Performance Fotofosforescente [Performance Phosphorescent] (1977)

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People:

Gianni Pettena (archive creator)
Gianni Pettena (artist)

Title:

Performance Fotofosforescente [Performance Phosphorescent] (1977)

Date:

circa 1977-2015

Level of archival description:
Project

Extent and medium:

8 digital files (11 MB)
5 photographic materials
3 drawings
2 textual documents

Scope and content:
The project series documents the performance "Performance Fotofosforescente" carried out at the Palazzo Grassi, in Venice, for the International Festival "The Art of Performance" in 1977. The performance consisted of a phosphorescent figure descending the grand staircase of the main entrance to the courtyard of the Palazzo Grassi, crossing the atrium through the audience, and heading down the steps towards the Grand Canal to finally disappear into the water. The performer is holding in his hands a three-dimensional phosphorescent Escher cube, the only source of light while the courtyard is in almost total darkness. "The evocative setting, the music, the darkness and this moving light produced an effect of “working” of the space, somewhere between the real and the imaginary [...]." [1]

The project series contains a draft and a more final storyboard of the performance, Pettena's handwritten notes, and photographs of the performance at the Palazzo Grassi.

Source:
[1] Gianni Pettena website, https://www.giannipettena.it/italiano/opere-1/perf-phorsphorescent-1977/ (last accessed 12 November 2019)

Reference number:

AP207.S1.1977.PR01

Arrangement:
Material in this project series was kept in its original order when it was first processed upon its arrival at CCA.

Location:

Venice Italy

Language of material:

English
Italian

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