2008
Proposed Underground Installation 'Time Piece Fortezza'
Manifesta7, 2008
Upon being invited to envision a work for Manifesta7 and the Fortezza fortress itself I began some research. The importance of this route as the connector between north and south is well known, but I also found that this particular spot, because of its constricted nature, has held a position of strategic importance for at least the last four thousand years.
I propose the realization of a Time Piece as an invisible entity here. The void produced by the sound's disappearance will evoke the past history of this important site; the memory of its long gone inhabitants as well as the multitude of travelers who have passed through it. mn
Text extrat: Max Neuhaus, Project Description, 2008