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Partnership: Start Cultura

PPP ParoleParoleParole

Context 
ParoleParoleParole is a public art intervention created by the DMAV Collective in collaboration with START Cultura to commemorate the centenary of Pier Paolo Pasolini’s birth. The project stems from the idea of creating a journey, both poetic and physical, connecting Casarsa, Codroipo, and Valvasone as stops along an ideal Pasolinian geography.

Intervention 
ParoleParoleParole originates from a reflection on the relationship between Pasolini’s poetics and the places that shaped his physical and inner landscape during his youth. The use of the Friulian language in the creation of three neon light installations addresses fundamental themes that have marked the poet’s work over time. These three neon installations, placed on the building of the Pasolini Study Center in Casarsa, at the Irma Wheel in Valvasone, and in front of the church of Goricizza in Codroipo, echo Pasolini’s handwriting and highlight his relationship with amorous passion (Brusâ d’amôr, burning with love), the nourishment of water (L’aghe e cor, the water flows), and the irradiation of light (Lûs tra i morârs, light among the trees). By connecting these centers of poetic intensity, DMAV aimed to create a visual play of suggestions that delineate an ideal Pasolinian geography, centered on a common theme: the relationship with time as a dimension that is both historical and archetypal. To unify these elements, a large text art intervention, Pardilàdaidís (beyond the days), was created on one of the roads Pasolini used to cycle on, near the Prâts di Lorêt along the Tagliamento river, evoking his presence. Completing the cycle of works, a poetic documentation video was produced, in which Pasolini’s spirit comes to life to inhabit his beloved places like a benevolent ghost on a bicycle. Additionally, an audio installation curated by Antonio Della Marina, which combines fragments of Pasolini’s voice with diverse musical tracks, evokes the sacredness of sound and musical vibration in Pasolini’s cinematic work

Side notes
The inauguration of the project provided the opportunity to organize a very special public event: a bicycle journey, open to the public, that traveled through Friuli following the path of the installations. It was an occasion to combine artistic research with the idea that it is possible to rethink the relationship with the territory through public art interventions.

Partnership
ParoleParoleParole is created by the DMAV Social Art Collective and promoted by START Cultural Association, with the support of the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region and in collaboration with the Municipality of Codroipo, the Municipality of Valvasone Arzene, the Municipality of Casarsa, the Pier Paolo Pasolini Study Center of Casarsa, and the Casali Foundation.

CHOOSE

Contesto 
“Choose” is a permanent art installation that enriches the open-air museum at Villa Toppo Florio Park. This piece employs the languages and inspirations of public art to address the dimensions and experiences of drought and environmental awareness. The work is based on the premise that, when it comes to environmental issues, we are constantly faced with a crossroads and possible choices, often opposing ones. However, the important thing is not to reflect on the meaning of the crossroads but rather to act, concretely and personally, starting with oneself. The installation invites us to decide, to take a stand, and to act, even if only within the symbolic space opened by the artwork.

Intervento 
A physical installation with a significant conceptual component, the artwork is permanently situated, starting from the delicate slope at the base of the first flight of stairs leading from the Villa to the Park, and concluding in the area where the staircase ends. Visually, one is confronted with an ideal triangle that frames the site-specific artistic intervention. At the apex of this triangle stands a large plexiglass “O” pierced by a movable iron arrow, while at the two opposite corners, at the end of the steps, the words “Having” and “Being” are painted, creating an imaginary crossroads. This natural fork in the path appears before the visitor’s eyes as they immerse themselves in the park experience. The bifurcation visually and experientially poses the profound question that governs the relationship between humans and the environment: Having or Being? The crucial move each person chooses to make will help steer us, as a collective, in one direction or the other.

Side notes 
TreeArt Festival is an event that spans scientific outreach, culture, cinema, live performances, and contemporary art—disciplines that interact and engage with each other in the name of promoting environmental sustainability and exploring the role that plants and trees can play in the cities of our future.

The artwork seeks to emphasize, echoing the famous text by Erich Fromm, the significant theme of the unstable balance between humans and the environment, without resolving the underlying ambiguity that envelops these two dimensions in the contemporary landscape.