The new orthodoxy of the airless morning is a site-specific piece, installed at Palazzetto Tito of Bevilacqua La Masa Foundation in 2004. A 15m long nylon curtain is suspended in the centre of an ample historical Venetian room. The chandeliers are not at the usual height, creating a different perspective of the space. The visitor has a different view of the room, feeling himself/herself much taller than usual. A background voice that repeats the same words: “Don’t breathe in here”. It is a request to stop doing even the most natural and automatic things that a person could do, to get focused entirely on this situation. Art absorbing the space, versus The space absorbing art.

Title
The New Orthodoxy of the Airless Morning

Technique
nylon curtain, chandeliers, glue, sound, variable dimensions

Year
2005