“squire trelawney, dr. livesey, and the rest of these gentlemen having asked me to write down the whole particulars about treasure island, from the beginning to the end, keeping nothing back but the bearings of the island, and that only because there is still treasure not yet lifted, i take up my pen in the year of grace 17- and go back to the time when my father kept the admiral benbow inn and the brown old seaman with the sabre cut first took up his lodging under our roof”/ treasure island / robert louis stevenson
not here / march 2014 / site specific installation at maam / museo dell’altro e dell’altrove / rome / italy
not here / march 2014 / site specific installation at maam / rome / 2000×2000 cm
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not here / instructions for the reproduction of the work of art in the age of its technical reproducibility
“not here” is a mark drawn over a map or a target / a contradiction / the pointing out of an absence and the denial of a presence / the ninja’s “nin-jutsu” (“the art of moving unseen”) and the utopia or “ou-topos” (“the place that does not exist”) / designed to be seen from above (once god’s view and today google earth’s view).
“not here” is a “political” statement / it paints the map of occupied spaces in rome and other cities (and “protects” them) for the right to have a house / it is a utopia achieved.
the “instructions” allow anyone to replicate it by painting it on the ground or on a roof / better if it’s reproduced in its original size (approximately 20×20 m) or larger / follow carefully the guidelines and the proportions given.
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not here / april 2014 / instructions for the reproduction of the work of art in the age of its technical reproducibility
not here / april 2023 / Biennale Sessions, Venice Biennale
not here / april 2023 / Biennale Sessions, Venice Biennale
not here / april 2022 / quarticciolo / rome / italy
not here / may 2016 / piazzale clodio / rome / italy
not here / july 2015 / “ostrale” slaughterhouse-five / dresden / germany / 2000×2000 cm
not here / july 2015 / “ostrale” slaughterhouse-five / dresden / germany / 2000×2000 cm
not here / july 2015 / “ostrale” slaughterhouse-five / dresden / germany / 2000×2000 cm
not here / july 2015 / “ostrale” slaughterhouse-five / dresden / germany
not here / november 2014 / cavallerizza reale / turin / italy
not here / november 2014 / cavallerizza reale / turin / italy
not here / december 2014 / “district 913” / san francesco della scarpa church / lecce / italy
not here / september 2014 / làbas / bologna / italy
not here / september 2014 / làbas / bologna / italy
not here / august 2014 / palazzo delle province / rome / italy
not here / © google maps / https://www.google.it/maps/place/Viale+delle+Provincie,+198,+00161+Roma/@41.9071105,12.5191219,931m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x132f6179098a29d9:0xb4b6f3a38347fc9c?hl=it
not here / august 2014 / policlinico / rome / italy
not here / august 2014 / policlinico / rome / italy
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not here / august 2014 / “land art al furlo V” / sant’anna del furlo / italy
not here / august 2014 / “land art al furlo V” / sant’anna del furlo / italy
not here / august 2014 / “la stampa” via tiburtina 1099 / rome / italy
not here / august 2014 / “la stampa” via tiburtina 1099 / rome / italy
not here / © google maps / https://www.google.it/maps/place/Via+Tiburtina,+1105,+00156+Roma/@41.932862,12.5872457,465m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x132f636320dd3e57:0x7a4f17df495aaf81?hl=it
not here / july 2014 / nuovo cinema palazzo / rome / italy
not here / july 2014 / nuovo cinema palazzo / rome / italy
not here / june 2014 / “biennale” palazzo dei papi / viterbo / italy
not here / june 2014 / “biennale” palazzo dei papi / viterbo / italy
not here / june 2014 / via tiburtina 770 / rome / italy
not here / june 2014 / via tiburtina 770 / rome / italy
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not here / june 2014 / casal boccone / rome / italy
not here / june 2014 / casal boccone / rome / italy
not here / © google maps / https://www.google.it/maps/place/Via+di+Casal+Boccone,+102,+00137+Roma+RM/@41.9535047,12.558496,465m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x132f64694bf53deb:0x67d238509a0abef4?hl=it
not here / june 2014 / porta pia / rome / italy
not here / june 2014 / università “la sapienza” / rome / italy
not here / may 2014 / hotel “quattro stelle” / rome / italy
not here (paolo buggiani performing) / may 2014 / hotel “quattro stelle” / rome / italy
not here (paolo buggiani performing) / may 2014 / hotel “quattro stelle” / rome / italy
not here / may 2014 / hotel “quattro stelle” / rome / italy
not here / © google maps / https://www.google.it/maps/place/Via+Prenestina,+Roma/@41.8912614,12.6009219,232m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x132f632783352eb3:0xbf15af1be1762f4c?hl=it
not here on the moon / 01101110 01101111 01110100 00100000 01101000 01100101 01110010 01100101
after the earth, the moon too is “not here” / the message has already been sent to the moon and then… beyond the solar system / like the pioneer 10 plaque trying to intercept extraterrestrial life.
01101110 01101111 01110100 00100000 01101000 01100101 01110010 01100101 / december 2014 / anodized aluminum, paint / 22,9 x 15,2 x 0,2 cm / permanent collection at maam / museo dell’altro e dell’altrove / rome / italy
not here / march 2014 / site specific installation at maam / museo dell’altro e dell’altrove / rome / italy 
not here / march 2014 / site specific installation at maam / rome / 2000×2000 cm
not here/ © google maps / https://www.google.it/maps/place/Maam/@41.8950525,12.595211,232m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x132f62e18f58ccb7:0x69d3c7928c29ec6a?hl=it
not here / april 2014 / instructions for the reproduction of the work of art in the age of its technical reproducibility
01101110 01101111 01110100 00100000 01101000 01100101 01110010 01100101 / december 2014 / anodized aluminum, paint / 22,9 x 15,2 x 0,2 cm / permanent collection at maam / museo dell’altro e dell’altrove / rome / italy
mauro cuppone 