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PROJECT 308
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ANDREAS GREINER, MONUMENT FOR A CONTEMPORARY DINOSAUR
Seeds&Chips – The Global Food Innovation Summit | May 8-11, Milan – Italy
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Andreas Greiner, 2016 Monument for the 308
750x300x300 cm, High definition CT-scan of a dead-found broiler chicken, 3D print.
Content specific installation curated by Stefano Antonelli
ANDREAS GREINER
www.andrasgreiner.com
Promoted by 999Foundation & Cultura Italiae in partnership with Montenovi
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When we interact with art, it is within the confined institutional spaces of museums and galleries, the white cube lending its otherworldly aura to the art we experience. The organisation we have had the honour to chair has taken it upon itself to examine this dichotomy between art and everyday life, focusing on the central question, which is as rhetoric as it is inevitable: Can art shape, influence and even improve real lives of people? We think so, and we hope we can convince you too…
Food culture is becoming a more and more societal concern and it is for this reason that we wanted to offer our contribution to the annual food innovation summit Seeds & Chips: A reflection on industrialised meat production and breeding techniques, which are so characteristic of our times. Thus our contribution to raising awareness for the ethical implications of our diet carries the name of a specific man-made breed of broiler chicken: Monument for the 308. The nearly 7 meter skeleton stands towering over the conference like an ancient dinosaur, only this species is not extinct – yet. Andreas Greiner, a Berlin-based artist who investigates the perimeters of sculpture of time and natural processes, speculates upon a possible archeology of the future: If dinosaurs are a symbol of the mesozoic era, genetically altered chicken would be a symbol of the Anthropocene.
This monument shall call into mind and stimulate public debate about the cultural and ecological heritage we are inheriting to future generations. For Monument for the 308 plays on the art historical traditions of monumental sculpture, of natural history museums and of public memorials to symbols of political history. And the future of food is undoubtedly a political question. One which will be answered in the years to come, hopefully with a resounding ‘yes’ to a sustainable agriculture and meat consumption in order to safeguard the earth that shelters us and our children. For what dwells in our human hearts, dwells in the hearts of every living being.
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La nostra relazione con l’arte avviene nei perimetri dello straordinario. Gli spazi istituzionali dei musei e delle gallerie, i cubi bianchi che spandono la lora aura altruista sulla nostra esperienza artistica, tuttavia, l’organizzazione che abbiamo l’onore di presiedere è impegnata in ricerca e progetti sulla dicotomia l’arte e l’ordinario – la vita di tutti i giorni – collocando al centro di questa attività, una domanda tanto retorica quanto inevitabile: può l’arte migliorare la vita reale delle persone? Noi pensiamo di si e speriamo di convincere anche voi.
Con grande interesse oggi guardiamo al futuro del cibo, la cultura alimentare sta diventando sempre più una questione sociale, e in occasione di questo importante convegno abbiamo voluto proporre il nostro contributo: un supplemento di riflessione sulla produzione industriale di carne e le tecniche di allevamento intensivo che hanno caratterizzato il nostro tempo. In questa occasione il nostro contributo alla sensibilizzazione sulle implicazioni etiche della nostra dieta si chiama: Monument for the 308 e ha la forma e le dimensioni di un dinosauro, ma è solo un pollo. Non è però un pollo qualsiasi, lui è un Ross 308, un pollo da batteria, ed è un vero gigante della nostra alimentazione. L’opera viene dalla Berlinische Galerie, museo di arte moderna contemporanea di Berlino e l’artista che ha dedicato a questo eroe popolare della nostra tavola il monumento che sveliamo qui a Seeds&Chips è Andreas Greiner, viene anche lui da Berlino e indaga i perimetri temporali della scultura e dei processi naturali, speculando su un’archeologia del futuro: se i dinosauri sono un simbolo dell’era mesozoica, il pollo geneticamente modificato sarà un simbolo dell’Antropocene. Quello che stiamo costruendo ora, è l’eredità culturale che lasceremo in dote alle future generazioni, il nostro scopo è stimolare il dibattito pubblico sugli aspetti controversi simbolizzati da questa scultura monumentale con cui l’artista inganna la nostra tradizione culturale per innovarci la prospettiva, ingombrando fino al paradosso il nostro sguardo. Materializzare il paradosso è un mestiere utile dell’arte che spero possa ispirare il dialogo degli uomini di oggi per la costruzione di un futuro sostenibile ed equo per noi, le specie che ci accompagnano in questo viaggio, l’ambiente che ci ospita e ospiterà gli uomini di domani, con la profonda convinzione che ciò che abita il nostro cuore umano, abita cuori di ogni essere vivente.
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THE HERITAGE OF INDUSTRIALISED BREEDING/ HUMAN INTERVENTION IN NATURE
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Broiler chicken in 1957 weighed on average 905 grams, in 1978 it had increased to 1808 grams and in 2005 reached a stately 4202 grams. This hybrid breed puts on a huge amount of muscle within the first weeks of its life, at which point the young birds are ready for slaughter. Forecasting this trend, we can assume the common broiler chicken will indeed become the next dinosaur – at least in size, as extinction will only occur if humans were to stop breeding these chicken. We must acknowledge the debt we owe to this animal, which suffers multiple organ deficiencies and deformities due to its unnatural muscle growth. Ross 308 has nourished billions of people with cheap and abundant protein. Andreas Greiner’s monument honours this pillar of society and imagines a future in which we will grant animals the same ‘human’ rights, as we grant ourselves. For what dwells in our human hearts, dwells in the hearts of every living being.
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Il pollo da batteria pesava in media 905 grammi nel 1957, nel 1978 pesava 1808 grammi e nel 2005 arriva trionfalmente a 4202 grammi. Questa razza ibrida mette su una quantità enorme di muscoli nelle prime settimane della sua vita, a quel punto i giovani uccelli sono pronti per la macellazione. Prevedendo questa tendenza, possiamo assumere che il pollo comune di batteria diventerà il prossimo dinosauro – almeno in dimensioni, poiché l’estinzione si verificherà solo se gli esseri umani fermeranno l’allevamento di questi polli. Dobbiamo riconoscere il debito che dobbiamo nei confronti di a questo animale, che soffre di molteplici carenze organiche e deformità a causa della sua crescita muscolare innaturale. Ross 308 ha nutrito miliardi di persone con proteine economiche e abbondanti. Il monumento di Andreas Greiner onora questo pilastro della società e immagina un futuro in cui concederemo agli animali gli stessi diritti che concediamo a noi umani.
Con la profonda convinzione che ciò che abita il nostro cuore umano, abita cuori di ogni essere vivente.
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SETH / EX MIRA LANZA MUSEUM
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A civil disobedience art intervention curated by Stefano S. Antonelli. 2500 mq of wallpaintings, installations, secret rooms & generic vandalism
I asked Seth to trigger a project both ambitious and simple, an artist residency in collaboration with city of Rome theatre called Teatro India. This place offers huge opportunities for an artist, three large industrial sheds and a park with industrial archaeological vestiges. This residency program has no obligations. You can organise a show, make a book, plan an installation or nothing at all, you can do whatever you want. I asked only one thing, I asked the artist to work in the space, to use possibly all the structure of the teather, even if it is not an obligation. How did it go?
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RANGE TA CHAMBRE – SETH SOLO SHOW Curated by Stefano S. Antonelli – Teatro India 7 july 2016
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999FOUNDATION Arist Resistance Residency 2016/17 in collaboration with TEATRO DI ROMA – TEATRO NAZIONALE. Invited artists: SETH – HORFEE – BRAD DOWNEY – MONEYLESS
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RANGE TA CHAMBRE – SETH SOLO SHOW
Curated by Stefano S. Antonelli / 999Contemporary
TEATRO INDIA, Lungotevere Vittorio Gassman 1, Roma
OPENING RECEPTION 7 JULY 2016 – 19.30 – Free entry
Exhibition catalogue published by Wasted Talents available at reception desk
Seth is the artist opening 999FOUNDATION Artist Resistance Residency, a cycle of artist residencies result of collaboration between 999Contemporary and Teatro di Roma – Tatro Nazionale. The scenario in which artists are invited to express themselves is the splendid Teatro India in Rome’s Ostiense district. One of the most beautiful industrial archeology structures converted in 1999 to host this experimental theater which is preparing to welcome our contemporary urban art research project. Born while the Atelier India, a space where artists can create , hold workshops , meet the public to participate in art projects that will invest both the Teatro India and the city.
SETH, RANGE TA CHAMBRE by Stefano S. Antonelli
I asked Seth to trigger a project both ambitious and simple, an artist residency in collaboration with city of Rome theater – Teatro India located in one of the most beautiful industrial-archeology facilities in Rome: the former Mira Lanza factory, which used to be an old soap factory in the last century. This place offers huge opportunities for an artist, three large industrial sheds and a park with industrial archaeological vestiges. When we were preparing with Seth, we spoke about installation works, theatrical dimension of the representation, spaces other than what is generally dedicated to those artists whose exhibitions are often made of hung-painting sequences or minimally installed. I have always been convinced that the “exhibition”, as it is conceived, is not the dimension needed for urban artists’ expression, and this of course comes after having experienced it first-hand curating number of them. I have also been to many urban artists exhibitions and I never had the feeling of being at the center of the ideas and thoughts of the artist but rather at a social event, what counts, in the end, is who comes, whether or not you sell, if you don’t sell you take the hit, you always have the street to redeem yourself. Forcing an urban artist to compete on the global art market under these conditions would be suicidal , that’s why this residency program has no obligations. You can organize a show, make a book, plan an installation or nothing at all, you can do whatever you want. We just offer to the artist liberty, budget and huge spaces, and see what happens, this is the spirit. I asked only one thing, I asked the artist to work in the space, to use possibly all the structure of the IndiaTheater, even if it is not an obligation. How did it go? On his arrival Seth explored the area, he wandered aimlessly in the enormous structure of the theater, took notes, made sketches, photos and then called me to tell me his plan. If you really wanna know How did it go, just come july 7. Whatever you expect, you’re not even close.
RANGE TA CHAMBRE – SETH SOLO SHOW
TEATRO INDIA 7 JULY 2016 CURATED BY STEFANO ANTONELLI / 999CONTEMPORARY
PRODUCTION BY 999CONTEMPORARY
GENERAL MANAGEMENT FRANCESCA MEZZANO
TEATRO DI ROMA DIRECTOR ANTONIO CALBI
TEATRO DI ROMA MANAGEMENT PAOLA MACCHI
DESIGN GIADA CALCAGNO
ARTIST ASISSTANT PIERO MARINI
SECOND ASSISTANT SASHA PADALKO
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999FOUNDATION Arist Resistance Residency 2016/17 in collaboration with TEATRO DI ROMA – TEATRO NAZIONALE. Invited artists: SETH – HORFEE – BRAD DOWNEY – MONEYLESS
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RANGE TA CHAMBRE – SETH SOLO SHOW
Curated by Stefano S. Antonelli / 999Contemporary
TEATRO INDIA, Lungotevere Vittorio Gassman 1, Roma
OPENING RECEPTION 7 JULY 2016 – 19.30 – Free entry
Exhibition catalogue published by Wasted Talents available at reception desk
Seth è l’artista che inaugura il progetto 999FOUNDATION Artist Resistance Residency, un ciclo di residenze d’artista frutto della collaborazione tra 999Contemporary e il Teatro di Roma – Teatro Nazionale. Lo scenario in cui gli artisti sono chiamati ad esprimersi è lo splendido Teatro India nel quartiere Ostiense di Roma. Una delle più belle strutture di archeologia industriale riconvertita nel 1999 alla sperimentazione teatrale che si appresta ad accogliere questo progetto di ricerca artistica urbana contemporanea. Nasce nel contempo l’Atelier India, uno spazio in cui gli artisti possano creare, tenere laboratori, incontrare il pubblico per partecipare ai progetti che investiranno sia lo spazio del Teatro India che la città.
SETH, RANGE TA CHAMBRE di Stefano S. Antonelli
Ho invitato Seth per un progetto ambizioso quanto semplice, una residenza d’artista in collaborazione con Teatro di Roma negli spazi del Teatro India che ha sede in una delle più belle strutture di archeologia industriale della capitale, l’ex fabbrica delle Mira Lanza, dove nel secolo scorso si faceva il sapone. Il luogo offre enormi opportunità per un artista, tre grandi capannoni e un parco con vestigia di archeologia industriale. Nella fase di preparazione con Seth avevamo parlato di lavori installativi, di dimensione teatrale della rappresentazione, di spazi diversi da quanto, in genere, riservato a questi artisti le cui mostre sono spesso sequenze di quadri appesi o minimamente installati. Sono sempre stato convinto che la “mostra” così intesa non fosse la dimensione adatta alle necessità espressive degli artisti urbani, ovviamente dopo aver sperimentato in prima persona curandone un bel po’. Ho visto anche tante mostre di artisti di strada e mai ho avuto la sensazione di trovarmi al centro delle idee e del pensiero dell’artista ma piuttosto ad un evento mondano, conta chi viene, conta se vendi, se non vendi incassi il colpo, hai sempre la strada per riscattarti. Mettere un artista urbano nello stato di confrontarsi con il mercato in queste condizioni è un suicidio e per questo motivo questo programma di residenze non prevede obblighi. Puoi fare una mostra o un libro o un’installazione o niente, puoi fare quello che ti pare. Dai libertà, budget e grandi spazi espressivi ad un artista e vedi che succede, questo è lo spirito. Ho chiesto solo una cosa, ho chiesto all’artista di lavorare nello spazio, usare tutta la struttura del Teatro India se possibile, anche se non è un obbligo. Com’é andata? Al suo arrivo Seth ha esplorato il luogo, ha vagato senza meta nell’enorme struttura del Teatro India, ha preso appunti, fatto schizzi, foto e poi mi ha chiamato per comunicarmi il suo progetto. Se veramente volete sapere com’é andata venite il 7 luglio. Qualsiasi cosa vi aspettiate non ci siete nenache vicini.
RANGE TA CHAMBRE – SETH SOLO SHOW
TEATRO INDIA 7 JULY 2016 CURATED BY STEFANO ANTONELLI / 999CONTEMPORARY
PRODUCTION BY 999CONTEMPORARY
GENERAL MANAGEMENT FRANCESCA MEZZANO
TEATRO DI ROMA DIRECTOR ANTONIO CALBI
TEATRO DI ROMA MANAGEMENT PAOLA MACCHI
DESIGN GIADA CALCAGNO
ARTIST ASISSTANT PIERO MARINI
SECOND ASSISTANT SASHA PADALKO
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BANKSY / WAR, CAPITALISM & LIBERTY
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WAR, CAPITALISM & LIBERTY
An exhibition of artworks by the artist known as Banksy from international private collections
Curated by Stefano S. Antonelli, Francesca Mezzano, Acoris Andipa
24 May – 04 Sep 2016 | MUSEO di PALAZZO CIPOLLA, via del corso 320 – Roma
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ABSTRACT
War, Capitalism & Liberty are the contemporary issues explored in this museum exhibition through the artworks of the infamous international street artist known as Banksy. This thought-provoking exhibition is to be held at Palazzo Cipolla, in Rome, Italy from 24 May to 4 September, 2016. Curated exclusively from private collections, the exhibition brings together original paintings, limited edition prints, sculptures and rare objects from all over the world to be exhibited jointly for the first time, many artworks of which have never been shown previously. This is a non-profit exhibition characterized by a strong educational and school-focused component compromising of a scientific review of the artist known as Banksy. As a street artist with his roots in Bristol, UK, Banksy is arguably one of the street art’s most notorious champions with global recognition and influence. This exhibition will examine how social and political events of our world are depicted and viewed through the street art of Banksy; from his motif of monkeys declaring ‘Laugh Now But One Day I’ll Be in Charge’ to the chilling image of ‘Kids on Guns’. Banksy is one of most discussed, debated and acclaimed cultural figures of our age. His stark imagery, provoking messages and anonymous persona has captivated international audiences since he burst on the scene in the late 1990s. An urban artist, his media ranges from painting on canvas, screen-prints and sculpture to large installations and even the occasional livestock. His artwork reveals a unique mix of humour and humanity; it is created for the masses and affords a voice for those in – and indeed outside – of society who would otherwise not be heard. A recent example is his commentary on the refugee crisis and the after effects of Dismaland seen in his work at Calais, France. His anonymity and refusal to conform mean that he is as difficult to nail down as is his artwork, and thus a survey of his works has never been officially or unofficially brought together and exhibited in a private museum to a public audience. Produced by the Fondazione Terzo Pilastro this phenomenal museum exhibition would not have been possible without the kind support of private collection lenders from around the world. The exhibition will highlight Banksy’s unique artistic skills, with artworks spanning his entire career while exploring the themese of WAR, CAPITALISM and LIBERTY.
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COLOPHON
Exhibition curated by: Stefano S. Antonelli, Francesca Mezzano, Acoris Andipa
Production: 999Contemporary / Fondazione Terzo Pilastro
Exhibition design: Arch. Giada Calcagno
Visual design: Fallback ltd., Martina Dahm
Visual production: Preda Grafica, Pubblilaser, Tipografia AGM
Communication: Hot Cherry, London
Educational Services: Sabina de Gregori
Guide: Senza titolo Srl
Photography: Dario Lasagni
Condition report: Montenovi srl
Logistics: Montenovi srl
Insurance: Llyods London
Security: Sipro – Sicurezza Professionale
Security system: Metrovox
Safety Coordination: Angelo Giuseppe Amodeo
List of lenders: Andipa Gallery Collection, “A-non-anus Collector”, Australia, Chris Walker Collection, Dott. Ing. Alessia Osti, Dr Robert Bertram Collection, Kirby – Private Collection, N D.Lieder, Private Collection, Antwerp, Belgium, Private Collection of Dr Jules Eden, Private Collection of Gil Carvalho, Richard Forrest Cover Art Collection, Simon Siggs Tattoo Artist, Stef & Jo, D’Andrea Collection, The Folco Collection, The Green Family
* Sincere thanks to all the other private collectors who prefer to remain anonymous, and all those who, each in their own way, have contributed to the production of the exhibition
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CODICI SORGENTI, Visioni Urbane Contemporanee. Catania, Palazzo Platamone, curated by 999Contemporary / Stefano S. Antonelli & Francesca Mezzano
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SOURCE CODES, URBAN CONTEMPORARY VISIONS
This major survey aim to investigate relations between 80’s graffity and contemporary street art
Curated by 999Contemporary / Stefano S. Antonelli & Francesca Mezzano
17 Dec 2015 – 18 Jan 2016 | Museo Palazzo Platamone, Via Vittorio Emanuele II 121 – Catania
Mon-Fri 10.00-19.00
Sat-Sun 14.00-22.00
Dec 25/Jan 1 16.00-22.00
Entry: 7,00 €
Kids: 5,00 €
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ABSTRACT
60 artists from 14 countries, more than 100 masterpieces coming from major international collections to tell a contemporary urban art history. The ‘80s, New York graffiti form the Bronx. 2000, Europe-USA, the urbanists. 2010, Internet and the Globalists. Based on these three sections, exhibition follows the visual art practice urbanisation of the last 30 years, selecting the most relevant and influential artists from all over the world able to conquer both popularity and international market. From New York ‘80s graffiti legends like Rammellzee, Futura2000 or Dondi White, to Urbanists like Vhils, Obey, Invader, 108, Swoon, Sten-lex, Moneyless who opened a path to street art as we know it today to recent Globalists like Interesni Kazki, Alexis Diaz or Jaz that let a new renaissance explode 10 years later thanks to the internet.
Catalogue available in the museum venue
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Fondazione Terzo Pilastro – Italia e Mediterraneo and 999Contemporary are pleased to present the work of the Portuguese artist Vhils donated to the city of Catania aiming at revitalising the waterfront of the port and the exhibition Source Codes – Contemporary Urban Visions, curated by 999Contemporary, at Palazzo Platamone from 17th December 2015. The commitment of Fondazione Terzo Pilastro – Italia e Mediterraneo to witness and celebrate the culture of its time is involving once again Sicily, in particular the city of Catania which has already been the scene of several important initiatives of this institution. Considered as a Mediterranean hub from the dawn of our civilisation, the city of Catania has always been a “safe haven” for different cultures, ethnicities and religions crossing their routes and in order to celebrate this ancient and noble function, the Fondazione donates to this city a monumental work, the largest mural in the world, depicted by one of the most important contemporary urban artist, the Portuguese Alexandre Farto, aka Vhils. Beyond this public artwork, Fondazione Terzo Pilastro – Italia e Mediterraneo has strongly advocated for Catania to be the first step of a major innovative exhibition on the story and origin of Street Art, the artistic movement that is conquering the world, which will travel all around Europe over the coming months.
PUBLIC WORK
The biggest gaze on the sea that humanity has ever painted: this is the gift of the Fondazione Terzo Pilastro to the city of Catania and the whole Sicily. The President of the foundation, Emmanuele F.M. Emanuele, strongly advocated it and Alexandre Farto, aka Vhils, made it. The Portuguese artist was born and raised in Lisbon, son of a city glazing out since centuries to the whole ocean. As tall as a ten-storey building, as wide as a football field: these are the gigantic dimensions of the portrait raising out as a monolithic from the water off the port of Catania, painted on the eight grain silos in cement defining since 1960 – along with Etna and baroque domes – the skyline of the Etna-shadowed city. A man looking at the sea. But who is that figure? It’s not important. It is One, No One and One Hundred Thousand. At the port of Catania an old fisherman told us that when we look at the sea happiness becomes a simple idea. Which critical apparatus, which speculative mechanism can explain the meaning of Vhils’s work better than it’s simplicity? The choice fell on the greatest gaze to the sea that a man has ever painted on the Sicilian coasts: it crosses the Mediterranean gazing out to the East, embracing Greece, Cyprus, Turkey, Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Israel, Lebanon, the lands from where the people who made the Sicilian history started their adventures. Beyond the clashes of civilisations, the hope is that people could be aware there is now a bridge they can all cross, if they just want it.
THE EXHIBITION
CODICI SORGENTI, VISIONI URBANE CONTEMPORANEE
curate by 999Contemporary / Stefano S. Antonelli & Francesca Mezzano
New aesthetic, stylistic, semantic codes arise from the urban culture of the last thirty years to define a new urban art scene in which art absorbs the wide metropolitan dimensionality fitting into its scale. It’s Street Art, which is taking over cities through the extra dimensions of its imagery, imposing with success its popular languages, bringing art into the lives of ordinary people, frustrated by labels and definitions. From the giants of graffiti scene who produced a sort of vibration in the New York of the ’80s, to the most important exponents of the new street-art generation: they are for the first time all gathered in a historical, linear, unique narrative – never performed before – and they tell the path driving Street Art to be the first global art movement of the entire art history, as well as the most actively large-scale experienced. The exhibition is an anthology of the most important works of the creators of an artistic spontaneous and non-academic path, representing 30 years in which the artistic experience reacted to the contemporary cultural polarisation, winning the favour of the global audience. In one single exhibition it will be possible to appreciate the vision of the masterpieces of all the artists who mostly influenced the contemporary global visual culture, from graffiti artists of the New York of the ’80s, to the latest generations, for the first time all gathered in a single narrative, never exhibited before, showing the viewer the path that brought the so-called Street Art to become the global art movement that will tell the posterity the world as it was at the time of the first globalisation. Divided into three sections telling the birth, the interactive development and the phenomenon consecration, the SOURCE CODES exhibition shows, for the first time, the works of iconic contemporary artists, gathering them all together: 108, A One, Augustine Iacurci, Alexis Diaz, Alexone, Bo 130, Boris Tellegen (aka Delta), Brad Downey, C215, Clemens Behr, Conor Harrington, Crash, Delta 2, Dondi White, Doze Green, El Seed, Ericailcane, Eron, Escif, Evol, Faile, Feitakis, Gaia, Herbert Baglione, Horfee, Inetresni Kazki, Invader, Jaz, Jeff Aerosol, Jenkins, Jonone, JR, Judith Supine, Kool Koor, The Atlas, Lek & Sowat, Lucy McLauchlan, Matt Small, Maya Hayuk, Mensanger, Miss Van, Momo, Moneyless, Peeta, Rammellzee, Retna , Roa, Seth, Philippe Baudelocque, Sharp, Shepard Fairey, Sten-Lex, Swoon, The London Police, James Todd, Toxic Vhils. The works coming from the most important international private collections, represent a unique event in the current exhibition scene, providing a teaching and warning message: “In a world increasingly showing the expression of its uniformity” as explained by Stefano S. Antonelli, the curator, ”we could not defend the richness of diversity if we don’t promote it to the rank of value, that is framing it as a thought category. These contemporary artists embody their awareness and hope reacting to this regressive process. They are those who have understood that the necessary work is to push forward their roots in various heterogeneous formats and contexts, denying them the possibility to fully define our identity. A work which is still in progress, having as fundamental principle: it’s better to exchange than to impose”. Strongly supported by the Fondazione Terzo Pilastro – Italia e Mediterraneo, the exhibition will be open from 17th December 2015 to 18th January 2016, at Palazzo Platamone, in Catania. Palazzo Platamone, kindly offered by the city of Catania, represents the secular evolution of the history of the city from the late Middle Age to the Renaissance until the modern renovation. It’s the ideal exhibition place, provided thanks to the active collaboration of the Assessorato ai Saperi e alla Bellezza Condivisa di Catania and to the Associazione Emergence di Giuseppe Stagnitta.
“I’m very glad to finally bring to Sicily – through two different but complementary initiatives – the experience of Street Art, a phenomenon that I could appreciate in my younger years living in Los Angeles and Miami, being immediately aware of its far-reaching nature” says the President of the Fondazione Terzo Pilastro Emmanuele F.M. Emanuele” This is – in its more mature expression- a new artistic movement of great vitality and effectiveness in terms of communication, as demonstrated by the successful experience we have recently supported in Rome, called Big City Life, created in Tor Marancia neighborhood – a site which is being visited today more than the greatest museums of the City – and the similar project made in Arezzo – also with our support – within the important international exhibition “Icastica”. Street Art combines perfectly with my inner awareness that art applied to the territory is the main tool to combat degradation and to make beauty accessible by all. That is why I am particularly proud to combine such an important exhibition, unique in its kind, to the “gift” of the artist Vhils, at Catania harbour: a place of exchange, contamination, life, work and openness to new shores and lands “.
The hybridisation of languages, the re-programming of the imaginary and the re-location of the values are the “Source Codes” building the basis of a new global artistic action used as a leverage to nullify the monoculture-oriented drift generated by the economic globalisation. A great exhibition which becomes awareness and vision of hope.
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COLOPHON
With the patronage of Città di Catania
Organised by 999Contemporary
In partnership with Emergence
PRIVATE OPENING
Dec 16 – H 18.30
PUBLIC OPENING
Dec 17 – H 10.00
Press office
Sabina De Gregori, 999contemporary
press@999contemporary.com
Raffaella Salato, Fondazione Terzo Pilastro – Italia e Mediterraneo
rsalato@fondazioneterzopilastro.it
+393453799190
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CODICI SORGENTI, Visioni Urbane Contemporanee
60 artisti da 14 paesi, oltre 100 capolavori provenienti dalle più importanti collezioni internazionali per raccontare l’arte urbana contemporanea. Anni ’80, New York e i Graffitisti del Bronx. Anni 2000, Europa-USA: gli Urbanisti. Anni ’10 del nuovo millennio, Internet: i Globalisti. Queste le tre sezioni in cui si articola la mostra che ripercorre l’urbanizzazione dell’esperienza artistica degli ultimi trent’anni selezionando i talenti più importanti e significativi che hanno saputo conquistare sia il grande pubblico che il collezionismo internazionale. Da vere e proprie leggende della New York anni ‘80 come Rammellzee, Futura2000 o Dondi White agli urbanisti come Vhils, Obey, Invader, 108, Swoon, Sten-lex, Moneyless che nel 2000 aprono la strada alla street art che conosciamo oggi per arrivare ai Globalisti come Interesni Kazki, Alexis Diaz o Jaz che dieci anni dopo fanno esplodere un nuovo rinascimento globale grazie ad internet.
Catalogo edito da Electa, disponibile nella sede museale
Fondazione Terzo Pilastro – Italia e Mediterraneo presenta
CODICI SORGENTI, Visioni Urbane Contemporanee
a cura di 999Contemporary / Stefano S. Antonelli & Francesca Mezzano
17 dicembre 2015 – 18 Gennaio 2016
Catania, Palazzo Platamone, Via Vittorio Emanuele II 121
Lun-Ven 10.00-19.00
Sab-Dom 14.00-22.00
25 dic/1 Gen 16.00-22.00
Ingresso: 7,00 €
Ridotto: 5,00 €
Catalogo edito da Electa disponibile presso la sede museale
www.fondazioneterzopilastro.it
www.999contemporary.com
Con il patrocinio della Città di Catania
Organizzazione generale 999Contemporary
Con la collaborazione di Emergence
INAUGURAZIONE PRIVATA
mercoledì 16 Dicembre ore 18.30
INAUGURAZIONE PUBBLICA
giovedì 17 dicembre ore 10.00
Ufficio Stampa
Sabina De Gregori, 999contemporary
press@999contemporary.com
Raffaella Salato, Fondazione Terzo Pilastro – Italia e Mediterraneo
rsalato@fondazioneterzopilastro.it
39 3453799190
Vhils, Catania. Work in progress.
La Fondazione Terzo Pilastro – Italia e Mediterraneo è lieta di presentare l’opera dell’artista portoghese Vhils donata alla città di Catania per la riqualificazione del waterfront del porto e la mostra CODICI SORGENTI – Visioni Urbane Contemporanee a cura di 999Contemporary presso Palazzo Platamone dal 17 Dicembre prossimo. L’impegno della Fondazione Terzo Pilastro – Italia e Mediterraneo di testimoniare e celebrare la cultura del proprio tempo ancora una volta approda in Sicilia, nella città di Catania che è stata già teatro di numerose importanti iniziative di tale istituzione. Presidio mediterraneo dall’alba della nostra civiltà, la città di Catania è da sempre un felice approdo per le diverse culture, etnie e religioni con cui ha incrociato le rotte, e proprio per celebrare questa antica e nobile funzione la Fondazione ha voluto donare alla città un’opera monumentale, il più grande dipinto murale al mondo, chiamando a realizzarlo uno dei più importanti artisti urbani contemporanei, il portoghese Alexandre Farto, in arte Vhils. Oltre all’opera pubblica, è desiderio della Fondazione Terzo Pilastro – Italia e Mediterraneo che proprio la città di Catania si la prima tappa di una grande mostra inedita sulla storia e l’origine della street art, il movimento artistico che sta conquistando il mondo, che girerà l’Europa nei prossimi mesi.
L’OPERA PUBBLICA
Il più grande sguardo sul mare che l’umanità abbia mai dipinto: è questo il dono della Fondazione Terzo Pilastro alla città di Catania e alla Sicilia tutta. A volerlo, il Presidente della fondazione Emmanuele F. M. Emanuele, a realizzarlo Alexandre Farto in arte Vhils, artista portoghese nato e cresciuto a Lisbona, figlio di una città che posa il suo sguardo da secoli su un intero oceano. Alto come un palazzo di dieci piani, largo come un campo da calcio: queste sono le dimensioni ciclopiche del ritratto che sorge monolitico dall’acqua antistante il porto di Catania, dipinto sugli otto silos granari in cemento che dal 1960 definiscono, insieme all’Etna e alle cupole barocche, lo skyline della città etnea. Un uomo che guarda il mare. Ma chi è quella figura? Non è importante. È uno, nessuno e centomila. Al porto di Catania un vecchio pescatore ci ha detto che guardando il mare la felicità diventa un’idea semplice. Quale apparato critico, quale dispositivo speculativo può spiegare meglio della semplicità dell’opera di Vhils il suo stesso significato? La scelta è caduta sul più grande sguardo verso il mare che l’uomo abbia mai dipinto sulle coste della Sicilia: esso attraversa il Mediterraneo e guarda ad Oriente, abbraccia la Grecia, Cipro, la Turchia, l’Egitto, la Siria, la Giordania Israele, il Libano, le terre da dove sono partiti i popoli che hanno fatto la Sicilia. La speranza é che gli uomini sappiano che al di là dei tumulti delle civiltà esiste un ponte che tutti, se vorranno, potranno attraversare.
LA MOSTRA
CODICI SORGENTI, VISIONI URBANE CONTEMPORANEE
a cura di 999Contemporary / Stefano S. Antonelli & Francesca Mezzano
Nuovi codici estetici, stilistici, semantici sorgono dalla cultura urbana degli ultimi trent’anni per definire un nuovo panorama artistico urbano in cui l’arte assorbe la dimensionalità metropolitana per esprimersi alla sua misura. E’ la street art, che si impossessa delle città attraverso l’extradimensionalità delle sue rappresentazioni, che impone con successo i suoi linguaggi popolari, che porta l’arte nella vita delle persone comuni, insofferente alle etichette e alle definizioni. Dai mostri sacri del graffitismo che ha fatto vibrare la New York degli anni ’80 ai più importanti esponenti della street art di nuova generazione: per la prima volta raccolti in una narrazione storica, lineare, unica e mai rappresentata prima, raccontano il percorso che ha portato la street art a diventare il primo movimento artistico globale e il più partecipato dell’intera storia dell’arte. La mostra è un’antologia delle più importanti opere dei creatori di un percorso artistico spontaneo e non accademico, rappresentante i 30 anni che hanno visto l’esperienza artistica reagire alla polarizzazione culturale contemporanea conquistando il favore del pubblico globale. In un solo progetto espositivo sarà possibile calarsi nella visione dei capolavori di tutte le figure che hanno maggiormente influenzato la cultura visiva globale contemporanea, dai graffitisti della New York degli anni ’80 alle nuovissime generazioni, per la prima volta raccolta in una narrazione unica e mai rappresentata prima che mette sotto gli occhi dello spettatore il percorso che ha portato la cosiddetta street art a diventare il movimento artistico globale che racconterà ai posteri il mondo all’epoca della prima globalizzazione. Divisa in tre sezioni che raccontano la nascita, sviluppo interattivo e consacrazione del fenomeno, CODICI SORGENTI mostra per la prima volta insieme le opere di artisti iconici della contemporaneità: 108, A One, Agostino Iacurci, Alexis Diaz, Alexone, Bo 130, Boris Tellegen (a.k.a. Delta), Brad Downey, C215, Clemens Behr, Conor Harrington, Crash, Delta 2, Dondi White, Doze Green, El Seed, Ericailcane, Eron, Escif, Evol, Faile, Feitakis, Gaia, Herbert Baglione, Horfee, Inetresni Kazki, Invader, Jaz, Jeff Aerosol, Jenkins, Jonone, JR, Judith Supine, Kool Koor, L’Atlas, Lek&Sowat, Lucy Mclauchlan, Matt Small, Maya Hayuk, Mensanger, Miss Van, Momo, Moneyless, Peeta, Rammellzee, Retna, Roa, Seth, Philippe Baudelocque, Sharp, Shepard Fairey, Sten-Lex, Swoon, The London Police, Todd James, Toxic Vhils. Le opere, provenienti dalle più importanti collezioni private internazionali, costituiscono un’unicum nel panorama espositivo attuale che diviene insegnamento e monito: «In un mondo che s’uniforma ogni giorno di più» spiega il curatore Stefano S. Antonelli «non potremmo difendere la ricchezza della diversità se non innalzandola a livello di un valore, cioè costituendola come categoria di pensiero. Questi creatori contemporanei incarnano la coscienza e la speranza reattiva a questo processo involutivo, coloro che hanno compreso che il lavoro necessario è quello di mettere in cammino le proprie radici in contesti e formati eterogenei negando loro la possibilità di definire completamente la nostra identità. Un lavoro tutt’ora in corso che ha come principio fondante: scambiare piuttosto che imporre». Fortemente voluta dalla Fondazione Terzo Pilastro – Italia e Mediterraneo, la mostra sarà visibile dal 17 Dicembre 2015 al 18 Gennaio 2016 al Palazzo Platamone di Catania. Palazzo Platamone, gentilmente concesso dal Comune di Catania, rappresentante l’evoluzione secolare della storia della città dal tardo medioevo al rinascimento fino al recupero moderno è sede ideale dell’esposizione, individuata grazie al supporto attivo dell’Assessorato ai Saperi e alla Bellezza Condivisa di Catania e all’Associazione Emergence di Giuseppe Stagnitta.
«Sono molto felice di portare finalmente in Sicilia, e con ben due iniziative distinte ma complementari fra loro, l’esperienza della street art, fenomeno che ho conosciuto nei miei anni giovanili, a Los Angeles e Miami, e di cui ho subito compreso la portata» afferma il Presidente della Fondazione Terzo Pilastro Emmanuele F. M. Emanuele «Si tratta, nella sua espressione più matura, di una nuova manifestazione artistica di grande vitalità ed efficacia comunicativa, come ha dimostrato la felice esperienza, da noi sostenuta, di Big City Life a Tor Marancia a Roma, quartiere che oggi è più visitato dei grandi musei, e quella analoga realizzata ad Arezzo – anch’essa con il nostro sostegno – nel quadro della grande rassegna di arte internazionale “Icastica”. La street art sposa perfettamente la mia sensibilità di fare dell’arte applicata al territorio lo strumento principe per combattere il degrado, e per rendere la bellezza fruibile da parte di tutti. Ecco perchè sono particolarmente fiero di affiancare ad una grande mostra, unica nel suo genere, il “dono” dell’artista Vhils al porto di Catania: luogo di scambio, di contaminazione, di vita, di lavoro, di apertura verso nuove coste e nuove terre». L’ibridazione dei linguaggi, la riprogrammazione degli immaginari e il riposizionamento dei valori sono i “codici sorgenti” che hanno presidiato alla fondazione di un nuovo agire artistico globale utilizzato come dispositivo per disinnescare la deriva monoculturalista avviata dalla globalizzazione economica.
Una grande esposizione, che diventa presa di coscienza e visione di speranza.
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ICASTICA 2015 Public section curated by 999Contemporary, Sten Lex, Moneyless, Eron, Brad Downey, Seth
ICASTICA 2015 | Jun 28 – Sep 28 | Arezzo Italy | Art director: Fabio Migliorati | Curators board: Adam Carr, Stefano Antonelli, Ilaria Gianni, Rita Selvaggio | I STREET section Curated by Stefano S. Antonelli | www.icastica.it
THE BARBARIAN INVASION
Curatorial notes by Stefano S. Antonelli
Barbarism is the name by which Nietzsche called the registry forces able to shatter the old borders and that’s what we want to make with our contribution to the 2015 festival edition, leaving in the city a permanent sign to indicate where the future begins. We didn’t place art in the city, but over city. Our art will not be packed to fly away after the festival but will leave as a gift to the city and the citizens. Arezzo, once again will be a protagonist at the forefront of the artistic germination ability that since the renaissance has influenced the whole world. The barbarians protagonists of this invasion are those artists who have chosen to bring down from the pedestal of art dedicated places to bring art in the daily life of all of us, the artists who left studios and canvases to choose our cities as support for their street art. For those who don’t know, Michelangelo is from Arezzo and the little bridge behind the Monna Lisa? Once again Arezzo. Although the Renaissance was invented in Arezzo and the presence of incalculable artistic masterpieces of medieval, renaissance and pre-renaissance period, the Tuscan town does not have an art tourism like Siena or Pisa which have an arsenal proportionally less in historical and artistic stuff. Arezzo had great economic seasons over the last 30 years thanks to the clothing industry first, and then gold industry. That economy is then bent to the economic crisis and the physiological trend of economic cycles, leaving the city to deal with its traditional values: artistic and historical heritage, but they was not enhanced in time to allow a thriving tourism cultural industry. A low coefficient of art therefore in a city which the entire West is artistically debtor and for which we have designed a series of public interventions. The wall paintings have been placed in the historic district, some surfaces dating back to 1300. What we wanted to achieve is to break the city monotonous continuity of medieval and pre-renaissance aesthetics leaving a contemporary sign trough the expressions of the non-academic urbanised art experience which invaded western cities in that last decade. We made it.
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I STREET sect. interventions
Sten Lex (It)
Pesaggio urbano II, 2015
Stencil poster, acrylic on wall
22×12 mt (867×473 in)
The audacious Sten & Lex reflections have taken shape on the 1300 Mercy church side large wall injecting the surface with the thin matrices that made their work so peculiar. The work is a representation of a fresco by Piero della Francesca ‘s cycle “The Stories of the True Cross ” detail (which is far 50 meters as the crow flies). A detail of a 1460 fresco becomes sampled material for STEN † LEX antidigital patterns synthesis imagined to take charge of amplifying the distant echo of this pre – Renaissance masterpiece to bring it back to the streets , among the people , through a contemporary language in an effort that crosses all their work, to re-tighten the space of the relationship between tradition and innovation.
Moneyless (It)
Arezzo I, 2015
Acrylics and spraycan on wall
41×14 mt (1614.2×553 in)
Moneyless geometrism here becomes monumental to face the walls of the former Cadorna military base. A shocking explosion of sign and colour fills the space entrusting the role of interpreter of a real geometry of existence. To paint this surface, the artist used a specific tool able to project and control huge quantities of sprayed acrylic on the surface, that allowed the artist to actually paint in these dimensions, the colour shapes you can see in the background are the result of real pictorial body movements.
Eron (It)
Soul of the wall / Arezzo, 2015
Acrylics, spraycan and printed polycarbonate on wall
8×14 mt (315×552 in)
This artist is the interpreter of a unique technique and a rare sensitivity. The work is part of the cycle ” Soul of the wall” a series about the wall capability to resurface images from its past. The artist evokes through light smoky traces, figures and signs belonging to the protagonists of past stories of the spot. Contextual studies has highlighted the military history of the spot that Eron summarized in a “military zone” inhabited by protagonists of every war, suffering, pain and hope. Now the spot is a parking lot, this work is here to remember to new generations, here was dropped the hugest bomb of the area during the Second World War.
Brad Downey (USA)
220 Volte (1° volta), 2015
Lambda print on aluminium
Electrified fountain, site specific installation
AC generator, electric cables, industrial multiphase plug & splitter, rubber gloves, rubber boots, water, fountain
100x70cm (39x20in)
This work is about public trust. What happens when you put 220 volts in a public fountain? We asked people to trust us, to touch the water, nobody did it. We will not reveal what happens if you put your finger in the water but trust us, don’t do it in your town fountains. Before performing the installation in the public space, the artist did an experiment in a private space, we want to thank villa I Bossi and Albergotti family to let us use their magnificent mansion for our experiments. Enjoy the artist proof video.
Seth (Fr)
Escape, 2015
Acrylics, spraycan and knotted sheets on wall
12×14 mt (473×552 in)
Seth is a unique interpreter of a lost childhood vision. Through his universal language the artist spurs the public to think outside of the box. Escape is an exhortation to consider to run away form your own thought, take a vacation and see if everything look similar when you’re back. This site specific work is a real visual shock for the city as Arezzo is a full coherent medieval town.
IMAGE GALLERY
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Gaia solo show “ANTIQUESTO ANTIQUELLO”
ANTIQUESTO ANTIQUELLO Gaia solo show | 999Contemporaray’s The Popping Club | Apr 30 – Sep 30 | Via Baccina 84, Roma – Italy | Opening reception Thursday april 30 – H 19.00 / 7pm | Preview inqury: sales@thepoppingclub.org
Gaia
Antiquesto antiquello sits uncomfortably in the space between contemplation and advocacy. The project responds to the meandering notion of the immigrant in Italian society through a variety of different formal investigations. The stranger, the tourist, the visitor, the refugee are displayed on the same stage. Investigation into the familial narrative of the artist as white, American, and fourth generation Italian serves as a counterpoint to the crisis confronting Europe after the tumult of the Arab Spring.
Stefano S. Antonelli
According to Lotman, who has as a point of departure the mathematical theories of Aleksandrov, Space is “the ensemble of homogeneous objects (phenomena, conditions, functions, figures, variable meanings, etc.), among which exist relationships similar to common spatial relationships (continuity, distance, etc.).” Moreover, if we consider the ensemble of objects as a space, each object retains only those aspects which pertain to its spatial relationship to the whole and to other objects while losing its individual identity. For example, the topological opposition of “high” to “low” could represent and overwhelm the opposition of “good” to “evil”, “darkness” to “light”, “night” to “day” and so on. Indeed, an object assumes particular attributes when juxtaposed with other objects which, by nature of contrasting spatial qualities, bring out less evident or significant characteristics. The most important opposition, in this vision, is that definable in spatial terms. From this comes the possibility of simulating in spatial terms concepts which in and of themselves have no inherently spatial nature: The language of spatial relationships results in one of the fundamental means of the comprehension of reality. The concepts “high-low”, “right-left”, “close-far”, “open-closed”, “limited-unlimited”, “discontinuous-continuous” are materials for the construction of cultural models with an entirely non-spatial content and acquire the meaning of “precious-worthless”, “good-evil”, “self-other”, “accessible-inaccessible”, “mortal-immortal”, etc. The most common social, religious, political, and ethical models of the natural and spiritual worlds are inevitably viewed in terms of spatial characteristics (at times as oppositions such as “heaven-earth” or “earth-underworld” [tripartite vertical structures organized according to the axis “high-low”], at others along the lines of socio-political hierarchy with the known distinction between “high” and “low” class and at still others as ethical or moral evaluation of the opposition “destra-manca” [“right-wrong” or “right-left”]: cf. – Lotman. Judgments about thoughts, occupations, professions of high or low social standing, the identification of “close” as something comprehensible or related to the self, and of “far” as incomprehensible or alien, all are framed in world models built neatly as spatial signs. Consequently, the presentation of Time in the text could also be seen in terms of spatial relationships, “now” being readily absorbed into “here” and so on. The world-view which a culture fashions for itself could in this way assume spatial traits. According to the russian scholar, Space is distinguished by “Boundary” into two parts: one external and one internal. The semantic translation of the model could be extremely varied and complex. For example, the “inside” vs. “outside” opposition could be thematicized in the world-views “order” vs. “disorder”, “shelter” vs. “violence”, “nature” vs. “nurture”. These notions shed light on the existent binary oppositions of the narrative: “countryside” (including “peace”, “garden” and “locus amoenus”) vs. “city” (which signifies “plague”, “violence” and “chaos”) as well as on those implied in the narration structure: “frame” vs. “short stories”. The “language of spatial relationships” thus provides for a specific understanding of contemporary reality.
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BIG CITY LIFE Tormarancia // All the walls on the project website – www.bigcitylife.it
BIG CITY LIFE Tormarancia // “We just painted some walls. We had a lot of fun, we made some amazing art, that’s all”. A short film about public art and real life.
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BIG CITY LIFE
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a short film about public art and real life
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Tor Marancia was a Roma’s forgotten suburbia district condemned to immobility until february 28. Suddenly, at the end of a warm roman february, Tor Marancia was cast into the media spotlight. Hundreds of people coming to visit the neighborhood, tv from all over the world interviewing residents, newspapers talking about resuscitation of suburbia. What’s happend?
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Nothing serious, we just painted with some artists the facades of their houses. We had a lot of fun, we made some amazing art, that’s all. Focused on Tor Marancia residents’ response to Big City Life project, this short film is about how the project is done, Francesca will drive you trough the process with Tor Marancia residents.
Visit // www.bigcitylife.it
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