TRA. Edge of Becoming

This catalogue was published on the occasion of the exhibition 'TRA. Edge of Becoming', which took place at Palazzo Fortuny in Venice in 2011. The title TRA was chosen for its strong and suggestive conciseness. It also includes the word “art” (if read at the inverse). As preposition it signifies “in-between”, “inside”, and as prefix it has also the meaning of an action that goes “beyond”, “ahead of”. As a suffix, TRA is common to many Sanskrit words: mantra, tantra, yantra…TRA recalls the complex and problematic ensemble of cultural and symbolic meanings that are connected to the concept of threshold and door. It concerns a physical and mental place that defines the point of interrelation between inside and outside and vice versa. It relates to the idea of crossing, of being purified and renovated through a ritual or an initiation. It is the space (or empty space) between two dimensions that marks the moment of passage from a condition to another, a breach towards new experiences.This richly illustrated catalogue was edited by Axel Vervoordt and features essays by Francesco Poli, Rosa Martínez, Axel Vervoordt, Eddi de Wolf and Tatsuro Miki, and includes in situ images of the exhibition.

Vervoordt Foundation in association Axel Vervoordt Gallery and Mer Paper Kunsthalle, 2011.