Fondaco dei Tedeschi, the upscale shopping centre by the Rialto Bridge, contracted art collective Sbagliato (lit. ‘incorrect’) for Radials, two art installations to be displayed on the building’s façade and at the fourth floor.
The art is there to generate interference, to create ‘portals’ within the Fondaco’s architecture. In the loggia over Grand Canal, the multiplication of the arch on the outer side creates an infinite perspective. The installation in the Event Space, on the fourth floor, extrapolates a section of the inner yard and projects it – decontextualized – onto the four walls.
How did Sbagliato come to be?
We founded Sbagliato in 2011. We used to study together: some art, some architecture – different disciplines, but same language family. We wanted to interact with the urban fabric. Our first creations were posters of architectural elements glued to outer walls. We loved the visual impact and how we could interject a fictional component into architecture: sometimes incorrect, sometimes ironic and paradoxical. Sbagliato is an innovative art process that allows us to show these intrinsic aspects of our research. We love how every project is different from the next, as we let the context inspire us.
A synthesis of languages and disciplines.
The way we organize our communication is we add elements from the same urban fabric we work on. This is because we acknowledge that we live in a time when the stream of information we receive is incessant. By employing in our art elements from the same urban context we change the city itself, which makes it obvious how weak and fragile is the reality
of our daily lives.
Your installation at the Fondaco and Radials.
We know Venice since quite some time, and every time we visit, we are mesmerized by water and its presence: in canals, in the air, in the walls. That’s why we wanted water to be the very soul of our creations. The first installation is in the Loggia by the Grand Canal. We sampled the outer prospect art and multiplied it in a radial effect to create an infinite perspective. We did this to highlight a main feature of the building and modify its size and perception. Our infinite corridor represents Venice’s uniqueness. The second work is a sampling of the inner yard at the Fondaco. We extrapolated one portion and moved it to the four walls on the fourth floor. Blue-coloured arches wind like waves in a synergy of architecture, graphic art, photography, and collage.
