Monthly Archive for June, 2011

A few days away from Venice, but this happened while I was away.

Tuesday, June 28 - 11.01h
Dora wrote

First of all, the first letter of Aldo Piromalli arrived. This is the chapter No. 45 of the performance The Inadequate:

Aldo Piromalli’s letters.

Timing: random

The artist Aldo Piromalli might randomly send a series of letters to the Spanish Pavilion, addressed to The Inadequate.

Aldo Piromalli (Rome, 1946) is a poet and an artist. He wrote his first poem at the age of nine and soon became one of the protagonists of the Roman beat scene of the sixties. In 1971 he was sentenced to prison for marihuana use and, once released, left Italy and established himself in Amsterdam. He is the author of the graphic novel Psychiatry, or Death of the Soul (1977).

Then there was, on Saturday 25th, the projections of films by Alberto Grifi. The Grifi archive has been very generous with us and we have all the following films to be projected from now until the end of Biennale: Continue reading ‘A few days away from Venice, but this happened while I was away.’

Friday June 24: Eva Fabbris tells about the meeting with Corrado Levi, Liliana Rampello, and Marguerita Morgantin

Sunday, June 26 - 06.44h
Dora wrote

Dear Dora,

Corrado Levi explored his memories on Mario Mieli, commenting a series of photos screened in front of us. “The first time they met, in San Babila in Milan, Mario was taking the streets wearing a long evening dress of his mother, decorated with two stars made of real diamonds”. The first photo Corrado commented was taken in San Remo, where Mario went to protest against a Psychiatry summit focussing on how to beat the problem of homosexuality. Then reflections on his books, especially on “Elementi di critica omosessuale”; the experience of “Fuori”; the theater piece “La Traviata Norma”. Continue reading ‘Friday June 24: Eva Fabbris tells about the meeting with Corrado Levi, Liliana Rampello, and Marguerita Morgantin’

Radicalism/Beppe Caccia, Francesco Raparelli and Marco Baravalle

Wednesday, June 22 - 13.51h
Dora wrote

Governed/governors, the inadequacy of the relation of sovereignty: radically rethinking democracy (Beppe Caccia) & New Institutionality or institutions of the municipality (Francesco Raparelli).

A quite and absorbing conversation. A golden concept: the only democracy is the democracy of the tumult.

Tumult: a loud noise, especially that produced by an excited crowd, or a state of confusion, change or uncertainty.

 

The Dreams of The Prisoners

Wednesday, June 22 - 13.17h
Dora wrote

The Dreams of the Prisoners

Sensibili alle foglie archive

photocopied manuscript of transcriptions from prisoners’ dreams, 1984

The Dreams of the Prisoners is the first document produced by sensibili alle foglie archive (http://www.sensibiliallefoglie.it/). In the year 1984, a group of prisoners in the “special prisons” (carceri speciale), constructed for the prisoners coming from the armed struggle in Italy – isolated, with almost no contact with the exterior word- decided to put in common their dreams. The dreams where then transcribed and the photocopy of the original manuscript is now inside a vitrine in the Spanish Pavilion.

Nicola Valentino was one of those prisoners and yesterday he told the following story, in answer to my question: “In the circumstances that these dreams were transcribed, what you had in mind had anything to do with Freudian psychoanalysis, very specially in the relation to censorship and codification?”

He answered:

Continue reading ‘The Dreams of The Prisoners’

Sensibili alle foglie in the Spanish Pavilion

Tuesday, June 21 - 20.33h
Dora wrote

Today on the stage: Cesare Pietroiusti, Nicola Valentino, Maria Rita Prette, myself, and artist Rosella Biscotti.

This morning as usual, 10:00, an enormous flow of visitors, punctual as always, comes in. I am busy organizing our new vitrine with the treasures, in the format of colour photocopies, that Daniela Rossi and Bianca Tosatti brought last Thursday. Wonderful works by Horst Ademeit, Rino Ferrari, Antonello Stupino and others.

However, as I was extremely busy fighting my way among crowds of visitors, a specially angry middle-aged -or perhaps just aged, gentleman, started to insistently talk to me in Italian: Continue reading ‘Sensibili alle foglie in the Spanish Pavilion’

New Video, June 2, opening day, Moresco’s reading

Monday, June 20 - 10.39h
Dora wrote

Adrian Paci, Vincenzo Latronico, Giancarlo Norese, Debora Ligorio, Claire Fontaine, Barbara Casavecchia and many others perform a collective reading of the cult book “Letters to No One” by Antonio Moresco, Spanish Pavilion 54th Biennale di Venezia.

This video was recorded by Luciana Andreani for UnDo.Net.

You can watch the video at:

Collective Reading of Letters to No One by Antonio Moresco, Spanish Pavilion, 54th Biennale di Venezia

Adrian Paci, Vincenzo Latronico, Giancarlo Norese, Debora Ligorio, Barbara Casavecchia e tanti altri, seduti in cerchio per una prima lecture durante i giorni dell’opening (de Lettere a Nessuno, Antonio Moresco). Un estratto in questo breve video (Riprese Luciana Andreani per UnDo.Net)

More info at:

http://www.undo.net/it/argomenti/1308232934

“Museo in esilio”_laboratorio nel padiglione spagnolo L’Inadeguato a La Biennale di Venezia

Sunday, June 19 - 16.51h
Dora wrote

Workshop with the participation, among others, of the artists Fausto Delle Chiaie, Andrea Lanini and Giuliano Nannipieri.

Giuliano Nannipieri

Andrea Lanini

Fausto delle Chiaie (and his trolley)

 

18 June

Museo dell’Arte Italiana in Esilio is a project developed by Cesare Pietroiusti with Alessandra Meo, Mattia Pellegrini and Davide Ricco, which has been a great inspiration and contribution for The Inadequate. The Museo dell’arte italiana in Esilio aims to create an art collection with the work of some artists who have been neglected for different reasons in the circuit of ‘professional art’ – or insider art. This collection will constitute a museum that will only exist outside Italy, establishing a geographic and conceptual exile, perhaps a ‘salon des refusés’ of these ‘artists’ artists’ exercising their influence from the safe distance of exile. Continue reading ‘“Museo in esilio”_laboratorio nel padiglione spagnolo L’Inadeguato a La Biennale di Venezia’

Outsider Art, Outside of What

Friday, June 17 - 22.11h
Dora wrote

A conversation between Daniela Rosi, Anna Daneri, Bianca Tosatti – hunters and collectors of what some have called “outsider art” – which is, they insisted, a social category, not an artistic one. With this conversation, some very valuable treasures joined the archive of The Inadequate. As an example, the image above belongs to:

Horst Ademeit, Cold rays, 1990-2004, a selection from 10.000 polaroids measuring X rays, laser rays, electomagnetic waves, cosmic dust. And, Leporello, 1990-2004, annotations giving more information about the polaroid series Continue reading ‘Outsider Art, Outside of What’

JUNE 16- Alessandro dal Lago, Serena Giordano, WURMKOS

Thursday, June 16 - 08.52h
Dora wrote

INSERT: For the sake of truth/ en honor a la verdad

Nunca he dicho, como se escribe en ese artículo de Angela Molina que es un ejercicio de memoria vaga de una cosa que ella dijo que NO era una entrevista, nunca he dicho: “S.S. hace el trabajo de un insider; yo hago arte outsider”. Semejante frase nunca salió de mi boca (otras frases, sí). Lo que yo dije es: “S.S hace el trabajo de un insider; algunos de los artistas con los que he trabajado en Lo Inadecuado son verdaderos outsiders”.

For the sake of truth/ en honor a la verdad

END OF INSERT

AND ABOUT OUTSIDER ART, OUTSIDE OF WHAT?? Continue reading ‘JUNE 16- Alessandro dal Lago, Serena Giordano, WURMKOS’

Franco Rotelli, Carmen Roll, Giovanna Gallio

Tuesday, June 14 - 22.39h
Dora wrote

Franco Rotelli, Carmen Roll, Giovanna Gallio at the Spanish Pavilion.

Trieste, ex Ospedale psichiatrico di Trieste, Basagliana: conversation between Carmen Roll, Franco Rotelli, Peppe Dell’Acqua, Giovanna Gallio and Stefano Graziani.

14 June

Thirty years after the Basaglian revolution, which Basaglia started and the persons in this conversation, among others, accomplished, the issue is now if such a revolution can regress, in a time when personal freedom, right to work, emancipation and social compromise mean little.

Continue reading ‘Franco Rotelli, Carmen Roll, Giovanna Gallio’