fine ARTS 2010-2011 - The British School at Rome
fine ARTS 2010-2011 - The British School at Rome
fine ARTS 2010-2011 - The British School at Rome
Create successful ePaper yourself
Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.
Alison Crawshaw<strong>The</strong> Big Balcony <strong>2011</strong>façade install<strong>at</strong>ion, 9 x 14 mdesigned and fabric<strong>at</strong>ed by Sandro Aversa and Alison Crawshaw in Valle di Borghesiana, <strong>Rome</strong>In Italy and more specifically <strong>Rome</strong>, the notion of permitted development is expanded. <strong>The</strong> possibility to build and seeklegitimis<strong>at</strong>ion in retrospect has been affirmed in n<strong>at</strong>ional law through the condono edilizio and in successive masterplans.R<strong>at</strong>her than st<strong>at</strong>ing in definitive terms wh<strong>at</strong> can be constructed without prior approval, illegal building continues, as thereis an understanding th<strong>at</strong> the system will adapt to accommod<strong>at</strong>e and even profit from it. Permitted development is not somuch a proposition, as a precarious action granted condolence on uncertain terms th<strong>at</strong> are de<strong>fine</strong>d post factum.Flight Over the Toponimi is a film made from a helicopter documenting the l<strong>at</strong>est phase of illegal construction.<strong>The</strong> Big Balcony is an install<strong>at</strong>ion. Illegal construction trespasses the façade of the BSR to open its interior to the publicforeground. <strong>The</strong> install<strong>at</strong>ion was fabric<strong>at</strong>ed from found m<strong>at</strong>erials in Valle di Borghesiana, an area documented from above,in the film.18Fine Arts <strong>2010</strong>-<strong>2011</strong>
Change language