work
Res Humanae
| category | Installation |
| subject | Political / Social, Architecture |
| tags | mental health, installation, site responsive, engaged art, suicide |
| base | 580000 cm |
| height | 1400 cm |
| depth | 0 cm |
| year | 2018 |
"Res Humanae"
2018
Wooden chairs, solar charging LED lights, steel cables
5800 x 14 m
Site-responsive work lasting 4 months, built on the bridge of the ring road of Biella as an invitation to reflect on the delicate issue of suicides, very present in the territory of Biella.
The fifty empty chairs hanging on the deck assume the role of metaphor of the human being and his absence at the moment when they empty. A project created to reflect on the value of life and the choices we make every day, denouncing the inactivity of the institutions against widespread malaise, and the low media importance given to listening centers and the protection of mental health. The work was usable both during the day and at night, as, with the darkness, the chairs shone in the dark by means of LEDs that transformed them into many small fireflies or stars, suspended in mid-air between the earth and the bridge.
Res Humane has split public opinion, creating in the territory an unprecedented debate on the subject, filling for months the newspapers and making talk of a taboo still too solid.
Following the intervention, the bridge was secured, banning pedestrian transit, installing barriers and placing several cameras and alarm sirens.
2018
Wooden chairs, solar charging LED lights, steel cables
5800 x 14 m
Site-responsive work lasting 4 months, built on the bridge of the ring road of Biella as an invitation to reflect on the delicate issue of suicides, very present in the territory of Biella.
The fifty empty chairs hanging on the deck assume the role of metaphor of the human being and his absence at the moment when they empty. A project created to reflect on the value of life and the choices we make every day, denouncing the inactivity of the institutions against widespread malaise, and the low media importance given to listening centers and the protection of mental health. The work was usable both during the day and at night, as, with the darkness, the chairs shone in the dark by means of LEDs that transformed them into many small fireflies or stars, suspended in mid-air between the earth and the bridge.
Res Humane has split public opinion, creating in the territory an unprecedented debate on the subject, filling for months the newspapers and making talk of a taboo still too solid.
Following the intervention, the bridge was secured, banning pedestrian transit, installing barriers and placing several cameras and alarm sirens.
