Lemonot and Amodio's TEC(L)A Installation Opens in Castelbuono

On March 22, 2025, the installation TEC(L)A by Lemonot (Sabrina Morreale and Lorenzo Perri) and Marino Amodio was inaugurated in the cloister of the Museo naturalistico Minà Palumbo in Castelbuono, Sicily. The work takes its name from Italo Calvino's invisible city of Tecla, a perpetual construction site. TEC(L)A is a portmanteau of 'teca' (showcase) and 'tela' (canvas), merging container and surface. The project won the first edition of the international competition Cassidaria Minae, organized by the Museo Minà Palumbo in collaboration with the Museo civico di Castelbuono and curated by AM3 studio. The jury included Michele Spallino, Laura Barreca, BDR Bureau, and Annamaria Mazzola. The installation consists of 56 transparent glass cylinders of equal diameter but varying heights, set into a wooden structure that leans against one side of the 18th-century cloister, once a Franciscan convent. The sloping platform creates dynamic visual connections with the architecture, echoing the surrounding Madonie landscape. TEC(L)A functions both as a contemplative object and a usable space, inviting visitors to insert their heads into the cylinders to frame different views. The competition is named after a fossil gastropod discovered by Antonio De Gregorio in 1881 in Minà Palumbo's collections. Each year, a new temporary work will be commissioned for the cloister.