Trabajo para la empresa FACTUM-ARTE

Reproducción de facsímil a partir de un dibujo de Piranesi





Empresa FACTUM-ARTE. www.factum-arte.com

Proyecto www.factum-arte.com/conservacion/piranesi

A Contamination of Taste: The Arts of Giambattista Piranesi
(Col Sporcar si Trova: Le arti di Giambattista Piranesi)
Regular updates on the progress of the work can be seen on this page

Factum Arte is collaborating with Fondazione Giorgio Cini on the production of a forthcoming exhibition, curated by Michele De Lucchi, about Italian printmaker and connoisseur Giambattista Piranesi. The exhibition, A Contamination of Taste: The Arts of Giambattista Piranesi (Col Sporcar si Trova: Le arti di Giambattista Piranesi) will be showcased at Venice Biennial of Architecture, in the Sale del Convitto on the island of San Giorgio Maggiore from 28th August until 21st November 2010.

The Italian artist Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720 -1778) was a man of exceptional skill whose vision contributed greatly to our understanding of Classical art and architecture. Initially Piranesi trained as an architect but went on to become an inspirational print-maker, publisher, archaeologist, antiquarian, dealer and, most importantly for the theme of this exhibition, a designer. His eclectic taste has had widespread and profound influence in particular on the Neoclassical styles that emerged in England and France in the 18th century.

A Contamination of Taste: The Arts of Giambattista Piranesi is being built around Fondazione Giorgio Cini's remarkable collection of the artist's prints. It presents Piranesi's Prisons within a virtual reality installation, the Caffè degli Inglesi as a full-scale evocation, as well as a touch-screen browser to interact with Piranesi's sketchbooks. However, central to this exhibition will be objects made by from Piranesi's designs using the most advanced digital technologies and output methods (3D printing).

These objects selected from the artist's designs have been chosen by Adam Lowe, Alessandro Martoni and Michele de Lucchi in conjunction with the leading authority on Piranesi';s work John Wilton-Ely. The objects primarily come from Vasi, Candelabri, Cippi, Sarcofagi, Tripode and from Diverse maniere d'adornare i cammini ed ogni altra parte degli edifizi. Whilst others are based on antique fragments discovered in Hadrian's Villa.

Proceso


Algunos del equipo de Factum implicados en el proyecto Piranesi

Juan Carlos Arias. Entre dirección de taller y reproducción de otra pieza Piranesi



Angel Jorquera con su monumental reproducción ayudado en el molde por Aniuska y Mari



Javier Barreno encargado de los fresados y multidisciplinar


Mis Agradecimientos a mi querido amigo Alfonso Reverón, a Blanca Nieto, Claudio Mendez, a Juan Carlos y a Silvia Rosende , a Javier, Aniuska y Mari ,Alicia , María, Pedro , Carmen y a Adam Lowe ,cabeza de esta peculiar empresa-obra .