The Stolen Paradise
West 82010
MAXXI National Museum of XXI Century Arts
Rome, Italy
The Dutch office West 8 is a group of professionals that brings together different experiences and varying disciplines, from urban planning to industrial design, from the world of Land Art to architectural construction. The installation "The Stolen Paradise" was presented at the MAXXI as part of the exhibition "Spazio" (2010). It occupied a portion of one of the Museum’s galleries with fluctuating silhouettes of maritime pines and part of the outdoor plaza with stylised versions of their cut trunks. The silhouettes of the trees were so light that they moved in the slightest breeze, recalling their natural counterparts, identified with the Italian coast and linked with the trunks outside. The installation is an invitation to reflect on the visible and invisible component of objects, on the evident and the mysterious. It is almost a suggestion that what appears dead may in reality conceal something else that goes on living elsewhere.
- Title: The Stolen Paradise
- Creator: West 8
- Creator Lifespan: 1987
- Creator Nationality: Dutch
- Creator Birth Place: Rotterdam (Netherlands)
- Date: 2010
- Physical Dimensions: hdimensions vary
- Type: Installation: fabric and corten steel
- Description (Italian): Lo studio olandese West 8 è formato da professionisti provenienti da diverse esperienze e discipline, dall’urbanistica all’industrial design, dalla Land Art alla costruzione architettonica. L’installazione "The Stolen Paradise" è stata presentata al MAXXI in occasione della mostra “Spazio” (2010) e ha occupato parte di una delle gallerie del museo con sagome fluttuanti di pini marittimi e parte della piazza con stilizzazioni dei loro tronchi recisi. Le silhouette degli alberi, così leggere da muoversi ad ogni spostamento d’aria, richiamano l’elemento naturale identificativo del paesaggio marittimo italiano e si ricongiungono ai tronchi dell’esterno. L’installazione è un invito a riflettere sulla parte visibile e invisibile delle cose, quella evidente e quella misteriosa, quasi a suggerire che dietro una morte apparente una vita diversa può inaspettatamente proseguire altrove.
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