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Empty Die

A self-propelled installation that wants the action of the spectator who becomes an actor, an active part of the evocation of what happens in the depths of violence: if you turn your heart, you choke your head. Violence starts from an emotional involvement that becomes psycho-emotional, where reason and dignity lose definition. The heart must be caressed, not squeezed in the grip of possession, to produce life.
The installation was adopted by the Municipality of Campomorone, Hall of Ceremonies.

Data sheet

Installation Mixed media: chair, red tempera, paper, gears, wood, mannequin head
Artistic direction: Federica Barcellona
Color design: Gianluca Fazzino
Mechanism design: Marco De Luca

Devised by Gabriella de Filippis (lawyer), Ivano Malcotti (pedagogist) and Deborah Riccelli (author).

Several municipalities in Liguria will adopt a Red Chair, painted by artists, in order to launch an awareness-raising campaign against gender-based violence.