A participatory artwork in the production spaces of the IRINOX factory…
Hi-Rise is the sound installation created by artist Michele Spanghero in collaboration with OMP Engineering, exhibited inside Fabbrica Alta, a former wool mill located in Schio. The work consists of six horizontal aluminium tubes that metaphorically represent the six floors of the factory.
‘Mine’ is the installation created by contemporary visual artist Kensuke Koike for Contarina, with the aim of communicating more effectively the value of the business and the processes that have enabled it over the years to position itself at the top of Europe in terms of efficiency and environmental protection.
SMATH is the international project, led by the Veneto Region together with the Department of Management of the Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, which allowed six artists to enter as many companies in Veneto with a funded artistic residency.
‘Data River’ is the first data-art installation realised inside a production environment in Italy. It is also a site-specific installation, i.e. designed specifically for the Electrolux Susegana site.
When an artist sets foot in the company something is triggered. The company rediscovers history and uniqueness, tells them, innovates its image and makes culture. That new products could be born from the interaction between managers and artists, however, was not (yet) expected.
‘In Treatment’ was a system action for the innovation of the regional tourism offer. The companies involved, seven hotels in the Euganean Spas, welcomed seven contemporary artists whose curatorial choice and artistic work focused on a particular production process – treatment – and on the material that makes it possible and distinctive – mud.
Tecnica group is an internationally renowned brand in the field of sports shoe manufacture, based in Giavera del Montello, in the province of Treviso. The group’s six brands are historically characterised by a strong focus on research and design, as demonstrated by the exhibition of Tecnica’s iconic Moon Boot at MoMA in New York.