[EX] MATTATOIO 2005, L’età nomade

Mattatoio is a huge complex in the district of Testaccio. It used to be the city's abattoir and is now in the process of moving toward being a cultural space The workshops and exhibition were a way to analyse and discuss the nature of the recycling of this space and how to begin a dialogue or series of dialogues about how sites affect and are affected by changing communities and uses..

Essay "Artistic Experimentation & Urban Change:Luna Nera at the Mattatoio” pdf --->

Luna Nera (Gillian McIver, Julian Ronnefeldt and Sandrine Albert) participated in and presented our work at the Com. plot S. Y. S. tem workshops http://www.complotsystem.org/

Luna Nera made a site-responsive installation for the exhibition “l’età nomade” curated by Giovanna Dalla Chiesa, dell'Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma. The installation [below] used materials found on the site of this ex-slaughterhouse. It is installed in the yard between two cattle-holding places.

click on image above to see more details of the work

ex Mattatoio di Testaccio, Ottobre-Novembre 2005
in collaborazione con la Presidenza della Facoltà di Architettura Roma3