Affiliation:
1. Urban Studies Foundation Post-doctoral Research Fellow, School of Geographical and Earth Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
Abstract
In the last 50 years, and due to a dilapidation of funds, hundreds of public works have remained unfinished in Italy, most especially in Sicily. In 2007, the group of artists Alterazioni Video declared these modern ruins a formal architectural style—so-called Incompiuto Siciliano— through which they aim to change the buildings’ negative perception, turning it into something positive. In September 2015, I carried out an urban exploration journey during which I visited a dozen Incompiuto Siciliano works all across Sicily in one week. Based on that journey, this paper argues that a renewed sensibility towards incompletion necessarily requires original and creative methods to translate the affective knowledge gained in these sites. Therefore, through the use of personal narratives and the creation of three different experimental videos, the aim is to advance the way we translate embodied encounters with these spaces. This is relevant not only in the context of modern ruins but in further unruly spaces where aesthetic experiences emerge.
Subject
Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management,Urban Studies,Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous),Geography, Planning and Development,Cultural Studies
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