Supercalifragilistic. The video

My video about the residency program Supercalifragilistic. Mistaken Landscapes has been published by UnDo.Net right here. The project was part of "Le Ville Matte" residencies in Sardinia, with me as the visiting professor, including the participation of guest artists Luigi Negro, Luca Scarabelli, Umberto Cavenago, Jiří Kovanda, and the artists in residence Invernomuto, Estelle Deschamp, Markuz Wernli Saito, Renée Lotenero, Marika Asatiani, Augusto Buzzegoli, Rita Correddu, Giulia Casula.

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
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Press office for the Province of Cagliari: Stefania Giganti +39 329 3604710 sgiganti(at)provincia.cagliari(dot)it

Le Ville Matte

“Le Ville Matte” constitute a network of artist residencies promoted by the Province of Cagliari – Cultural and Sport Policies Office.
Focusing the attention on the continuous evolution of artistic languages and on the need for artists to experiment and relate, the Province of Cagliari promotes study and research residencies in territories that share valuable environmental and landscape features, and fosters new productions in the field of music, writing and visual arts, as well as promoting an intense exchange between artists and the territory.
The training and production activity is located in three towns of the Province of Cagliari: Villasor (visual arts), Teulada (music) and Orroli (writing).
The residencies aim to bring together groups of maximum ten artists from Italy and abroad, offering them, for one month, space to develop their activity and material for their work and research.
During the residency, the artists are coordinated by a visiting professor (an established artist) who guides the group in the study of the territory, focusing on specific themes to work on and supporting their research.
During the program the visiting professor can decide to invite guest experts to hold short workshops for a more complete training experience for the participants.
The group can also rely on another figure, that of the guest curator, who offers further support to the training of the artists in residence, and who is invited to provide an in depth exploration of the cultural realities of the territory (studio visits, meetings with collectors, etc.).
The works produced during the residency must have a strong connection to the territory and yet go beyond a local dimension.
Each residency ends with a final event in which the works produced during the sojourn are presented. During the residencies, moments of exchange between the participants and the local inhabitants are encouraged, as well as those with local artists and professionals of the specific art field; during these meetings, structured as regular appointments through the residency, the participants have the chance to present their work.
The projects pursues a synergy with the Sardinian cultural institutions through the organization of short trips and meetings with the cultural operators of the region. In addition, the project encourages visits of critics and international operators in the specific art field in order to increase the visibility of the works by the artists in residence.
“Le Ville Matte” project stands out for offering the participants an experience of life in small towns where it is possible to enter in close contact with the local community; the initiative also relies on insularity meant as a particularly favorable dimension for study as well as for reflection on the “beyondness”, a useful tool for an artist’s research.
Among the ten artists of each residency, one position is always reserved for one Sardinian artist that has distinguished himself for his capacities along his artistic career, and aspires to reach a professional level.