Alberto Frigo
Born in the Italian Alps, Alberto Frigo has lived and worked in Europe, North America and China. After leading several projects at MIT and Harvard Univeristy he undertook a doctorate in Stockholm and he is currently mainly focusing on the construction of a building in the Italian Alps where to host his 36 years long project. He has been a teacher and a researcher contributing to the topic of archiving as not a dominant practice but rather as a precarious practice conducted by individuals to “stow” reality within established containers (cabinets or architectures) in order to rescue it and later “regenerate” it from a crisis. Using examples such as August Sander, Dziga Vertov and Vivian Maier, he has therefore coined the term “stowing” in relation to archiving, hoarding, logging and storing. More information can be found on his project website: 2004-2040.com
Alberto Frigo se je rodil v italijanskih Alpah. Živel in delal je v Evropi, Severni Ameriki in na Kitajskem. Po vodenju več projektov na Tehnološkem inštitutu Massachusettsa (MIT) in univerzi Harvard je vpisal doktorat v Stockholmu in se trenutno osredotoča predvsem na gradnjo stavbe v italijanskih Alpah, kjer bo razstavljen njegov šestintridesetletni projekt. Kot učitelj in raziskovalec je prispeval k tematiki arhiviranja. Ne vidi je kot dominantno, temveč kot negotovo prakso, ki jo izvajajo posamezniki, da bi stvarnost »pospravili« v uveljavljene vsebnike (omare ali arhitekture), jo tako rešili in kasneje »regenerirali« iz krize. Na podlagi primerov, kot so August Sander, Dziga Vertov in Vivian Maier, je v navezavi na arhiviranje, kopičenje, zapisovanje in shranjevanje iznašel termin »pospravljanje« (stowing). Več informacij je na voljo na spletni strani projekta: 2004-2040.com.