Arecibo ’04, 2004

corten steel, 500x500x30 cm
Universidad de Puerto Rico, Arecibo, Puerto Rico
Simposio Internacional de Escultura, 19 April – 7 May 2004.

”In conjunction with the centenary celebrations of the Puerto Rican university of Arecibo, a number of artists, including Staccioli, were invited to attend a major International Symposium on Sculpture organised by Gérard Xuriguera. All the projects studied at the conference were made and installed as permanent works to commemorate the Centenary.
Staccioli came across a giant tree on the university campus of Arecibo. He found out that this plant, a flamboyant (Delonix regia), was now a Puerto Rican national symbol even though it originates from Madagascar. He placed a triangle on it, an empty form letting light through and allowing the branches to intersect with its geometric lines to set up formal interaction of unsual delicacy.”

Maria Laura Gelmini, Mauro Staccioli. At the roots of sculpting, Corraini Edizioni, Mantova 2008, p.220