Our friend Fra.Biancoshock is currently in Gaeta, Italy where he was invited to work on a new installation for Memorie Urbane ’15.
Entitled “24/7”, the installation ironically distorts the concept of “artist-in-residence” and highlights an “intimate” aspect of the urban artist’s life, an apparently fascinating, itinerant and exciting life that involves sacrifices in relationships, friendships and private spaces.
The scaffolding, faithful companion of the urban artist, becomes a real home with all the essential necessities required to live in it. The so-called “artist residency” consists in whole days spent on a scaffold, in the rain or under the blazing sun, to leave an artistic contribution to a city and its community.
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