2008
Time Piece, Fortezza, 2008

Max Neuhaus Drawing Study for Proposed Underground Installation.

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Upon being invited to envision a work for Manifesta7 and the Fortezza fortress itself I began some research. The importance of this route as the connector between north and south is well known, but I also found that this particular spot, because of its constricted nature, has held a position of strategic importance for at least the last four thousand years. 

I propose the realization of a Time Piece as an invisible entity here. The void produced by the sound's disappearance will evoke the past history of this important site; the memory of its long gone inhabitants as well as the multitude of travelers who have passed through it. 

Max Neuhaus