O TUTTO O NIENTE O ALMENO UN PO’

O Tutto o Niente o Almeno un Po’ is an installation created specifically for the end of ASTRA, the art residency that took place in Spoleto in 2018.

Outside the residence, which was the main building, there were several artworks spread around the garden. These artworks were paintings mimicking the boards of different board games, for instance backgammon and chess. Each game had its own pawns, made with a peculiar material which reacts to UV light, changing the pawns’ colour. Therefore, these games can only be played outdoors in the daylight. GB Group acquired the artworks’ frames in a street market, where they also bought several vintage paintings, hence, the works were placed above the original paintings and then reframed.

The artworks’ advertisements, made by using marketing strategies, and the artworks sales contracts are to be considered integral components of the installation. During the exhibition, coupons advertising the artworks and promoting their sales were distributed to the public alongside with a survey to be filled with the viewers’ opinions and comments regarding the installation.

The actual pieces of work, the board games, alongside with the advertisements, the coupons, and surveys are all essential parts of the total work of art and entertain a symbiotic relationship with each other.