Good News! As you might have read somewhere in the press, I’ve been selected as a guest curator for the next three editions of FotoGrafia Festival Internazionale di Roma regarding the section “photography and new media”. The other two curators are Paul Wombell (photography and contemporary art) and Marc Prust (photography and publishing). FotoGrafia, international festival in Rome, is promoted by Comune di Roma and MACRO, produced by Zoneattive, director Marco Delogu.
I’m totally open to ...
Last week I took a trip to Gijon to visit LABoral, a great place for contemporary art and its intersections with science and technology. Here is my photo set.
Rome, Ara Pacis, “Disegno e Design”. Exhibition about italian design
Rome, Isola Tiberina, “Frontier”. Video Installation by Doug Aitken
London, Frieze Art Fair 2009
This is the first thing I saw arriving in Copenhagen. We were just strolling around the city, when I saw the Overgaden Gallery sign and decided to take a look. Established in 1986 by a group of local artists, Overgaden is a really interesting no-profit space for contemporary art, with a program of ten exhibition per year. Currently they are working on the new one, but last week I managed to see an amazing solo ...
I’m back in Rome after a short trip to Denmark and Sweden (here you can find the full photo album). I saw a lot of interesting stuff that I’m gonna report in the next few posts. Starting with the best of course: Mike Nelson‘s exhibition at Statens Museum for Kunst in Copenhagen. The installation occupies a whole floor of the museum with a labyrinthine and replicating series of rooms. The experience of walking through this ...
Could be a visual metaphor for our increasing entertainment addiction? If yes, is it childish?
[via happy famous artists]
Samson (1985) is an artwork by Chris Burden. In his words: “a museum installation consisting of a 100 ton jack connected to a gear box and a turnstile. The 100 ton jack pushes two large timbers against the bearing walls of the museum. Each visitor to the exhibition must pass through the turnstile in order to see the exhibition. Each input on the turnstile ever so slightly expands the jack, and ultimately, if enough people ...
I’m back from Venice. This year’s Biennale is very light and easy to watch. I guess also easy to forget. Anyway, this is my “best of”:
Denmark + Nordic Countries PavillionMexican PavillionDistortion exhibitionCatalunya PavillionEmbassy of Piracy at Magazzini del SaleCile PavillionAustrian PavillionMapping the Studio at Punta della DoganaUnconditional Love (AES+F video)Miranda July, Ceal Floyer, Lara Favaretto, Chu Yun, and a few other works I can’t remember at Arsenale
the official review is under construction but the photo-collection ...
Miart 2009 + mostre in giro per la città. Il solito reportage è qui…
[photo: Marcello Maloberti]
All in one Flickr set…
[in this photo: Nancy Radloff]
