Edition: 53. International Art Exhibition - Fare Mondi / Making Worlds directed by Daniel Birnbaum (7 June - 22 November 2009)
Title of the Italian Pavilion: Collaudi
Curator: Luca Beatrice and Beatrice Buscaroli
Commissioner: Francesco Prosperetti
Catalogue: Padiglione Italia – Collaudi: omaggio a F.T. Marinetti, a cura di Luca Beatrice e Beatrice Buscaroli, Silvana Editoriale, Cinisello Balsamo 2009
La PARC – Direzione Generale per la qualità e la tutela del paesaggio, l’architettura e l’arte contemporanee (l’attuale Direzione Generale Creatività Contemporanea del Ministero della Cultura) e la Fondazione La Biennale di Venezia annunciano che il Italian Pavilion, nell’ambito della 53. Esposizione Internazionale d’Arte – La Biennale di Venezia (7 giugno – 22 novembre 2009) ospita la mostra Collaudi a cura di Beatrice Buscaroli and Luca Beatrice.
The artists invited to participate with specially created works are: Matteo Basilé, Manfredi Beninati, Valerio Berruti, Bertozzi&Casoni, Nicola Bolla, Sandro Chia, Marco Cingolani, Giacomo Costa, Aron Demetz, Roberto Floreani, Daniele Galliano, Marco Lodola, MASBEDO, Gian Marco Montesano, Davide Nido, Luca Pignatelli, Elisa Sighicelli, Sissi, Nicola Verlato and Silvio Wolf.
Beatrice Buscaroli and Luca Beatrice want to emphasize the logic behind their choices. Not "a simple selection of artists, but a true exhibition that responds to a specific theme." The starting point is a tribute to Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, who is the guiding figure of Collaudi. What interests them about Futurism, they explain, "is its vitality in the present. A movement open to all languages, from the traditional ones like painting and sculpture, to the experimental practices of artist cinema, photography, performance, and unconventional materials. This vision, without preconceived barriers, is exactly what we want to adopt, paying close attention to the works, designed and created for the occasion, not to the replica of the artwork or the artist's name."
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