Release Date
2015-10-09
Status
Released
Original Title
Il Grande Cretto di Gibellina
Runtime
14 min
Original Language
EN
Production Countries
Netherlands, United States of America
Production Companies
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation
Overview
An enormous shroud of white cement covers a hillside in the remote of western Sicily. It is both land art and a memorial to the town of Gibellina that was devastated by an earthquake in January 1968. It’s a work by the Italian artist Alberto Burri. He covered the ruins of the town with white cement and fissures function as pathways that wind through an area of roughly 20 acres. Petra Noordkamp captures Il Grande Cretto di Gibellina by Alberto Burri as an experentiental work of art filled with a sense of place and history.
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