Serena Vestrucci, FlashArt Italia dicembre-gennaio 2013, by Caroline Corbetta

Serena Vestrucci, FlashArt Italia dicembre-gennaio 2013, by Caroline Corbetta

Andrea Bianconi at Arte Institute, NYC

 

PRESS RELEASE

ARTE INSTITUTE
ANDREA BIANCONI
September 21st, 2012
Union Square Park, NYC, 8 pm. Free and open to the public. 

Andrea Bianconi creates ROMANCE, an artist book and video that illustrate a segment of his stream of consciousness. In his book, each page incorporates several images revealing a representation of his thoughts as they appear in the mind. The text is traversed by an unreachable flow of meaning.

There is a continuous relationship between each word, thus each image is connected to the next. His work has no beginning or end, but rather

a circular narrative indicating a discourse-course that is crossed by endless chain of association, void, surplus, lapsus. Bianconi transforms his book into a video alluding to Italo Calvino’s ‘mental cinema’, believing images are always being projected in our minds as part of the imagina- tive process of reading.
ROMANCE is a blend of construction and deconstruction, of closing and opening, of intimacy and extroversion -- an endless chain of associa- tions. 

ROMANCE is published by cura.books, and the video produced while at Residency Unlimited, NYC.
ROMANCE is also a performance, according to his last performance “Trap for the Mind”, the artist wears masks in front of a mirror, which become literal facets, slowly and simultaneously divulging and consuming. 

TITLE performance : Trap for the Mind
The artist wears paper cut masks in front of the mirror ,one mask on top of the other, which become literal faces, slowly and simultaneously divulging and consuming. The Masks are referencing the convictions in which we take refuge and the prejudices behind which we hide.
The process of putting masks one after another become a comment on construction and deconstruction, closing and opening, intimacy and extro- version. 

Summer Nights Series 2012 is made possible in part with public funds from the Manhattan Community Arts Fund, supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and administered by Lower Manhattan Cultural Council and thanks to the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, which kindly made Union Square Park’s North Pavilion available for these events.
Special Thanks go to Residency Unlimited, a partnering organization where Andrea Bianconi is currently an artist in residence, and finally to SEA which generously has supported the artist’s work.

Andrea Bianconi at Residency Unlimited, Brooklyn, NY

ROMANCE, A PERFORMANCE/SCREENING AND PUBLICATION LAUNCH

 

PRESS RELEASE

Tuesday Oct. 23rd, 2012 - 6:30pm
in presence of cura.books for the launch of the artistsʼ book ROMANCE by Andrea Bianconi
Location: Residency Unlimited
360 Court Street (green door),
Brooklyn, NY 11231
directions here
Join us for this very special evening where Andrea Bianconi will present his latest project ROMANCE defined by the unicity of 3 overlapping components: the artistʼs book ROMANCE (cura.books), a performance by Bianconi and an animation film.
ROMANCE is a blend of construction and deconstruction, closing and opening, intimacy and extroversion — an endless chain of associations.
ROMANCE is an artistʼs book published by cura.books, that illustrates a segment of Bianconiʼs stream of consciousness in which each page incorporates several images that reveal a representation of the artistʼs thoughts as they appear in the

mind. The text is traversed by an unreachable flow of meaning.There is a continuous relationship between e ach word, thus each image is connected to the next. There is no beginning nor end, but rather a circular narrative indicating a discourse-course that is crossed by an endless chain of associations, void, surplus, lapsus. In the first page Bianconi writes ” I would run away but there is the reality”.

ROMANCE is an animation film alluding to Italo Calvinoʼs ʻmental cinemaʼ and a quest for ” traces of something that may not ever exist”. This video was produced with the support of RU.

ROMANCE is a performance.The artist is still and motionless. The video is projected onto his face. “The Brainʼs Mental Cinema” writes Calvino in “Lezioni Americane” is always at work in each one of us, and it always has been, even before the invention of the cinema. Nor does it ever stop projecting images before our mindʼs eyes”

About the publication ROMANCE by Andrea Bianconi
Dimension (Width x Height): 120 x 170 mm
Black and White
Pages: 96
Published in September 2012 during Bianconiʼs residency with RU.

Andrea Bianconiʼs residency is made possible with the support of Furini Arte Contemporanea, Rome and Barbara Davis Gallery, Houston, TX and SEA. We are also grateful to cura.books that has agreed to produce Andrea Bianconiʼs publication as part of his residency project.

This event is also made possible in part by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.

Andrea Bianconi, Postcard People, Peekskill Project V, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, NY

Peekskill Project V
September 29, 2012 – July 28, 2013
Opening Weekend: September 29 – 30, 2012 


Saturday, Sept 29th 12 – 6 pm: Performance “Postcard People” by Andrea Bianconi throughtout Town and the Riverfront. Sunday, Sept 30th 4 pm: Andrea Bianconi in conversation with curator and artist Marcy B. Freedman, HVCCA. 

Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art (HVCCA) is pleased to announce Peekskill Project V: a citywide art festival devoted to bringing cutting edge contem- porary art out of the museum and into the community. Using the city as a stage, Peekskill Project activates the urban environment and its inhabitants through site-spe- cific art exhibitions, performances and screenings sited in multiple venues throughout Peekskill. 

Peekskill Project V is a departure from previous installments of the project, which were limited to a single weekend of events and exhibitions. This year’s festival begins with an exciting opening weekend on September 29th & 30th, 2012. Related events will continue through the end of July 2013. Programming occurs on the second Sunday of each month, October 2012 – July 2013.

The Project calls upon artists to reinterpret the contemporary landscape and the urban and suburban condition. These works aim to deconstruct ideas of home, history and place in the context of the modern age of technology, information and mobility.

Peekskill Project V artists were selected by a team of curators: Anna Adler, Cristina Arnold, Paul Clay, Kari Conte, Kerry Cox, Marcy B. Freedman, Matthew Leonard, Cheryl McGinnis, Wilfredo Morel, Lise Prown, Alix Sloan, Livia Straus, Lilly Wei and Emma Wilcox. 

Andrea Bianconi (Italy, 1974) lives and works in New York and Vicenza (Italy). He is currently working as an artist-in-residency at Residency Unlimited, NYC. He has had exhibitions at: Peekskill Project 2012, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, NY, USA (Upcoming); Barbara Davis Gallery, Houston, TX; Sheila C. Johnson Design Center at Parsons The New School for Design, New York; ISCP, Brook- lyn, NY; Volta Show, New York; Film Society Lincoln Center, New York; Italian Embassy, Washington DC; Centro del Carmen, Valencia, Spain; Matadero, Madrid, Spain; Kunsthal Charlottenburg, Copenhagen, Denmark; Swiss Architecture Museum, Basel, Switzerland; Maraya Art Centre, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates; Palazzo Reale, Milan, Italy; Furini Arte Contemporanea, Rome. And had also made public art perfor- mances such as The Chinese Umbrella Hat Project (Part I), Wujiang Rd West Nanjing Rd, Shanghai, China a collateral event of the Expo 2010; The Chinese Umbrella Hat Project (Part II), Piazza San Marco, Venice, Italy a collateral event of the Venice Biennial 2011.His works are presented in many public and private collections and recently published in a monographic and multilingual publication by Charta Edition.
His first artist book will be published in September 2012 by cura.books.

Rose O'Gallivan, Mrs Soprano, views of the show at Furini

ROSE O'GALLIVAN // Mrs Soprano

24 Nov 2012 – 26 Jan 2013

opening 23 Nov 2012 6,30pm

(scroll down for English version)

Una pratica performativa? Mmh, non ne sono sicura, ne ha l’apparenza. Voglio che ne abbia l’apparenza. Un solo pezzo, è una decisione importante? Due, e cosa? Voglio dire, sì lo è, ma è una strategia? Non ne sono sicura.

La mia posizione sul processo di creazione? È comoda... il piú delle volte. È ciò che ha la voce più potente, nella maggior parte dei casi. E la voce?  Sì, ce n’è una... la sua  intensità è indefinita. E cosa mi dice del tono? Piuttosto acuto, inaudibile se diretto.  

Può tenerlo al contrario per un momento... perfetto, grazie. Cominciamo di nuovo. Ok, da dove? Dall’inizio... è una pratica performativa? È troppo decorativo? Non mi è poi così facile. (Risata). Conosce la sua parte? È un po’ ambigua. Continui a fare ciò che ha sempre fatto, il tono è giusto, credo.

Allora, ci sono diversi vasi... no, ci sono tanti contenitori vuoti disposti sopra il pezzo.

Potrei dire vasi ma il termine è troppo carico, va bene, lasciamo contenitori allora. Grazie. Ha più senso; oggetti disposti ma protetti e definiti da un tessuto, disposti come se fossero in vendita. L’ha descritto in modo eloquente, proprio eloquentemente.

Il pezzo ovviamente sarà diverso una volta in galleria, è significativo?

È la disordinatezza dell’attività messa in scena, in effetti... (pausa)... cioè, ne è una parte, ma non vorrei esagerarne l’importanza.

E l’immagine incorniciata è una specie di monumento?  È qualcosa da afferrare, che raffredda un po’ le cose, e ristabilisce l’equilibrio di un “comodo” tono perfetto.

Finirà per dominare la conversazione, non crede? Sì, temo di sì.

E di buon gusto? Direi! Beh, moderatamente... in modo modesto... direi di sì.

Avrei usato quel termine come titolo ma è in bemolle e troppo forte... troppo intenso.

Austero ed elegante? No, non credo sia quella l’idea.

Furini Arte Contemporanea è lieta di annunciare la mostra personale dell’artista Rose O’Gallivan. Per questa mostra l’artista presenta un lavoro creato specificamente per le dimensioni dello spazio della galleria.

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A performative practice? Mm I’m not sure…, it has the appearance. Of course, I want it to have the appearance. My position on making? It would be a comfortable one … most of the time. It’s what has the loudest voice for some reason, in most cases.  And voice? Yes there is one…the strength is undetermined. What about the pitch? Quite high, inaudible when direct. Could you hold that the other way for a moment…. great, thanks. Lets do this again. Ok, where from? The top… a performative practice?

Is this too attractive? I’m not that comfortable. (Laughs). Do you know your part? It’s a little ambiguous. Just do what you’ve been doing because the tone fits I think.  

Well, there are numerous empty vessels… no, lots of empty containers laid atop of the artwork. I could say vessels but the word is loaded, ok back to containers then. Yeah, thanks. It makes sense; goods laid out, but protected and defined with a sheet as united and for sale. That was put eloquently, eloquently put.

The piece in the gallery is obviously going to change, is that important?

It’s the untidiness of staged activity really…(pause)… well, it’s a part, but I wouldn’t want to talk it up. Is the framed image a kind of landmark? It’s something to grip, cools things down a bit, and balances them back to a ‘comfortable’ pitch perfect.

It’s going to hog the conversation isn’t it? Yes I’m afraid so.

And tasteful?  Very! well, moderately…modestly…so yes.

I would of used that word as a title but it’s flat and too strong… close to piercing.

Austere and elegant? No I don’t think that’s the idea. 

Furini is pleased to announce a solo exhibition by the artist Rose O’Gallivan.

For this show the artist presents a piece of work made specifically for the dimensions of the gallery space. 

Rose O’Gallivan (b.1984 UK, lives/works London). Recent shows include ‘Accidently on Purpose’ Quad, Derby (2012) ’Reception Area/Sleeping Upright’, Nottingham (2012)’ Shadow Lines’ Tintype, London (2011).