“It is a shared global story. The world belongs to everyone” cit. Malala Andrialavidrazana A map is commonly considered a harmless tool used to know about the world. We learn to read maps early, as children, at school and as adults, they are always available on our smartphones. They are what help us when we get lost and they become indispensable tools in unknown places. … Continue reading Figures – Critical Essay
The Unité d’Habitation created by Le Corbusier was intended to revolutionize the urban housing model through the creation of a building that removes the distinction between architecture and urban planning, and contains both modular private and public spaces within it. In the idealized figure of the Modulor, man was to be the primary unit of measure of these spaces, around which living revolves. In its … Continue reading Horizontales du Plan – Critical Essay
Published on Doppiozero – 17 May 2017 When I was asked to work with a new contemporary art gallery focusing specifically on African artists, my first reaction was, of course, one of joy and excitement, not only because this was the kind of job I had always longed for, but also because the word “African,” associated with contemporary art, triggered a number of ideas, thoughts … Continue reading Contemporary African Art: a question of label?
Working together with the institutions of Milan and Opera, we realized a project in progress which aimes to humanize different areas inside the prison by using artistic interventions. The project also involves the prisoners into the artistic process, allowing them to paint and help the artists. Continue reading Opera d’Aria – Artistic Project at Opera Prison
Sick World gathered together the emerging italian Graffiti Artists: Korvo – Mr. Blob – Mate – Kamilla. The artistic operation aimed to regenerate a suburban park located in the north of Milan which was left to fall into ruin. Continue reading Sick World – Urban Art Project
In collaboration with BASE and WAG Lab, the exhibition “In the beginning” featured an exclusive selection of archival papers such as: flyers, stickers, fanzines, posters etc. presenting the starting point of the italian underground and urban movement. The exhibition took place at BASE on July 2016 Continue reading In the beginning – Milan Urban Archive
The Swan Collective is a fictitious artist group of five members: Richard Tator, Miles Macre, Nils Sanddorn, Coca Lloyd and Felix Kraus, founded by the latter in 2007. In their works techniques like painting, performance, 3D animation and photography are the foundation for virtual reality experiences. Using contemporary media like 2D and 3D animation, photogrammetry and classical filming techniques, they create worlds which mimic a … Continue reading Flatland by The Swan Collective
Bianca Kennedy is a visual artist who lives and works in Berlin. With her work We’re all in this together, the artist explores the iconography of the bathtub, presenting a three channel video installation which gathers over 200 scenes from different movies. Completed by a series of drawings on the same theme, the installation surrounds the viewer by “immersing” him literally into the videos. Lying … Continue reading We’re all in this together by Bianca Kennedy
Malala Andrialavidrazana is a Malagasy roots, Paris based artist. Influenced by her formal architectural training, she uses the photographic medium to explore the crossing universes and boundaries of nature and culture. Social changes and spatial structures in a globalized world are at the heart of her artistic reflections; by examining in-between spaces, she proposes an open frame where borders do not exist. Her work has … Continue reading Figures by Malala Andrialavidrazana
The exhibition Horizontales du Plan by Maurice Pefura featured a group of artworks following the artist research on modern architecture and the legacy of the master Le Corbusier. The Unité d’Habitation created by Le Corbusier was intended to revolutionize the urban housing model through the creation of a building that removes the distinction between architecture and urban planning, and contains both modular private and public … Continue reading Maurice Pefura – Horizontales du Plan
Raffaella Carillo Art Curator 