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Slight Agitation 2/4: Pamela Rosenkranz
Pamela Rosenkranz鈥檚 work explores how physical and biological processes affect art. Her installation Infection is based on a neuro-active parasite, of which an estimated 30% of the world鈥檚 population is affected. A huge, almost sublime mountain of sand is formed inside the Cisterna鈥檚 tall spaces. Its scale pressuring against the historic architecture. The sand is impregnated with fragrance of synthetic cat pheromones that activates a specific, biologically determined attraction or repulsion and subconsciously influence the public鈥檚 movement. RGB green light illuminates the peak of this chemically altered nature gently evaporating the scent.
Following Tobias Putrih鈥檚 instalment鈥攚hich engaged with ideas of play, politics and emancipation鈥擯amela Rosenkranz鈥檚 chapter continues the Thought Council鈥檚 interest in 鈥渁gitating鈥� the mind and body, senses and space. Rosenkranz鈥檚 intervention will be perceived at different distances, which heighten and alter the architecture of the Cisterna. The circular plan, and chemical investigation, is an oblique memory of the Cisterna鈥檚 alcohol distilling vats that were formerly housed there. The green light leaking through the Cisterna鈥檚 windows, transforms the building into a vitrine, a luminous object sensed from the outside.
It will intensify as day turns to night, engaging with the Fondazione鈥檚 nocturnal character. Members of the public will have a direct, intimate experience of the sculptural intervention from a number of angles: at ground level and also from above, emphasizing the formal qualities of the Cisterna: its volume, its heaviness, its religious invocation.
An uneasy feeling around biological determination will engage multiple senses: smell, heat and coldness, mass and density, light and its absence. Pamela Rosenkranz鈥檚 intervention furthers the ambitions of 鈥淪light Agitation鈥� by offering immersion into a new sensation of embodiment and collectivity.
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Pamela Rosenkranz鈥檚 work explores how physical and biological processes affect art. Her installation Infection is based on a neuro-active parasite, of which an estimated 30% of the world鈥檚 population is affected. A huge, almost sublime mountain of sand is formed inside the Cisterna鈥檚 tall spaces. Its scale pressuring against the historic architecture. The sand is impregnated with fragrance of synthetic cat pheromones that activates a specific, biologically determined attraction or repulsion and subconsciously influence the public鈥檚 movement. RGB green light illuminates the peak of this chemically altered nature gently evaporating the scent.
Following Tobias Putrih鈥檚 instalment鈥攚hich engaged with ideas of play, politics and emancipation鈥擯amela Rosenkranz鈥檚 chapter continues the Thought Council鈥檚 interest in 鈥渁gitating鈥� the mind and body, senses and space. Rosenkranz鈥檚 intervention will be perceived at different distances, which heighten and alter the architecture of the Cisterna. The circular plan, and chemical investigation, is an oblique memory of the Cisterna鈥檚 alcohol distilling vats that were formerly housed there. The green light leaking through the Cisterna鈥檚 windows, transforms the building into a vitrine, a luminous object sensed from the outside.
It will intensify as day turns to night, engaging with the Fondazione鈥檚 nocturnal character. Members of the public will have a direct, intimate experience of the sculptural intervention from a number of angles: at ground level and also from above, emphasizing the formal qualities of the Cisterna: its volume, its heaviness, its religious invocation.
An uneasy feeling around biological determination will engage multiple senses: smell, heat and coldness, mass and density, light and its absence. Pamela Rosenkranz鈥檚 intervention furthers the ambitions of 鈥淪light Agitation鈥� by offering immersion into a new sensation of embodiment and collectivity.
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