XII edition
The life of things
and the invisible qualities of objects
After the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale and the Planetario Hoepli, Video Sound Art, a contemporary art festival since 2011, presented its twelfth edition from 22 to 28 September 2022 with a programme of installations, videos, performance interventions and a screening programme at the Teatro Carcano. The historic theatre, from the basement to the gallery, showcased for seven days the voices of contemporary art, ranging from video to publishing installations.
Starting with the reflections of the artists in the exhibition and in collaboration with the Dutch publishing project MacGuffin, the festival focuses on the unexplored possibilities that each object embodies in relation to history, identity and social relations, attempting to unveil political and social conditioning – the invisible qualities of matter.
On show is the research of artists, curators, and performers who, through imagination, analysis, and the reading of invisible dynamics, try with us to transform objects and show access to parallel worlds. One can fold a dishcloth and present it in such a way that others see a brocade, said the theatre director Mejerchol’d, freeing the function of the object and rediscovering the much evoked imaginative possibilities. Optical inversion is one of the missions of this edition. Let us not miss the opportunity.
Laura Lamonea, curator of the exhibition.
Concept
Public Program
Open Call
Education
MacGuffin
Chain chain chain
On the occasion of the launch of the new issue of the Dutch project MacGuffin – a design research platform exploring the life of ordinary things – the main stage of the theatre hosted an installation and a podcast corner.
Discover the artist
Mika Rottenberg
Cosmic generator
In the gallery of the auditorium, the artist Mika Rottenberg presented the video Cosmic generator.
Discover the artist
Ph. Francesca Ferrari
Daniel De Paula
circulação
The theatre basement, normally inaccessible to the public, hosted Daniel De Paula’s complex installation composed of the video work circulação and newly produced sculptural and sound elements.
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Letizia Cariello (LETIA)
Con te
Letizia Cariello (LETIA) presented a complex installation consisting of a video work, a sculpture, and a wall painting intervention that transformed the space of the high foyer.
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Caterina Morigi
Making Special
Caterina Morigi presented two of the five works that make up the sculptural series Making Special: Labirinti and Soli.
Oli Bonzanigo
Unisono
Oli Bonzanigo presented a new complex installation in the theatre courtyard.
XII edition
The life of things
and the invisible qualities of objects
22 – 28 September 2022
Opening times:
from h 19:00 to h 24:00*
*Saturday 24 September from
h 22:00 to h 1:00.
Opening:
Thursday 22 September, h 19:00
Venue:
Teatro Carcano
Corso di Porta Romana, 63,
MM3 Crocetta, Milan
With the contribution of:
Fondazione Cariplo
Chiesa Valdese
Mondriaan Fund
Netherlands embassy
With the patronage of:
Comune di Milano – Milano è Viva
Consulate General of Japan in Milan
Open Call in collaboration with:
Associazione Amici di Duccio
Curated by Video Sound Art
Artistic direction and curator
Laura Lamonea
Open Call Coordinator
Francesca Colasante
Screening Program Coordinator
Bianca Ambrosio
Education
Thomas Ba
Gaia Lazzerini
Agnese dell’Omo
Ileana Rutigliano
Production
Lino Palena
Anita Wilczega
Carlo di Florio
Visual identity
Ilaria Roglieri
Press office and communication
Francesca Mainardi
Sofia Gemelli
Communication consultant
Valentina Letizia
Technical department
Dario Leone
Cesare Rossi
Administration
Giovanni Licari