CATEGORY: PERCORSI D’ARTE
PROJECT: ATOLLO
Atollo is an island that emerges from the water as a kind of limestone boundary: an open and permeable top plate that delimits inside and outside.
THE SPHERICAL SHAPE IS CREATED BY JOINING 40 IDENTICAL PARTS PRODUCED BY REPEATEDLY CUTTING A STONE CUBE WITH A ROBOT-CONTROLLED WIRE CUTTING SYSTEM
This operation involves separating and reconfiguring the material to mould and amplifies the initial volume with a significant reduction in waste.
RAFFAELLO GALIOTTO
After studying Fine Arts in Venice, he founded his own design studio in 1993.
He specialised in designing injection moulded plastic products, and his interest in manufacturing processes and technology later led him to experiment with new solutions and exhibition formats, especially in the field of marble and natural materials. He designed many products and collections with major companies in the industry, exploring the main features of stone, such as surface, gravity, translucency, colour, the use of digital technology and waste reduction. His projects have been published in books and magazines and exhibited in museums and international events. He is also the curator of Marmomac’s experimental pavilion in Verona. He currently teaches design at the University of Ferrara.
T&D ROBOTICS
Headquarters:
V.le D. Zaccagna, 47
54033 Marina di Carrara (MS) Italy
Tel. +39 0585 780917
info@TDrobotics.com
Curated by Raffaello Galiotto
The Percorsi d’Arte exhibition seeks to investigate how machinery can be used in artistic processing of stone materials. In recent years, with the spread of numerical control technologies, industry and small businesses in the natural stone sector have installed increasingly high-performance systems. Even for art workshops, initially reluctant to introduce such devices, the use of these new tools seems now to be viewed as an interesting opportunity for renewal. A group of international artists, sharing an experimental research path in the use of new technologies, has created a series of works designed and implemented entirely with software and computer-controlled machinery.
This exhibition seeks to stimulate rethinking of artistic activity associated with this topic. All works were created starting from blocks having the same dimensions (180x80x30cm) in order to stimulate enhancement of the material while also limiting the production of waste.
- OPERA
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Atollo is an island that emerges from the water as a kind of limestone boundary: an open and permeable top plate that delimits inside and outside.
THE SPHERICAL SHAPE IS CREATED BY JOINING 40 IDENTICAL PARTS PRODUCED BY REPEATEDLY CUTTING A STONE CUBE WITH A ROBOT-CONTROLLED WIRE CUTTING SYSTEM
This operation involves separating and reconfiguring the material to mould and amplifies the initial volume with a significant reduction in waste.
- DESIGNER
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RAFFAELLO GALIOTTO
After studying Fine Arts in Venice, he founded his own design studio in 1993.
He specialised in designing injection moulded plastic products, and his interest in manufacturing processes and technology later led him to experiment with new solutions and exhibition formats, especially in the field of marble and natural materials. He designed many products and collections with major companies in the industry, exploring the main features of stone, such as surface, gravity, translucency, colour, the use of digital technology and waste reduction. His projects have been published in books and magazines and exhibited in museums and international events. He is also the curator of Marmomac’s experimental pavilion in Verona. He currently teaches design at the University of Ferrara. - PRODUCTION
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T&D ROBOTICS
Headquarters:
V.le D. Zaccagna, 47
54033 Marina di Carrara (MS) Italy
Tel. +39 0585 780917
info@TDrobotics.com - CATEGORY
-
Curated by Raffaello Galiotto
The Percorsi d’Arte exhibition seeks to investigate how machinery can be used in artistic processing of stone materials. In recent years, with the spread of numerical control technologies, industry and small businesses in the natural stone sector have installed increasingly high-performance systems. Even for art workshops, initially reluctant to introduce such devices, the use of these new tools seems now to be viewed as an interesting opportunity for renewal. A group of international artists, sharing an experimental research path in the use of new technologies, has created a series of works designed and implemented entirely with software and computer-controlled machinery.
This exhibition seeks to stimulate rethinking of artistic activity associated with this topic. All works were created starting from blocks having the same dimensions (180x80x30cm) in order to stimulate enhancement of the material while also limiting the production of waste.
Atollo is an island that emerges from the water as a kind of limestone boundary: an open and permeable top plate that delimits inside and outside.
THE SPHERICAL SHAPE IS CREATED BY JOINING 40 IDENTICAL PARTS PRODUCED BY REPEATEDLY CUTTING A STONE CUBE WITH A ROBOT-CONTROLLED WIRE CUTTING SYSTEM
This operation involves separating and reconfiguring the material to mould and amplifies the initial volume with a significant reduction in waste.
RAFFAELLO GALIOTTO
After studying Fine Arts in Venice, he founded his own design studio in 1993.
He specialised in designing injection moulded plastic products, and his interest in manufacturing processes and technology later led him to experiment with new solutions and exhibition formats, especially in the field of marble and natural materials. He designed many products and collections with major companies in the industry, exploring the main features of stone, such as surface, gravity, translucency, colour, the use of digital technology and waste reduction. His projects have been published in books and magazines and exhibited in museums and international events. He is also the curator of Marmomac’s experimental pavilion in Verona. He currently teaches design at the University of Ferrara.
T&D ROBOTICS
Headquarters:
V.le D. Zaccagna, 47
54033 Marina di Carrara (MS) Italy
Tel. +39 0585 780917
info@TDrobotics.com
Curated by Raffaello Galiotto
The Percorsi d’Arte exhibition seeks to investigate how machinery can be used in artistic processing of stone materials. In recent years, with the spread of numerical control technologies, industry and small businesses in the natural stone sector have installed increasingly high-performance systems. Even for art workshops, initially reluctant to introduce such devices, the use of these new tools seems now to be viewed as an interesting opportunity for renewal. A group of international artists, sharing an experimental research path in the use of new technologies, has created a series of works designed and implemented entirely with software and computer-controlled machinery.
This exhibition seeks to stimulate rethinking of artistic activity associated with this topic. All works were created starting from blocks having the same dimensions (180x80x30cm) in order to stimulate enhancement of the material while also limiting the production of waste.
- OPERA
-
Atollo is an island that emerges from the water as a kind of limestone boundary: an open and permeable top plate that delimits inside and outside.
THE SPHERICAL SHAPE IS CREATED BY JOINING 40 IDENTICAL PARTS PRODUCED BY REPEATEDLY CUTTING A STONE CUBE WITH A ROBOT-CONTROLLED WIRE CUTTING SYSTEM
This operation involves separating and reconfiguring the material to mould and amplifies the initial volume with a significant reduction in waste.
- DESIGNER
-
RAFFAELLO GALIOTTO
After studying Fine Arts in Venice, he founded his own design studio in 1993.
He specialised in designing injection moulded plastic products, and his interest in manufacturing processes and technology later led him to experiment with new solutions and exhibition formats, especially in the field of marble and natural materials. He designed many products and collections with major companies in the industry, exploring the main features of stone, such as surface, gravity, translucency, colour, the use of digital technology and waste reduction. His projects have been published in books and magazines and exhibited in museums and international events. He is also the curator of Marmomac’s experimental pavilion in Verona. He currently teaches design at the University of Ferrara. - PRODUCTION
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T&D ROBOTICS
Headquarters:
V.le D. Zaccagna, 47
54033 Marina di Carrara (MS) Italy
Tel. +39 0585 780917
info@TDrobotics.com - CATEGORY
-
Curated by Raffaello Galiotto
The Percorsi d’Arte exhibition seeks to investigate how machinery can be used in artistic processing of stone materials. In recent years, with the spread of numerical control technologies, industry and small businesses in the natural stone sector have installed increasingly high-performance systems. Even for art workshops, initially reluctant to introduce such devices, the use of these new tools seems now to be viewed as an interesting opportunity for renewal. A group of international artists, sharing an experimental research path in the use of new technologies, has created a series of works designed and implemented entirely with software and computer-controlled machinery.
This exhibition seeks to stimulate rethinking of artistic activity associated with this topic. All works were created starting from blocks having the same dimensions (180x80x30cm) in order to stimulate enhancement of the material while also limiting the production of waste.
