Around 600,000 people live on the slopes of Mount Vesuvius. Despite close surveillance by a team of scientists, these communities would not have time to save themselves in the event of an eruption. They have chosen not to abandon these high-risk areas due to a mixture of need, lack of awareness and inaccurate information.

Vulcano, a new work by Deborah Ligorio, on show at the Galleria Minini in Milan (from September 22 to November 15), describes their story, presenting a journey around Vesuvius and its surrounding urban landscape. After describing her voyage in the Californian desert to the famous Spiral Jetty of Robert Smithson (Donut to Spiral) and having explored the bio-climatic architecture of the dammusi in Pantelleria and the trulli in the countryside of Puglia, this young artist from Brindisi continues her investigation into the urban environment and into land modified through human intervention and man’s capacity to adapt to extreme conditions. E.S.

9.22-11.15.2007
Vulcano
Galleria Francesca Minini
Via Massimiano 25, 20134 Milano
https://www.francescaminini.it/