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Diego Caglioni >
»GaribaldiMap«, 2012 - 2012
Co-Workers & Funding:
Diego Caglionihttps://garibaldimap.wordpress.com
Technology
Installation Requirements / Space
iMac, Internet Connection
Descriptions & Essays
Diego Caglioni 18-03-2015
“GaribaldiMap” intends to map all monuments to Giuseppe Garibaldi, as far as possible, throughout the world. Probably most statues of the “hero of the two worlds” can be found in squares, crossroads or main streets. This could be one of the reasons why they’re often unnoticed by passersby.
Every time I find a new Garibaldi’s statue, I take a Google Street View screenshot. This tool is very useful to observe how the leader has been portrayed, but most important, to understand the relationship between the public work and its environment. The point of view and the ratio are effective to transform web images into postcards, in order to connect an “old” medium like the postcard to the popular tool of Google.
Diego Caglioni: GaribaldiMap, 18-03-2015, in: Archive of Digital Art “GaribaldiMap” intends to map all monuments to Giuseppe Garibaldi, as far as possible, throughout the world. Probably most statues of the “hero of the two worlds” can be found in squares, crossroads or main streets. This could be one of the reasons why they’re often unnoticed by passersby.
Every time I find a new Garibaldi’s statue, I take a Google Street View screenshot. This tool is very useful to observe how the leader has been portrayed, but most important, to understand the relationship between the public work and its environment. The point of view and the ratio are effective to transform web images into postcards, in order to connect an “old” medium like the postcard to the popular tool of Google.
Literature
Perra, Daniele. »Diego Caglioni.« Artribune , no. 9 (September-October 2012).
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