Volterra 1973

Mauro Staccioli, Volterra '73 — “Volterra '73” - maquette progettuale - Foto di Enrico Fontolan. Credits Associazione Archivio Mauro Staccioli / Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max-Planck-Institut für Kunstgeschichte, Roma.

"Volterra ’73” - Drawing. Credits Associazione Archivio Mauro Staccioli.

"Volterra ’73" - photographic print (Box 2 Folder 1 Unit 3) Credits Associazione Archivio Mauro Staccioli / Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max-Planck-Institut für Kunstgeschichte, Roma.

"Volterra ’73" - photographic print (Box 2 Folder 1 Unit 10) Credits Associazione Archivio Mauro Staccioli / Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max-Planck-Institut für Kunstgeschichte, Roma.

"Volterra ’73" - photographic print (Box 2 Folder 1 Unit 16) Credits Associazione Archivio Mauro Staccioli / Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max-Planck-Institut für Kunstgeschichte, Roma.

"Volterra ’73" - photographic print (Box 2 Folder 1 Unit 22) Credits Associazione Archivio Mauro Staccioli / Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max-Planck-Institut für Kunstgeschichte, Roma.

"Volterra ’73" - photographic print (Box DIS-A_1 Folder 2 Unit 4) Credits Associazione Archivio Mauro Staccioli / Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max-Planck-Institut für Kunstgeschichte, Roma.

"Volterra ’73" - photographic print (Box DIS-A_1 Folder 2 Unit 2) Credits Associazione Archivio Mauro Staccioli / Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max-Planck-Institut für Kunstgeschichte, Roma.

"Volterra ’73" - photographic print (Box DIS-A_1 Folder 2 Unit 9) Credits Associazione Archivio Mauro Staccioli / Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max-Planck-Institut für Kunstgeschichte, Roma.

"Volterra ’73" - photographic print (Box DIS-A_1 Folder 2 Unit 10) Credits Associazione Archivio Mauro Staccioli / Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max-Planck-Institut für Kunstgeschichte, Roma.

"Volterra ’73" - Manifesto (Box MAN-A Folder 1 Unit 12) Credits Associazione Archivio Mauro Staccioli / Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max-Planck-Institut für Kunstgeschichte, Roma.

Volterra ‘73, 1973

Cemented-plastered wood and paint, 11x46x11 cm
Mauro Staccioli Archive Museum, Volterra

Following the interest and open discussions arose during Volterra ’72, a Sculpture Symposium coordinated by Enrico Crispolti was organised in Volterra in 1973. Some of the most interesting protagonists of the dialogue between sculpture and environment took part, such as Staccioli, Cavaliere, Somaini, Carrino, and Spagnulo. Therefore, Staccioli has to face his own territory once again, bringing to fruition a pyramid-cuneus with a triangular base terminating in an iron point. Due to its location, on the Piano di Castello, Staccioli also greatly inclines the sculpture and directs it towards the Medici fortress, which had already become one of the harshest state prisons. It is thus configured as an arrow, an indication and a weapon at the same time against a situation of power and violence.

© Sergio Borghesi. Courtesy Archivio Mauro Staccioli. Courtesy Archivio Mauro Staccioli.
L’Archivio Mauro Staccioli ha collaborato con la Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max Planck Institute di Roma per la digitalizzazione dell’intero corpus documentario afferente ai lavori realizzati o ipotizzati dall’artista, dall’inizio della carriera fino al 1988. Si ringrazia il fotografo Enrico Fontolan, il Digital Humanities Lab e il Fondo Fotografico della Bibliotheca Hertziana per l’enorme lavoro svolto. Tutto il materiale è consultabile online cliccando qui.