THE MUSEUM GAME
Chat, 2009
05/06-30/11, Facoltà di Economia, Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, fondamenta San Giobbe, Cannaregio, Venezia19/09-04/10, in “Creative Emergencies 2009. Waste, Water and Energy in International Contemporary Art”, curated by Maria Livia Brunelli and Silvia Cirelli, MAR Museo d’Arte della città di Ravenna, Piazza S. Francesco, Ravenna[A pool ladder for when the sea rises 7m if global temperature rises 2°][More info...](https://scalfieghenter.com/projects/chat/)
Cantiere Tempo (Time Construction Site), 2022
Cantiere Tempo (Time Construction Site), 202209/05-17/10, Fondazione Demarchi, in Dopo la pandemia tra ordine e disordine, Festival Economia, Trento[A worksite of practices for the restoration of relations in presence.]Ph. Ela Bialkowska - Okno Studio[More info...](https://cantieretempo.com/)
Interim Measure, 2021
26/04-02/05, legal curator Fabio Bassan, produced by Centro Servizi Culturali S. Chiara Teatro Sociale, Trento[During the lockdown to open the theater, a supermarket is opened inside.]Ph. Ela Bialkowska - Okno Studio[More info...](https://scalfieghenter.com/projects/interim-measure/)
Unflagged, 2016
Unflagged, 201617/07-03/11, in Der Blitz 2016, curated by Denis Isaia, Federico Mazzonelli, MAG Museo Alto Garda, Riva del Garda[Waving the flag creates an impermanent mantle without national attribution.]Ph. Ela Bialkowska - Okno Studio[More info...](https://scalfieghenter.com/projects/qual-mobil-veste-allo-spirto-de-popoli/?_thumbnail_id=195)
Histogram, 2007, 2010
Histogram, 201030/09-04/11, under the patronage of Provincia autonoma di Trento, Fondazione Galleria Civica di Trento, Museo Tridentino di Scienze Naturali, WIELS Contemporary Art Centre (Bruxelles) and Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Palais de la Bourse, Bruxelles[The histogram of CO2 emissions covers the columns of the stock exchange building with artificial grass.]Ph. Ela Bialkowska - Okno Studio[More info](https://scalfieghenter.com/projects/histogram-2010/)
Tennnis. Homage to Albertina Eghenter, 2008-2012
Tennnis. Homage to Albertina Eghenter, 2008-201217/10 2010-09/01 2011, curated by Angelika Burtscher, Daniele Lupo, Lungomare, Centro per il Tennis Meranarena, Merano23/06-02/09/2012, curated by Giovanna Nicoletti, MAG Museo Alto Garda, Circolo Tennis Riva, Casina delle Magnolie, Riva del Garda[The halved net width changes the perimeter of the field but not the rules.] Ph. Ela Bialkowska - Okno Studio[More info...](https://scalfieghenter.com/projects/tennnis-homage-to-albertina-eghenter-2010/)
Liturgia breve (Brief Liturgy), 2011
Liturgia breve (Brief Liturgy), 201125/05-06/06, in “L'arte dell'ospitalità”, curated by Maria Rosa Sossai, Avelino Sala, la Real Academia de España a Roma, Tempietto del Bramante, Roma[The gymnastic platform reveals the lines of Bramante’s original design around the Tempietto.]Ph. Ela Bialkowska - Okno Studio[More info...](https://scalfieghenter.com/projects/liturgia-breve-brief-liturgy/)
Fiori dalla fabbrica (Trento, Michelin 1927-1999) (Flowers from the Factory), 2013-2021
25-28/10, Arte Sella, con GAMI, Patto dei Beni Comuni con, STEP, Parco Fratelli Michelin, Trento[With the workers’ community, the citizenry cultivates with flowers and practices the place where the factory once stood.]Ph. Ela Bialkowska - Okno Studio[More info...](https://fioridallafabbrica.com/)
Agonale, 2013
12/05-01/09, in Autoritratti. Iscrizioni del femminile nell’arte italiana contemporanea, curated by a.titolo, mediator: Luisa Perlo, MAMbo – Museo d’Arte Moderna di Bologna, BolognaManagers and Entrepreneurs (CUOA Business School) with Cristiano Seganfreddo, 30/11, MAMbo – Museo d’Arte Moderna di Bologna, Bologna[A dialectical playground between two disciplines where we only win together.]Ph. Ela Bialkowska - Okno Studio[More info...](https://scalfieghenter.com/projects/agonale-managers-and-entrepreneurs-2013/)
Permission d’arrêter et de retour (Permission to Stop and Go Back) in reset, 2012
17/02-22/04, in “Enacting populism in its mediæscape”, curated by Matteo Lucchetti, Kadist Art Foundation, Paris[The idea of ‘being allowed to stop and go back’ to reset the criteria that legitimise the private ownership of soil.]Ph. Ela Bialkowska - Okno Studio[More info...](https://scalfieghenter.com/projects/reset-2012/)
PALESTRA GIURISDIZIONALE, in a.property, 2012
JURISDICTIONAL GYMNASIUM, 2012 Exposure to the public of ‚de facto‘ objects excluded from being regulated by law as a common interest.> Opportunity of exercising in juridical instruments.PAESAGGIO PRIVATO (DEPRIVED LANDSCAPE) Engraved Lasa marble CHI NON LAVORA NON MANGIA (NO JOB, NO FOOD) Pressed steel ILLEGITTIMA DIFESA (ILLEGITIMATE DEFENSE) Martial arts hand protection bands VIOLAZIONI ASCENDENTI (ASCENDING VIOLATIONS) Porcelain dishes with print MERI FATTI (IUS SANGUINIS, IUS SOLI) Plexiglass, glass, sealing wax, soil, red pigment RES COMMUNIS OMNIUM Borosilicate glass with label, extra-territorial water FAMIGLIA IRREGOLATA (UNREGULATED FAMILY) Rings and printed display13/05-16/09, in Mente locale. Nuovi committenti per una mostra, curated by a.titolo, VIAPAC project, Il Filatoio di Caraglio, Caraglio (CN) [Mapping of actions in public spaces and fitness room for exercising in aspects not disciplined by law.]Ph. Okno Studio[More ino...](https://scalfieghenter.com/projects/il-curatore-giuridico-esercitazioni-nella-palestra-giurisdizionale-2013/)
Meri fatti (ius sanguinis, ius soli) (Mere Facts) in in Palestra Giurisdizionale 2012
The crossing of a border triggers jurisdiction. A part of law accompanies the person with regard to citizenship and to the civil and political rights that that person has a right to enjoy, acquired through the bloodline of a parent, via ius sanguinis, or through the mother land, via ius soli. In Italy, Law No. 91 of 1992 acknowledges only the ius sanguinis principle except in the case of the children of the stateless or of parentage unknown.> Opportunity to consider the anomaly of those who are born and grow up in a country while living as a foreigner.in a.property, 201213/05-16/09, in Mente locale. Nuovi committenti per una mostra, curated by a.titolo, VIAPAC project, Il Filatoio di Caraglio, Caraglio (CN) [Mapping of actions in public spaces and fitness room for exercising in aspects not disciplined by law.]Ph. Okno Studio
Violazioni ascendenti (Ascending Violations) in Palestra Giurisdizionale 2012
A wealth of everyday gestures can be spent without being squandered. Anyone who shirks their responsibilities with regard to parental or conjugal care or who does not provide for thesupport of relatives who are minors or elderly, stands in violation of Art. 570 of the Italian Penal Code, of the law in force on Earth.> Opportunity to imagine one’s presence as nourishment assimilated by a close relative.in a.property, 201213/05-16/09, in Mente locale. Nuovi committenti per una mostra, curated by a.titolo, VIAPAC project, Il Filatoio di Caraglio, Caraglio (CN) [Mapping of actions in public spaces and fitness room for exercising in aspects not disciplined by law.]Ph. Okno Studio
Matrici irregolari (Irregular Matrices)
Steel rulers showing African colonial borders, cm 30 x 5in a.property, 2012, in Practices 201613/05-16/09 2012, in a.property, in Mente locale. Nuovi committenti per una mostra, curated by a.titolo, VIAPAC project, Il Filatoio di Caraglio, Caraglio (CN) [Mapping of actions in public spaces and fitness room for exercising in aspects not disciplined by law.]13/10/2016-08/01/2017, in Practices, in De Rerum Rurale, curated by Matteo Lucchetti, 16. Quadriennale d’arte. Altri tempi, altri miti, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Roma [Shared construction practices to be applied to everyday life.]Ph. Ela Bialkowska - Okno Studio[More info...](https://scalfieghenter.com/projects/property-free-certification-res-communis-omnium-matrici-irregolari-paesaggio-privato/)
Celata (sotto la piazza scorre una roggia), (Hidden – Under the Square Runs a Canal), 2008
05-17/07, Manifesta 7, Parallel Events, curated by Denis Isaia, piazza Duomo, Trento[22 washing machines where the water once surfaced and the women went to wash their laundry.][More info...](https://scalfieghenter.com/projects/celata-sotto-la-piazza-scorre-una-roggia/)
Scaccchi. Omaggio al padre(Chesss. Homage to the Father), 2014
Private collection[The player before moving can add a chessboard and play according to the rules.][More info...](https://scalfieghenter.com/projects/scaccchi-omaggio-al-padre-2014/)
Scala RAL
in 2024, ANNA SCALFI EGHENTER, THE MUSEUM GAME, 8.3. – 5.5, curated by Rosanna Dematté, Italian Council (2022), Direzione Generale Creatività Contemporanea, Ministero della Cultura, Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum, Innsbruck
Partout où les circonstances l’exigeront (Wherever Circumstances Require), 2014
in Esercizi di rivoluzione, 29-31/11, in Open Museum Open City (MAXXI, 24/10-30/11) curated by MAXXI and Nomas Foundation, MAXXI Museo nazionale delle Arti del XXI secolo, Roma[In the real tennis court, the game consists of agreeing on the rules before starting.]
PropertyFreeCertification, 2013–2016
Frame with “Certificate of Registration in the International Register of Uncultivated Lands”Drafting of the document together with the doctoral students of the Business Studies Department of the Roma Tre University.13/10/2016-08/01/2017, in Practices, in De Rerum Rurale, curated by Matteo Lucchetti, 16. Quadriennale d’arte. Altri tempi, altri miti, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Roma[Shared construction practices to be applied to everyday life.][More info...](https://scalfieghenter.com/projects/property-free-certification-res-communis-omnium-matrici-irregolari-paesaggio-privato/)
Res Communis Omnium, in Palestra Giurisdizionale
An enclave of behavioural jurisdiction, beyond the sovereignty of the state. Waters are defined as extraterritorial 200 miles from the coast, and since 1982 they have been regulated by the Montego Bay Convention as a “common good” that even includesthose states that do not have coasts. As such, all states are free to navigate, fly over and cross them with artefacts regulated by international law.> Opportunity to touch an element not subject to proprietorship.in a.property 2012, in Practices 201613/05-16/09 2012, in a.property, in Mente locale. Nuovi committenti per una mostra, curated by a.titolo, VIAPAC project, Il Filatoio di Caraglio, Caraglio (CN) [Mapping of actions in public spaces and fitness room for exercising in aspects not disciplined by law.]13/10/2016-08/01/2017, in Practices, in De Rerum Rurale, curated by Matteo Lucchetti, 16. Quadriennale d’arte. Altri tempi, altri miti, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Roma[Shared construction practices to be applied to everyday life.]Ph. Ela Bialkowska - Okno Studio
Chi non lavora non mangia (No Job, No Food) in Palestra Giurisdizionale 2012
The speech held by the Chairman of the commission at the Constituent Assembly on 6th February 1947, page 7 of the Plan for the Constitution of the Italian Republic, printed as a working tool. “... labour does not express itself only in its material forms butalso in spiritual and moral ones that contribute to the development of society...”.> Opportunity of receiving a compensation for the job of reading the original text.in a.property, 201213/05-16/09, in Mente locale. Nuovi committenti per una mostra, curated by a.titolo, VIAPAC project, Il Filatoio di Caraglio, Caraglio (CN) [Mapping of actions in public spaces and fitness room for exercising in aspects not disciplined by law.]Ph. Okno Studio
Illegittima difesa (Illegitimate Defence) in Palestra Giurisdizionale 2012
A martial arts hand protection band shows the signs of a wound. Art. 11 of the Italian Constitution proclaims that “Italy rejects war as a instrument of aggression against the freedom of other peoples and as a means for the settlement of international disputes”. To date, there are 39 military missions abroad in which Italy is participating with about 7,500 units.> Opportunity of remembering with the person standing next to you the wars in which the country is involved.in a.property, 201213/05-16/09, in Mente locale. Nuovi committenti per una mostra, curated by a.titolo, VIAPAC project, Il Filatoio di Caraglio, Caraglio (CN) [Mapping of actions in public spaces and fitness room for exercising in aspects not disciplined by law.]Ph. Okno Studio
Paesaggio privato (Private Landscape), in Palestra Giurisdizionale
Land can be a property, while the landscape cannot. Land cannot be aesthetically private. The perceptive gesture is required by Art. 9 of the Italian Constitution in which the Republic safeguards the natural landscape. On the other hand, the environment as well as town planning and building construction activities are disciplined through administrative law. The plaque may indicate deterioration of the landscape and specify its extension.> Opportunity of proposing a point of view under which to hanga plaque.in a.property, 2012, in Practices 201613/05-16/09 2012, in a.property, in Mente locale. Nuovi committenti per una mostra, curated by a.titolo, VIAPAC project, Il Filatoio di Caraglio, Caraglio (CN) [Mapping of actions in public spaces and fitness room for exercising in aspects not disciplined by law.]13/10/2016-08/01/2017, in Practices, in De Rerum Rurale, curated by Matteo Lucchetti, 16. Quadriennale d’arte. Altri tempi, altri miti, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Roma[Shared construction practices to be applied to everyday life.]Ph. Ela Bialkowska - Okno Studio[More info...](https://scalfieghenter.com/projects/property-free-certification-res-communis-omnium-matrici-irregolari-paesaggio-privato/)
Famiglia irregolata (Unregulated Family) in Palestra Giurisdizionale 2012
A kit of wedding bands for extended families, for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation components. Art. 29 of the Italian Constitution “DOES NOT” recognise the family as being a natural society founded on (marriage) “DE FACTO RELATIONSHIPS”, based on the moral and legal equality of the (spouses) “COMPONENTS”, within the limits laid down by the law to guarantee family unity. > Opportunity for a “non disciplined” family to wear wedding bands.in a.property, 201213/05-16/09, in Mente locale. Nuovi committenti per una mostra, curated by a.titolo, VIAPAC project, Il Filatoio di Caraglio, Caraglio (CN) [Mapping of actions in public spaces and fitness room for exercising in aspects not disciplined by law.]Ph. Okno Studio
Integrity, 2013
Private collectionA sculpture shared among 601 owners.
Demoscratos Srl, 2008
29/05-02/06, presented at the 3rd edition of the Festival dell’Economia on Market and Democracy, Trento[‘Democracy’ brand labels applied to people, on products they have already purchased.]
Progetto di disordine (Project of Disorder…), 2014
[Small objects are distributed within a space in a project of disorder while taking note of their layout.]
Venus Ludens, 2015
19/8-30/9/2015in ‘inEquality’ Art Show, European Forum Alpbach
Variazioni Ostili
Bronze and wood
GapTransfer, 2015–2017
11/06/2015, Lambrate, Milano 19/8-30/9/2015, in ‘inEquality’ Art Show, European Forum Alpbach, Alpbach 21/01/2017, NYC[The gender pay gap percentage compensated as a discount to female customers.]
Vendo ergo sum, 2011
[Woodcut with K. Marx’s handwriting]in Annissima. Vendo ergo sum…, 201103-06/11, with Cesare Pietroiusti as dealer, Palazzo Sinigaglia, Torino[During Artissima the artist opens her own Annissima pavilion].Ph. Ela Bialkowska - Okno Studio
Grande Disegno (The Big Design)
Cashmere and silk, with Woven1968 in Trento logoin Annissima. Vendo ergo sum…, 201103-06/11, with Cesare Pietroiusti as dealer, Palazzo Sinigaglia, Torino[During Artissima the artist opens her own Annissima pavilion].Ph. Ela Bialkowska - Okno Studio
Tappezzeria Ornamentale (Ornamental Wallpaper)
[Wallpaper with logos of art fairs]in Annissima. Vendo ergo sum…, 201103-06/11, with Cesare Pietroiusti as dealer, Palazzo Sinigaglia, Torino [During Artissima the artist opens her own Annissima pavilion].Ph. Ela Bialkowska - Okno Studio
Res sine nobilitate, 2011
[Tin can and resin container, various sizes]in Annissima. Vendo ergo sum…, 201103-06/11, with Cesare Pietroiusti as dealer, Palazzo Sinigaglia, Torino [During Artissima the artist opens her own Annissima pavilion].Ph. Ela Bialkowska - Okno Studio
Mente d’artista (Artist’s Mind)
in Annissima. Vendo ergo sum…, 201103-06/11, with Cesare Pietroiusti as dealer, Palazzo Sinigaglia, Torino [During Artissima the artist opens her own Annissima pavilion].Ph. Ela Bialkowska - Okno Studio
Moda Continua (The Fashion Continues)
[Silk-screened shirt]in Annissima. Vendo ergo sum…, 201103-06/11, with Cesare Pietroiusti as dealer, Palazzo Sinigaglia, Torino [During Artissima the artist opens her own Annissima pavilion].Ph. Ela Bialkowska - Okno Studio
Neonissimo (Neonissimus) in Annissima. Vendo ergo sum…, 2011
03-06/11, with Cesare Pietroiusti as dealer, Palazzo Sinigaglia, Torino [During Artissima the artist opens the Annissima pavilion].Ph. Ela Bialkowska - Okno Studio
An army capable of losing, 2015
[3D-printed toy soldiers]in Scalfi&Eghenter Ltd, 201514-19/04, Milano Design Week, Fuorisalone, Ventura Lambrate, Milano[The artist converts her authorial identity into a legal entity by establishing a company with her name.]Ph. Ela Bialkowska - Okno Studio
Dress Code
[Heat-sealed bag with printed measurements, garments retailored in lightweight cloth.]in Scalfi&Eghenter Ltd, 201514-19/04, Milano Design Week, Fuorisalone, Ventura Lambrate, Milano[The artist converts her authorial identity into a legal entity by establishing a company with her name.]
Esopo (Aesop)
[Modified shoe]in Scalfi&Eghenter Ltd, 201514-19/04, Milano Design Week, Fuorisalone, Ventura Lambrate, Milano[The artist converts her authorial identity into a legal entity by establishing a company with her name.]
Eve
[Heat-sealed pochette]in Scalfi&Eghenter Ltd, 201514-19/04, Milano Design Week, Fuorisalone, Ventura Lambrate, Milano[The artist converts her authorial identity into a legal entity by establishing a company with her name.]Ph. Ela Bialkowska - Okno Studio
Nunc, 2015
[Modified clocks]in Scalfi&Eghenter Ltd, 201514-19/04, Milano Design Week, Fuorisalone, Ventura Lambrate, Milano[The artist converts her authorial identity into a legal entity by establishing a company with her name.]Ph. Ela Bialkowska - Okno Studio
Enter
[Modified wooden shaft]in Scalfi&Eghenter Ltd, 201514-19/04, Milano Design Week, Fuorisalone, Ventura Lambrate, Milano[The artist converts her authorial identity into a legal entity by establishing a company with her name.]Ph. Ela Bialkowska - Okno Studio
COMMUNIO PRO INDIVISO
285 neon elementts 14×9,5x3cm each[More info...](https://annissima.com)
Welcome to Italy, 2007
04/05-10/06, curated by Julia Trolp a collaboration between Mart Museo di arte moderna e contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto and Assessorato alla cultura della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Mart Museo di arte moderna e contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, Rovereto[National flags cut off in proportion to the number of women elected in parliament.]Ph. Ela Bialkowska - Okno Studio[More info...](https://scalfieghenter.com/projects/welcome-to-italy-2007/)
Always Half Full, 2008
25/05-29/07 in “Dai tempo al tempo (Give Time Your Time)”, curated by Fiona Parry, Joseph del Pesco and Pelin Uran, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Palazzo Re Rebaudengo, Guarene d’Alba (CN)[Half-full wine bottles after three days expire as a product and become artwork.]
Posture detector, 2017
Device to detect the posture with which people greet each other without speaking, LUISS Business School, Villa Blanc, Rome
Res Communis Omnium (Water Bag), 2016
in 2024, ANNA SCALFI EGHENTER, THE MUSEUM GAME, 8.3. – 5.5, curated by Rosanna Dematté, Italian Council (2022), Direzione Generale Creatività Contemporanea, Ministero della Cultura, Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum, Innsbruck