Playground/Battleground 10 graphite drawings on paper 68x68 cm each 2018
Courtesy Galleria Moitre and the artist
The Useless Land exhibition view, curated by Irene Sofia Comi and Elda Maresca, Lajone Castle, Alessandria, Italy, 2018
Courtesy Galleria Moitre and the artist
Photo credits: Marco Farronato
The robbers (detail) graphite on paper 68x68 cm 2018
Photo credits: Marco Farronato
The robbers graphite on paper 68x68 cm 2018
Fourfold nine men’s Morris graphite on paper 68x68 cm 2018
Basic Nine men’s Morris graphite on paper 68x68 cm 2018
The fox and the chickens
graphite on paper
68x68 cm
2018
Tiger game
graphite on paper 68x68 cm 2018
Assault on the fortress
graphite on paper 68x68 cm 2018
Greek nine men’s Morris
graphite on paper 68x68 cm 2018
Medieval nine men’s Morris
graphite on paper 68x68 cm 2018
Intersection points
graphite on paper 68x68 cm 2018
Today, recreational activities are considered an almost useless pastime, even if in reality they have a fundamental value for human culture. From these considerations moves the site-specific project by Stefania Mazzola, designed "tailor-made" for the Gallery's showroom. The subject of Playground / Battleground is the game of Tria, a space made up of rules and fun, whose chessboard was depicted on the walls of several medieval castles. Like a king with his fighters, the player moves pawns on the chessboard, devising movement strategies. Planning to move through a scheme is a practice of military tactics, so the playing field turns into a battlefield, and we are spectators.
Irene Sofia Comi Indipendent curator
