• Terra Asciutta (Dry Land)
  • TitleTerra Asciutta (Dry Land)
  • Author Adrian Melis  
  • Year 2020
  • Classification Video art
  • Duration 00:08:33
  • Edition 1/5
  • Medium video
Description
Rione Sanità, Napoli: the artist recreates the noises of the Roman aqueduct (called Acquedotto augusteo del Serino) by asking people hired from this poor area to reproduce the noise of the running water, using the techniques of the Foley artists. www.verginisanita.it/aquaugusta/2020/08/03/adrian-melis/
Bibliography
Barrientos, R.-M., A. Troncone, and A. Venäläinen, 2021: The Paradox of Labour. A reader on the work of Adrian Melis, Pori Art Museum, adn galeria, pag. 96