Luca Coclite's Florence Exhibition Reflects on Salento's Lost Landscape
Luca Coclite's exhibition 'Concerto di Fabbrica' at Toast Project Space in Florence examines the transformation of Salento's landscape due to mass tourism and neo-colonial dynamics. The show features three ceramic sculptures from the 'Ceramiche Popolari' series, made in collaboration with Fratelli Colì of Cutrufiano (Lecce). These works reference ancient vase culture and peasant civilization, bearing inscriptions of protest slogans like 'Decreti Gullo,' which recalls Fausto Gullo's post-fascist agrarian reform. A sound installation of nine fan organs, triggered by timers, produces a polyphonic chord as a melancholic tribute to lost factory labor. Coclite, born in Gagliano del Capo in 1981, uses sculpture, sound, and material research to critique economic and environmental distortions in Puglia.
Key facts
- Exhibition 'Concerto di Fabbrica' by Luca Coclite at Toast Project Space in Florence.
- Features three ceramic sculptures from the 'Ceramiche Popolari' series.
- Sculptures made in collaboration with Fratelli Colì of Cutrufiano (Lecce).
- Works reference ancient vase culture and peasant civilization.
- Inscriptions include 'Decreti Gullo,' referencing Fausto Gullo's agrarian reform.
- Sound installation of nine fan organs creates a polyphonic chord.
- Sound piece is a tribute to lost factory labor.
- Coclite critiques mass tourism and neo-colonial dynamics in Puglia.
Entities
Artists
- Luca Coclite
- Fausto Gullo
Institutions
- Toast Project Space
- Fratelli Colì
Locations
- Florence
- Cutrufiano
- Lecce
- Gagliano del Capo
- Puglia
- Salento
- Italy