Vincenzo Fiore Marrese

Artwork Critical Journey

Portfolio Entry

An automobile repair shop becomes an artistic environment, carrying an imaginary journey through advanced technologies and miners’ issues.

An empty industrial space with a red table holding a typewriter in the center. The room features white tiled walls, metal railings, and a large metal door. The text “ALLES IST KRITISCH” is written on the floor. — “Critical Journey,” 2023; art environment; ‘subtle habitat’ made by ‘unstable components’; Adlerhalle, Dragonerareal, Berlin, Germany; “Collectiveness In Space,” in the context of Experimentdays Relaunch, in cooperation with Zusammenstelle and Rathausblock, curatorial program Mayer Pavilion; photo by V.F. Marrese; ©VFMarrese. Click to download HD Image (for press use only). Please credit V.F. Marrese. Contact us for other use or licensing.

Artwork Details

Title:

Critical Journey
Year:

2023
Medium (Type of Art):

Art Environment
Medium (Unique Feature):

Subtle Habitat
Medium (Materials):

artificial intelligence, found objects, earth, artificial turf made by polypropylene and polyester fibers, acrylic paint, synthetic pigment, ink, electrical tape, tape, silicon sheet, PVC hemisphere, polyurethane foam sheet, laminated plywood panel, metal sawhorses, typewriter, inkjet prints on paper, artificial feathers, twine, acrylic-polyurethane varnish
Dimensions (International):

50 square meters room
Dimensions (British and US):

538.196 square feet room
Venue:

Adlerhalle, Dragonerareal, Berlin, Germany
Setting:

within the frame of “Collectiveness In Space,” in the context of Experimentdays Relaunch, in cooperation with Zusammenstelle and Rathausblock, curatorial program Mayer Pavilion

Establishing Context

An automobile repair shop becomes an artistic environment, carrying an imaginary journey through advanced technologies and miners’ issues.

There are materials that technology needs and cannot be easily substituted [note 1], namely critical resources. “Critical Journey” is about it. The focus is on the human rights challenges faced by individuals engaged in the mining process of these materials.

A photo of a white room with a red object in the center, surrounded by metal bars and a green circle on the floor. Text on the floor reads “ALLES IST KRITISCH” and text on the wall reads “unstable components.#8221; — “Critical Journey,” 2023; art environment; ‘subtle habitat’ made by ‘unstable components’; artificial intelligence, found objects, earth, artificial turf (polypropylene, polyester), acrylic paint, synthetic pigment, ink, electrical tape, tape, silicon sheet, PVC hemisphere, polyurethane foam sheet, laminated plywood panel, metal sawhorses, typewriter, inkjet prints on paper, artificial feathers, twine, acrylic-polyurethane varnish; 50 square meters room; 538.196 square feet room; Adlerhalle, Dragonerareal, Berlin, Germany; “Collectiveness In Space,” in the context of Experimentdays Relaunch, in cooperation with Zusammenstelle and Rathausblock, curatorial program Mayer Pavilion; photo by V.F. Marrese; ©VFMarrese. Click to download HD Image (for press use only). Please credit V.F. Marrese. Contact us for other use or licensing.

This topic creatively blends with the idea of a journey. That’s the reason for the title. The idea came from a 1903 book. The book narrates a journey featuring an antique car. The same company that owns the shop crafted the vintage vehicle.

This detail provided the glue to construct the new meaning embedded in the artwork.

Notes

Overland, I. (2019). The geopolitics of renewable energy: Debunking four emerging myths. Energy Research & Social Science, 49, 36-40. ISSN 2214-6296. DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2018.10.018. back to the text

Vincenzo Fiore Marrese, Email: vincenzo@vfmarrese.com, Phone: +4916093806471, Website: www.vfmarrese.com, Instagram: @vfmarrese, Preferred Pronouns: he/him/his