Unlike beams, which have fixed dimensions designed for the exhibition space, the ‘telescopic’ structures – as mechanical devices – consist of elements that slide one inside the other: a system with variable dimensions.
The result is a mechanism that adapts each time to the space in which it is housed; the work itself, thanks to its versatility, can therefore be installed in different spaces simply by adjusting its length.
Vittoria Coen, Art and Frame, 1990; Palazzo Moroni, Bergamo (cat.)
Translation: Archivio Umberto Cavenago