Square depression fu originariamente concepito dall'artista americano Bruce Nauman nel 1977, quando venne stato invitato da Kaspar König insieme ad altri artisti a realizzare una scultura per fare una scultura per uno spazio aperto. L'opera vebbe costruita però solo 30 anni dopo, nella sede del dipartimento di scienze naturali dell'università di Munster. Depression Square è una piramide rovesciata in calcestruzzo bianco, che richiede la partecipazione attiva da parte dell'osservatore, chiamato infatti ad entrare nella scultura, a camminare al suo interno per poter esperirla. Scopo dell'opera era quello di creare uno spazio dove sia possibile fare esperienza delle sensazioni legate al sentirsi isolato, indifeso e solo. Depression Square è una piazza concepita come un' enorme depressione fisica che diventa costruzione mentale, come suggerisce il gioco di parole che l'artista usa proprio per il titolo dell'opera.Tuttavia l'opera non si limita ad indagare il senso di isolamento che provano gli osservatori, ora divenuti soggetti attivi o forse oggetti partecipanti della scultura stessa; Depression Square mette in discussione anche il senso dello spazio, la qualità formale di questo e del punto di fuga, facendoci riflettere sul potere della prospettiva e sulla pregnanza che questa ha nella realtà che abitiamo ogni giorno / Square depression is a project, which was originaly designed in 1977, when Bruce Nauman was invited among nine other artists by Kaspar König to do a sculpture for an open space. It was built 30 years later in the campus of the university’s department of natural sciences in Munster.
Square depression is an inverted pyramid, ‘walk in’ sculpture made of white concrete. The aim was to create a space, where one could experience a feeling of being isolated, helpless and alone. An inverted pyramid made of white concrete, a walkable work on the campus of the scientific centre of the university. Square Depression is literally a quadrangular sink, but in the title, Nauman also plays on the literal sense of „depression”. Depressive, helpless, abandoned - that’s how those might feel that stand in the centre of the sculpture. It’s about space and the vanishing point as formal qualities. At the same time, Square Depression represents the spatial construction of a mental state below a vanishing point. As a sculpture, Nauman’s work sheds light on how much perspective is compulsory, and to what extent it may be forceful.
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Dear GR, This vast white space with its inverted pyramid is certainly unsettling, at least as how I see it. One can see how the artist is eliciting a response from the visitors who experience the space but it would be difficult to feel comfortable.
RispondiEliminaHi Edith. I like the artist's minimal approach to the use of space but it's also true you'd hardly enjoy walking in - though I have seen pictures of happy children jumping here and there in the sculpture but probably a child will manage to enjoy everywhere! : )
RispondiEliminaI chose to post the work because it made me think of a book one of my university professors gave me as a student, Panofky's "Perspective as symbolic form" , where perspective is analyzed not just as a technical element but as a visible sign of a specific spiritual content. And it also reminded me of Dan Graham's work and his multiple-points/observers research. Just have a look at this
http://architettura.it/artland/20020515/index_en.htm