Concorso per la progettazione di un monumento dedicato ai disertori del nazismo

Vitone progetta nel 2009 un Monumento dedicato ai disertori del nazismo partecipando a un concorso, di cui non risulterà vincitore, per il centro della città di Colonia. L’artista, legato alla Germania dal punto di vista personale e professionale, propone una riflessione politica nei confronti di un tema complesso come quello della diserzione. Il monumento immaginato è costituito da un pennone di 12 metri circa - alla cui sommità oscilla al vento una banderuola decorata con il simbolo dell’infinito - fissato su una placca di ferro su cui compare un elemento tipico della sua ricerca sui luoghi, una mappa (in questo caso della città di Colonia).Vitone in 2009 designed a memorial to the deserters from the Nazist army in the center of the city of Cologne, taking part in a competition, which he will not win. The artist, who has lived and worked in Germany, meditates from a political point of view on the ambiguity of act of desertion. The monument that he projects is made of a flagpole of about 12 meters - with a flag on top of it, decorated with the infinity symbol - placed on an iron base on which a map is visible, a typical element of Vitone’s research (in this case the one of city of Cologne)

Una tigre per Torino

Il progetto è presentato al concorso Premio ArteGiovane del 2002, Torino incontra l’arte. Una porta per Torino. Vitone propone la realizzazione di un’installazione nel piazzale situato di fronte a Mirafiori dedicata allo scrittore piemontese Emilio Salgari. L’artista immagina di ricostruire un paesaggio desertico bagnato dal mare, frutto della fantasia e dell’immaginario tratto dai romanzi del ciclo dei “Pirati della Malesia” che sarebbe stato attraversato dai tram cittadini innescando nei passeggeri fantasie di avventure e luoghi leggendari.The project is presented at the contest Premio ArteGiovane in 2002, Torino incontra l’arte. Una porta per Torino. Vitone proposes the realisation of an installation in the square, placed in front of Mirafiori, dedicated to Emilio Salgari, the writer who spent most of his life in the city of Turin. The artist conceives to recreate a desert landscape washed by the sea, inspired by the stories of the series of novels “The Pirates of Malaysia”, a space that would have been crossed by the tram lines, stimulating in the passengers fantasies of adventures and mythical places

Foglie al vento

Foglie al vento è un progetto realizzato per partecipare al concorso Arte per piazza Matteotti che, bandito dal comune di Imola nel 2010, mirava alla realizzazione di un monumento in sostituzione del Monumento ai caduti della Prima Guerra Mondiale nella restaurata piazza rinascimentale. L’opera, che non risulta vincitrice, consiste nella progettazione di una installazione luminosa nel porticato presente su uno dei quattro lati della piazza. Al centro di ognuna delle quattordici volte del porticato di Palazzo Sersanti infatti, Vitone immagina di posizionare un corpo illuminante speciale che attraverso un sistema ottico appositamente progettato avrebbe proiettato a terra l’immagine di altrettante foglie verdi di Ginkgo Biloba sostituendosi all’apparato illuminotecnico preesistente.Foglie al vento is a project realised for the contest Arte per piazza Matteoti, organized by the city of Imola in 2010, that aimed at the creation of a monument to replace the memorial to the fallen of the First World War in the renovated Renaissance square. The project, that did not win the contest, consisted of the realization of a light installation in the arcade of one of the square sides. The idea of the artist was to place in the middle of each of the fourteen vaults of the arcade of Palazzo Sersanti a special lighting element that, through a dedicated optical system, would have projected on the ground the image of the same number of green Ginko Biloba leaves, replacing the preexisting lighting system

Concorso di progettazione Piazza Verdi - La Spezia

Il progetto, realizzato insieme all’architetto e curatore Frank Boehm, è presentato nel 2009 nell’ambito del concorso di progettazione per la riqualificazione architettonica e artistica di Piazza Giuseppe Verdi bandito dal Comune di La Spezia e P.A.A.L.M.A. (Premio Artista Architetto La Marrana Arte Ambientale) in collaborazione con la Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio della Spezia. Artista e architetto immaginano una soluzione che trasformi la piazza in zona pedonale e in un “salotto urbano”, un luogo di sosta e di incontro. La piazza viene divisa in tre parti uguali: in quelle laterali, piantate a aranci, è ricreato un ideale giardino all'italiana che possa essere fruito sul lato ovest dai clienti dei bar qui presenti e sul lato opposto dagli studenti delle scuole medie inferiore e superiore che vi si affacciano. Nel lotto centrale su cui si affaccia l’edificio anni Trenta del Palazzo delle Poste viene invece disegnata una fontana rettangolare con il lato di fronte alla scalinata dell'ufficio postale irregolare, e la pavimentazione aggettante simile a moli che entrano nell'acqua. Sul lato opposto la Scuola primaria che ha qui la sua sede, l'acqua scorre sotterranea nell'immaginaria direzione del mare. La strada pedonale che attraversa la piazza taglia la fontana in modo ortogonale da est a ovest.The project, realized with architect and curator Frank Boehm, was presented in 2009 on the occasion of the design competition for the architectural and artistic requalification of Piazza Giuseppe Verdi, announced by the city of La Spezia and P.A.A.L.M.A. (Premio Artista Architetto La Marrana Arte Ambientale) in partnership with Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio della Spezia. The idea of the artist and the architect was to convert the square into a pedestrian area, a kind of “urban living room”, a place of meeting. The square is divided into three equal parts: in the lateral parts they wanted to recreate an ideal Italian Garden, with orange trees, accessible on the west side to the customers of the coffee shop and on the opposite side to the students of the high school and junior high school. While in the central area, where the 1930’s building of the postal service is located, they planned to realise a rectangular fountain to be placed in front of the irregular staircase of the postal service building, and the protruding pavement, similar to piers inside the water

The inter-scale behaviour of two natural scaly clays

This paper describes the results of an experimental investigation of the inter-scale behaviour of two natural scaly clays. These have been tested by means of a custom-made inter-particle loading apparatus, which has enabled their mechanical response to be studied in both compression and shearing. The main features of the micromechanical behaviour of these clays have been compared, focusing on the influence of their composition, and the results are compared with those obtained testing the same materials using other devices (triaxial and ring shear apparatus). The results have shown that, contrary to expectations, the surfaces of the scales are not residual shear surfaces and the inter-scale angle of shearing resistance is actually closer to critical state or post-peak angles measured in conventional tests

Different patterns of HIV-1 DNA after therapy discontinuation

Background: By persisting in infected cells for a long period of time, proviral HIV-1 DNA can represent an alternative viral marker to RNA viral load during the follow-up of HIV-1 infected individuals. In the present study sequential blood samples of 10 patients under antiretroviral treatment from 1997 with two NRTIs, who refused to continue any antiviral regimen, were analyzed for 16-24 weeks to study the possible relationship between DNA and RNA viral load. Methods: The amount of proviral DNA was quantified by SYBR green real-time PCR in peripheral blood mononuclear cells from a selected group of ten patients with different levels of plasmatic viremia (RNA viral load). Results: Variable levels of proviral DNA were found without any significant correlation between proviral load and plasma HIV-1 RNA levels. Results obtained showed an increase or a rebound in viral DNA in most patients, suggesting that the absence of therapy reflects an increase and/or a persistence of cells containing viral DNA. Conclusion: Even though plasma HIV RNA levels remain the basic parameter to monitor the intensity of viral replication, the results obtained seem to indicate that DNA levels could represent an adjunct prognostic marker in monitoring HIV-1 infected subjects

Occupational Safety and Health Act, Industrial Union v. American Petroleum Institute

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration [hereinafter cited as OSHA] was created pursuant to Title 29 of the United States Code, to define the terms of this battle. In Industrial Union v. American Petroleum Institute, the federal judiciary has taken a hand at making these terms somewhat more clear. It is the object of this casenote to analyze the impact of the Industrial Union decision on the regulatory processes of OSHA, a task which involves a synthesis of the plurality, concurring and dissenting opinions

Natural shelters, habitable landscapes

The purpose of this thesis will be to try to share with you an energy and character that I find in trees, in the earth, in the qualities of light, in the intimacy of houses and yards. There is a simple yet deep-running link between our created spaces (our homes) and the spirit and body of the woods. I feel a strong kinship between myself and the land that produced me- -a super-blood tie, a joining from long ago--that transcends anthropocentric thought and concern. I want to know that link, to be at ease with the earth and to extend this rapport as a way of understanding my sentiments about home and emotionally secure territories