Edoardo Tresoldi's new installation 'Selva' sparks debate on art management

Architect Antonella Postorino has raised questions regarding the management and preservation of public art following the inauguration of “Selva” in Rome. The new installation by artist Edoardo Tresoldi, located in Piazza Mignanelli, consists of sixteen wire mesh columns exceeding six meters in height, designed to resemble an immaterial forest.

Postorino uses the launch of “Selva” to revisit previous concerns regarding Tresoldi’s earlier work, “Opera”. She highlights issues of technical context and the treatment of public assets, noting that components of “Opera” were previously discovered in a waste site. Postorino argues that works commissioned and funded with hundreds of thousands of euros in public resources should be subject to rigorous technical and administrative evaluation for conservation rather than being treated as disposable material.