Daily Archive for June 12th, 2011

Christian Marazzi speaks with Federico Rahola

June 12

After three days of post-fordists artists on stage, supposed to propose an alternative, new and meaningful map of the Giardini and of theVenice Biennale in particular – and the concept of cultural event in general- but finally lost aimlessly in a discussion of why-I-do-not-get-paid-as-I-deserve-by-the-institution (forgetting that here the institution is famous for its absolute absence, and that we are not paid either, and that, if someone is supposed to pay them, is the person who invited them- Mr. Scotini, who perfectly knew from the very beginning the budget we had for this). Anyway, after a lot of post-fordist discussion, Marco Scotini’s No Order platform left the stage and Christian Marazzi took it, together with Federico Rahola. Continue reading ‘Christian Marazzi speaks with Federico Rahola’

June 5 Christian Frosi and Diego Perrone – “Parla, Petanca”

June 5,

Here are the videos and One picture of “Parla, Petanca”, or “Habla Petanca”, or “Speak, Petanca”, the contribution of artists Christian Frosi and Diego Perrone to “The Inadequate”. Dora García substitutes the white ball in this petanca game played over the floor of The Inadequate.

After each shot, Frosi and Perrone take turns to whisper in Garcia’s ear press releases of different alternative art spaces all over Italy. Dissident art in your ear. The public keeps insisting this performance is interactive; it isn’t – unless you call memes migration, interaction.
What is a meme? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meme

To see the videos (very informative) please visit the following links:

Parla, petanca – at the Spanish pavilion, June 5, 54th Biennale de Venezia

Parla, petanca- by Frosi and Perrone at The Inadequate, Spanish Pavilion, 54th Venice Biennale, Part II