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XIII edition

Babel

Rania Stephan, The Three Disappearances of Soad Hosni, Digital Video, colour, 70′, 2011, Courtesy of the artist and Marfa’

VIDEO SOUND ART, presents the 13th edition of the festival entitled Babel, scheduled for next fall with an exhibition program spreading across three cities in Lombardy – Brescia, Bergamo and Milan. The festival focuses on the ambiguous nature of language: the exhibition will present installations and video works that reflect on the mother tongue, on language imposed and reinvented, on letters that open a reflection on the relationship between the word and the world. From investigations on the letters of the world’s alphabets by the Dutch publishing group MacGuffin to research on identity expressed through video language carried out at the CNAP – Centre national des arts plastiques in Paris.

November 10 – 19, 2023 | Brescia
Cinema Nuovo Eden, Via Nino Bixio, 9
Bunkervik, Via Federico Odorici, 6 B
MO.CA – Centro per le nuove culture, Via Moretto, 78

Guests include: Giuseppe Boccassini, Marilisa Cosello, Andrea d’Amore, the Dutch publishing project MacGuffin, Rania Stephan, Natália Trejbalová and a selection of video works from CNAP.

November 24-25, 2023 | Bergamo 
November 29-December 3, 2023 | Milan

The full program will be available online soon.

Video Sound Art Festival XIII edition
Milan, Brescia and Bergamo
Autumn 2023

Open Call
June 2023

Stay tuned!

13th edition
Babel

November 10 – 19 2023 Brescia
November 24- 25 2023 Bergamo 
29 November – 3 December 2023 Milan

Venues:
Brescia
Cinema Nuovo Eden, Via Nino Bixio, 9
Bunkervik, Via Federico Odorici, 6 B
MO.CA – Centro per le nuove culture, Via Moretto, 78

With the contribution of:
Municipality of Brescia 
Municipality of Bergamo
Subject of regional relevance for Lombardy Region

In collaboration with:
MO.CA – Centro per le nuove culture
New Eden Cinema 
Bunkervik

With the support of:
CNAP – Centre national des arts plastiques 

Curated by Video Sound Art
Art direction and curatorship 
Laura Lamonea

Curatorial team and Open Call coordination 
Erica Petrillo 

Education
Thomas Ba, Laura Lamonea

Production 
Lino Palena

Press office and communication
Francesca Mainardi, Alessia Truda

Open Call 2023 Babel Rebuilt