Visible
When art leaves its own field and becomes visible as something else
Visible is a contemporary art research project commissioned by the Pistoletto Cittadellarte Fondazione in collaboration with the Fondazione Zegna. The first output of Visible is a book project conceived and edited by Angelika Burtscher and Judith Wielander (publisher: Sternberg Press). The book design and exhibition modules for the travelling exhibition were developed by Lupo Burtscher.
Visible promotes and displays artistic practices that are based on social and cultural visions, concerned with the transformative processes of society and the desire to shape these processes. The book presents 41 artistic practices, a collaborative work of nine curators. The sub-heading indicates the content: “When art leaves its own field and becomes visible as something else”. The position of socio-critical and socio-political thinkers speak of the need to develop new economic models and of ensuring a fair distribution of resources and access to information. They state the urgency to rethink ecology and landscape, the potential of diversity, and the development and testing of participatory and democratic political models.
When art leaves its own field and becomes visible as something else
The graphic design of this publication was taken on by Lupo Burtscher. Between the pages nine colourful ribbons stand out – a different coloured ribbon for every guest curator. The nine ribbons snake up over the spine and structure the book into nine parallel narrative strands. Since its publication the book has become a popular research tool for serious art, packed full of discoveries and inspiration.
A mobile exhibition tool
For the Visible travelling exhibition, first shown in the Cittadellarte Fondazione Pistoletto, Lupo Burtscher designed a module that functions as a space in space. Forms cut from basic cardboard, which can then be randomly assembled. Book shelf, reading circle, place of thought … supplemented with stools, enables this space in space to take on numerous functions.
