The Victimes of Guantanamo Bay (Memorial)
2006
41.34 x 283.46 inches
The Victimes of Guantanamo Bay (Memorial) is a set of steel plates dedicated to the prisoners at the American base in Guantanamo, Cuba. The form of the work is based on that of the monument to the victims of the 9/11 attacks; but the names engraved on the plates in alphabetical order are those of the 759 people who were (or still are) detained at Guantanamo. Following the recourse made by Associated Press under the Freedom of Information Act, the American Department of Defense was required to publish a full list of the prisoners.

The Victimes of Guantanamo Bay (Memorial)
2006
inches
The Victimes of Guantanamo Bay (Memorial) is a set of steel plates dedicated to the prisoners at the American base in Guantanamo, Cuba. The form of the work is based on that of the monument to the victims of the 9/11 attacks; but the names engraved on the plates in alphabetical order are those of the 759 people who were (or still are) detained at Guantanamo. Following the recourse made by Associated Press under the Freedom of Information Act, the American Department of Defense was required to publish a full list of the prisoners.

Big Crunch Clock
1999
196.85 x 31.5 x 15.75 inches
During the countdown to year 2000, Gianni Motti made and set going the "Big Crunch Clock", a digital clock with twenty numerals: five billion years calculated to a tenth of a second. The work counts the time separating the sun from its explosion (the big crunch) backwards. Ironically, the clock is designed to run on solar energy.
After having claimed responsibility for earthquakes, meteorites and eclipses, Gianni Motti appropriates the largest natural disaster, responsible for the destruction of the entire solar system. With "Big Crunch Clock", the artist pushes the limits of art, creating an unprecedented posthumous work, which he leaves to posterity.

Big Crunch Clock
1999
31.5 x 5.91 x 2.76 inches
During the countdown to year 2000, Gianni Motti made and set going the "Big Crunch Clock", a digital clock with twenty numerals: five billion years calculated to a tenth of a second. The work counts the time separating the sun from its explosion (the big crunch) backwards. Ironically, the clock is designed to run on solar energy.
After having claimed responsibility for earthquakes, meteorites and eclipses, Gianni Motti appropriates the largest natural disaster, responsible for the destruction of the entire solar system. With "Big Crunch Clock", the artist pushes the limits of art, creating an unprecedented posthumous work, which he leaves to posterity.

Tranquillity Base, 1999
1999
78.74 x 59.06 x 35.43 inches
Tranquillity Base is an original replica of the American flag on the moon. Here too, a territorial claim has been put in relation to a statement of media rhetoric. The ready-made manifests a symbolic political gesture; the acutal occurence of the event becomes unimportant. Planted in the ground in the middle of the space, the gallery becomes the moon as well as a colonized space.

Big Crunch Clock
1999
196.85 x 31.5 x 15.75 inches
During the countdown to year 2000, Gianni Motti made and set going the "Big Crunch Clock", a digital clock with twenty numerals: five billion years calculated to a tenth of a second. The work counts the time separating the sun from its explosion (the big crunch) backwards. Ironically, the clock is designed to run on solar energy.
After having claimed responsibility for earthquakes, meteorites and eclipses, Gianni Motti appropriates the largest natural disaster, responsible for the destruction of the entire solar system. With "Big Crunch Clock", the artist pushes the limits of art, creating an unprecedented posthumous work, which he leaves to posterity.

Big Crunch Clock
1999
inches
During the countdown to year 2000, Gianni Motti made and set going the "Big Crunch Clock", a digital clock with twenty numerals: five billion years calculated to a tenth of a second. The work counts the time separating the sun from its explosion (the big crunch) backwards. Ironically, the clock is designed to run on solar energy.
After having claimed responsibility for earthquakes, meteorites and eclipses, Gianni Motti appropriates the largest natural disaster, responsible for the destruction of the entire solar system. With "Big Crunch Clock", the artist pushes the limits of art, creating an unprecedented posthumous work, which he leaves to posterity.