Marmomacc and the City, the initiative organised by Marmomacc in collaboration with the Order of Architects and Verona City Council in Italy has been hailed a huge success. Running from 25 September until a few days ago it turned the city centre into an open air art site. Twelve installations, twice as many as last year, were set up around the city centre to enliven squares and courtyards and at the same time to capture the attention of local people and tourists who were able to admire the beauty and
Marmomacc and the City, the initiative organised by Marmomacc in collaboration with the Order of Architects and Verona City Council in Italy has been hailed a huge success.
Running from 25 September until a few days ago it turned the city centre into an open air art site.
Twelve installations, twice as many as last year, were set up around the city centre to enliven squares and courtyards and at the same time to capture the attention of local people and tourists who were able to admire the beauty and amazing variety of the stone materials used.
Architect Laura De Stefano , the coordinator of the initiative, said: “It’s rewarding to learn that a project intended to bring the cultural heritage of stone design into the living, vital social fabric of Verona achieved its purpose so well, involving the city to such an extent that in some cases we were even asked to leave these works permanently on site. All the more, we are delighted to know that the impeccable work of the companies taking part offered tourists and local people a unique and unrepeatable vision of Verona which will remain in their photo albums.”
The impact on the city differed depending on individual works, their use and degree of immediate understanding, yet all 12 installations stimulated an interesting cultural debate and presented urban settings in unusual way through different perspectives.
Marmomacc & the City falls is one of Marmomacc’s projects intended to promote and spread stone culture with the aim of involving the public outside the exhibition centre and “thereby stimulate a more modern and contemporary re-interpretation of this ancient material.”
Companies taking part were: Barsi Marmi, Cave Marmi Ac, Franchi Umberto Marmi, Grassi Pietre, Imercrea, La Quadrifoglio Marmi & Graniti, Lavagnoli Marmi, Lithos Design, Margraf, Marini Marmi, Marmobon, Testi Fratelli.
