My research begins with the observation of an abandoned industrial site: the Nervi warehouse in Porto Recanati. A factory facing the sea, its architectural identity is in constant dialogue with the surrounding landscape. A memory of an industrial past and of the bond with the maritime community, today it appears as a ruin suspended in time — closed, inaccessible, bound by administrative uncertainties, yet still visible, capable of captivating the gaze and framing the horizon. Immersed in a human-altered environment — a hybrid landscape halfway between nature and the built — the industrial area takes shape as a sensitive space. It is often the artist’s gaze that reveals this dimension, offering a critical and perceptive reading of the place. The unfolding of artistic action in relation to the real context has transformed the experience of places, legitimizing the industrial landscape and the use of alternative spaces — lofts, warehouses, abandoned factories — as new settings for contemporary art culture and as tools for the symbolic requalification of abandonment. This process has also redefined exhibition criteria and the curatorial role. To understand the rejection of the “neutral space” in favor of lived places, it is necessary to take a step back in the history of contemporary art. In the 1960s and 1970s, art had already crossed the boundaries of the museum to encounter everyday, urban, and natural space. In this context, the artist, as both a decoder and encoder of space, interprets its languages, stimulating a different perception and experience. Through actions and environmental interventions, the artwork becomes a process, a gesture, and a trace — taking on an ephemeral character and establishing a dynamic relationship with the environment. Italian visual research of that period shares the idea of space as a field of experience, thus revealing new dimensions of it. At the same time, interest grew in the photographic documentation of the artistic gesture, giving rise to avant-garde practices that redefined both the notion of artistic fruition and the role of the exhibition space.
La mia ricerca prende avvio dall’osservazione di un luogo industriale dismesso, il capannone Nervi di Porto Recanati. Una fabbrica di fronte al mare, la cui identità architettonica è in costante dialogo con il paesaggio circostante. Memoria di un passato industriale e del legame con la comunità marittima, oggi si presenta come una rovina sospesa nel tempo: chiusa, inaccessibile, vincolata da incertezze amministrative, eppure sempre visibile e capace di stupire lo sguardo e incorniciare l’orizzonte. Immersa in un ambiente antropizzato, un paesaggio ibrido a metà tra natura e costruito, l’area industriale si configura come uno spazio sensibile. È spesso lo sguardo dell’artista a restituirne questa dimensione, offrendo una lettura critica e percettiva del luogo. Lo svolgersi dell’azione artistica in rapporto al contesto reale ha trasformato l’esperienza dei luoghi, legittimando il paesaggio industriale e l’uso di spazi alternativi - loft, capannoni, fabbriche dismesse - come nuovi scenari per la cultura artistica contemporanea e strumenti di riqualificazione simbolica dell’abbandono, ridefinendo inoltre, criteri espositivi e ruolo curatoriale. Per comprendere il rifiuto dello “spazio neutro” a favore dei luoghi del vissuto, è necessario collocarsi un passo indietro nella storia dell’arte contemporanea. Negli anni Sessanta e Settanta, l’arte ha già oltrepassato i confini del museo per incontrare lo spazio del quotidiano, urbano e naturale. In tale ambiente, l’artista, come un decodificatore e codificatore dello spazio, ne interpreta i linguaggi stimolando una diversa percezione e fruizione. Attraverso azioni e interventi ambientali, l’opera si trasforma in processo, gesto e traccia, assumendo un carattere effimero e instaurando un rapporto dinamico con l’ambiente. La ricerca visiva italiana del periodo condivide l’idea dello spazio come campo d’esperienza rivelandone così nuove dimensioni. Parallelamente, cresce l’interesse per la documentazione fotografica del gesto artistico, da cui nascono esperienze d’avanguardia che ridefiniscono il concetto di fruizione dell’opera e il ruolo dello spazio espositivo.
Paesaggio in scena : geografia sensibile del Padiglione Nervi di Porto Recanati : luogo espositivo e performativo
Moretti, Claudia
2024/2025
Abstract
My research begins with the observation of an abandoned industrial site: the Nervi warehouse in Porto Recanati. A factory facing the sea, its architectural identity is in constant dialogue with the surrounding landscape. A memory of an industrial past and of the bond with the maritime community, today it appears as a ruin suspended in time — closed, inaccessible, bound by administrative uncertainties, yet still visible, capable of captivating the gaze and framing the horizon. Immersed in a human-altered environment — a hybrid landscape halfway between nature and the built — the industrial area takes shape as a sensitive space. It is often the artist’s gaze that reveals this dimension, offering a critical and perceptive reading of the place. The unfolding of artistic action in relation to the real context has transformed the experience of places, legitimizing the industrial landscape and the use of alternative spaces — lofts, warehouses, abandoned factories — as new settings for contemporary art culture and as tools for the symbolic requalification of abandonment. This process has also redefined exhibition criteria and the curatorial role. To understand the rejection of the “neutral space” in favor of lived places, it is necessary to take a step back in the history of contemporary art. In the 1960s and 1970s, art had already crossed the boundaries of the museum to encounter everyday, urban, and natural space. In this context, the artist, as both a decoder and encoder of space, interprets its languages, stimulating a different perception and experience. Through actions and environmental interventions, the artwork becomes a process, a gesture, and a trace — taking on an ephemeral character and establishing a dynamic relationship with the environment. Italian visual research of that period shares the idea of space as a field of experience, thus revealing new dimensions of it. At the same time, interest grew in the photographic documentation of the artistic gesture, giving rise to avant-garde practices that redefined both the notion of artistic fruition and the role of the exhibition space.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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