Tra i petri

In Ajaccio, the Citadelle Miollis, held by the army for nearly five centuries, is now opening up to the city. For Hè Viva 2023, the artist Gilles Brusset designed “Tra i petri”, an in-situ sculpture that makes the stones of the rampart appear to float.

Mirror-polished stainless steel modules, each cut to the exact shape of the original joints, are set between the pink granite stones around the pedestrian entrance and on the façade facing the sea. From afar the stones seem suspended in light; up close, the sky and the blue of the Mediterranean seem to pass through the wall.

Marc Blume, sculptor, carried out the work alongside the artist: every piece is cut to follow the joints of the wall, then fitted onto the monument.

The project on the artist’s website

UOTNI role

Co-design

Visual artist

Gilles Brusset

Sculptor

Marc Blume

Client

SPL Ametarra

Artistic support

Manifesto

Curators

Prisca Meslier and Dume Marcellesi

Materials

Mirror-polished stainless steel sheet

Date

2023

Location

Ajaccio (20000), Corsica

Photography

© Pierre-Yves Brunaud