overspeed by Salvatore Gozzo: an involuntary monument to our times

traduzione di: Overspeed di Salvatore Gozzo | Un involontario monumento del nostro tempo

One year since the overspeed accident that caused the grounding of the oil tanker Gelso M, the ship remains stranded on the rocks of Capo Santa Panagia.

To celebrate the opening of the new Pekstudio, the cultural association Pekstudio Foundation will host an exhibition of Salvatore Gozzo’s photography project Overspeed, curated by Salvatore D’Agostino and originally published here in the “points of view” section of Wilfing Architettura.

Seen from above, Capo Santa Panagia resembles a large crag separating the city of men, to the south, from the city of petrochemical fumes, to the north. This promontory of whitened rock has been witness in recent decades to the rapid transformation of a simple town into an industrial center. Thanks to economic “overspeed” directed by astute industrialists and favored by political circumstances, Syracuse managed to attract large amounts of capital in the ‘60s and ‘70s, decades of significant economic development.

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Salvatore Gozzo | Overspeed

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Overspeed caused the grounding of the Italian oil tanker Gelso M. on March 10, 2012, when its captain, grappling with rough seas stirred by unusually high winds, over-throttled the propeller engine, forcing it to cut out. Without engine power, the storm carried the ship aground against the whitened rocks of Syracuse’s coastline, near Capo Santa Panagia. Overspeed means pushing too hard on the throttle, trying to push an engine beyond its maximum rated power.

Overspeed is the pace of today’s frenetically overheated global economy, straining to deliver the goods required by the unbounded demands of commerce. Every day, across all corners of the globe, we attend as captains of our economy take leave of the shore, preparing to brave the headwinds of an avoidable storm and run the chances of a shipwreck.

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Overspeed di Salvatore Gozzo | Un involontario monumento del nostro tempo

di Salvatore D’Agostino

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Dopo un anno dall’overspeed - fuori giri - della petroliera Gelso M, la nave resta a Siracusa, incagliata sugli scogli di Capo Santa Panagia.

In occasione dellʼinaugurazione del nuovo Pekstudio, l’associazione culturale Pekstudio Foundation presenta il progetto fotografico Overspeed di Salvatore Gozzo, curato da Salvatore D’Agostino e pubblicato in anteprima nella rubrica points de vue di Wilfing Architettura.