Artworks 2019

Of stateless water. We need ports to dock, sailing boats and fins for swimming. We are fish out of water. Port Tonic Art Center is an international artist residence and contemporary art center on the French Riviera, and has replaced the original functions of the settlement for the repair of pleasure boats. The artificial marina,…

Leonardo Petrucci resided for a month and a half at Port Tonic Art Center and produced consistent number of new works thanks to the strongly inspiring place and the solitary location by the sea of this old shipyard. The light also influenced the work during his stay as it is the typical very bright light…

For the installation in Port Tonic the two artists Cécile van Hanja and Jeroen van der Beek gathered their ideas on perspective. Cécile van Hanja, who has traditionally made paintings of modern architecture, made the connection between the construction of the Port Tonic Pavilion and the constructions of Modernist architects such as Mies van der…

For a competition that invited artists to present their projects, Davide d’Elia proposed “Rinvigorito”, an ambitious work combining spaces, perceptions and technologies. We are now looking for sponsors to finance this project. IOBOA (1) : IOBOA, an anthropomorphous floating plastic buoy. The standard buoys are generally composed of the union of two solid cuneiform specular…