Stefano Arienti.From Boetti, I inherited the Warholian idea that the world is already contaminated contaminated, v 1. made radioactive by the addition of small quantities of radioactive material. 2. made contaminated by adding infective or radiographic materials. 3. an infective surface or object. , prepackaged pre·pack·age tr.v. pre·pack·aged, pre·pack·ag·ing, pre·pack·ag·es To wrap or package (a product) before marketing. Adj. 1. , with nothing left that is pure or original. In this respect, Boetti's orientation was different from that of most of the arte povera artists; they wanted to get to the root of things, to search for primary forms and symbols. In my own work, I respond to the continuous flow of mass-media images in a personal way. I don't want to interpret or deconstruct de·con·struct tr.v. de·con·struct·ed, de·con·struct·ing, de·con·structs 1. To break down into components; dismantle. 2. the meanings of images like Cindy Sherman or Richard Prince. Instead, I intervene at the level of their physical production and dissemination. I've folded comic books to make abstract sculptures; erased the texts of illustrated books, leaving only the images; and modified posters the same way, using ordinary erasers. I've cut up slides with a paper cutter and shopping bags with scissors scissors Cutting instrument or tool consisting of a pair of opposed metal blades that meet and cut when the handles at their ends are brought together. Modern scissors are of two types: the more usual pivoted blades have a rivet or screw connection between the cutting ends . My goal has always been material disorientation disorientation /dis·or·i·en·ta·tion/ (-or?e-en-ta´shun) the loss of proper bearings, or a state of mental confusion as to time, place, or identity. , so that one discovers that the image, the work, banal as it is, contains a modicum of wonder. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] --AS TOLD TO GIORGIO VERZOTTI Translated from Italian by Marguerite Shore. |
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