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Local firm Gruppo Building has helped out with an art project which celebrates the 50th anniversary of the film, The Italian Job.<\/h3>\nLocal firm Gruppo Building has helped out with an art project which celebrates the 50th anniversary of the film, The Italian Job.<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n
Construction Update writes:<\/p>\n
Gruppo Building promotes an installation in which art, cinema and the modern history of Turin join forces. Fifty years after its appearance in cinemas around the world, the film, The Italian Job, returns to Italy\u2019s first capital, with an extraordinary artistic work in the old city centre: thanks to collaboration with Artissima, from October 31st to December 2nd at Domus Lascaris, a bus shall be displayed, inspired by the 1969 film starring Michael Caine.<\/p>\n
The full-sized replica of the coach shall be suspended at a height of 20 metres on the very edge of the roof of Domus Lascaris, a completely refurbished rationalist building from the 1950s in the centre of Turin. At Domus Lascaris, in the very heart of the city, The Italian Job movie becomes the protagonist of an amazing installation, Hang On A Minute Lads\u2026 I\u2019ve Got A Great Idea, by the English sculptor Richard Wilson, curated by Mark Hinchcliffewith Heidi Donohoe. Inspired by the final scene of the movie, the artwork is a huge tilting sculpture, a life-sized vintage bus whose arrival in Turin activates many artistic performances, getting to the building. Going beyond the national borders and challenging the exit of the UK from the EU, the project puts the accent on art and culture.<\/p>\n
As Piero Boffa, President of Gruppo Building, put it, \u2018Every time we recover a building to convert it to our philosophy of habitation, we always think of creating works and installations that enhance the beauty of architecture by attracting as many viewers as possible, as for example with Luci d\u2019Artista at The Number 6. Opening Domus Lascaris starting the dialogue with Artissima is therefore a logical step forward for us precisely in the direction of the dissemination of beauty\u2019.<\/p>\n
Domus Lascaris, is the new project by Gruppo Building, which is working on transforming the building in line with the philosophy of habitation and art. The work undertaken by Building is markedly oriented towards merging living spaces and public art. It is enough to consider our teamwork with the Turin artist Richi Ferrero ? who has already created Giardino Verticale for the Group chaired by Piero Boffa in the courtyard of The Number 6 in via Alfieri 6, and Cancello Futurista \u2013 Omaggio a Depero in the courtyard of Lagrange 12, on whose roof stands the Equinox sculpture. Richi Ferrero also created the work, T\u2019Oro, visible on the fa\u00e7ade of Quadrato, Building\u2019s transformation of the old religious house of Sant\u2019Agostino in via delle Orfane, in the courtyard of which the world-renowned street artist Pixel Pancho painted \u2018Eaten by feelings\u2019 (a condemnation of ? and meditation on \u2013 feminicide).<\/p>\n
Dialogue with Artissima thus constitutes a new patronage initiative undertaken by Gruppo Building, reflecting our firm commitment to preserving and renewing the beauties of Turin. At Domus Lascaris, visitors will be able to admire the symbol of this film (shot in Turin fifty years ago), with its twists and turns and frantic chase scenes \u2013 in the streets and beyond. This project ? literally suspended between the worlds of art and cinema ? marks Building\u2019s first teamwork project with Artissima, and fully reflects our shared aim of enhancing Turin\u2019s heritage and longstanding beauty through contemporary art.<\/p>\n