INDEPENDENTLY TOGETHER
15th – 18th November 2018
Milan, Spazio Quattrocento, Via Tortona 31
The exhibiton “Independetly Together” curated by Micaela Flenda and Pelin Sozeri aims to explore the theme of Diversity through the stories of 10 creative immigrants who chose Milan as their new home.
The journey seen as a source of adventure and optimism, invites questions about the “dual identity” of migrants; the definition of identity itself and the abandonment of the original language. The project starts with an essay by Giovanna Pisacane and develops in 4 stages. The installation designed by Fosbury Architecture consists of a symbolic path made of ups and downs that metaphorically represents the journey of migration. The exhibition opens with a portrait of each of the creatives, then the object chose to represent the travel that they’ve undertaken, followed by an handwritten proverb/quote by the protagonists and finally the still lifes of the objects themselves.
Photography
GIULIA PITTIONI
Set Design
TERESA MORAIS RIBERO
Exhibition design
FOSBURY ARCHITECTURE
IMMIGRANTS INVOLVED
Eugenio Boer
Arthur Arbesser
Tanya Jones
Nelcya Chamszadeh
Fabrizio Cantoni
Federico Luger
Mahmoud S. Mohammadi
Masami Moriyama
Ginette Caron
Nazli Yirtar
TO EARTH: A DECLARATION OF LOVE
14th – 26th November 2017
Milan, cc-tapis showroom, Piazza Santo Stefano 10
The main theme of the exhibition is the relationship between Man and Nature, a study inspired by the words of the German-American philosopher Hans Jonas. Author of the book “The Imperative of Responsibility”, Jonas speaks for the necessity of a new ethic for a technologically modern society, that needs (in order to survive) to be founded on a fundamental imperative of responsibility. The philosopher declared: “Act in a way that the consequences of your actions will be compatible with the survival of an authentic human life on the earth.” The power of the contemporary man undermines the balance of nature and the ecosystem as a whole. Today’s ecological challenge becomes a necessity to our survival. The starting point is a declaration of love that simultaneously invites one to act and brings hope. In this way becoming conscious about the Earth will turn our love into a revolutionary act.
ARTISTS FEATURED
Anne Barlinckhoff
Dudi Hasson
Sophie Bogdan & Can Dagarslani
Synchrodogs
PERCEPTIVE VARIATIONS
23rd – 26th November 2016
Milan, Via Circo 1
In front of the multiplicity of existence, we cannot help but ask ourselves an important question: what does “I” mean today? Merleau-Ponty believed that the sense of subjectivity originated from the perception of the body and recognition of identity passed through what we feel, and more specifically through what we perceive: the body has a role as a bridge between consciousness and reality, and generates an incredible kaleidoscope of experiences through which an individual has the opportunity to learn about their surroundings and recognize himself.
ARTISTS FEATURED
Linda Brownlee
Cristina Coral
Can Dagarslani
Parker Day
Katrin Olafs
Camille Rouzaud
Polly Penrose
Jill Schweber
THIS IS ME NOT BEING YOU
23rd – 25th February 2016
Milan, Superstudio13
An innovative way of using fashion photography language is increasing in a more deep and revolutionary way, often with a reportage taste, other times even desecrating: wide “forge” of creative energy and mirror of a contemporary culture that lives contradictory and violent social changes. Therefore, today fashion photography is going to be not only an expression of contemporary trends and styles but also (and in particular) as the voice of a young generation that within an historical values’ crisis (or devaluation?) and a change contest looks for an unclear and un-classifying flowing and developing identity.
ARTISTS FEATURED