{"id":2563,"date":"2025-07-15T09:50:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T09:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/good-broker.com\/?p=2563"},"modified":"2025-07-16T15:31:28","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T15:31:28","slug":"hundreds-of-wooden-poles-make-up-anamorphic-installation-spreading-across-italian-hillside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/good-broker.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/15\/hundreds-of-wooden-poles-make-up-anamorphic-installation-spreading-across-italian-hillside\/","title":{"rendered":"hundreds of wooden poles make up anamorphic installation spreading across italian hillside"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2018With every step\u2019 installation\u00a0unfolds in the Italian Dolomites<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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As part of SMACH 25, the seventh edition of the international open-air art biennale, a large-scale installation<\/a><\/strong> titled \u2018With Every Step\u2019 by graphic designer Hans De Backer, also known as Drukdoenerij,\u00a0has been realized in the landscape of the Italian Dolomites.<\/a><\/strong> The work explores perception and movement through spatial composition and site-specific intervention.<\/p>\n

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Installed across a mountain valley, the piece comprises 146 vertically positioned wooden<\/a><\/strong> poles. Arranged with precise alignment, these elements collectively form an anamorphic message that becomes legible only from a singular viewing point. This approach relies on the principle of forced perspective, where disparate elements align visually only from a designated position, activating the work through spatial engagement.<\/p>\n

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all images by Gustav Willeit<\/a><\/p>\n

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Drukdoenerij\u2019s work emphasizes time, space, and perceptual shift<\/h2>\n

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The installation responds directly to its environment, integrating into the alpine terrain of the Dolomites, a designated UNESCO World Heritage site. Designer<\/a><\/strong> Hans De Backer\u2019s (Drukdoenerij) work is one of ten proposals selected for SMACH 25, chosen from over 300 international submissions by a jury chaired by designer Stefan Sagmeister.<\/p>\n

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This year\u2019s biennale operates under the theme La cu, a Ladin term meaning \u2018the whetstone.\u2019 The curatorial framework references sharpening tools as a metaphor for shaping the future while acknowledging historical context. De Backer\u2019s intervention addresses this theme by requiring physical movement through the landscape for the message to become visible, foregrounding the relationship between time, space, and perception. \u2018With Every Step\u2019\u00a0installation is accessible to hikers and visitors throughout the summer, forming part of a wider dialogue between contemporary art and the Dolomites\u2019 natural and cultural heritage.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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146 wooden poles span a mountain valley in the Italian Dolomites<\/p>\n

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an anamorphic message emerges only from one precise viewpoint<\/p>\n

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designed to be discovered while walking, movement activates the artwork<\/p>\n

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each pole contributes to a spatial message legible only through movement<\/p>\n

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site-specific installation blends contemporary art and alpine terrain<\/p>\n

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name:<\/strong>\u00a0With every step
\ndesigner:<\/strong>\u00a0Hans De Backer \u2013 Drukdoenerij<\/a> | @drukdoenerij<\/a><\/p>\n

event:<\/strong> SMACH 25<\/a> | @smach_art<\/a><\/p>\n

dates:<\/strong> July 12th \u2013 September 15, 2025<\/p>\n

location:<\/strong> Peder\u00fc, Dolomites, Italy<\/p>\n

photographer:<\/strong> Gustav Willeit<\/a> | @sangu<\/a><\/p>\n

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edited by: christina vergopoulou | designboom<\/i><\/p>\n<\/article>\n

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