Pillage of the Sea Rosa Barba Pillage of the Sea Rosa Barba
Permanent installation
Ostend, Flanders

Pillage of the Sea Rosa Barba

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Rosa Barba, Pillage of the Sea, permanent sculpture for Beaufort Triennial, Belgium, 2021. Photo © Beaufort Triennial

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In Ostend, Rosa Barba presents Pillage of the Sea, 2021, a permanent sculpture. Barba has anchored an outsized cairn on the beach, imitating stones by pouring concrete in textile. The textile makes one think of the form of sandbags, with which Barba creates a type of imaginary barrier against the future rise in the sea level. Each stone symbolizes a city, the fate of which is threatened by climate change. Over the years, Pillage of the Sea will be submerged by the waters.
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<div class="image_caption_container"><div class="image_caption">Rosa Barba, <strong>Pillage of the Sea</strong>, permanent sculpture for Beaufort Triennial, Belgium, 2021. Photo © Beaufort Triennial</div></div>
<div class="image_caption_container"><div class="image_caption">Rosa Barba, <strong>Pillage of the Sea</strong>, permanent sculpture for Beaufort Triennial, Belgium, 2021. Photo © Beaufort Triennial</div></div>
<div class="image_caption_container"><div class="image_caption">Rosa Barba, <strong>Pillage of the Sea</strong>, permanent sculpture for Beaufort Triennial, Belgium, 2021. Photo © Beaufort Triennial</div></div>
<div class="image_caption_container"><div class="image_caption">Rosa Barba, <strong>Pillage of the Sea</strong>, permanent sculpture for Beaufort Triennial, Belgium, 2021. Photo © Beaufort Triennial</div></div>
<div class="image_caption_container"><div class="image_caption">Rosa Barba, <strong>Pillage of the Sea</strong>, permanent sculpture for Beaufort Triennial, Belgium, 2021. Photo © Beaufort Triennial</div></div>
<div class="image_caption_container"><div class="image_caption">Rosa Barba, <strong>Pillage of the Sea</strong>, permanent sculpture for Beaufort Triennial, Belgium, 2021. Photo © Beaufort Triennial</div></div>
<div class="image_caption_container"><div class="image_caption">Rosa Barba, <strong>Pillage of the Sea</strong>, permanent sculpture for Beaufort Triennial, Belgium, 2021. Photo © Beaufort Triennial</div></div>
<div class="image_caption_container"><div class="image_caption">Rosa Barba, <strong>Pillage of the Sea</strong>, permanent sculpture for Beaufort Triennial, Belgium, 2021. Photo © Beaufort Triennial</div></div>
<div class="image_caption_container"><div class="image_caption">Rosa Barba, <strong>Pillage of the Sea</strong>, permanent sculpture for Beaufort Triennial, Belgium, 2021. Photo © Beaufort Triennial</div></div>
<div class="image_caption_container"><div class="image_caption">Rosa Barba, <strong>Pillage of the Sea</strong>, permanent sculpture for Beaufort Triennial, Belgium, 2021. Photo © Beaufort Triennial</div></div>
<div class="image_caption_container"><div class="image_caption">Rosa Barba, <strong>Pillage of the Sea</strong>, permanent sculpture for Beaufort Triennial, Belgium, 2021. Photo © Beaufort Triennial</div></div>

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Rosa Barba

Rosa Barba was born in Italy. The artist currently lives and works in Berlin. She studied at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne followed by a fellowship at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende...