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A month ago, I became one of the curators for Exhibi.To, a project aimed at create a net, a synergy, between the institutional art galleries, the independent space, and the artist-run space, in the city of Turin. 

With me, Federica Maria Giallombardo (the heart behind this operation), Laura Tota, Giuseppe Arnesano, Barbara Ruperti, and Marta Saccani.

From the 8th to the 10th of April will open “Bunch of Keys”, the new coordinated and shared event of Exhibi.To.

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Some glimpses of 6 Pittori, my new co-curated exhibition in Pavarolo, where 6 young Italian painters (based in Turin) created an ideal link between their works and the artworks of the “6 di Torino”, an informal group of painters active in early ‘900, in the city of Turin.  The exhibition took place in the village of Pavarolo (where the renowed Italian painter and the de facto mentor of the group, Felice Casorati lived) in a series of “stages” diffused within the village.

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“6 Pittori”, my new (co-curated) exhibition will open the 2nd of October in Pavarolo (TO), inside the Museum Felice Casorati, in the rooms of the Emporium Project, and inside the garden of Casa Casorati. A project by Socieété Interludio, Stefania Margiacchi, and Comune di Pavarolo.

Come and join us.

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During the 2019 edition of NEsxT - independent art network, the artist-run space IDEM Studio hosted Triplette, an exhibition by Ruggero Baragliu, Angelo Spatola, and Samuele Pigliapochi, curated by me, Maria Elena Marchetti, and Fabio Vito La Certosa.

This exhibition continues IDEM Studio mission to display a series of always evolving projects, and, at the same time, to host external curators, artists, and  contributors. In this regard, the involvement of three curators was strongly wanted so that IDEM’s creative process, “was exasperated”.

For Triplette the curatorial approach was “1 vs 3″, in which, each curators, worked single-headedly with each artists, to craft three individual artworks that would expand a particular aspects of IDEM’s artistic process. The exhibition became a case study on the approach and the impact of curators in the production of artworks.

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Here’s a wrap-up video for Eyes, Come Back!. This workshop, directed by artist Setareh Shahbazi and part of the Artissima Experimental Academy project, was a hands-on and cross-disciplinary experience, oriented towards a practical approach in which participants were engaged in the design and making of a series of fictional worlds. These scenarios �� based on the imaginary liked to the figure of the “trickster” (typical of folklore and mythology) – were the stage on which the selected young participants moved to explore multiple viewpoints narrating the uncertainty and entropy of contemporary society. Eyes, Come Back! was at Combo Torino in October-November 2019. I and Combo’s Bruno Barsanti curated the production.

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The final video of the Monet Culture in Motion 2019, the workshop/residency held in Polignano a Mare (BA), were I was the curatorial tutor, together with artist Dario Agrimi.

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Stay tuned!

In October there will be the third appointment with the Artissima Experimental Academy, titled Eyes, Come Back!. It will be led by artist Setareh Shahbazi and will take place from October the 28th to November the 3rd.

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Tomorrow I'll start my new job as tutor for the Fondazione Pino Pascali, in Polignano a Mare, concerning the residency/workshop MONET. Another great project where curatorhip and artworks production will merge with young artists tutorship. In this adventure I will be accompained by artist Dario Agrimi.

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Some photos from FIGHT (Temple Door), a psychodramatic workshop on conflict resolution directed by artist Dara Friedman, part of the Artissima Experimental Academy project, held at Combo Venezia in May 2019, for which I and Bruno Barsanti curated the production.

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In May 2019, Artissima will inaugurate the second appointment of Artissima Experimental Academy, a new educational project developed in co-partnership with Combo, a new hospitality model and incubator at the service of art and culture.

FIGHT (Temple Door) will be held at the venue of Combo Venezia, from May 12th to 19th 2019, and will be directed by artist Dara Friedman.

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Thank you to Elena Hamerski, Giulio Saverio Rossi, and Ottavia Plazza for their wonderful works for the Piedmont Pavilion at VinItaly. We didn't win but we had fun.

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Some glimpses of DAF Struttura, the wonderful Artissima's experimental project - led by Jan St. Werner - that I curated with the lovely Zasha Colah.

DAF Struttura 1-4 November 2018 Oval Lingotto, Turin

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Thank you, Marzia Migliora, for the wonderful workshop we organised together, during the 2018 edition of Artissima. A workshop for the students of the Academy of Fine Arts of Turin, where Marzia donated herself without restrain, teaching the young artists how to be free and use drawing to improve their creative process. 

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During the 2018 edition of Artissima, I followed, under the supervision of curator Lisa Parola, the realisation of the the exhibition Carol Rama - 100 anni di seduzione [“Carol Rama - 100 Years of Seduction”]: a booth inside the fair, organised for the Centenary of the Birth of the artist, where Fondazione Sardi per l’Arte displayed a series of previously unseen Rama’s artworks (part of the Sanguinetti’s Collection) highlighting her eclecticism and her artistic production, always free and independent.

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The exhibition Aria condizionata is part of the NESXT - Independent Art Festival circuit. It offers a glimpse of the IDEM Studio’s philosophy, an artist-run space that is, first of all, the atelier of the artists Ruggero Baragliu, Samuele Pigliapochi and Angelo Spatola. During every appointments they try to show a new way to observe their artworks, pursuing a line of research about the artistic process. During Aria condizionata (an ideal continuation of the previous exhibition Contiene aromi naturali curated by Maria Elena Marchetti) the artists revise their artistic signature transforming their artworks (and IDEM Studio itself, that becomes an artistic environment) in giant negatives of themselves, covered in white.

Aria condizionata, IDEM Studio, Turin, from October the 30th to November the 4th. Curated by Maria Elena Marchetti, Fabio Vito Lacertosa, Davide Gambaretto

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The open call to participate to DAF Struttura is finally out!

DAF Struttura is an experimental school; a light and sound immersive environment conceived and constructed by Jan St. Werner - co-founder of the electronic band Mouse on Mars - in collaboration with the Academy of Fine Arts Nuremberg, where he teaches Interactive Media/Dynamic Acoustic Research.

The educational public program is curated by Zasha Colah (with me acting as assitant curator). DAF Struttura will function as a stage, a sound performance, a workspace, a thinking place, an archive, a radio station, and a gallery, and will welcome international speakers, experimenters, artists and  students.

Here's the call: https://www.artissima.art/en/daf_struttura_en/