小巧而典雅的維羅納,其實有很多精緻的建築細部,看起來有時候就像一幅漂亮的油畫,如果有時間多留一會,不妨細心欣賞。如果在夏季來到這裡更可不時停下來看看廣場上的街頭表演或進去露天競技場(Arena di Verona)欣賞大型音樂會,消磨上一至兩天的時間,絕不是一般旅遊團說的只値得中午坐車來吃個午飯然後行一圏便拜拜。
每一個觀眾在每一刻看它的面貌都不一樣。Every viewer's experience is unique.
Luxembourg Pavilion Martine Feipel & Jean Bechameil Le Cercle Fermé
'Today, there is no doubt that it is more urgent than ever to consider any reflection on the question of space as a work of civilisation, as a remodelling of civilisation. Modifying the everyday completely remodels our world, and that is what this is all about.' - artwork statement
'The skeleton of the work is an experimental opera that takes place on the stage of life, relating, and reflecting on the stories of car crashes in a dialogical form: the critical moment slowed down by memory and recounted in utmost detail; the drive and the course of events leading up to that moment; as well as the complex relation of man to driving, in view of his inclination to fetishize his technical objects......In this slow replay, I perceive the very relief of the shock, the “comforting” explanation for the unavoidable crash. The fact that the outcome of this story is predetermined—as indicated by the yes-no questions of the sung inner monologues—is far from comforting, though. The opera genre is intended to convey this tension. The story begins at a car factory, and thus the story of the car, that is, its “life”, which is ended by the crash, ironically takes the place of human life at some points.' - artwork statement
Amalia Pica (Argentina) 'Venn diagrams'
'A Venn diagram is a mathematical illustration used to describe group dynamics and logical relations of inclusion and exclusion. During the period of dictatorship in Argentina in the 1970s, gatherings of citizens were closely monitored, as they were considered a threat to the government.....At the same time, Group theory and Venn diagrams were banned from primary school programs as they provide a model for subversive thought.' - artwork statement
米蘭的10 Corso Como,跟巴黎的Colette,都是喜歡美麗東西的你我他必到之地,不過最好有心理準備隨時齋睇,因為大部分的東西都很昂貴呢! 動輒過千歐元一件衣服,不是人人負擔得起。不過看看也挺開心,因為看得出每一件東西都是經過精挑細選,是名牌中的名牌,極品中的極品,很難在其他地方找到,而大家所buy的固然是話事人的品味和眼光了。
10 Corso Como是一個展現多方面生活時尚的地方,它的成功或吸引之處在於其整體概念。這裡地方不算很大,卻巧妙地集精品店、書店、咖啡室、酒店、甚至展覽廳於一身,讓人很容易便能留連一整個下午。環顧刻下香港許多活化古蹟或創意產業計劃,空有規模,沒有願景,如果我們的政府能把一個小如10 Corso Como的地方辦得有聲有色就好了。