ECO/performance by Cristian Chironi

ECO - performance By Cristian Chironi held in 2012 on the terrace of Madre Museum (Naples) 
performance live, time 8 hours (from 11am to 7pm) 

Visible from the street and from the neighbouring terraces, the artist, as if he was a modern stylobate, seats the whole day on the ledge of the roof terrace of the Museum . Chironi observes the Vesuvius with a book of the Dolomites under his arm. He wears civilian clothes and the equipment of a climber which is apparently out of contest. The artist, as a metropolitan climber, establishes a personal and empathetic relationship with the area immediately around the museum and with the city itself. The performance is a long lasting action at whose climax Chironi will issue a cry at specified times. The echo of this cry, similar to the one that spreads in the mountain valleys and guaranteed by a powerful sound system, aims to reach the entire city as well as the inner rooms of the Museum, establishing a primal and imaginary dialogue with the surrounding urban fabric, and also an ironic ideal bridge between South and North of Italy, from Vesuvius to Dolomites. Eco is a project organized in collaboration with Dolomiti Contemporanee and thanks to the support of CAI and Dolomiti Rocce.

watch the video of the performance on the artist’s website