Futurist Monument

Category: Project for Proposal
Location: Castel Sant Angelo, Rome
Medium: Stainless Steel
Dimensions: 50’x 10’x10′
Year Completed: 2011
Art in Public Places: Yes
Public Art Program: Proposal / Conceptual

Description: Saracino was commissioned by the Skriptura Institute in Brussels to design a monument to Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, the founder of the Futurist movement, on the hundredth anniversary of the movement. Marinetti monument functions as both a boat and a bridge to the future, and incorporates mirror-finished stainless steel and an electric generator.