Michela Alessandrini
Michela Alessandrini (b. 1987, Tivoli) lives and works in Geneva. She obtained a MA in Contemporary Art History at Sapienza University in Rome and participated to Session 22 of the Ecole du Magasin, International Curatorial Training Program in Grenoble. She has been curator in residence at Labor Guest Space in Budapest and ERG's Gallery in Brussels. Her researches deal with the interview as a curatorial tool. Her interest lies in the possibility of re-using archival datas, resulting from an act of accumulation.
"The Portrait Room" aims to present the mixed panorama of people Michela Alessandrini meets and interviews when going through the art scene of different European cities. This coloumn appears therefore as a fragmented and personal path through the artworld and its actors, a challenging discovery of the plurality of voices within artworkers and artists' chorus. Its very personal and carefree style aims to humanization and sympathy, each of the interviews representing a further step into the author's professional self-definition.
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Articles by Michela Alessandrini
The Portrait Room. Portrait#11: François RouxJun 30, 2014
François Roux likes fireworks, watches science documentaries and catches sound waves. François Roux was born in 1988 in Besançon (France) and studied at the École Supérieure d’Art et Design de Grenoble – Valence. He …
The Portrait Room. Portrait#10: Sergio VerasteguiMay 8, 2014
Sergio Verastegui collects ruins in shoe boxes, loves Kafka, Badiou and Barthes and meets me in a bamboo garden. Sergio Verastegui was born in 1981 in Lima, Peru. From 2002 to 2004 he studied …
The Portrait Room. Portrait#9: Carla SubriziApr 9, 2014
Carla Subrizi speaks Chinese, appreciates sincere enthusiasm, and often wears black. Since 1994, Carla Subrizi teaches History of Contemporary Art and Contemporary Art Semiotics at Sapienza University in Rome and is artistic director of …
The Portrait Room. Portrait#8: Jonas HermenjatMar 3, 2014
Jonas Hermenjat is not ashamed of being human. Inebriated by life, he throws up art. Jonas Hermenjat is born in 1983 in Geneva, Switzerland and is an alumnus of HEAD (Haute Ecole d’Art et …
The Portrait Room. Portrait#7: Etienne WynantsFeb 3, 2014
Etienne did not want to meet me, at the beginning. Etienne Wynants (born where and when? I did not ask him) is a Belgian art historian, managing editor of Witte Raaf, and business coordinator …
Jan 7, 2014
Peter Hutton does not like digital cameras but likes mint candies very much. American independent filmmaker Peter Hutton was born in Detroit in 1944. He has taught at CalArts, Hampshire College, Harvard University, and …
The Portrait Room. Portrait#5: Benoît PypeDec 2, 2013
Benoît Pype handles the minuscule, collects the useless, and acclaims the waste. Benoît Pype is a 28 years old French artist. Exhibited in several galleries and contemporary art centers in Paris and abroad, he …
The Portrait Room. Portrait#4: Walid SadekNov 4, 2013
Walid Sadek talks about art and political through non-obstructive pieces and is a careful kind person. I do not fictionalize, I theorize the real. Walid Sadek is a Beirut-based Lebanese artist and writer born …
The Portrait Room. Portrait#3: Mladen MiljanovicJul 31, 2013
Mladen Miljanovic has Daft Punk’s “Get lucky” as his mobile ringtone and loves to consider things from different points of view. Mladen is 32 years old and is representing Bosnia and Herzegovina at the …
The Portrait Room. Portrait#2: Yves AupetitallotJul 19, 2013
Yves Aupetitallot has too many catalogues to unwrap, and clear ideas. Born in 1955, Yves Aupetitallot is the director of the MAGASIN-CNAC (Centre National d’Art Contemporain) of Grenoble, and not only. When I ask …
The Portrait Room. Portrait#1: Sylvie ZavattaJul 10, 2013
Me and Sylvie Zavatta shared one hour, two coffees, and a lighter. Sylvie Zavatta became a curator while she was still studying modern literature and art history. Director of FRAC Basse Normandie when she …
