Karin Giusti

Lives and works in Abruzzo Italy and Upstate NY

Artist statement

I do not create anything by chance. I make work about what I think are urgent and compelling world issues motivated by impactful events that need to be addresses now! My passion is my homeland of Abruzzo Italy where ancient mountain villages and their populations face extinction and struggle to retain their cultural traditions in the face of homogenizing modernity. My current project titled “GRANDE CUORE” is set in the mountains, in Cucciolo a paese of approximately 246 people. It is a noninvasive land art project tracing a famous heart shape in the mountains promoting solar energy using recycled solar panels. I identify with Earth Art of the 60’s and 70’s in that artists wanted to bring art out of the galleries and museums making it more accessible to everyday people. My purpose driven art project, “Green House –Whitehouse: Our House”, went further by bringing the art to the people. It was a mobile unit that was also a voter registration site as well as an operational greenhouse promoting transparency in governance, alternative energy, and voter participation. It toured the country. The techniques and materials I use are site and TEXT specific. I use symbolic gestures, icons, symbols, signs, layered images and actions that support the content. Because of this my work may look significantly different from project to project! For instance, projects Safety Net” and “3 Seasons at Black Forest Farm”, are different in that they are memorial pieces dedicated to loved ones that...

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