Ombre Cabiatesi
Umbrìe Cabiates

by Enrico Cazzaniga
Site - specific Public Art Project

Immagine opera generale di anteprima

There would be no shadow without light.
Therefore it is light that generates shadow and light is HOPE, KNOWLEDGE, JOY.
Light is LIFE.

The perimeter wall of ITALTEX S.p.A. was entirely covered with a slated bituminous sheath (micro-asphalt): a sort of road, but in a vertical position.

Shadows of a selected group of people have been impressed on this dark surface: women and men of all ages who represent different professions, roles, passions in cultural, social, sports and political fields.

Each one personally becomes a participant with his own body and free configuration, according to the role, profession or action, leaving a FOOTPRINT/SHADOW as evidence of an earthly transition, in a collective and participatory project.

Art connects and creates harmony.

OMBRE CABIATESI is the largest Site - specific Public Art Project

by Enrico Cazzaniga created in Italy:
60 meters in length - 2 meters in height.

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Alessandro Pedretti - Enrico Pedretti - Pietro Pedretti
ITALTEX S.P.A. EXECUTIVES

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Carlo Songia
ACCOUNTANT

LAW ENFORCEMENT
REPRESENTATIVE

Pezzo 3 opera su parete orizzontale

Piergiorgio
Colombini 
DEPUTY MAYOR
MUNICIPALITY
OF CABIATE

Maria Pia Tagliabue 
MAYOR
MUNICIPALITY
OF CABIATE

Rosa Maria Bolis  
CHORISTER

Pezzo 4 opera su parete orizzontale

Pietro Agostoni 
Alpine
trooper

Mariacarla D’Azzeo  
PRIMARY SCHOOL
"A. MANZONI"
TEACHER FROM
1970 TO 2010

Tiziana  Tarantola 
-
Giovanna Cazzaniga
CARITAS VOLUNTEERS

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Samuele Tresoldi - Virginio Minotti
CRAFTSMAN
WITH HIS NEPHEW

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Valeriano Agostoni 
CAI

Fulvio Cattaneo 
BAKER

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Sofia Borgonovo - Giulia Colombo
A.S.D. PALLAVOLO 
CABIATE

Marco Silva
BLACKSMITH

Parte 8 Opera a muro

Sandro Casati
PLUMBER

Carlo Cappellini
ELECTRICIAN

Alberto Cappellini
HEAD OF
WEAVING ROOM

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Francesco Ciotola
WAREHOUSEMAN

Edoardo Demetrio Bellotti
BASKETBALL
PLAYER

Pietro Libero Borella
MINI-BASKETBALL
PLAYER

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Maria Grazia
Bergamo
WARP TYING
OPERATOR

Mara Cattaneo
FABRIC QUALITY
INSPECTOR

Alberto Conti 
PRISMA THEATRE
GROUP
REPRESENTATIVE

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Giulia Colombo - Nora Stano
A.S.D. GINNASTICA 
CABIATE

Giorgio Penati e Moglie
ENGINEER AND TECNOLOGIE
D'IMPRESA S.R.L. EXECUTIVE

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Enrico Galimberti  
UPHOLSTERER

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Valeriano Galli 
WOOD CARVER

Lorenzo Mencarelli - Sarah Longoni
DANCERS AND TEACHERS
A.S.D. GISELLE
DANCE SCHOOL
IN CABIATE

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Anastasia Pedretti 
TRIBUTE TO
“GIRL WITH BALLOON"
BY BANKSY, 2002

Laura Bassi 
LAURA AND FUTURE SARA

Pezzo 15 opera su parete orizzontale

Stefano Corti 
CIVIL PROTECTION
COORDINATOR SPECIALIZED
IN WILDLAND FIREFIGHTING

Emanuele Pozzi
CYCLIST

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A.S.D. C.K.T
CENTRO KARATE
TRADIZIONALE

Alberto Galimberti
BOWLER

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Marta Pontremoli - Alessandro Ravasi - Francesco Sangregorio
S. CECILIA
MUSICAL BODY

Gianna Boga
BOBBIN LACE MAKER

Pezzo 18 opera su parete orizzontale

Beatrice Molteni
CABIATE SKI

Pezzo 19 opera su parete orizzontale

Daniele Busnelli 
"CADREGAT"
-
CHAIR MANUFACTURER

Filippo Borella 
VISUAL COMMUNICATOR

Enrico Cazzaniga  
ARTIVIST

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Testa di profilo dell'artista Enrico Cazzaniga

Enrico Cazzaniga

Enrico Cazzaniga is an artist from Lake Como area who has investigated city and road culture in great depth, as a place of life, meeting, trade, man's passage. His works first used real tar and asphalt, then concentrated on other themes and means, leading him to the latest cycles concerning the theme of "Removing".

Even in the new works, however, it can be perceived the echo of the previous works built using asphalts and the study of road signs, as a mean of communication directed to everyone and based on modern symbols, children of contemporary society.

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Artist Enrico Cazzaniga created a set in via Piave in Cabiate, where the wall is located, and with the help of a spotlight he created the shadows projected on the vertical surface by defining them with a chalk.


Later, he painted and divided it horizontally into two equal parts: the lower band in BLUE, the upper one in WHITE. These are the colours of the standard of Cabiate as well as those of the patron saint Santa Maria Nascente.

The only part that has not been painted are the shadows, that stand out because of the contrast of the colours.

Road marking paints have been used to create shadows that will be both dark and textured.

The material used, in this case, has a very precise meaning and value: it indicates the ROAD, the PATH, the JOURNEY and the LIFE of different people with different stories and missions.