May 31, 2010

fama_fame in Bern

fama_fame, ein fortschreitendes Kunstprojekt, ein «Work in Progress» und war bereits zu Gast in zahlreichen Galerien und Kulturstätten Europas. Erstmals wagen sich die Künstler mit ihrem Projekt an einen Ort, an dem die grossen Massen, nicht nur die intellektuelle Elite, mit ihrer Kunst angesprochen und konfrontiert wird. Das Einkaufszentrum Wankdorf Center ist wie geschaffen für fama_fame. Hunger nach Ruhm, wie der Name der Ausstellung in die deutsche Sprache übersetzt heisst, befasst sich mit den alltäglichen Themen zwischen berühmt werden und tägliche Bedürfnisse befriedigen. Noch nie schenkte die Gesellschaft Kunstschaffenden so viel Aufmerksamkeit und eine derart grosse Medienpräsenz wie heute. Man lechzt nach Superstars, diese wiederum versuchen sich in ihrer Rolle zu finden.

Neue Medien und Performance
Mit Videosequenzen, Installationen und Darbietungen, machen mehrere Künstlerinnen und Künstler das Einkaufszentrum zum Erlebnisort. Insbesondere die neuen Medien kommen dabei zum tragen. Nebst Videoinstallationen werden auch Projektionen die Besucherinnen und Besucher im Einkaufszentrum überraschen, aber auch zum Nachdenken anregen. Es wird live gemalt oder musiziert - immer zu den Themen Leben, Lieben, Erfolg und Geld. Auch die kleinsten Gäste werden bei einem Kinderprogramm auf ihre Kosten kommen. Mitwirken werden rund 20 Künstlerinnen aus dem In- und Ausland.

fama_fame seit 2006
Entstanden ist fama_fame 2006 in Losone. Seither war das Projekt beispielsweise in Solothurn oder Rotterdam zu sehen. Eine Kerngruppe von Künstlern führt das Projekt jeweils weiter, neue Künstler kommen hinzu und die Kuratoren wechseln an jedem Ort. So wächst das Projekt ständig und entwickelt sich weiter.

Einmalige Chance
Für die Ausstellung fama_fame werden zahlreiche Flatscreen-TV's und DVD Geräte benötigt. Diese werden nach der Ausstellung für 10 Franken verkauft. Wer von dieser Aktion profitieren möchte, kann den im Wankdorf Center aufliegenden TV-Pass ausfüllen. Bei jedem Einkauf ab 50 Franken gibt es einen Stempel, wer die Zehn voll hat, nimmt an der Verlosung teil, welche entscheidet, wer einen TV oder eine DVD Gerät für 10 Franken kaufen darf.

(Bildlegende)
Roberto de Luca, Künstler und Initiant mit der Kuratorin Christin Markovic und Peter Baumgartner, Leiter Einkaufszentrum Wankdorf Center.


Rahmenprogramm

Donnerstag, 27. Mai 2010
17.30 – 19.00 Uhr Vernissage mit Celia und Nathalie Siedler, "Fleischerzeugnisse gekocht" (Kunstaktion)

Freitag, 28. Mai 2010
12.00 – 17.00 Uhr, Filippo Leonardi, Sconosciuto artista meridionale (Kunstaktion)

Samstag, 29. Mai 2010
11.00 – 17.00 Uhr, Fastkunst, Lipp&Leuthold (Kunstaktion)
12.00 – 16.00 Uhr, Marion Ritzmann, Time to win (Kunstaktion)
16.00 – 17.00 Uhr, Giancarlo Norese/Maria Valentina Tarantino (Performance)

Freitag, 4. Juni
16.00 – 20.00 Uhr, Franticek Klossner, Lebensmittel Kultur! (Kunstaktion)
13.00 – 15.00 Uhr, Fabiana de Barros, Kulturkiosk, Mach dein Kiosk (Kinderprogramm)

Samstag, 5. Juni 2010
11.00 – 13.00 Uhr, ... flüchtig ..., Eine Collage mit Musik und Text


Kontakt
Christin Markovic
Projektleiterin/Kuratorin
christin_markovic/at/hotmail/dot/com

Roberto de Luca
Kokurator/Ausstellungstechnik
robertodeluca/at/bluewin/dot/ch

May 22, 2010

Rita Correddu

Altre pagine d'artista. 1960–2010

Altre pagine d’artista. 1960–2010
27 maggio e 9 giugno 2010. Centro Artistico Alik Cavaliere, Milano

Con “Altre pagine d’artista. 1960–2010” si propone una riflessione sull’idea di libro a partire dal periodo, radicale nella sua portata teorica, dell’arte concettuale, fino agli esiti attuali di una così duratura tendenza. Il progetto è suddiviso in due parti:
il 27 maggio un appuntamento di carattere storico, Libri d’artista dall’officina d’arte grafica Lucini, in cui il Centro Artistico Alik Cavaliere invita Giorgio Lucini, attuale direttore della storica officina d’arte grafica, ad esporre e presentare alcuni tra i più preziosi esemplari di editoria applicata al libro d’artista degli anni settanta: libri e multipli di Bruno Munari, autore particolarmente rappresentato dalla Lucini, Vincenzo Agnetti, Kengiro Azuma, Emilio Isgrò, Vincenzo Ferrari, Mauro Reggiani, che testimoniano lo stretto legame tra editoria e progetto artistico.
Il 9 giugno un appuntamento di carattere squisitamente espositivo, Nella deriva di tutte le incertezze, che amplia i presupposti sulla portata intellettuale del “sistema” libro, conducendoli fino agli esiti del panorama attuale.
Prendendo spunto dalle parole di Alfredo Giuliani per la prefazione de I Novissimi (Einaudi, 1965), libro-manifesto della neoavanguardia letteraria italiana, Nella deriva di tutte le incertezze è una mostra dedicata alla riflessione e al dialogo che, nella stretta contemporaneità, intercorrono tra l’utilizzo della parola e della narrazione, l’archetipo del libro e le arti visive.
Allontanandosi dall’idea troppo formalizzata del libro d’artista, il progetto intende costruire un percorso critico attraverso l’opera di 15 artisti, capace di documentare un’idea di libro, di pagina e di frammento, inseriti all’interno di una precisa poetica che considera questi elementi come complessi sistemi di relazione e comunicazione. Lo scorrere ritmico delle pagine, la costante parcellizzazione del contenuto, la memoria da conservare per una comprensione attiva del testo, ma anche la struttura circolare senza soluzione di continuità; sono tutti elementi amplificati o messi in crisi dalle ricerche individuali dei singoli artisti invitati. Nella visione presente in ciascuna ricerca artistica, infatti, racconto, tempo e immagine non si connotano come vocaboli di un linguaggio univoco, bensì come tremuli ricordi sul filo dell’esperienza individuale o della riflessione sull’oggetto libro, e, in definitiva, sull’arte. Per questo motivo i libri e le pagine esposti saranno associati ad altri lavori che contestualizzano e ampliano la riflessione relativa alla ricerca di ogni singolo artista.
Accompagna la mostra la pubblicazione di un piccolo volume, non un catalogo, ma un progetto parallelo realizzato in collaborazione con gli artisti presenti in mostra, edito dalla Sputnik Editions, emergente casa editrice d’arte di Bratislava, che presenta per la prima volta a Milano un progetto così articolato.

Con opere di Alik Cavaliere, Vincenzo Ferrari, Giorgio Lucini, Emanuele Becheri, Sergio Breviario, Chiara Camoni, Giovanni Ferrario, Lucia Leuci, Michele Lombardelli, Amedeo Martegani, Giancarlo Norese, Luigi Presicce, Lidia Sanvito, Luca Scarabelli, Alessandra Spranzi, Terzaghi & Zürcher.

Centro Artistico Alik Cavaliere
via De Amicis 17 Milano
www.cavaliere.it, +39 02 48954991

27 maggio 2010, ore 18.30: Libri d’artista dall’officina d’arte grafica Lucini
A cura di Lorena Giuranna e Vincenzo Ferrari

9 giugno 2010, ore 18.30: Nella deriva di tutte le incertezze
A cura di Lorena Giuranna e Alessandro Castiglioni

May 13, 2010

Supercalifragilistic. The Show

The Province of Cagliari
Cultural Policies and Sport Office
promotes

Supercalifragilistic (Mistaken Landscapes) - The Show

the presentation of the projects by the artists participating in the residency program LE VILLE MATTE / visual arts, first edition

Former convent of the Capuchins, Villasor (Cagliari, Italy)
16 May – 6 June 2010

Opening: Saturday 15 May 2010, 6.00 pm

Saturday 15 May 2010 in the town of Villasor, a few kilometers from Cagliari, the ten artists that took part in the residency program LE VILLE MATTE – visual arts present their projects. The artists that participated in the program - promoted by the Province of Cagliari – Cultural Policies and that took place form 14 April to 14 May - are: Marika Asatiani (GE, 1977), Augusto Buzzegoli (IT, 1974), Giulia Casula (IT, 1977), Beatrice Catanzaro (IT, 1975), Rita Correddu (IT, 1983), Estelle Deschamp (FR, 1984), Invernomuto - Simone Bertuzzi and Simone Trabucchi (IT, 1983, 1982), Renée Lotenero (US, 1977), Markus Wernli Saito (CH, 1968).
Giancarlo Norese was the visiting professor and Chiara Agnello was the visiting curator.
During workshops and laboratories with the guest artists - invited by Giancarlo Norese - Jiří Kovanda (Prague), Luigi Negro (Lecce), Umberto Cavenago (Milan), Luca Scarabelli (Como) and Mauro Cossu (Cagliari), the participants investigated the issues connected to architecture and landscape, with special attention to the relations existing between the spaces transformed by man and those generated by chance and necessity, as well as to the true nature of debris and to the sounds that dwell and shape a place.
The residency emphasized the importance of the creative processes deriving from the interaction between people, and that of collaborative projects, idea exchange and interaction between the artist and the audience.

Supercalifragilistic (Mistaken Landscapes) - The Show, will be open until 6 June 2010 in the former convent of the Capuchins and in a few public spaces of Villasor. The initiative represents the final step of an intensive process that has led to the creation of permanent installations, projects, temporary interventions, performances and other kinds of works that in many cases have been created in close collaboration with the people of Villasor.

Invernomuto presents an impressive sculptural intervention conceived for the town’s amphitheatre square. The work underlines the social function of a public space usually enjoyed by the young people of Villasor and especially by the skaters’ community. Giulia Casula worked on one of the symbols of the town too, transforming the abandoned water tower into an element capable of stimulating new suggestions. Rita Correddu’s intervention, based in a house in Via Roma, is about the bond of affection for places.
Estelle Deschamp worked on an area near the cemetery placing a sculptural device originating from the observation of architectural elements of house facades.
By inviting the audience to make a wish and choose a colored felt-tip to draw a circle around an hypothetical “wish tree” , Marika Asatiani underlined how her research tends towards the intangible and inexplicable phenomena.
The intervention on the only black wall of Villasor, that is visible from only one privileged view point, is about Augusto Buzzegoli’s intimate experience, while Renée Lotenero’s elaboration of a kitchen tile decoration creates an estranging effect in a private house near the Convent of the Capuchins.
“What would happen if our memory should fade every day?” This is one of the questions that inspired the performative work by Markus Wernli Saito. The intervention that the artist carried out all through the residency weeks, developed along a route across some places in Villasor, like the bar, the newsagent, the post office and the castle, involving the locals and passers-by.
(En)counter Shots is the collective project developed by the ten artists in residence, coordinated by Beatrice Catanzaro. Required by an unusual “client” (a local stockbreeder) the work developed casually, but nonetheless maintaining an extremely traditional character: the work is in fact a great mural on a wall about twenty meters long. The project involved the whole group in a common creative process that led them to an exchange of views and to question their perspectives and opinions.

Supercalifragilistic (Mistaken Landscapes) - The Show is documented in a bilingual catalogue with photos in color published by Kaleidoscope.

LE VILLE MATTE – visual arts is part of LE VILLE MATTE – artist residencies, a wider project with the purpose of offering study and research residencies in Sardinia, stimulating new productions in the fields of music, writing and visual arts.


Info

Title: Supercalifragilistic (Mistaken Landscapes) - The Show
Visiting professor: Giancarlo Norese
Guest Curator: Chiara Agnello
Promoted by: Province of Cagliari - Cultural Policies and Sport Office
In collaboration with: City of Villasor, Careof DOCVA, Kaleidoscope, Undo.net, Fondazione Antonio Ratti, Fondazione Spinola Banna
Coordinators: Giorgio Murtas, Francesca Sassu
Opening: 15 May 2010, 6.00 pm
Closing: 6 June 2010
Where: Villasor, Cagliari, Former Convent of the Capuchins and various venues
Times: from Tuesday to Sunday 10.00 am - 1.00 pm, 5.00 pm - 8.30 pm. Monday closed.
Entrance: free of charge
Information: tel. +39 070 4092329 tel. +39 366 2676612, fax +39 070 4092312, info(at)levillematte(dot)it, www.levillematte.it
Press office for Italy and abroad: Marta Colombo +39 340 3442805 martacolombo(at)gmail(dot)com;
Press office for the Province of Cagliari: Stefania Giganti +39 329 3604710 sgiganti(at)provincia.cagliari(dot)it