CHIUSO
sembra una bobina di scarto di qualche ditta di pulizia
SROTOLATO
racconta in 125 metri la storia di 150 anni di scienza, tecnica e cultura non solo torinesi.
Questo è il ROTOLONE ideato e dipinto da Vittorio Marchis , docente di storia dell'industria at the Politecnico di Torino, head of the MAP - MuseoArchivioPolitecnico and testing techniques and art materials.
"I used - says Marchis - a material such as polyester felt (industrial filters) which is perishable and difficult to absorb the color well. The idea of \u200b\u200bthe roll I got thinking about the papyri of ancient Egypt and even the desert nomads who roll up their rugs to bring bits of history and memory. "
And in this case the history and memory are those of a capital of Turin Science and Technology Unit to date. "I believe that art - adds Marchis - is a provocation more effective than many textbooks to learn about the history. "
So armed with watercolors, acrylics, stencils, and a lot of patience ( "I spent almost a year," confesses ) has created a kind of endless graffiti to Basquiat. Through names, phrases, drawings, chemical formulas and mathematical (but also songs: "if you think about electromagnetic waves cite Wave upon wave of Elvis is almost inevitable) re-emerge as characters, places and moments more or less famous.
"You know - he says pointing to a spot of color where it says Lingotto - that this name is the family of Moncalieri, owner land where the plant was built Fiat. " There are Ascanio Sobrero, who discovered nitroglycerin and Alessandro Cruto that before Edison had the idea of \u200b\u200bthe graphite filament bulbs. Elsewhere float designs that refer to the financier Richard Gualino and the architect Carlo Mollino.
The long ride is deliberately non-chronological order. "For two reasons - explains Marchis - because after all these stories are our contemporaries and because you can read the" Hose Reel "at any point, without necessarily having to know what is before and what comes next ".
Which location for a work that would fit perfettamente nelle celebrazioni per i 150 anni dell'Unità d'Italia? “Credo che il luogo ideale per esporlo sarebbero le OGR - Officine Grandi Riparazioni, lì si farà una mostra sul Fare gli italiani e i personaggi, le scoperte e gli oggetti che racconta il mio rotolone di sicuro hanno contribuito a farli e poi quell'edificio è proprio una pezzo della storia del lavoro e dell'industria della nostra città”.
"I used - says Marchis - a material such as polyester felt (industrial filters) which is perishable and difficult to absorb the color well. The idea of \u200b\u200bthe roll I got thinking about the papyri of ancient Egypt and even the desert nomads who roll up their rugs to bring bits of history and memory. "
And in this case the history and memory are those of a capital of Turin Science and Technology Unit to date. "I believe that art - adds Marchis - is a provocation more effective than many textbooks to learn about the history. "
So armed with watercolors, acrylics, stencils, and a lot of patience ( "I spent almost a year," confesses ) has created a kind of endless graffiti to Basquiat. Through names, phrases, drawings, chemical formulas and mathematical (but also songs: "if you think about electromagnetic waves cite Wave upon wave of Elvis is almost inevitable) re-emerge as characters, places and moments more or less famous.
"You know - he says pointing to a spot of color where it says Lingotto - that this name is the family of Moncalieri, owner land where the plant was built Fiat. " There are Ascanio Sobrero, who discovered nitroglycerin and Alessandro Cruto that before Edison had the idea of \u200b\u200bthe graphite filament bulbs. Elsewhere float designs that refer to the financier Richard Gualino and the architect Carlo Mollino.
The long ride is deliberately non-chronological order. "For two reasons - explains Marchis - because after all these stories are our contemporaries and because you can read the" Hose Reel "at any point, without necessarily having to know what is before and what comes next ".
Which location for a work that would fit perfettamente nelle celebrazioni per i 150 anni dell'Unità d'Italia? “Credo che il luogo ideale per esporlo sarebbero le OGR - Officine Grandi Riparazioni, lì si farà una mostra sul Fare gli italiani e i personaggi, le scoperte e gli oggetti che racconta il mio rotolone di sicuro hanno contribuito a farli e poi quell'edificio è proprio una pezzo della storia del lavoro e dell'industria della nostra città”.
In attesa che gli organizzatori di Torino 150 lo scoprano, il Rotolone è in via Cavalli 22, tra i reperti di quel futuro museo del Politecnico che non si sa se e quando vedrà la luce. “A Torino - chiude con una nota polemica Marchis - è più facile convincere i politici a finanziare un museo se sei un collezionista privato che compra un computer a un'asta, piuttosto che se sei un'istituzione con storiche collezioni di tecnologia in attesa di essere valorizzate”.
Notizie e immagini tratte da: LASTAMPA.it MULTIMEDIA / Rocco Moliterni
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