{"id":3186,"date":"2025-10-02T17:02:38","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T17:02:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/francoperrotti.com\/dissuader-steel\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T11:38:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T11:38:19","slug":"dissuader-steel","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/francoperrotti.com\/en\/dissuader-steel\/","title":{"rendered":"DISSUADER STEEL"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull is-light\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;min-height:652px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><video class=\"wp-block-cover__video-background intrinsic-ignore\" autoplay muted loop playsinline src=\"https:\/\/francoperrotti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GOOD-TIME_NEW_bassa.mp4\" data-object-fit=\"cover\"><\/video><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#FFF\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-link-color has-rubik-font-family wp-elements-95a71b2a8a489393ec53bf84f6508575\" style=\"color:#ffffff;font-size:clamp(2.917rem, 2.917rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 4.638), 5.7rem);\"><strong>DISSUADER<\/strong> STAINLESS STEEL<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-7276a2bb wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"background-color:#010101;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-jost-font-family wp-elements-516056bcaf9188dd0cc1d7dbf0ea90ad\" style=\"color:#ffffff;font-size:clamp(0.875rem, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 0.708), 1.3rem);\">Dissuader: an allegory of a part of humanity<br\/>that gives up &#8220;looking beyond&#8221; in exchange for pre-packaged tranquility and a pass to scavenge and peck in fields full of others&#8217; leftovers. Dissuader is an accusation against the defenders of races,<br\/>Of borders,<br\/>Of the strongman,<br\/>An accusation against those who support &#8220;everyone in their own home.&#8221; The nails of the Dissuader are a response to the thousands of kilometers of borders adorned with barbed wire.<br\/>To endless walls of tears and despair.<br\/>They are a denunciation of those who sell unlikely passages and promises.<br\/>Dissuader is equivalent to a great urban fetish, a construct of metal wire bristling with nails and spikes, the same ones we use to keep pigeons away from roofs and ledges.<br\/>A metaphor for a mocking and paradoxical deterrent<br\/>\u2013 For humans.<br\/>Paola Riccitelli  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-full extendify-image-import\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1360\" height=\"1135\" src=\"https:\/\/francoperrotti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/schizzo-multiplo-su-nero-2jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/francoperrotti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/schizzo-multiplo-su-nero-2jpg.jpg 1360w, https:\/\/francoperrotti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/schizzo-multiplo-su-nero-2jpg-300x250.jpg 300w, https:\/\/francoperrotti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/schizzo-multiplo-su-nero-2jpg-1024x855.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/francoperrotti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/schizzo-multiplo-su-nero-2jpg-768x641.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1360px) 100vw, 1360px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignwide\" style=\"min-height:844px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1900\" height=\"1331\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-1168 size-full\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/francoperrotti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/dissuader_inox-01.jpg\" style=\"object-position:54% 56%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"54% 56%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/francoperrotti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/dissuader_inox-01.jpg 1900w, https:\/\/francoperrotti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/dissuader_inox-01-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/francoperrotti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/dissuader_inox-01-1024x717.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/francoperrotti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/dissuader_inox-01-768x538.jpg 768w, https:\/\/francoperrotti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/dissuader_inox-01-1536x1076.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1900px) 100vw, 1900px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-foreground-background-color has-background-dim-30 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-link-color has-rubik-font-family wp-elements-6a68c39a8b57d3e950a2e1bea0c719aa\" style=\"color:#ffffff;font-size:clamp(1.403rem, 1.403rem + ((1vw - 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In an instant, with a flutter of wings, a flock of pigeons, until then nestled on the eaves of surrounding buildings, dives like a remote-controlled squadron into the main apartment of one of the villas overlooking the square. It&#8217;s breakfast time and the birds are getting ready. Shortly after, when they are full, they exit from the opposite balcony, drawing an arc in the opposite direction before finally dispersing. The pigeon occupies an undefined position in the varied history of humanity. Sometimes it appears in art, half-dead in the middle of a still life. From Noah&#8217;s Ark, no pigeon took flight in the biblical flood&#8230; the raven and the dove did, but pigeons never did&#8230; there must be a reason. The artist imagines the pigeon as a huge urban idol, constructed with wire studded with nails, the same wire used to keep pigeons away from roofs and eaves, provoking in people a comical and paradoxical disgust. A metaphor for a certain humanity dedicated to a petty, intrusive, defeatist, oppressive, and dull life.<br\/>A modest eater of crumbs and others&#8217; leftovers, the pigeon represents the renunciation of greatness in exchange for pre-packaged tranquility. A life where every pain, every predator, every ambition has been minimized, thriving in an artificial absence of natural selection. 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A nest, for me.   <br\/>Franco Perrotti<br\/><br\/>www.italcomsrl.it<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull\" style=\"border-style:none;border-width:0px;min-height:128px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-100 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-ce155fab wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-global-padding is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8b4c372c wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-664d8594b1d47fdbd76e5393bee42e83\" style=\"color:#ffffff\"> <strong>UNIQUE PIECE<\/strong> \/ PRIVATE NEGOTIATION<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-a89b3969 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"mailto:francapasero58@gmail.com\">REQUEST INFORMATION<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover aligncenter wp-duotone-000000-dfd7d7-2\" style=\"min-height:555px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"994\" height=\"1024\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-153 size-large\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/francoperrotti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/8U3A1644-994x1024.gif\" style=\"object-position:50% 47%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"50% 47%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/francoperrotti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/8U3A1644-994x1024.gif 994w, https:\/\/francoperrotti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/8U3A1644-291x300.gif 291w, https:\/\/francoperrotti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/8U3A1644-768x791.gif 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 994px) 100vw, 994px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-foreground-background-color has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-text-color has-rubik-font-family\" style=\"color:#ffffff;font-size:clamp(20px, 1.25rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 1.25), 32px);\">DISSUADER<br\/><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-jost-font-family\" style=\"color:#ffffff;margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;font-size:clamp(0.929rem, 0.929rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 0.785), 1.4rem);\">Dissuader: an allegory of a part of humanity that gives up &#8220;looking beyond&#8221;, <br\/>in exchange for pre-cooked tranquility and a pass to scratch and peck in fields full of others&#8217; leftovers. 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