Issue 14 of E IL TOPO Magazine will be released in Venice the 28th of May 2013. It contains contributions by: Tadao Ando, Francesco Bonami, Jota Castro, Francesco Dal Co, Gabriele Di Matteo, Barnaba Fornasetti & V.Manzi, Carlos Garaicoa, Marc Kalinka, Steve Piccolo and Christoph Radl. The pubblication is realized with the support of Art Apart and is relate to the 55th Venice Biennial's parallel event Balconism. The presentation of E IL TOPO 14 and Balconism will take place in Venice on 28 May on a Galleon that will sail to viewing points on the Balconism map, with the artist-authors and the curator present at the event.
E IL TOPO 14 is also available at The Immigrants, Giudecca 800/r - 30133 Venezia, until the 15th of July, more info at: www.federicoluger.com
Image from the work by Barnaba Fornasetti & Valeria Manzi "Remnants of Glory" for the Balconism project.
BALCONISM
Virtual exhibition-tour
Curated by Oxana Maleeva
Based on an idea by Steve Piccolo and Oxana Maleeva
Tadao Ando, Francesco Bonami, Jota Castro, Francesco Dal Co, Gabriele Di Matteo, Barnaba Fornasetti & V.Manzi, Carlos Garaicoa, Marc Kalinka, Steve Piccolo, Christoph Radl
Venice, 28 May 2013
Parallel to the 55th Venice Biennale
10 international personalities including artists, architects, designers, writers - Tadao Ando, Francesco Bonami, Jota Castro, Francesco Dal Co, Gabriele Di Matteo, Barnaba Fornasetti & V.Manzi, Carlos Garaicoa, Marc Kalinka, Steve Piccolo, Christoph Radl – have each contributed one narrative, visual and audio project (with sound design by Gak Sato) for 10 balconies selected in and around the Dorsoduro area of Venice to create a possible new virtual itinerary through part of the city. The project Balconism, invented by Oxana Maleeva and Steve Piccolo, takes an ironic, vaguely Situationist approach, offering an experience to all, without limits of time and space, lingering on the threshold (the balcony) between public and private, earth and sky, reality and imagination.
The free Balconism app is not “about” art… it is an artwork in its own right. The exhibition exists only on a virtual level as an application for iPhone/iPad and a website, as well as a special issue (on paper) of the artists’ magazine E IL TOPO. Visitors to Venice can use the Balconism map to find the original balconies, observing their transformations and listening the stories invented by the artist-authors. People anywhere in the world can also take a virtual tour using the app.
During the Venice Biennale artists attempt to come to terms with the unique atmosphere of the city, all too often by inserting objects that often seem to compete with it, rather than enhancing a context already packed with history, monuments and works. Balconism refrains from disturbing the city, and tries to put its beauty into focus by providing an unusual filter for the experience of Venice.
Balconism also sets aside the idea that art has to be made by artists. The lack of material artifacts in the show opens the way for the participation of writers, critics, musicians, designers and architects, treating the city as a true encyclopedia of possible narratives, from the perspective of different disciplines.
The presentation of Balconism will take place in Venice on 28 May on a Galleon that will sail to viewing points on the Balconism map, with the artist-authors and the curator present at the event.
Balconism is a project of Art Apart, Curating Agency .
www.artapart.org
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