SANTIAGO REYES VILLAVECES

The theater at the Cavallerizza Reale ceased its operations seven years ago. Today, it is occupied by a citizens´ assembly, organized to protect the 18th Century building from sale to private buyers. For the installation, 192 wires hold the individual seats in the theater and meet in a single point across the hall, center stage. A wooden beam is set against what used to be the gate of the stable, suspended only by its own resistance and the tension of the wires as they pull it against the edges of the gate towards the seating area. Resembling a projection plane, the wires stretching from the seating towards a single vanishing point located in the middle of the beam, Traino is an installation consisting of a clash of forces, tensions and perspectives.

4 december of 2014 to 25 of january 2015

Caballerizza Real de Turín, Italia.

Photos: Paolo Pellion