The General Directorate for Contemporary Creativity of the Ministry of Culture has published the names of the 63 winners of funding for cultural projects for the production, promotion and support of contemporary art abroad in the 12th edition of Italian Council, out of 181 applications received.
ForScope 1 (International commissioning and acquisition of works), 11 projects were selected:
1. Stichting Van Eyck (Maastricht, Netherlands), for the project The Falcon of Karachi by Elisa Caldana, intended for the MACTE Museum in Termoli
2. Alac - Agence Luxembourgeoise D’action Culturelle, Cercle Cité (Luxembourg), for the project Superimposition by the Polisonum collective, intended for the MAMbo in Bologna
3. Threes with Fundação de Serralves (Porto, Portugal), for the project Windows to Look In by Lorenzo Senni, intended for MAXXI, Rome
4. MUS.E with Haus der Kunst (Munich, Germany), for the project Alessio by Nico Vascellari, intended for Museo Novecento, Florence
5. Fondazione Modena Arti Visive with UGM | Maribor Art Gallery (Umetnostna galleria Maribor, Slovenia), for the project Bridges are Beautiful (working title) by Marina Caneve intended for the Galleria Civica di Modena
6. Xing with Issue Project Room (New York, USA), for the project Corpi Abissali / Abyssal Creatures byFrancesco Cavaliere, destined for the Museo d’Arte della Città di Ravenna
7. Studio Rizoma with European Alternatives (Paris, France), Postane (Istanbul, Turkey), Museo Civico di Castelbuono (Palermo, Italy), Genìa Lab Art (Palermo, Italy) for the project MËMA MË FAL - Mamma perdonami by Genny Petrotta, intended for the Museo Civico di Castelbuono
8. Centro Itard Lombardia Impresa Sociale with Archive Kabinett e.V (Berlin, Germany), for the project Afghanistan by Farid Rahimi, intended for Mufoco - Museum of Contemporary Photography, Cinisello Balsamo
9. Comune di Lissone - Museo d’Arte Contemporanea with Darb 1718 - Contemporary Art and Culture Center, (Cairo, Egypt), Port (Perak-Malaysia), Ilulissat Art Museum (Greenland), Б’ART Contemporary (Bishkek Kyrgyz Republic) for the project We are the Flood by Stefano Cagol, intended for MAC in Lissone
10. Ramdom APS with Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum (Trøndelag, Norway), for the project La desinenza estinta by Lucia Veronesi, intended for Museo Internazionale d’Arte Moderna di Ca’ Pesaro, Venice
11. Fondazione Real Sito di Carditello, with Ptuj City Gallery (Ptuj, Slovenia), for the project The Big Archive by Perino & Vele, intended for the Real Sito di Carditello
ForScope 2 (International promotion of artists, curators and critics) 22 projects were selected. In particular, 4 monographic exhibitions at international institutions:
1. Kunsthalle Basel | Basler Kunstverein (Basel, Switzerland), for the exhibition Diego Marcon: Have You Checked the Children
2. Grazer Kunstverein (Graz, Austria), for the exhibition The Weight of the Concrete dedicated to Ezio Gribaudo
3. Fondazione Torino Musei | GAM - Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea Torino, for the exhibition L’HÉSITATION. Luca Bertolo at CEAAC - Centre Européeen d’Actions Artistiques Contemporaines (Strasbourg, France)
4. CCA - centre contemporary art tel aviv-yafo (Tel Aviv, Israel), for the monographic exhibition Marinella Senatore
4 participations in major international events and group exhibitions:
1. Stadt Wien Kunst Gmbh / Kunsthalle Wien (Vienna, Austria), for Monia Ben Hamouda’s participation in the group exhibition Darker, Lighter, Puffy, Flat at Kunsthalle Wien
2. Meet Digital Communication Srl Impresa Sociale, for Mauro Martino’s participation in Ars Electronica Festival (Linz, Austria) with the project Mapping NFTs Revolution
3. Locus Athens (Athens, Greece), for the participation of Céline Condorelli in the bipersonal exhibition Akin
4. Albumarte (Rome, Italy), for Eva Frapiccini’s participation in the Son Biennial to be held in Sion, Martigny and Sierre in Valais, Switzerland, with the project Dreamscape
And 14 international publications:
1. Villa Romana with Triangle-Astérides, for the project Like Swarming Maggots by Alessandra Ferrini
2. Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden for the project Henry Martin: The Active Ear. Selected Writings, Conversations, Correspondences and Translations by Emanuele Guidi
3. Mucho Mas Association with Jest (Turin) with the project Twana Archive - Twana’s Box
4. La Fornace Spazio Permanente APS with Istituto per il Rilevamento Elettromagnetico dell’Ambiente - Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (IREA-CNR) for the project Bright Ecologies. Caretto/Spain: experiences, forms, materials
5. Fundacja Edukacji Wizualnej for Iacopo Pasqui’s Der Engel project.
6. Antonio Dalle Nogare Foundation for the project Re-Materialization of Language. 1978 - 2022 curated by Cristiana Perrella and Andrea Viliani
7. Fondazione Donnaregina Per Le Arti Contemporanee, for the project Tomaso Binga (TBC) curated by Eva Fabbris
8. AR/GE Kunst for the Metropolitan Voids Agency project by Margherita Moscardini
9. Looking Forward - Art Projects for the project Marzia Migliora. Seven Imaginative Exhibitions / Seven Imaginary Exhibitions (1996-2023), curated by Anna Cestelli Guidi and Matteo Lucchetti
10, Settore Musei Civici Di Bologna | Mambo - Museo d’Arte Moderna Di Bologna, for the monograph on the artistic activity of Alberto Garutti edited by Studio Celant
11, Fondazione Mario Merz, for the Project Mario Merz: Catalogue Raisonné | Volume One: the Igloos Mario Merz: Catalogue Raisonné | Volume One: the Igloos
12. Gabriele Devecchi Archive, for the podcast Gabriele Devecchi - Ambienti di un artista (Environments of an artist)
13. Dopolavoro for the Forgotten Architecture project. An archive of completed and missing projects
14. Third Landscape Association ETS for the project Still Here, for a new film practice.
Finally, 30 projects selected by the Commission forScope 3 (Talent Development). 13 Grants for residencies abroad for artists, curators and critics:
Camilla Bonzanigo (Oli Bonzanigo)
Letizia Calori
Domenico Mangano
Chiara Ianeselli
Ambra Pittoni
Gianmarco Porru
Marco Barotti
Irene Coppola
Federica Mambrini
Paola Pietronave
Emanuela Ravidà (King)
Nicola Baratto
Paola Anziché
And 17 Grants for supporting the research of artists, curators and critics:
Elena Mazzi
Michele Bertolino
Simone Frangi
Gaia Di Lorenzo
Lisa Andreani (Replication)
Nicola Angiuli (Nico Angiuli)
Silvia Maglioni (Silvia Maglioni & Graeme Thomson)
Valerio Del Baglivo
Antonio Grulli
Leone Contini Bonacossi (Leone Contini)
Ilenia Arosio
Marta Federici
Michela Lupieri
Arianna Forte
Alberto Maggini
Silvia Bigi
Caterina Morigi
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Italian Council, here are the winners of the 12th edition |
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