Beyond the Aestheticization of Modern Ruins. The Case of 'Incompiuto Siciliano'

The modern Italian landscape includes a large number of public construction projects begun over the past 50 years but abandoned before completion—a testament to the misuse of public funds through political corruption and the influence of the Mafia. Since 2007, a group of artists named Alterazioni Vi...

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Autor: Arboleda, Pablo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
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Palabra clave:Aestheticization
Modern ruins
Unfinished public works
Incompiuto Siciliano
Art and archaeological activism
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spelling Beyond the Aestheticization of Modern Ruins. The Case of 'Incompiuto Siciliano'Arboleda, PabloAestheticizationModern ruinsUnfinished public worksIncompiuto SicilianoArt and archaeological activismThe modern Italian landscape includes a large number of public construction projects begun over the past 50 years but abandoned before completion—a testament to the misuse of public funds through political corruption and the influence of the Mafia. Since 2007, a group of artists named Alterazioni Video has been developing the project Incompiuto Siciliano, through which they have sought to counter the negative perception of these ruins by considering them as an aestheticized architectural style. The group’s approach is significant because visual arts, and especially photography, have in recent years been accused of pursuing a merely romanticizing objective that ignores the political, economic and social contexts in which modern ruins arise. Embedding the current paper within this discussion makes it possible to align Incompiuto Siciliano with literatures on contemporary archaeology that regard the aestheticization of ruins as a first step to a critical comprehension of the reasons behind their origination—which ultimately leads to their re-valorization and eventual re-activation.Peer reviewedEquinox PublishingArboleda, Pablo [0000-0002-8634-4183]202220222016info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501Postprintinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionhttp://hdl.handle.net/10261/281327reponame:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSICinstname:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)Ingléshttps://doi.org/10.1558/jca.v3i1.30469Noinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:dnet:digitalcsic_::8fb2486ca0b4138c7a3128775d11f5712026-05-22T06:33:51Z
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title Beyond the Aestheticization of Modern Ruins. The Case of 'Incompiuto Siciliano'
spellingShingle Beyond the Aestheticization of Modern Ruins. The Case of 'Incompiuto Siciliano'
Arboleda, Pablo
Aestheticization
Modern ruins
Unfinished public works
Incompiuto Siciliano
Art and archaeological activism
title_short Beyond the Aestheticization of Modern Ruins. The Case of 'Incompiuto Siciliano'
title_full Beyond the Aestheticization of Modern Ruins. The Case of 'Incompiuto Siciliano'
title_fullStr Beyond the Aestheticization of Modern Ruins. The Case of 'Incompiuto Siciliano'
title_full_unstemmed Beyond the Aestheticization of Modern Ruins. The Case of 'Incompiuto Siciliano'
title_sort Beyond the Aestheticization of Modern Ruins. The Case of 'Incompiuto Siciliano'
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Arboleda, Pablo
author Arboleda, Pablo
author_facet Arboleda, Pablo
author_role author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Arboleda, Pablo [0000-0002-8634-4183]
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Aestheticization
Modern ruins
Unfinished public works
Incompiuto Siciliano
Art and archaeological activism
topic Aestheticization
Modern ruins
Unfinished public works
Incompiuto Siciliano
Art and archaeological activism
description The modern Italian landscape includes a large number of public construction projects begun over the past 50 years but abandoned before completion—a testament to the misuse of public funds through political corruption and the influence of the Mafia. Since 2007, a group of artists named Alterazioni Video has been developing the project Incompiuto Siciliano, through which they have sought to counter the negative perception of these ruins by considering them as an aestheticized architectural style. The group’s approach is significant because visual arts, and especially photography, have in recent years been accused of pursuing a merely romanticizing objective that ignores the political, economic and social contexts in which modern ruins arise. Embedding the current paper within this discussion makes it possible to align Incompiuto Siciliano with literatures on contemporary archaeology that regard the aestheticization of ruins as a first step to a critical comprehension of the reasons behind their origination—which ultimately leads to their re-valorization and eventual re-activation.
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