T R A N S I T I O N S
Curated by Barbara Martusciello, text by Luca Barberini Boffi
Gallery studio.ra | 1Fmediaproject
Private View: Thursday 11 December, 7pm
Open to the public 12 December through 3 January 2009
31 December: New Years eve special event in the Gallery:
from 22:00 till very late: Live music | DJ set by u-mix.org
Photo: “ecce uomo”, 2008 by Andrew Rutt
Works selected for the exhibition by:
Anonima di-chi-sì-lu-son, CAST, Tullio Brunone, Vincenzo Ceccato, Daniela Cignini/Mario Matto, Francesco Correggia, G.P. Mutoid, Gruppo Sinestetico, Lello Lopez, Caterina Matricardi, Franco Rinaldi, Nello Teodori.
Video projections by:
Hervé Constant ‘The Inquisition‘ based on a short story by Dino Buzzati.
Andrew Rutt ‘ecce homo’. Video loop, 2008.
The exhibition presents the works of contemporary artists who work in a territory where aesthetic expression is conditioned, in various ways and measures, by a manifold range of visual language. The contamination that results is expressed through the use of various media: painting, sculpture, photography, video, and the use of new technology…
One on the aspects that emerges in this selection of artists is the widespread use of digital technologies (digital art), which is part of ‘new media’, and which is utilized autonomously, or as is often the case, integrated with other forms of expression.
It must also be highlighted that ‘traditional’ media like painting and sculpture, has not remained immune from widespread innovation in technique-technological changes that have occurred in contemporary society. In fact, they have often undergone a metamorphosis, and in the best examples, have produced something that is profoundly influenced by these new technological languages (cinema, television, video, internet and the complex world of the web) that have sparked new and interesting combinations. All this has brought about a new expressive synthesis which, on one hand can create certain disorientation for the art-going public, on the other hand through the multiplicity of its connections, has increased the expressive possibility of the media artistically, and so reflect upon the complexity of the contemporary world.
This exhibition at Studio.ra |1Fmediaproject, is a reflection on this situation and was the criteria for the selection of the artists in the exhibition, who work with different languages, showing an authentic and unique way to consider ‘the contemporary’ and interpret the notion of contamination.
Luca Barberini Boffi
EXHIBITION DETAILS
Galleria studio.ra |1Fmediaproject
Via Bartolomeo Platina, 1/F - 00179 Roma
Tel. 06 41437800 - 3491597571; www.studiora.eu info@studiora.eu
OPENING HOURS: Monday to the Sunday. 10-13 & 17-20.30.
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