Alberto Frigo

Alberto Frigo, Wearable Gloves, 2001
Born	July 21, 1979(1979-07-21) Asiago, Italy

Alberto Frigo (1979) is an artist known for having photographed every object his right hand has used since September 2003.

In 2002 Frigo was invited to work as guest artist at Interactive Institute. There he developed wearable computers to record life 24/7 but was ultimately inspired by Lev Manovich reading of Dziga Vertov's work and began to document life using different media to record multiple aspects of reality. Officially starting in 2004 Frigo has devised 36 methods to document life continuosly and until 2040 when he will be 60. His most famous work consists in photographing every object his right hand uses, a method inspisred by Georges Perec and the O.U.L.I.P.O. movement in general. After a brief collaboration with Krzysztof Wodiczko Frigo became project leader at MIT University Design Lab. He later taught database aestethics at Sodertorn University where he obtained a PhD in Critical Cultural Theory.

Frigo's Square

In 2016 Frigo collaborated with the Hasselblad Foundation and Peter Weibel on the topic of surveillance art. For the purpose he presented a large scale installation comprising of 144 photographic panel. In these panels one month worth of all the objects his right hand has used since 2004 were diplayed with each photographic line representing a day and each line of panels a year. By 2040 the installation will be a perfect square of 12 by 12 meters with one million photos of all the objects an individual has used throughout his adult life, namely from the age of 24 to the age of 60.

Alberto Frigo Right Hand photo panel detail

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  Alberto Frigo's right hand photos in 2017

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  Alberto Frigo's right hand photo panel detail

Frigo's Cube

In 2018 Frigo conceived the idea of a giant 25 feet iron cube. Since there are 432 pixels in 36 years and 36 are his works the sculpture is made of 15.552 pixels, each pixel corresponding to a month production of his 36 works. The sculpture was ulimately realized on Mount Novegno, 100 kilometers of Venice and 1000 meters above the sea level. Also the 36 resulting patterns of the sculpture (9 on each wall) encrypts the formula behind each work (by moving two empty pixes on a line of 8 one is to obtain all the letters of the alphabets). Similarly each of the 15.552 pixels store the work number and the month (by moving two white pixels on a line of five one is to obtain all the numbers). Visitors to the sculpture can recreate the pattern of each pixel and retrieve a month production. The scultpure can be also accessd virtually following this link [1].

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  Alberto Frigo's cube as seen from the outside

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  Alberto Frigo's cube has seen from the inside

Links

• Website