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Galleria Michela Rizzo
Venice (IT), 2007
Presented in occasion of the Venice Biennale, 52nd International Art Exhibition
bunker/chapel
On entering the gardens at the Spazio Thetis, one immediately has the impression of being in a space that can tell many stories. It's a space where, in a mysterious and spellbinding atmosphere, you'll unexpectedly find the presence of a historical bunker, hidden among the vegetaion. Artis Francesca Sganzerla reflects on this architectural form and replaces it with a place for the inner experience.
This traditional structure of the "casamatta" (a house reinforced to defend a strategic industrial system) respects the typical cylindrical form, buried at half its height with a dome at its top, and has willingly been left unaltered [...]