PILASTRI
(UNA DIETA SANA È EQUILIBRATA)
PILLARS (A HEALTHY DIET IS BALANCED)
L’installazione è una riflessione sul tema “nutrizione”. Si dice che una sana alimentazione preveda: una colazione da re, un pranzo da principe ed una cena da povero.
Ispirato dalla pila di stoviglie sporche che si accumula durante la settimana dentro il lavello della cucina e dai portici delle architetture reali, l’artista ha impilato in colonne, che partono dal suolo fino a toccare il soffitto, gli elementi protagonisti della sua colazione prima di essere utilizzati e consumati e quindi, in seguito, riposti nel vano del lavandino.

The installation is a reflection on the theme 'nutrition'.
Inspired by the pile of dirty crockery that accumulates during the week inside the kitchen sink and the porticos of royal architecture, the artist has stacked in columns, starting from the floor and touching the ceiling, the main elements of his breakfast before being used and consumed and then stored in the sink compartment.
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Column of 39 eggs stacked on top of each other until they reach a height of 4 metres. At both ends saucer and egg holder. A healthy diet is balanced.
Column of 39 eggs stacked on top of each other until they reach a height of 4 metres. At both ends saucer and egg holder. A healthy diet is balanced.
I pilastri composti da piatti (238), tazzine (51), cucchiaini (1335), pentole (36) e uova (39), gli uni appoggiati sul precedente, sembrano sorreggere il soffitto creando una solida per quanto precaria struttura dell’edificio. Il contrasto tra l’apparente instabile equilibrio degli elementi e la sottintesa solidità di una costruzione che abbia la pretesa di fungere da colonna, simula la contraddizione tra  la cultura culinaria mattutina, nocivamente ricca di zuccheri raffinati, e l’importanza del primo pasto della giornata.
Sostentamento della vita, il cibo è la colonna portante del vigore umano, ma quanto è saldo questo pilastro dal momento in cui i componenti di cui è costruito sono corrotti e avvelenati?

It is said that a healthy diet includes: a king's breakfast, a prince's lunch and a pauper's dinner.
The pillars composed of plates, cups, spoons and eggs, one resting on the other, seem to support the ceiling, creating a solid if precarious building structure. The contrast between the seemingly unstable balance of the elements and the implied solidity of a construction that purports to act as a pillar, simulates the contradiction between the morning culinary culture, noxiously rich in refined sugars, and the importance of the first meal of the day.
The sustenance of life, food is the pillar of human vigour, but how solid is this pillar when the components of which it is built are corrupted and poisoned?
Detail of the pillar composed of cups
Detail of the pillar composed of cups
51 cups and 51 saucers in sequence build the column of the most popular breakfast drink in Italy
51 cups and 51 saucers in sequence build the column of the most popular breakfast drink in Italy
1335 teaspoons stacked to form a facetted steel pillar
1335 teaspoons stacked to form a facetted steel pillar
The exhibition poster is nailed to the wall with a sequence of nails pressed into each other.
The exhibition poster is nailed to the wall with a sequence of nails pressed into each other.
Pillar consisting of 36 steel pans. The utensils are the backbone of the kitchen.
Pillar consisting of 36 steel pans. The utensils are the backbone of the kitchen.
Pillar made of steel pans
Pillar made of steel pans

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