«Note sullo spettatore» per Giovanni Anselmo: Documentazione di interferenza umana nella gravitazione universale

The article focuses on a key work by the arte povera artist Giovanni Anselmo, titled "Documentazione di interferenza umana nella gravitazione universale". Originally produced as an edition in 1970, it consists of a series of photographs taken by the artist in 1969. The article reconstructs the circumstances of the creation of the piece, as attested by archival documents and publications which had been scantily acknowledged until then, and focuses on its relevance in the broader discussion around remediation and the use of photography as a means to reassess the tenets of art by the artists of the new avant-garde emerging at the end of the 1960s. By establishing specific comparisons with the work of international artists such as Jan Dibbets and Douglas Huebler, the article sheds light on the specific spectatorship that Anselmo's piece entails and elicits, as the most distinctive mark of his practice.