The Celebration of the Living (who reflect upon death)

For the sixth event, AND AND AND* has invited the Italian artist collective composed of Emilio Fantin, Luigi Negro, Giancarlo Norese and Cesare Pietroiusti. For the AND AND AND series, the artists - in collaboration with Luigi Presicce - propose to turn the November 2 traditional celebration of the Dead, into a new holiday: 'La Festa dei Vivi (che riflettono sulla more)', 'The Celebration of the Living (who reflect upon death)'. For this celebration, the artists want to invite those who are interested to be part of a pilgrimage, probably the shortest and slowest in the world, that will depart from its destination (rather than arriving to it), Lu Cafausu in San Cesario di Lecce.

Lu Cafausu is a mysterious small building, an architectural remnant that the artists have elected as a source of metaphors and narratives. It is 'an imaginary place that really exists' around which the presence of death is floating. Any day, the small building can in fact be demolished to accommodate more parking space for cars, or can also fall apart due to its precariousness. It could also be turned and frozen into a monument. Because of this feeling of the presence of death, Lu Cafausu is an ideal place for a new celebration. 'La Festa dei Vivi' is for those who, in order to give sense to life, reflect upon death; their own, 'first and foremost.'

Time: Tuesday November 2, 2010 - 10 am
Country: Italy
City: San Cesario di Lecce
Location: 40°18'1"N 18°9'43"E
Address: via C.F. Barbieri, 52

www.lucafausu.tk | www.documenta.de

*AND AND AND is an artist run initiative, which will use the time between now and dOCUMENTA (13) in 2012 to consider with individuals and groups across the world the role art and culture can play today and the constituent publics or communities, which could be addressed. The series of interventions, situations, and occurrences entitled AND AND AND are part of dOCUMENTA (13) and will compose a map of emergent positions, concerns, and possible points of solidarity.

AND AND AND
www.andandand.org

Barbarisms

In spite of the dictionary definition of Barbarism, "lack of culture and civilization", I like to think of this term as a neologism that arises in pursuit of a certain "bar" aesthetic, namely of those places that, by nature, are offered as spaces of everyday survival, socializing, connections, even reflection and study (in the cafes of Central Europe). Precisely the opposite of a lack of civilization and culture. At times I have decided to do a performance, at exhibitions where I’d been invited to participate, of my Bar Bello, an economical, portable bar that functions as a catalyst for contacts, a space of relaxing communication.

In this case I have decided to show a collection of images of bars somewhat cut off from time. Some are too big, others a big chaotic, undisciplined, certainly anti-functional, in which objects or persons seem to magnetically arrange themselves, according to mysterious designs. Barbarisms, we might call them.

at Club21, London

CLUB 21 – Remaking the scene

Experimental artists from around the world will come together to reinvent the art-club scene in Club 21: Remaking the Scene at One Marylebone, London, October 13-23. The venue will become an exciting non-commercial centre of creativity with free entry on the fringes of the Frieze Art Fair. Club 21 will be a crucible of works in progress, where sound art and performance are presented alongside installations, inviting interaction between artists and audience.

It was the widely perceived lack of a “scene” today that prompted the curator Oxana Maleeva (Art Apart), in partnership with gallerist Natasha Akhmerova (Barbarian Art Gallery), to conceive Club 21 – Remaking the Scene. Sound and performance will be developed by one of the protagonists of the New York underground scene in the 1980s, the internationally renowned musician and sound artist Steve Piccolo, co-founder of the Lounge Lizards. The project has been organised with Mudam Museum of Luxembourg and Victoria – the Art of Being Contemporary foundation (Moscow).

At One Marylebone the scene will be set as soon as visitors walk through the door into what looks like a vintage nightclub lobby, reminiscent of art scenes such as New York in the 1980s, Perestroika-era Russia, and the English and California punk scenes and artist-run occupied spaces in Milan. The main hall will be the backdrop for sound events and performances, as well as large sculptures and installations. Sound art curator Steve Piccolo has invited a number of outstanding composers and sound experimenters to contribute recorded pieces that play with the idea of the “conversation”.

The artists of A Constructed World will invite people to contribute to a paper room with drawings and texts; Evgeny Yufit will present performances based on those of the experimental NecroRealists during the Perestroika era in St Petersburg; the Italo-Russian artist Marc Vincent Kalinka will pose as a security guard outside One Marylebone in a live performance of his original video Still (Nothing).

The list of participating artists includes Jota Castro, Roberto Cuoghi, Bert Theis, Adrian Paci, Steve Piccolo, Kawarga Dmitriy, A Constructed World, Ramuntcho Matta, James Nares, Amos Poe, Alexander Ponomarev, Marc Vincent Kalinka, Stephen Torton, Piotr Belyi, Nathalie du Pasquier, Mariette Schiltz, Evgeny Yufit, Giancarlo Norese, Edo Bertoglio, Stina Fisch and Steve C. Harvey, Filip Markiewicz, Luca Pancrazzi, and Klara Palotai.

CLUB 21: Remaking The Scene
For more information visit:
www.projectclub21.com/
www.onemarylebone.com/event-entry.php?id=38

Geography of Proximity

Curated by Roberto Daolio & Alessandro Castiglioni.
With Barbara Bühler, 
Canarezza & Coro
, Giancarlo Norese & Umberto Cavenago
, Haris Epaminonda, 
Nina Danino, 
Irena Lagator, 
Ingibjörg Magnadóttir
, Pierre Portelli
, Mark Mangion, 
Trixi Weis

Geography of Proximity is a travelling exhibition part of the Little Constellation project. It tells the story of a journey through art—and the world inhabited by artists—of a constellation of small states in Europe, travelling to Andorra, Cyprus, Iceland, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, San Marino, and other significant geocultural micro-areas such as Canton Ticino, Ceuta, Gibraltar or Kaliningrad. The voyage of the two artist-researchers, Rita Canarezza and Pier Paolo Coro, intersects with an exhibition project curated by Roberto Daolio and Alessandro Castiglioni. With help from Mousse Publishing, they have been blended into a volume with an original graphic design that mingles pop images of sci-fi universes with the unique landscape and culture of the miniature universes explored in this study. This unusual investigation examines the potential for building a shared platform for artists, curators, and institutions in these areas, to carve out a place of their own within the international artistic debate. The book—half interstellar map, half catalogue —collects the works on exhibit and the biographies of the 20 artists and groups involved, using texts, images, and interviews to illustrate the legs of a journey spanning six years between 2004 to 2010.
The Little Constellation catalogue published by Mousse will also be launched in Malta.

Opening Reception: 
14th October 2010 at 7.30pm
Exhibition Dates:
 14.10.2010 - 14.11.2010

Malta Contemporary Art Foundation
St. James Cavalier
Castille Square
Valletta
VLT 1060, Malta
T +356 7993 8332
info-at-maltacontemporaryart-dot-com
www.maltacontemporaryart.com

casabianca

Domenica 26 settembre, dalle ore 18 alle 20, inaugura il nuovo spazio espositivo Casabianca, un progetto non profit di Anteo Radovan nella campagna alle porte di Bologna, con una collettiva volutamente fuori misura in cui si intrecceranno discorsi artistici consolidati nel tempo e nuove ipotesi. Casabianca, spazio periferico agli snodi consueti, sarà una galleria in cui la dimensione domestica, relazionale e di ricerca tenteranno di convivere. A partire da ottobre, l’ultima domenica di ogni mese tre artisti metteranno a confronto a Casabianca un percorso artistico intrapreso alla fine degli anni Ottanta, uno alla metà degli anni Novanta e una ricerca iniziata di recente, cercando affinità, ramificazioni, tangenze.

Adriana Torregrossa, Alessandra Andrini, Alice Tomaselli, Andrea Nacciarriti, Anna Ferraro, Anna Rispoli, Anna Maria Tina, Annalisa Cattani/Alberto Merzari, Anteo Radovan, Arianna Fantin, Cecilia Guida, Chiara Pergola, Cristian Chironi, Claire Bosi, Cesare Pietroiusti, Daniela Manzolli, Claudia Losi, Daniela Spagna Musso, Davide Bertocchi, Davide Rivalta, Davide Tranchina, Diego Zuelli, Dragoni Russo, Elena Nemkova, Elisa Vladilo, Emanuela Ascari, Emilio Fantin, Erica Fenaroli, Eva Frapiccini, Fabrizio Rivola, Federica Menin, Ferdinando Mazzitelli, Francesca Grilli, Francesco Bernardi, Francesco Finotti, Giancarlo Norese, Gianluca Cosci, Giovanna Ricotta, Giovanni Oberti, Giulia Casula, Giulia Ricci, Il Prufesur, Italo Zuffi, Jiri Kovanda, Laura Lovatel, Lorenza Lucchi Basili, Luca Scarabelli, Luca Trevisani, Lucia Leuci, Luigi Negro, Mala.arti visive, Marcella Vanzo, Marco Fantini, Marco Rambaldi, Marco Samorè, Maria Domenica Rapicavoli, Maria Lucrezia Schiavarelli, Maurizio Mercuri, Mauro Maffezzoni, Mauro Vignando, Michele Spanghero, Mili Romano, Monica Cuoghi, Morena Pedrini, Ottonella Mocellin/Nicola Pellegrini, Paola De Petri, Paolo Parisi, Patrizia Giambi, Petar Stanovic, PetriPaselli, Pier Paolo Coro, Rebecca Agnes, Riccardo Beretta, Rita Canarezza, Rita Correddu, Roberta Piccioni, Rocco Osgnach, Sabrina Mezzaqui, Sabrina Muzi, Sabrina Torelli, Sandrine Nicoletta, Serena Porrati, Sergia Avveduti, Silke De Vivo, Simone Cesarini, Sissi, Stefania Galegati Shines, Stefano W. Pasquini, Zimmerfrei.

Zola Predosa, via Pepoli 12
fino a domenica 24 ottobre - su appuntamento 347 2627442

Presentazione di boîte #6

venerdì 24 settembre 2010, ore 18
Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Villa Croce, Genova

In occasione dell’inaugurazione di ROAMING: Off-cells. Pratiche della non visione, a cura di Alessandro Castiglioni, con Nina Beier, Ermanno Cristini, Vicky Falconer, Ryan Gander, Urs Lüthi, Federico Maddalozzo, Giovanni Morbin, Andrea Nacciarriti, Luca Scarabelli, Alessandra Spranzi, Adam Thompson.

Dopo il primo numero dedicato a Marcel Duchamp e tre numeri sulle tecniche artistiche boîte inaugura il suo secondo anno di vita con una nuova serie: la smaterializzazione dell’arte.
Il sesto numero è dedicato all’arte relazionale, con un testo inedito di Piero Gilardi, interventi speciali di Emilio Fantin, Luigi Negro, Giancarlo Norese, Cesare Pietroiusti, Nico Dockx, una riflessione storico-critica di Elisabetta Longari, il contributo del sociologoIvano Spano, un’intervista all’attore, regista e autore teatrale Corrado D’Elia, la rubrica di illustrazione di Nicole Dalton, recensioni, interventi e pensieri intorno all’arte.

www.boiteonline.org
www.roaming-art.it

Festival delle grotte di Sant'Eustachio

22 agosto 2010
Teatro/Action, words, sounds and visions

Andrea Lanza
Subject: 9 (on page 25)
Freely based on the project Something about the conditions for a good collaboration by Giancarlo Norese, 2002 - 2006 from a discussion via email with Ayreen Anastas, Rene Gabri, and Vladimir Volnovik
On stage Alice Bescapé + Dario Eduardo de Falco.

Subject: 9 […] I think there are real collaborations in the sense that the ideas start to go back and forth, back and forth till the idea of separating the ideas becomes senseless… if this is the case… we are dealing with a real collaboration… or first degree collaborations. […] Ayreen (page 25)
From 16pm to 17pm (app.)
Luoghi possibili: parcheggio delle cave, ponte sul torrente, strada di accesso e parcheggio del festival

Teatro/Spettacolo
Omero Affede
Alcina
Il viaggio di Guerrin Meschino nell’antro della Sibilla
Spettacolo teatrale site specific all’interno delle Grotte di Sant’Eustachio
drammaturgia e regia Omero Affede
progetto fotografico Jonathan Guaitamacchi
con Omero Affede, Paola Chiarello, Carmen Chimienti, Deborah Giuranna
danza Isabella Costerman
musiche dal vivo Riccardo Minnucci
tamburini a cura di Zandagruel
produzione teatro del contagio
Luogo: grotta maggiore
Inizio spettacolo ore 17.00

ore 19 break: rinfresco offerto al pubblico

Danza/Danza indiana
Isabella Costerman
Un sentiero per l'India
Attraverso la danza classica indiana
Inizio spettacolo ore 19.30 (durata 20 min.)

Teatro/Frammenti di un dialogo
Lorenzo Bonaiuti (Lalage teatro)
Escursioni.
Declinare la luce come un vianDante
Con Lorenzo Bonaiuti, Francesca Rossi Brunori
Inizio spettacolo ore 20.00 (durata 20 min.)

Arti visive/Installazione
Andrea Lanza
L’arte della mongolfiera
Incontri tra oggetti straordinari
Luogo: Chiesa di San Michele Arcangelo
Apertura al pubblico ore 19.00

Arti visive/Installazioni
Giulio Perfetti
Monadi
Apertura al pubblico ore 16.00

Arti visive/Mostra
Mostra di ceramiche
A cura del Comune di Appignano
Apertura al pubblico ore 16.00

Teatro/Azione scenica
Carmen Chimienti
Untitled
Musica Riccardo Minnucci
Voice off Rita Olivieri
Massimo 10 spettatori. Prenotazione obbligatoria
Inizio ore 21.00 (durata 10 minuti)