Nighttime Gimkana in the car on the work of Maria Lai, is controversial
A black circle on the artist's installation, but the organizers clarify: "Nothing irreparable, everything has been cleaned up"Per restare aggiornato entra nel nostro canale Whatsapp
There is controversy over the night gymkana organized last Saturday in Ulassai and which, due to the mistake of a motorist, caused damage to the work " Il volo del Gioco dell'oca " by Maria Lai in Piazza Barigau.
The race, organized by the Ulassai MotoClub, took place right next to the permanent installation. And a motorist, who went off the track, left a black circle with his tires on the work , which sees the reproduction in acrylic of the 13 squares that make up the game of the goose.
The scar was documented by a drone and the controversy immediately broke out over whether to authorize a gymkana so close to a monument in the country.
The representative of the MotoClub, Marco Vargiu , is not there and speaks of a " controversy about nothing ".
"We cleaned up the mudslides on the work in the late morning of Sunday and now 'the game of the goose' is perfect again - explains Vargiu -. It was a motorist who, unaware of this, left the track full of mud to greet the audience and the car circled the work. He made a mistake, but luckily nothing irreparable happened ".
"We have always done those gymkans - he adds - the track was protected by hay bales , but this time there was someone 's mistake . It is clear that he should not have done it, next time we will be more careful". "But I like to remember - adds Vargiu - that Maria Lai created this work for children to play with and for people to live there, so that the square was always alive".
(Unioneonline / vl)