Photo: Klemen Ilovar
-July 2022-
Fontanigge: The School of Making Salt / La scuola della salinatura
14th Jul – 16th Aug 2022
exhibition
Opening: THU, 14th Jul, at 17.00
Cukrarna Palace, Ambrožev trg 3, Ljubljana
The art project about Fontanigge is the third step in the exploration of how to revitalise the deteriorating part of the saltpans of Sečovlje. The artistic interpretation in a poetic way exposes the problem of irreversible loss of material and immaterial cultural heritage and presents a solution which would, by the sheer fact of its operation, enable the preservation of the mediaeval type of salt-making.
The video interprets the past with the future by intertwining sources from the archives with footage filmed on site. These intersections create poetic reflections. The presence and activities of the human being who is the focal point of the presentation unite the video and water into an interactive whole. The model presents an architectural project of the school which, by witty inhabitation of the abandoned ruins of the former coal mine and their transformation into a propulsive site, is also an urban design gesture, connecting the saltpans to the village of Sečovlje and its hinterland.
The drawings, which present the influence the school might have upon the revitalisation of Fontanigge, are included in the video. As a whole, the art project confronts the idea of the school of making salt with the idea of a revived and economically viable part of the saltpans.
Video and the exhibition layout
AJDA ZUPAN, URŠA RAHNE, TAMARA MIHALIČ (Akademija za likovno umetnost in oblikovanje)
Gradual revitalization of salt fields and the exhibition layout
ZALA DIMC (Biotehniška fakulteta), MIHA BENČINA (Fakulteta za arhitekturo)
Mentors
doc. Mag. ANDREJ KAMNIK (Akademija za likovno umetnost in oblikovanje), prof. dr. TATJANA CAPUDER VIDMAR in prof. dr. ANA KUČAN (Biotehniška fakulteta), doc. LEON BELUŠIČ (Fakulteta za arhitekturo).
Collaborators
ETBIN TAVČAR, MATJAŽ KLJUN, / Zavod za varstvo kulturne dediščine RS, OE Piran)
Production
Oddelek za krajinsko arhitekturo, Biotehniška fakulteta, Univerza v Ljubljani
Akademija za likovno umetnost in oblikovanje, Univerza v Ljubljani
Fakulteta za arhitekturo, Univerza v Ljubljani
Supported by
SVET ZA UMETNOST UNIVERZE V LJUBLJANI
POMORSKI MUZEJ – MUSEO DEL MARE “SERGEJ MAŠERA” PIRAN – PIRANO
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