photo(«The Knight» is the nickname of Italian Prime Minister Berlusconi)
Two large concave sheets of iron are vertically installed side by side. Their respective surfaces drip water. Images of the Prime Ministers and other representatives of power gathered at the G8 summit are horizontally projected on these ironclad surfaces. The installation includes a third sheet of worked metal, which represents the hull of a ship. The massive presence of iron in this installation refers to the local metallurgical industry and the shipyards of Genoa. It expresses both the hardness and the rigidity of power: furthermore, during some meetings of this G8 summit, the world powers gathered on a luxury cruise ship in the port of Genoa. They appear only as simple projections; this renders them as unreal as they are untouchable. The dripping water is not contaminated by the images; it stays pure. The water reflects these images but they cannot stick to it. While the images reassure us, the element of water reminds us that everything is movement and that these images cannot last forever: power belongs to the past even though today it is still played out like a macabre ritual. (The naval imagery can also refer to the protesters' construction of a «Genoah’s Ark, G8’s Sinking Ship» during last year’s demonstration. That theatrical construction included a pirate flag, which the Genoa prosecutor is now using to «prove» that the protesters in possession of this flag were members of a «criminal association».)