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Scritto da trenta ex minatori in pensione della città di Enna, in collaborazione con gli studenti dell’Università
di Catania, il progetto ha funzionato come un workshop aperto, dove il pubblico è diventato attore, sceneggiatore,
costumista, operatore di camera, scenografo, ecc... Numerosi membri della comunità di Enna hanno condiviso a
titolo gratuito le loro competenze ed esperienze (i panettieri hanno offerto la ristorazione, i tassisti i trasporti,
parrucchieri ed estetiste locali hanno preparato gli attori per le riprese), e hanno concordato con l’artista il
ruolo che desideravano ricoprire all’interno del progetto. Il video è stato prodotto da Museo RISO, Palermo /
Written by thirty retired miners from the Sicilian town of Enna in collaboration with students from the
University of Catania, the project was an open workshop where the participants took on the roles of non-
??professional actors, scriptwriters, costume designers, camera operators, set designers, etc. The local community
was involved in different ways: residents shared their skills and expertise (i.e., bakers offered free catering for the
entire crew, taxi drivers provided transportation, local hairdressers prepared actors for the shoot every day),
negotiating with the artist to determine the part each person would play in the project. The video was produced by
the RISO Museum, Palermo.
Nui Simu (That’s us),
2010, 15’, still da video, canale singolo, video HD su Blu-Ray, stereo, colore /
videostill, single channel HD video on Blu-Ray Disc, stereo, color
Prodotto da / Produced by RISO, Palermo
Courtesy of the artist e / and MOTInternational, London-Brussels
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nishinglysimilarincomposition,onecould
regardthegestureasanappealforaunity
ofmodernmetallurgywithcosmicforces.
Butthesubstancesneversufficientlyjoin
together,insteadthecollisiondegradesand
modifiesbothmaterials,demonstratinga
certainviolenceinjuxtaposition.
Thehistoricalimplicationsofhisworkisper-
hapsmostapparentinthevesselOlla (2015).
Workingwiththeassistanceofanexperi-
mentalarchaeologist,theartistfirstproduced
aceramicvaseusinghistoricallyaccurate
materials,kilningmethods,andpotteryte-
chniquesavailabletoancientNeolithicarti-
sans.Onceagaincontrastinginsideandout-
side, and the archaic and the artificial,
Siedleckithencoatedtheinterioroftheves-
selwithCernit,asyntheticpolymermode-
ling-compound.Together,thesematerials
spantheentiretyofthehistoryofceramics
fromtherealmofancientartisanstothecon-
temporaryconsumerhobbyist.Theobjectis
displacedfromtimeandplace,anout-of-
placeartifactthatcorrelatesthecontempo-
raryworldwithprimevalphenomena.Here
theartist,asinotherofhisworks,speaksto
thetransmissionofmaterials,energyand
proceduresacrosstimeandspace,charting
physicalandsociallegacies.
Similarly,Siedlecki’sGomba Kalap (2014)
isliterallya‘mushroomcap’,abaseball-style
hatmadeofamadou,aspongyinnerlayerof
horse’shooffungus(Fomes fomentarius).A
traditionalcraftofTransylvania,theartist
soughtoutoneofthelasthatmakersand
brieflyapprenticedundertheartisansoas
tobecomeacustodianforthewaningtradi-
tion. Similar to the trans-historical con-
fluenceofmaterialsinOlla,theartistem-
ploysanantediluvianproductionmethodto
generateacontemporaryobject,revamping
thedesignofthehatstofitwithcurrentfa-
shionnorms.Abletobekeptsmolderingfor
longperiodsoftimeandwithverylittleheat,
theeasilycombustiblematerialwasusedto
transportfireoverlongdistancesinantiquity.
Likehisancientforbearers,Siedlecki’scap
canbeseennotonlyasanembracementand
inhabitationofatradition,butalsoasacon-
veyingofenergyacrosstimeandspace.In
Exothermic Reaction (2013)theartisteven
minesadisusedtelevisionsetforitsrequisite
coppercomponents.Extracting2kgofthe
ore,theartisttheninducedanexothermic
reaction,releasingenergyfromthemetaland
thereforeproducingthewasteproductcop-
persulfite,alongestablisheddisinfectant
andfungicide.Sprayingthegreenishblue
chemicaluponacanvas,theartistcreateda
monochromethatnotonlyreplacesaesthe-
ticswithfunctionality,andcorrelatesthe
sprayingofvineyardstopainterlygesture,
butalsoinvokesamaterialistanalysisofthe
artformbyclearingandprotectingthecan-
vasfromcontamination.Aboveall,Siedlecki’s
workchartsstatesofmatterandthemove-
mentofenergythroughtime,space,andpro-
cedures.Accentuatingthemutualprocesses
ofbecominginbothhumansandtheagents
andmaterialstheyinteractwith,theartist
dispelsoppositionsandarticulatesthemo-
vementfromunitytocomplexityandback
again,asiftoavoidclosureorresolutionwha-
teverthematterathand.
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