The relationship between sculptural installation and theatrical performance is direct. They have the same dramaturgical construction. The journey of those who benefit from the installation allows the performance that the actors conduct on stage.
The creation of a scenery installation that dialogues with the actors and the audience, that can be the interpreter and also used by the characters from within, requires a different language and effort.
The poetic essence that the installation must acquire is that of the dramaturgical, the meaning that it must take on is that of the director, dialoguing with the actors while still maintaining its own soul. To create scenery installations without straying from the meaning of our own art is one of the biggest challenges that we have encountered during our professional journey.
2022 – Othello ROF/Rossini Opera Festival under the direction of Rosetta Cucchi.
The artist Davide Dall’Osso created several sculptures for the set of Othello, including a suspended Duende, Angela bust and Headwind. Many photographs of the sculptures were projected on large screens at the side of the stage.
2021 – Scarlatti’s “Griselda” directed by Rosetta Cucchi, Valle d’Itria Festival, Martina Franca.
The artist placed large, transparent faces and the “Headwind” group of sculptures on stage.
2019 – The show “Lionardo” directed by Michele Placido – at the Castello Sforzesco, Milan. The artist created a horse head out of hand-woven iron wire for actor Michele Placido, who plays Leonardo da Vinci on stage.
2016 – “Sanremo” set design and sculpture exhibition in the lobby of the Ariston. For the Festival, together with the set designer Riccardo Bocchini, starting with the work “Duende,” the sculptor devised a texture that allowed the movement of “Duende” to be brought all the way onto the Ariston stage.
2014 – “Paralympics 2014 Opening Ceremony” in Sochi, Russia. Done under the artistic direction of the Finzi Pasca Theater Company of Lugano. For the opening ceremony of the Sochi Paralympic Games, 650 “Ice floes” were created. At the base of the “Ice Floes” project was the poetry of the ice and its combination with light and the possibility of being able to make associations between shapes and words.
2013 – “Large Horse Head” World Tour. For the production of the show “The Truth” by the Finzi Pasca Theater Company of Lugano, the work of art “Large Horse Head” was created. The work was inspired by the large backdrop “Tristan and Isotta” painted by Dalì in 1943, which was used in the performance.
2010 – “White Nights” (based on the short story by Fyodor Dostoevsky) directed by Fabrizio Visconti, Eccentrici Dadarò Company. Scenography installation with the theme of “ice” as well as a solo exhibition in the foyer of the Filodrammatici Theater in Milan. The artist created the entire set design in polycarbonate casting with ice-effect specifically for the director Fabrizio Visconti because the story is set in Northern Russia, including the St. Petersburg area, where the sun sets after 10 pm and the night turns white.
