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Supervised indipendence

RERO2014

Outdoor Project

Outdoor Project
Rome, Italy

Rero’s work words and their expressive power are in the spotlight. Rero removes images, completely denies them, in favour of a succession of letters that make up words and a slogan. In doing so he highlights the crunch in communication that characterises our time. The urban fabric that the artist has chosen to transmit his message is like a blank paper to write on, using to distinguish himself one of the most common fonts in telecommunication: Verdana. Caught in between distinctive and common, instant recognition and explicit message, the artist isn’t trying to impose his thoughts: even in the briefness of this communication, crossing out all his words like a self-censor, he leaves space for the spectator to interpret reality.

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  • Title: Supervised indipendence
  • Creator: RERO
  • Creator Nationality: french
  • Creator Gender: male
  • Creator Birth Place: France
  • Date: 2014
  • Location Created: Via Ostiense 113b, Rome
  • Productions: Outdoor- What a wonderfull city
  • Photographer's name: Giorgio Coen Cagli
  • Bio: Rero (1983) is an artist that examines the codes of our society, an in particular the codes of image and language. Notorious for his in situ pieces in public, urban spaces natural environments, his work revolves around language: single words, phrases short and long, that engage the reader based scenario in which they are placed. Rero systematically crosses out messages with a thick black line. This détournement distinctively characterizes his research on the negation of the image, one which testifies to the very process of thinking. It denounces a possible censorship and self-censorship that recall concepts linked to physical and intellectual private property of a piece of work, an object, a place, or even a person. When developing these themes, Rero launches his research with the acronym WYSIWYG - What You See Is What You Get – the perfectly encapsulates the visual overdose present in contemporary society.
  • Type: painting
  • External Link: https://out-door.it/rero-supervised-independence/
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