Art and nature from Christo to Olafur Eliasson, and Alberto Burri: two documentaries on Rai 5

Tomorrow evening, Friday, March 19, at 9:15 p.m., Rai 5 will broadcast, as part of the Art Night container by Silvia De Felice, Massimo Favia and Marta Santella (directed by Andrea Montemaggiori) two documentaries, one on the relationship between art and nature in the contemporary, from Christo onward, and one entirely dedicated to Alberto Burri.

The first of the two documentaries is entitled Earth/Art, by Monica Taburchi. The title plays on the fusion of the words “earth” and “art,” and explains how contemporary artists, through their research and the works that represent them, confront the issue of climate change. The narrative is choral, without intermediaries, rendered directly by the protagonists: the artists. There are transgenerational ones such as Michelangelo Pistoletto or Christo, young people who also use the language of the mural, such as Pejac (Spanish) or Iena Cruz (Italian), technological designers such as Alper Dostal (Austrian), Studio Roosegaarde (Dutch) or the Accurat group (worldwide). There are also artist-ecologists such as Olafur Eliasson (Danish), those who think about mixed-landscape solutions, such as Eugenio Tibaldi, those who study the environment in relation to people, such as Elena Mazzi or Amar Kanwar (Indian), and those who with a smile break the law, such as Guerrilla Gardening. Artists who alerted us to climate change long before it became “the topic” on everyone’s lips and who today attempt, through their works, to propose solutions.

Next, Art Night features the documentary Creator Destroyer dedicated to Alberto Burri, one of the most important names in art history. Throughout his 50-year career, Burri’s main challenge was to find harmony and beauty through the use of matter and unusual materials such as jute, wood and iron.

Pictured: the Surrounded Islands by Christo.

Art and nature from Christo to Olafur Eliasson, and Alberto Burri: two documentaries on Rai 5

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