Here is the exclusive interview to the artist of the third edition of Enel Contemporanea 2009. Doug Aitken talks about is work, Frontier.

We guess a lot of you, passing near Tiberina Island, have now seen Frontier, Doug Aitksn’s piece of art for Enel Contemporanea 2009. And we guess a lot of you are now waiting to cross Frontier’s door. Well, wait is over! Today, from 6 to 12 pm, Frontier will be finally open for everyone. And for those who will not be able to visit it, don’t worry. You will find an adapttion of Frontier at MACRO, Via Reggio Emilia, in Rome. Don’t miss it!

Today we asked Chris Totushek, Doug’s producer, something more about how Frontier came to life and about other details on the work’s contruction. Enjoy!

How much time took to Doug to think the project of “Frontier”?
We began shaping together an idea when we started discussing the project with H+ and Enel back in March, though it has since undergone many different permutations. On a project like Sleepwalkers at MoMA, the work became a process of transforming the existing architecture into a living entity. This work was really guided by the location selection and the structure design, so in a sense we worked a bit backwards from our usual method. Once the location was secure and we began designing the structure, the script really started to take shape.

How is to work with Doug Aitken?
Different everyday. We get ourselves into some strange scenarios.

How much is it that you 2 work together?
We’ve worked together for over 3 years. We first began with Doug on the Sleepwalkers film installed on the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Somehow it seems so much longer…

Like we promised, here is the second part of our talk with MACRO Director Luca Massimo Barbero. Following Enel Contemporanea’s Blog tradition we asked barbero few questions about the exposistion dedicated to Enel Contemporanea. Here’s the interview. Enjoy!