Fai Spazio, Prendi Posto - Making Space, Taking Place was a project by Antony Gormley and Associazione Arte Continua, curated by Achille Bonito Oliva and James Putman as part of Arte all’Arte 9 in Poggibonsi. Seven cast iron bodyforms of individuals from Poggibonsi were placed in and around the city. Originally this was for the duration of the exhibition, but the works became a permanent installation.

Making Space, Taking Place proposes that art could be found anywhere and represent anyone, attempting to reinforce the intuition that we are the makers of a shared material world, which in turn, makes us.

Poggibonsi (Part Of Arte ‘all Arte 9)

Fai Spazio, Prendi Posto (Making Space, Taking Place), 2004, casting in spheroidal graphite iron from moulds of 6 inhabitants of Poggibonsi and 1 visitor. Installation view. Poggibonsi, Italy, 2004.

Fai Spazio, Prendi Posto (Making Space, Taking Place), 2004, casting in spheroidal graphite iron from moulds of 6 inhabitants of Poggibonsi and 1 visitor. Installation view. Poggibonsi, Italy, 2004. Photograph by Ela Bialkowska.