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Akram Zaatari, Letter to a Refusing Pilot (still), 2013. Film and video installation. Courtesy of the artist and Sfeir-Semler Gallery Beirut. Akram Zaatari. Letter To A Refusing Pilot
Vincenzo Estremo |

Sometimes stories can travel through time better than supersonic military aircrafts. This is the case for Letter To A Refusing Pilot by Akram Zaatari. Curated by Sam Bardaouil and Till Fellrath, the exhibition creates a …

Kimsooja To Breathe : Bottari, 2013 Courtesy ARKO, Arts Council Korea & Kimsooja Studio Thierry Depagne © Kimsooja Studio Kimsooja, To Breathe: Bottari
Vincenzo Estremo |

The notion of bottari (bundle) as a whole and totality as well as the concept of sewing have been core components of Kimsooja’s work for over three decades. Kimsooja has approached the Korean Pavilion’s architecture as …

Droste Effect magazine presentation and party Droste Effect Magazine * Presentation + Party * Bologna
Droste Effect |

Droste Effect Magazine presents: Immersivo Estensivo Droste Effect magazine presentation will take place at OltreDimore Gallery in Bologna on Tue, June 4, 2013. In that occasion, the gallery space will host two temporary site-specific artworks …

Carla Mattii 40 international artists, 20 places, 4 km of routes and installations: Welcome to Icastica’s world
Sarah Venturini |

For sure, of icastic, contemporary art has very little at times. In terms of realistic, effective, immediate. Nevertheless, this first edition of Icastica, international festival in Arezzo dedicated to art in its totality, goes far …

Elaine Ling-Baobabs Are You Ready for This Trip? Travel Routes In Photography exhibition in Rome
Virginia Villari |

Until September 8th at the suggestive archeological site of the Mercati di Traiano, in Rome, you’ll be able to see T.R.I.P. – Travel Routes In Photography, a group photo exhibition displaying the work of four …

Luoise Nevelson, Fondazione Roma Museo Louise Nevelson – Fondazione Roma Museo
Federica Salzano |

A restrained disorder able to spread solemnity and harmony: this is Louise Nevelson’s art. Her works use a methodical repetition of the same elements to recall the magnificence of ancient art by using ordinary materials. An artistic …

Harun Farocki, Galleria Poggiali e Forconi DEFICIT (the lack)! at Poggiali e Forconi Gallery – Florence
Francesca Fortunati |

Three artists’ answers to the question connected to every absence. Harun Farocki (Novy Jicin, 1944) at first launches an icy, detached, almost sarcastic attack to the mind/money, ideas/governement short circuits (Nothing Ventured, 2004); then comes an …

Danh Vo, Fabulous Muscles, Museion, 2013 Danh Vo, Fabulous Muscles, Museion Bolzano
Vincenzo Estremo |

The big installation “Fabulous Muscles” at Museion in Bolzano is only one part of a bigger project, whose aim is to create a 1:1 reproduction of the Statue of Liberty. More fragments of the Statue …

OUTSIDE OF THE INTERNET II, 2012, Computer print, edition of 3, 102.4x76.7 cm. edition of 3 Third Internet Pavilion: An interview with curators Francesco Urbano Ragazzi
Vincenzo Estremo |

How is it like working with Miltos Manetas, and how was the idea for the third Internet Pavilion born? Working with Miltos has something in common with gambling. The Internet Pavilion has no ministers, consuls …

Philippe Chancel, Chiostri di San Pietro Fotografia Europea Festival – Photography takes over Reggio Emilia
Mariangela Savoia |

Taking a walk in Reggio Emilia to visit the Fotografia Europea festival is like wandering around unknown worlds, and exploring one hundred stories. Several exhibitions take place all around the city and the chosen theme …

Tris Vonna-Michell, T293 Gallery Tris Vonna-Michell – Pebble Dash at T293 Gallery
Manuele Menconi |

In the UK houses with pebble-dashed surfaces are estimated to have undergone a reduction of up to 5% in value. What does Tris Vonna-Michell say in his personal exhibition at T293 Gallery in Rome? His …

Black audio film collective. Handsword Song. Disobedience Archive at Castello di Rivoli, Turin The Images Republic
Vincenzo Estremo |

The Disobedience Archive (The Republic) curated by Marco Scotini is a work-in-progress project, started in 2005 in Berlin. The show was hosted by Van Abbemuseum Eindhoven, Nottingham Contemporary, Raven Row of London, Massachusetts Institute of …

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