La Livre, An Homage to Ezra Pound

Since the mid-eighties Francesco Conz had launched one of his most important projects, which lasted until his death in 2009, and was never completed: La Livre. An Homage to Ezra Pound.

In January 1991, he invited the Gorgona artists to participate at the project.

This ambitious editorial work can be cosidered particularly illustrative of Conz’s modus operandi, as it was based on the direct involvement of the artists - over sixty of them were invited, in a time span of almost two decades – and on several artists’ residences at the Brunnenburg castle, near Merano (Italy).

The aim was to create a monumental edition of works dedicated to Ezra Pound, who spent the last years of his life at the castle.