... the collARTage of today ...

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Unspoken Remains - Typographic Abstractions of Cecil Touchon - Nuart Gallery, Santa Fe

Opening Tonight in Santa Fe, New Mexico - USA - 5:00-7:00pm

http://ceciltouchon.blogspot.com/2012/05/unspoken-remains-typographic.html

State of Palestine

Libro apocrifo del Cayro

Catasto del sottosuolo

NEW OBJECTIVISMS

Rome, May 17-18, Piazza Campitelli 3
Sala Capizucchi, Centro di Studi italo-francesi

NUOVI OGGETTIVISMI

NEW OBJECTIVISMS

NOUVEAU OBJECTIVISMES

    

International Symposium organised by

Cristina Giorcelli and Luigi Magno

panels & readings at

http://www.scribd.com/doc/92361397/Roma-17-18-maggio-2012-NUOVI-OGGETTIVISMI#fullscreen

texts in English/Italian/French will be available

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Benoît Auclerc (Université Jean Moulin – Lyon III), Cecilia Bello Minciacchi (Sapienza – Università degli Studi), Annalisa Bertoni (École Supérieure des Beaux-arts de Nîmes), Rachel Blau DuPlessis (Temple University), Geneviève Cohen-Cheminet (Paris IV – Sorbonne), Alessandro De Francesco (poeta, scrittore / poet, writer / poète, écrivain), Cristina Giorcelli (Università degli Studi Roma Tre), Marco Giovenale (poeta, scrittore, traduttore / poet, writer, translator / poète, écrivain, traducteur), Jean-Marie Gleize (École Normale Supérieure de Lyon), Antonio Loreto (critico letterario / literary critic / critique littéraire), Luigi Magno (Università degli Studi Roma Tre), Massimiliano Manganelli (critico letterario / literary critic / critique littéraire), Giulio Marzaioli (poeta, scrittore / poet, writer / poète, écrivain), Bob Perelman (University of Pennsylvania), Jean-Jacques Poucel (Internationales Kolleg Morphomata / Universität zu Köln), Maria Anita Stefanelli (Università degli Studi Roma Tre), Noura Wedell (University of Southern California), Michele Zaffarano (poeta, scrittore, traduttore / poet, writer, translator / poète, écrivain, traducteur).

    

WILHELM SCHRAMM (Bludenz, Austria) "BOX-EXHIBITION 50 woodcut prints" in the garage gallery "тимутопіяпрес" - Lviv, Ukraine, may 11, 2012.

Glocal

FLUX US?

a piece of bread-crust

Bow after the performance

Giocatori di biliardo nel quadro di Leo Wladisky.

Come passano il tempo libero i giovani di Rocchetta Cairo?

Giocatori di biliardo nel quadro di Leo Wladisky.

È il primo di una serie di quadri ad olio di grandi dimensioni che saranno presentati a Rocchetta nel Gio Gio Bar di Giovanna Giordano Bianchi.
Questo è molto vivace e puntuale nella rappresentazione del gioco al biliardo che riguarda alcuni giovani di Rocchetta intenti a tirare le boccette d’avorio con gli ometti al centro. 
La pittrice americana Christine Tarantino lo ha visto come “il letto verde di Van Gogh” e molti altri appassionati d’arte e studiosi vi hanno letto la lezione magistrale di Matisse.


L’autore nativo di Rocchetta, in arte è Leo Wladisky, ha iniziato a dipingere da autodidatta nella raggiunta maturità, dopo aver passato gran parte della vita a girare per i musei di mezza Europa. 
I suoi quadri stanno destando l’interesse dei collezionisti che sono attratti dalla sua spontaneità e dalla sua fresca vena colorista. 
Parere positivo ha espresso anche una operatore culturale della Pinacoteca civica di 
Savona che ha potuto vederlo su internet, nel sito di facebook...https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=3293908461500&set=a.1015143093790.2002723.1081464279&type=1&theater

La sensibilità dell'A. verso tematiche sociali sfocia in un appassionato lavoro di ricerca e sviluppo di legami con il territorio che vengono riproposti sulla tela con scrupolosità stilistica ed una forte esaltazione cromatica.Sono proprio queste atmosfere "forti" della sua tavolozza che riempiono di intensità e significato l'opera, arrivando al contempo ad un risultato di immediatezza che colpisce lo sguardo del visitatore.

Lorenza Brunetti
(operatore culturale savonese)

L’opera prima sul gioco e tempo libero si trova in esposizione nel bar di Rocchetta, il noto GIO-GIO bar, di fianco al grande murales.


Guardando il quadro "Giocatori di biliardo" di Leo Wladisky mi viene naturale immaginare che quell'uomo non stia affatto giocando a boccette. Il biliardo è troppo inclinato perché la boccia appena lanciata non gli ricaschi immediatamente sulla testa. Difatti la seggiolina impaurita lì accanto sembra solo attendere la disgrazia imminente. Gli altri poi non mi paiono competitori ma avventori. 
Quelli che in genere vanno a vedere gli incidenti appena accaduti. Più che da biliardo il clima che in questa scena si respira mi risulta essere quello consueto dei tanti bar e barettini con annessa "la machinetta", di fronte alla quale al ritmo del pigiarne i tasti le tragedie quotidiane si consumano. 
E' di fronte a questo tavolo verde che il signor o la signora chiunque, a scanso di qualsiasi calcolo di buon senso, senza remora alcuna cerca costantemente di divenire l'eroe o l'eroina di turno, e con un lancio di dadi abolire finalmente la casualità del destino. 
C'è decisamente qualche cosa di tragico e allo stesso tempo eroico in questo quadro. E' la prospettiva che qui è in gioco, quella stessa della vita.
Attilio Fortini



(bruno chiarlone)

BRHUNO

http://fluxusa.blogspot.it/2012/04/published-books-by-bruno-chiarlone.html?spref=fb

GEORGE

The project

In 2010, while on a walk through SoHo, I realized the idea to make a feature length film/video portrait of George Maciunas, the founder and impresario of Fluxus. George Maciunas (1931-1978) was a Lithuanian born artist, art-historian, graphic designer, architect, urban planner, composer and contractor. Through his tireless efforts, Maciunas has influenced and shaped the course of contemporary art. He is also known for creating the first 15 artist run co-op buildings in SoHo. This documentary film portrait will provide insight into the life of a visionary revolutionary artist.

How was I introduced to Fluxus?

In 1963, in Tokyo when I was in the U.S. military, I met Yoko Ono by chance and she introduced me to Fluxus. Previous to the military service in Japan, I had been an art student in NYC, however, the providential meeting with Yoko gave me an entirely new direction to my thinking and practice as an artist. In 1966 in NYC, Yoko introduced me to George on a visit to his apartment at that time in Soho. I was working with Yoko on projects related to exhibitions in NY, some of which were projects for Fluxus events that George organized. I made a film for the First Fluxus Film Festival, called "Shout," and I was also the cameraman for Yoko’s film “The Bottoms Movie,” AKA "Fluxus Film #4." Meeting and working with George & Yoko was a very influential period of my life as a young artist.

Why am I making this film? 

I conceived the idea for this film on George as a unique portrait. However I knew that when I reached the Fluxus domain it was going to become a very complex story because Fluxus is a large and spreading compendium of many different artists, all contributing individual creative works, ideas and projects to the larger Fluxus envelope that George created and cultivated for his entire adult life.
This film will be made from the voices of all the persons who I have interviewed over the past 2 1/2 years. These are persons who knew and worked with George. I am very grateful that they have been willing to contribute their memories of George as well as works that they made for Fluxus. The story of George Maciunas is an incredibly adventurous one because of his unique character; my goal is to create a portrait of how he realized the body of Fluxus and its very unconventional character. The timing of this film is perfectly set in this year 2012 as it is the 50th anniversary of the birth of Fluxus in 1962. In addition to that, I realized that there had not been a feature length documentary film portrait of George. The voices in this film were inspired by their meetings, works and adventures with George and I am making this film for the same reason. He is an unforgettable image in our minds. George Maciunas tried to change the world. As Joe Jones said "he did the best that he could." And he did. And so do I.

Why are we fundraising?

I am an independent film maker, working from my apartment, without any outside funding sources. The entire production has been paid from my own limited personal resources, which has reached a point where I now need to ask for support of other persons. For the last two years I have been traveling around Europe, America and Japan, to film around 44 interviews with friends, family, scholars and professional associates of George Maciunas and Fluxus. I, along with the generous help of dedicated interns, have compiled a wide selection of photographs, letters, audio recordings, archival film and Fluxus work from the most important Fluxus collections in the world, including the Jean Brown Archive at The Getty Research Institute, The Sohm Archive at the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, The Netherlands Fotomuseum, MoMA, and private sources.
We are now at the stage where in order to complete the film we are in much need of financial support. It is our mission to honor the legacy of George Maciunas which future generations can enjoy, learn and become inspired by. Our goal is to raise $20,000, all of which will go towards production costs: pre-editing, editing, acquisition of additional media, including still photographs and archival footage and the list goes on.

Rewards

To show my gratitude for your generous support I offer a selection of films and pieces from my personal Fluxus collection.  I have reached out to my Fluxus friends, who have donated a piece especially for this Kickstarter. Artists who have donated these works: Philip Corner, Simone Forti, Henry Flynt, Geoff Hendricks, Peter Frank, Alison Knowles, Eric Andersen, Yoshi Wada, Christian Xatrec, Fred Lieberman, Jessica Higgins, Ben Vautier, Takako Saito, Jeff Perkins. Please have a look a the rewards section for more details.

Interviews for the documentary completed to date:

Billie Maciunas, Nijole Valaitis, Jonas Mekas, Vytautas Landsbergis, Philip Corner, Ben Patterson, Eric Andersen, Alison Knowles, Yoko Ono, Shigeko Kubota, Takako Saito, Jon Hendricks, Geoff Hendricks, Henry Flynt, Carla Liss, Jean-Jacques Lebel, Jean Dupuy, Olga Adorno, Nam June Paik, Yoshi Wada, Midori Yoshimoto, Ben Vautier, Bernard Heidseick, Paul Armand Gette, Mary Beth Edelson, Astrit Schmidt-Burkhardt, Simone Forti, Harry Ruhe, Vyt Bakaitis, Peter Frank, Milan Knizak, Nijole Salcius, Peter Salcius, Frederick Lieberman, Willem de Ridder, Ay-O, Estera Milman, Kevin Harrison, Jed Curtis, Charles Dreyfus, Hollis Melton, Richard Foreman, Olivier Mosset, Jessica Higgins, Shael Shapiro.

Thank you for your support.

Jeffrey Perkins & Perkins Productions

For Norway...

Fluxus gallery in Norway

IL SECONDO ENIGMA SULLA MADRASA DEL CAIRO

Fluxfest Chicago 2012.wmv

Fluxus Word

Spelling Mistake?

Say CHEESE!

door ?

beautiful

FOG - III

FOG - II

FOG - I

Hiding train

futuristi (farfa & cavellini) from Bruno Chiarlone

placebo-nocebo (effect)

STOF FORMIGA (Roberto Formigoni da Brescia) FERMATELO!!!

from Ula Hellebrand

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