referencing the 1980 Ustica DC9 crash with a white cloth shroud and symbolic objects. The exhibition recontextualizes environment beyond ecology into a realm of mind, narrative, and memory.
Key facts
- Exhibition 'Ambient Tour' at Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, from April 1 to May 13, 2007.
- Curated by Francesco Bonami, featuring Italian artists Christian Frosi, Deborah Ligorio, and Flavio Favelli.
- Frosi's work includes a sand dune sculpture, a gas-filled airship, and a video 'Ricostruzione approssimativa di un Manifesto Spazialista' referencing Lucio Fontana.
- Ligorio's video works focus on the Mediterranean Sea and islands Ventotene, Pantelleria, and Puglia.
- Favelli's project 'My deep dark blue (Abissi)' references the 1980 Ustica DC9 crash with a white cloth shroud.
- The exhibition presents works in three separate rooms, using a traditional white cube layout.
- Bonami's title evokes both the 'Grand Tour' and tourism, emphasizing landscape as a site of creativity.
- The show aims to present environment as a social, cohesive object producing reality, beyond ecological implications.
Entities
Artists
- Christian Frosi
- Deborah Ligorio
- Flavio Favelli
- Francesco Bonami
- Lucio Fontana
Institutions
- Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo
Locations
- Turin
- Italy
- Milan
- Brindisi
- Florence
- Ventotene
- Pantelleria
- Puglia
- Ustica
- Mediterranean Sea
Sources
- artpress —