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           A Ca' dei Carraresi vedremo un mondo meraviglioso, composto da piante, opere d'arte interattive, proiezioni ed ambientazioni futuristiche. Tutto spiegato secondo le ultime ricerche in campo fisiologico e neurobiologico ed interpretato sotto il profilo artistico interattivo. La mostra, suddivisa in 5 sezioni, si svolge al secondo e terzo piano di Ca' dei Carraresi. I curatori, Daniel Buso e Manuela Enna, hanno dato vita ad un percorso in cui arte e scienza si intersecano nel costruire il senso dell'esposizione. Una mostra incentrata sul mondo delle piante e sulla necessità di salvaguardia dell'ambiente.
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           FRAC Corse has a collection of contemporary international art, composed by 463 art works included historical movement such as: Minimal Art, Conceptual Art, Arte Povera, and an important selection of artworks from years '80 and 90. FRAC Corse supports also young international artists's production and organize conference, a residence program on invitation, artist talks
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           Photography” is a group show which displays works by established artists together with younger ones. The exhibition presents different approaches to photography, enhancing the difference between those artists, such as Darren Almond and Giacomo Costa, working on a landscape vision deprived of human presence and those like Mario Schifano and Matteo Basilé who focus on the human figure and its presence in space. As a complement, two women artists gives a feminine, positive and positivist point of view, deploying new ways of interpretation. Maria Rebecca Ballestra gives new afflatus to the delicate balance between man and nature and Barbara Kechler chasing, literally running after those small quick poetic changes of routine life. Giacomo Costa who exhibited already at our premises in 2013, is an Italian artist well known for his futuristic landscapes executed completely by computer soft-wares and exhibited in several important museums such as the Leopold Museum in Wien and the Centre Pompidou in Paris. We selected a rose of his historical works among which there are the famous Aqua 8, on the invitation card, and Mountain 9 from 2009 series. Mario Schifano is one of the most important member of Italian pop art and founder of the School of Piazza del Popolo in the 60's. His research, eclectic and versatile in many medias, has anticipated the American avant-gardes and innovated the elaboration of images. One of the most interesting moments of his career is focused on the advent of television and its social consequences. We present at this purpose a selection of Polaroid’s he executed in the early 90’s and representing iconic images of those days such as Fidel Castro and Pepsi Cola advertising. Darren Almond is an important British photographer and film maker, represented by the most important international galleries. Since 1998, Almond has been making a series of landscape photographs known as the Full moons. Taken during a full moon with an exposure time of 15 minutes or more, these images of remote geographical locations appear ghostly, bathed in an unexpectedly brilliant light where night seems to have been turned into day and enabling details undetectable to the human eye to be revealed. For works in this show he has traveled to Patagonia, Tasmania, Cape Verde and the Outer Hebrides. While depicting disparate lands, the works all embody Almond's interest in time, both as an actual, lived experience as well as a cultural and historical construct. They acknowledge his deep connection to particular landscapes, and map the artist’s personal interest in its geology, myth and history. We are glad to present on this occasion “Full moon at Esk River” shot in Tasmania in 2013. Matteo Basilé is an important Italian photographer who has been exhibiting around the world and in particular in China where he also made a portrait to Ai Wei Wei during the latter’s one domiciliary detention. His research focuses on the incredible capacity of photography to surpass painting both for the emotional involvement and the esthetic composition. His photos look like paintings, obtained after several hours of detailed preparation of models and background. We will have a preview of the new work on which the artist is currently working.
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           Maria Rebecca Ballestra is an Italian photographer and a conceptual artist. She is been travelling around the world for artistic residences with particular interest in ecology subject matters and future evolution of earth landscape. We selected the famous series “Babylon”, exhibited at Maraya Art Centre of Sharjah, in the United Arab Emirates, and representing the most sacred and powerful religious buildings in the world such as Saint Peter’s in Rome, The Temple of sky in Beijing and the mosque of Mohamed Ali in Cairo. Barbara Kechler is a young self-thought,painter and photographer from Rome. Her photos confuse the viewer as they play to imitate a painting result. She has always worked on light effects and the artificial illuminations and we are glad to exhibit some images from her research on dynamic and night lights.
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           TransCultural Exchange's 2016 International Conference on Opportunities in the Arts: Expanding Worlds.
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           Boston University, with panels and presentations also at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Harvard University, Emerson College, Massachusetts College of Art and Design and other locations.
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           Collaborating with Arts and Cultural Organizations across the Disciplines of Science, Ecology and Politics will offer a forum for discussing collaborative art projects that raise awareness of the fragility of our environment.
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           «Anche ciò che sembra evocazione di una città arcaica ha senso solo in quanto pensato e scritto con la città di oggi sotto gli occhi»: nel trentesimo anniversario della scomparsa di Italo Calvino la mostra collettiva Città che si vedono prende spunto dalla lettura de Le Città invisibili (1972), nel tentativo di portare avanti una riflessione su alcuni temi fondamentali legati all'uomo ed al suo modo di costruire le città e starci (o non starci) dentro. La memoria, il desiderio, i segni che caratterizzano gli spazi urbani sono gli spunti narrativi di questa mostra, assieme alle tematiche del viaggio, della scoperta, della fragilità delle metropoli moderne, del rapporto tra l'uomo e la natura. Questa mostra fa parte di un nucleo più ampio di tre eventi espositivi organizzati in Regione per ricordare il trentesimo anniversario della scomparsa di Italo Calvino: si svolge infatti in collaborazione con il Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Udine (Casa Cavazzini, Per una gioiosa entropia, 4 luglio – 20 settembre 2015) e con la Galleria Comunale d’Arte Contemporanea di Monfalcone (Se una notte d’inverno, 3 ottobre 2015 – 10 gennaio 2016).
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           «The depiction of an archaic city will make sense only as far as it has been deceived and written keeping in mind and in sight contemporary cities». The collective exhibition Città che si vedono has been inspired by the novel Le Città invisibili (Invisible cities, 1972) and is intended to commemorate the thirtieth anniversary since Calvino’s death. It invites the viewer to ponder upon some key themes regarding how mankind builds cities in which humans themselves may fit in (or not). The narrative triggers of this exhibition are memory, desire and the signs that characterise urban spaces, as well as the themes of travels, enquires, the fragility of the modern metropolis and the relationship between the human kind and nature.
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           Con il Patrocinio del Ministero dei Beni Culturali e del Turismo – Direzione Generale Musei Polo Museale Veneto, della Regione del Veneto, della Provincia di Padova e della Città di Este
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           Inaugurazione 10 ottobre ore 17:30, Sala delle Colonne, Museo Nazionale Atestino, via Guido Negri 9/c
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           Il progetto interessa più sedi all’interno della storica Città di Este: il Museo Nazionale Atestino con “Poetiche dell’oggetto nel Novecento”, la ex Chiesa di San Rocco con L’oggetto inutile”, la Sala ex Pescheria Vecchia con “L’uomo e l’ambiente”, e l’ex Deposito Corriere Sita, scenario urbano che accoglierà una scultura monumentale dello street artist portoghese Bordalo II, realizzata con materiali di recupero.
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           , sarà inaugurato il 10 ottobre 2015 alle ore 17:30 presso il Museo Nazionale Atestino, dove inizierà la presentazione itinerante attraverso le varie sedi, alla presenza delle autorità cittadine, dei vertici dell’azienda, degli artisti, del direttore del Museo e delle curatrici. La partecipazione all’inaugurazione è libera ed aperta a tutti.
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           Per celebrare il ventennale della propria attività S.E.S.A. S.p.A. si rende promotrice di un evento internazionale di arte contemporanea di ampio respiro, al fine di veicolare e condividere con la collettività i valori di innovazione, sostenibilità e attenzione verso l'ambiente, coniugando etica ed estetica. I temi proposti, messi in evidenza attraverso il linguaggio artistico, sono in linea con l’idea, che coincide con la mission dell’azienda, di contribuire alla salute dell'ambiente promuovendo una cultura ecologica, e riguardano il delicato rapporto uomo-ambiente, la condizione critica del quotidiano, l’eccessivo prelievo di beni primari, l’accumulo dei beni di consumo, la possibilità di reinterpretazione e riuso dei materiali a fine vita.
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           MUSEO NAZIONALE ATESTINO: Poetiche dell’oggetto nel Novecento
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           Negli spazi senza tempo del Museo Nazionale Atestino l’arte del Novecento è posta in suggestivo dialogo con i reperti archeologici: 
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           Nel suggestivo spazio, graffiato dal tempo, della ex Chiesa di San Rocco è allestita una raccolta di opere di arte e di design sul tema dell’uso e del riuso dell’oggetto quotidiano, realizzate da dieci artisti nazionali ed internazionali, interpreti di un ironico linguaggio trash: Riccardo Casagrande, Eleonora Cumer, Amelia Lamberto, Vittoria Lapolla, Stefano Moras, Stefano Pilato, Dario Tironi, Amos Torresin, Thomas Scalco, Studio Verissimo.
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           Nell’ampia sala dal sapore liberty di quella che era la vecchia pescheria di Este dodici artisti del panorama artistico nazionale ed internazionale testimoniano, ciascuno secondo la propria sensibilità, la relazione uomo-natura, la sostenibilità ambientale anche attraverso le nuove tecnologie, e il rapporto con il rifiuto attraverso opere contemporanee dal linguaggio concettuale. Incontriamo qui Maria Rebecca Ballestra, Giovanni Canova, Gianluca Capozzi, Manuel Frara, Federico Gori, Tomaso Marcolla, Margherita Morgantin, Giovanni Ozzola, Donato Piccolo, Roberto Pugliese, Andrea Rimondo, Nicola Toffolini.
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           La Società, a prevalente capitale pubblico, compie vent’anni: infatti è stata costituita nel 1995. Nel tempo ha intrapreso un percorso di evoluzione il quale la vede attualmente impegnata nello sviluppo delle tecnologie ambientali di recupero dei rifiuti provenienti dalla raccolta differenziata, ben oltre l’attività di semplice smaltimento. Restituire la salute all’ambiente costituisce il principio base su cui si fonda la mission dell’azienda, attraverso un sistema di raccolta e gestione dei rifiuti in grado di creare valore per l’ambiente mediante la riduzione della quantità degli stessi, il riutilizzo dei prodotti, il riciclaggio dei materiali, il recupero dei rifiuti con la produzione di energia da fonti rinnovabili.
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           ARTEAM CUP 2015: Il Gran Premio d'Arte gratuito e riservato ai soci Arteam
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           Già dal titolo, il Premio rivela una dichiarazione d'intenti: dare visibilità e contribuire alla promozione e all'arricchimento professionale dei propri Associati, puntando all'eccellenza. Terminati i lavori di selezione sui dossier candidati, La Giuria* ha individuato, per la mostra finale dell’ARTEAM CUP 2015 – che si terrà a Venezia, dal 24 ottobre al 22 novembre 2015, nella prestigiosa sede di Officina delle Zattere (Fondamenta Nani, Dorsoduro 947), già sede del Padiglione Nazionale del Guatemala che condividerà con Arteam Cup l’ultimo mese della Biennale Arte 2015 – 40 artisti Soci Arteam:
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           1. AQUA AURA
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           In occasione dell'opening di sabato 24 ottobre, alle ore 17.00, si terrà un'azione performativa di Manuela Mancioppi, artista finalista all'Arteam Cup, dal titolo TEMPORARY RELATIONSHIPS second skin, VENEZIA 2015. Il progetto prevede una serie di perfomances - in collaborazione con Simonetta Fratini, Elisa Prati, Angela Rosi, Corinne Mazzoli e giovani del territorio - che coinvolgono gli abitanti di Venezia e i partecipanti all'inaugurazione di Arteam Cup 2015. "(...)L'artista ha invitato ad indossare i suoi abiti relazionali, realizzati in tessuto stretch e di cotone color carne, che permettono un'inusuale rapporto con l'altro: una stretta convivenza che modifica la percezione spaziale. Le creazioni della Mancioppi, infatti, spingono ad una coabitazione coatta due o più persone che vengono così costrette ad avvicinarsi, aprirsi all'ascolto e condividere un percorso. L'artista invita così all'incontro e alla possibilità di un avvicinamento all'altro da leggersi come una possibilità di creazione di nuove comunità." Serena Trinchero
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            Verrà inoltre presentato il catalogo dell'Arteam Cup 2015.
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            è nato a Belluno nel 1981. Si è laureato in Storia dell'arte contemporanea, ha seguito il corso internazionale di Museologia all'École du Louvre e ha conseguito il dottorato di ricerca in Arti, Spettacolo e Tecnologie Mutimediali all'Università degli Studi di Genova. Presso lo stesso ateneo lavora come ricercatore a progetto e fa parte del gruppo di ricerca dell'Archivio d'Arte Contemporanea. Ha pubblicato saggi critici e scientifici in riviste e ha curato diversi volumi sulla ceramica contemporanea. Dal 2011 cura il progetto Museo Diffuso Albisola. Vive a Savona.
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            è nata nel 1974 a Salò (BS), dove vive e lavora. Laureata a Ca’ Foscari a Venezia e specializzata alla Scuola di Specializzazione dell'Università di Padova in Storia dell’arte e delle arti minori, dal 2000 è docente di Storia dell’Arte e svolge attività di critica e curatela di arte contemporanea. È membro della Commissione della Civica Raccolta del Disegno di Salò. Collabora con riviste d'arte contemporanea.
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           Sabato 24 ottobre 2015 dalle ore 17 alle ore 19
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           In occasione dell'opening, si terrà la performance di Manuela Mancioppi, TEMPORARY
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           RELATIONSHIPS second skin, VENEZIA 2015
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           ARTEAM CUP 2015_ Finissage | Premiazione Vincitori | Presentazione del catalogo
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           Domenica 22 novembre 2015 dalle ore 16
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           Giovedi 24 settembre inaugurerà a Palazzo Molin a San Marco, Venezia una mostra collettiva di opere diegli artisti Maria Rebecca Ballestra e Julien Friedler. Una selezione di opere d'arte contemporanea, tra cui fotografia, pittura e installazioni, saranno ospitate al Piano Nobile di Palazzo Lombardo Molin, uno dei pochi appartamenti di prestigio ancora disponibili in questo prestiogioso palazzo del XV secolo. In concomitanza con la 56 ° Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte di Venezia, la mostra risponde al tema di quest'anno: All the World's Future.
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           La Fondazione Principe Alberto II di Monaco è stata istituita con il principale obiettivo di rispondere in maniera concreta e proattiva alle continue minacce rivolte all'ambiente e per sostenere e sviluppare le iniziative di aziende, organizzazioni pubbliche e private impegnate nei settori della ricerca e dell'innovazione tecnologica. Dalla sua creazione nel 2006 al 31 dicembre 2014 i progetti sostenuti dalla Fondazione sono stati 341, di cui 46 approvati nel corso del 2014. I progetti sono finanziati grazie all'investimento del cento per cento delle donazioni ricevute, e sono orientati su tre grandi aree di intervento: i cambiamenti climatici e le energie rinnovabili, la biodiversità, l'acqua e la lotta contro la desertificazione.
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           Diversi partner hanno permesso la realizzazione dell'evento come la Casa Vinicola Canella s.p.a, la vetreria CAM Vetri d'arte s.r.l e Artribune come media partner. Il catalogo della mostra sarà stampato su Shiro Alga Carta di Favini, una carta ecologica unica nata dalle alghe infestanti della Laguna di Venezia, una soluzione innovativa brevettata da Favini per la protezione di fragili ecosistemi lagunari. Le alghe eccedenti vengono mescolate con fibre certificate FSC. Favini ha inoltre scelto di neutralizzare le emissioni residue non evitabili di Shiro partecipando al finanziamento di un progetto legato all'energia rinnovabile. In particolare, l'attività ha sede in India e prevede la produzione di energia pulita sfruttando la forza del vento tramite turbine eoliche, riducendo l'utilizzo di combustibili fossili. (www.favini.com)
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           Ann-Marie Doyle di Venezia Sotheby 's International Realty ha aggiunto: "Siamo lieti di dare il benvenuto a Maria Rebecca e Julien e di ospitare le loro opere a Palazzo Molin durante la Biennale. Venezia è un epicentro del mondo dell'arte internazionale e I grandi spazi con soffitti alti più di 5 metri dell Piano Nobile di Palazzo Molin sono il luogo ideale per mostrare il loro lavoro. "
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           La opere presentate da Maria Rebecca Ballestra sono il risultato del progetto biennale, Journey into Fragility, un progetto su arte e ambiente ispirato alla Carta per la Terra e per l'Uomo del poeta e saggista Massimo Morasso. La Carta per la Terra e per l'Uomo - sottoscritta dai più famosi poeti al mondo, tra cui 5 premi Nobel e 6 premi Pulitzer - si compone di dodici tesi per riscrivere costruttivamente il tema della crisi ambientale. Il progetto Journey into Fragility si è ispirato alle dodici tesi per sviluppare dodici diversi progetti in dodici diversi luoghi del mondo, con l'intento di sviluppare un dialogo costruttivo sull'ambiente e sul valore del vivere sulla Terra.
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           Il lavoro di Julien Friedler è influenzato dalla sua carriera di psicoanalista e scrittore. Ha fondato nel 1990 la Compagnia artistica Spirit of Boz. Giocando ai confini dell'estetica, delle scienze sociali e del sogno, il "Boz" si materializza attraverso un gruppo di opere d'arte: testi, dipinti, installazioni e performance realizzate dall'artista, ma anche attraverso l'attuazione di un programma creativo partecipativo: BE BOZ BE ART. Attraverso l'arte contemporanea, Julien Friedler esplora le fragilità, I vuoti e le prospettive future della modernità.
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           La mostra è stata organizzata e coordinata da Roberta Miacola, che da anni si occupa dell' organizzazione di eventi culturali e aziendali di alto livello.
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           Dal 2006 al 2011 ha lavorato come fundraiser ufficiale per il Premio Chatwin camminando per il mondo (primo festival del viaggio con concorso e premi al reportage, video, narrativa e fotografia di viaggio), curando i rapporti tra il Premio e gli Enti , Istituzioni pubbliche e Aziende private sponsor della manifestazione, strettamente a fianco e in sintonia con l'ideatrice ed anima del Premio, la giornalista Luciana Damiano. Nel 2015 l'incontro con la giovane artista Rebecca Ballestra, della quale condivide entusiasta il nomadismo culturale e il percorso progettuale in campo artistico legato all'ambiente e ai suoi risvolti in campo sociale, etico, antropologico. Attualmente Roberta Miacola collabora con l'artista Maria Rebecca Ballestra sulla realizzazione e la gestione di uno nuovo progetto artistico sui deserti.
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           Roberta Miacola segue anche altri artisti per i quali pianifica e organizza personali in Italia e all'estero, nel campo della fotografia e della scultura. Con Elena Rasori, anch'essa proveniente dall'organizzazione di mostre, ha costituito nel 2014 l'Associazione Culturale ValoreAggiunto, che hacome obiettivo la ricerca, la promozione e l'organizzazione di mostre personale e collettive di artisti emergenti in Italia e all'estero e di opere, o collezioni non conosciute al grande pubblico di artisti noti antichi e contemporanei.
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           Venezia Sotheby 's International Realty, agenzia leader specializzata in proprietà storiche di Venezia, è esclusivista del marketing e della vendita di Palazzo Molin. Coloro che fossero interessati a visitare gli appartamenti in vendita possono contattare Lorenza Savini al +39 041 5220093 o per email
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           Maria Rebecca Ballestra's 9-step artistic project The Truth of the Labyrinth takes its inspiration from the work of the same name by the Belgian artist Julien Friedler. A selection of 9 out of the 44 texts will be the starting point to a number of reflections on the symbolism of the labyrinth - a full, deep investigation conducted from different perspectives and points of view. In each step Ballestra investigates some primary topics of human self-consciousness such as memory, death, body, the immaterial, the play, dream, mystery, pilgrimage, sacrifice. The exhibit (that will be held at SPAZIO TESTONI Art Gallery, 50 Via D'Azeglio, Bologna - opening: September 5, 2015, Saturday, 6:30-8:30 PM) will introduce the first 4 steps of this project with a double-feature exhibition - Maria Rebecca Ballestra and Julian Friedler. The exhibit will close on October 31, 2015, Saturday.
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           La Werkstattgalerie di Berlino ospita dal 15 al 20 Settembre 2015 gli artisti di Spazio Testoni Maria Rebecca Ballestra e Filippo Centenari con il progetto espositivo “Grey and Green Cities” dove tre grandi frame di Filippo Centenari sulle storiche e grandiose metropoli di Berlino, Dubai e New York, si confrontano con le opere su Masdar City - La città Giardino - che Maria Rebecca Ballestra ha realizzato per il suo progetto Journey into fragility. 
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           Torino – Mastio della Cittadella Il rapporto tra arte e scienza, uomo e natura, individuo e società, la ricerca di equilibro con l’innovazione tecnologica, le trasformazioni territoriali e molti altri temi sociali identificano i termini del dialogo. Nel territorio piemontese operano numerose e rilevanti istituzioni cognitive e culturali riconosciute per la ricerca critica in questa direzione. Torino, città interculturale, che il prossimo anno accoglierà il Congresso Mondiale del Paesaggio IFLA (Internatonal Federation of Landscape Architects), organizzato da AIAPP (Associazione Italiana Architettura di Paesaggio, che raduna circa 750 paesaggisti italiani), ha una ragione in più, con Biennale Italia - Cina, per condividere queste tematiche e dibatterne anche in ambito artistico. Elisir di Lunga Vita, non propone soluzioni ma suscita domande per aprire nuovi orizzonti alla comprensione dei fenomeni evolutivi in cui tutti siamo coinvolti. Torino inoltre sviluppa da decenni collaborazioni istituzionali con la Cina, ha varato “Sistema ToChina”, un progetto universitario dedicato, ha una crescita esponenziale nelle Accademie di studenti provenienti dalla Cina, presenta un’attiva comunità cinese e il MAO, il Museo di arti Orientali.
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           Vercelli – ARCA Essere inserita in questa Biennale duratura diventa per l'ARCA di Vercelli un primo passo concreto verso un rilancio internazionale come sede prestigiosa di mostre d'arte contemporanea, dopo un periodo di tranquillità seguito al percorso sviluppato alcuni anni fa in collaborazione con il Museo Peggy Guggenheim di Venezia.
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           Serralunga d'Alba – Castello medievale L'occasione per Serralunga è quella di sfidare l'ardito confronto fra contemporaneità e medioevo, chiedendo agli artisti di esprimersi sul tema principale e contemporaneamente interpretare un luogo storico inaspettatamente pronto ad accogliere un nuovo dialogo con la modernità.
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           Patrocinii MIBACT, Regione Piemonte, Città di Torino, Città di Vercelli, Città di Serralunga d'Alba, EXTOEXPO 2015
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           Comitato Organizzatore Presidente e Direttore Italia, Paolo Mozzo (Origini by EBLand Srl)
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           Coordinamento e organizzazione a Torino, Mauro Dolla (MAF Servizi Srl)
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           Coordinamento istituzionale, Marco Minari e Paolo Mighetto (L&amp;amp;scape) Direttore Cina, Ji Xiaofeng (Being 3 Gallery)
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           Comitato Scientifico Curatore e Direttore Artistico, Sandro Orlandi Stagl (Origini by EBLand Srl)
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           Curatore e coordinamento artisti cinesi, Mian Bu (Being 3 Gallery)
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           Co-Curatore, Su Lei La Biennale Italia
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           NETWORK ECOLOGIES SYMPOSIUM
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           The inaugural international Network Ecologies symposium of 2015 will bring together a host of diverse and inspirational speakers from across the world in an attempt to address the role that artistic producers can play in raising awareness of environmental problems within contemporary culture. This interdisciplinary symposium is therefore interested in breaking down the categorical distinctions existent between art, science and politics, in an attempt to identify novel approaches and methodologies, which have the potential to transform how environmental discourse is represented in the social imagination. Key themes of the conference include:
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            Thinking ecologically: collaboration and the importance of networks in environmentalism.
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            Artistic/creative ways of advocating public policy reform, campaigning for degrowth or addressing the post-carbon economy.
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            The scientist as activist: D.I.Y. Bio, Bio-Hacking or historic examples of environmental scientists acting as political figures i.e. Rachel Carson, Barry Commoner etc.
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            The function of photography/images in shaping environmental policy/discourse, or as ‘greenwashing’ in the corporate sector.
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            The artist as environmental activist: blurring the boundaries between art and environmental politics through activities such as détournement, hacking, subvertising, pamphleteering, self-publishing or through performativity.
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            Site specificity and the importance of locality and place in shaping the environmental imagination; conversely, global warming as a non-local phenomenon.
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           CONFERENCE PROGRAMME - ALL SESSIONS TAKE PLACE IN C252 UNLESS STATED OTHERWISE
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           09:00 – 09:30 Registration with Tea &amp;amp; Coffee
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           10:00 – 11:00 Keynote Address 1: ‘Seeing and feeling differently? Why art matters for the environment’, Prof Jenny Pickerill, University of Sheffield
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           'Interactive Action: Fish and (Memory) Chips', Prof. Bob Pritchard, University of British Columbia, Canada.
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           ‘SOUP/SHOAL’, Mandy Barker, independent artist, UK.
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           ‘eXXpedition Atlantic 2014’, Dr Lucy Gilliam, founder and director of eXXpedition, UK and Laura Coleman, founder and director of The ONCA Trust, UK
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           13:20 – 14:40 Panel 2: Habitation/Locality (Chair: Dr Hélène Schmutz)
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           ‘’The Bothy Museum of Landscape Stories’, Adrian Evans, PhD candidate, University of Huddersfield, UK
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           ‘Aesthetic concepts, metaphors and phenomenology enhancing ecology expressive of cultural values’, Naiara Valcarlos, independent artist, Spain
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           ‘Resounding Mulgrave: A Case Study in Composing Place’, Dr.Rob Mackay, Dr John Wedgewood Clarke, Tariq Emam, University of Hull, UK.
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           ‘The Art of Nature Initiative and Network’, Dr Judy Ling Wong CBE, UNESCO, UK.
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           ‘The Art of Maintaining a Radical Voice: The Art and Environment Network (AEN)’, Dr. David Haley, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK.
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           ‘Public Art and Science Reasoning: New Knowledge Organization Ltd’, Dr Fiona McDonald, New York, USA.
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           ‘Art, Activism and Environmental Justice: Inter-scalar negotiations of the Bhopal Disaster’, Dr Pawas Bisht, Keele University, UK.
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           19:40-20:00 ‘Research as a Power Tool: Tracking our Nuclear Legacy’, Prof Eve Andree Laramee, Pace University, New York, This presentation will take place in PS1
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           20:00 – 21:00 Film screening: ‘Heavy Water’ (Chernobyl) with Mario Petrucci, followed by a quick Q+A
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           09:30 – 10:30 Keynote Address 2: ‘Poetry and Film: the potential for “media amplification” of minority art forms to establish eco-contact with a wider public’, Dr. Mario Petrucci, Poet
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           Measuring Evidence: A Poet in the Lab and in the Field’, Dr. John Wedgewood Clarke, University of Hull, UK
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           ‘Is Aldo Leopold’s “Land Ethic” an Early Form of Posthumanism?’ Dr Hélène Schmutz, Université de Savoie, Chambéry, France
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           ‘”Over. The American Landscape at the Tipping Point” Alex MacLean’s photobook dealing with climate change and environmental problems’, Inga Remmers,
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           Exhibit: ‘The Apocalypse Project: Future Cities under Climate Change’, eco-fashion and perfume by Catherine Sarah Young, independent artist, Philippines.
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           ‘Journey into Fragility’, Maria Rebecca Ballestra, independent artist, Monaco.
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           ‘The Metabolic Landscape’, Gina Glover, independent artist &amp;amp; Photofusion, UK
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           ‘Eco-Acoustics’, Jono Gilmurray, PhD candidate, University of the Arts, London
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           ‘Networking the Live Audio Archive’, Soundcamp Collective, (Grant Smith, Dawn Scarfe &amp;amp; Maria Papadomanolaki), London, UK
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           ‘An Update on the Yorkshire Soundscape Project’, Tariq Emam, PhD candidate, University of Hull, UK
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           20:15: Conference Dinner in Pomodoro Restaurant, Scarborough
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           09:00 – 10:00 Keynote address 3: ‘Ecological Irresponsibility – Or why we are all invited to Redesign the “Distribution of the Sensible’, Dr Emeline Eudes, LADYSS-CNRS, Paris
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           ‘Dance and Political Ecology’, Dr Joanne Clavel, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle de Paris.
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           ‘Activity or Activism? – “Becoming Intimate” with Non-native Animals in Performance Art’, Mariel Jana Supka, PhD Candidate, University of Roehampton, UK.
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           ‘In conversation with the Black Stuff’, Rachel Louise Bailey, independent artist, UK/France
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           ‘The River Wear’, Dr. Miguel Santos, Leverhulme Artist in Residency, University of Durham, UK
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           ‘Garbage as Art: Aestheticized domination or emancipatory potential?’, Dr. Sarah Surak, Salisbury University, Maryland, USA.
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           ‘Water issues in Chile: how does a dry river sound?’ Dr Nelida Pohl &amp;amp; Ignacio Nieto, University of Chile, Santiago, Marcelo Velasco, independent artist, Santiago, Chile.
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           Dr Conohar Scott, Leverhulme Artist in Residence, University of Hull 2014-15. Founder of the artists’ collective Environmental Resistance. Dr. Will Mayes Director of Centre of Environmental and Marine Sciences, University of Hull.
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           Journey into Fragility, curated by Paola Valenti, published by Allemandi, 128 pag. bilingual english/italian.
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           Texts by: Paola Valenti, Massimo Morasso, Thomas Kalau, Luca Bochicchio, Daniela Legotta, Mamia Bretesche, Luca Zordan, Fabio Carnaghi, Alessandra Piatti, Sara Rees, Leo Lecci, Stella Rouskova, Joachim Arndt, Rachela Abbate
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           Arizona is a land of harnessed waters, with every drop diverted to serve a human impulse, whether it be golf courses or cotton farms. The Verde River, though, flows 125 unimpeded miles before reaching its first dam near Phoenix. It’s a wild vein through the center of the state, from Mogollon Rim country to join the Salt, the Gila, and finally the once-mighty Colorado.
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           1-7 March 2015 Residency at Waaw centre in Saint-Louis, Senegal. Maria Rebecca has been selected out of a total of 15 applicants, representing a great variety of countries (The Netherlands, US, Spain, India, Australia ...). The residency served as an introduction to the city of Saint-Louis and its surroundings to learn about Senegalese traditional culture and contemporary cultural expressions, the French heritage, the fishing industry and the remarkable fishermen's community, the world-class Djoudj bird reserve, the current challenges in the environmental field - Saint-Louis being the city on the African continent most threatened by climate change - and the tourism industry.
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           Artists: Hitat Sofia (Algeria), Maria Rebecca Ballestra (Italy), Aoun Blanco (Fance), Aiyoung Yun (Korea) Kuamr Sureka (India) )
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           hunting new talents, catching the diversity in contemporary photography, overcoming the barriers to purchase, instill the calling to art collecting: this is the mission of fotofever, an annual photography fair, taking place in Paris, the worldwide capital of photography, and in brussels. A sharp selection, teaching, daring, passion and sharing are the pillars of this fair, created in november 2011 by Cécile Schall, director of fotofever, grandaughter of the famous french photoreporter Roger Schall.
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           During the Artist Residence Program Rhod 2013 in Wales, Maria Rebecca Ballestra has develop a project about sustainability and eco-living in collaboration with local farmers. During the three weeks of residences the artist had the opportunity to visit few eco-villages like Lammas, a project created to pioneer an alternative model of living on the land. It empowers people to explore what it is to live in a low-impact lifestyle. The project centres around the eco-village at Tir y Gafel, in north Pembrokeshire. It combines the traditional small holding model with the latest innovations in environmental design, green technology and permaculture. Other interesting community project documented by the artist are: Brithdir Mawr www.brithdirmawr.co.uk and the round wood house 
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           L’Associazione Marco Magnani, per il suo decimo anno di attività, organizza a Sassari la manifestazione artistica «Destinazione piazza. 5 curatori x 5 artisti». Con il sostegno dell’Assessorato alle Culture del Comune di Sassari, Fondazione Banco di Sardegna e Thamus.
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           Questa domanda ha dato spunto all’evento pensato un po’ con la nostalgia di quando ci si diceva “ci vediamo in piazza!”
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           Derek Mark Pirozzi
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
            . USA |
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
           JAKOB + MACFARLANE
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
            . France | 
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
           BAUMGARTNER + URIU
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
            . USA
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
  &lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
  &lt;p&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
           .
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
           featured artists
           &#xD;
      &lt;br/&gt;&#xD;
      
           Daniel Pešta
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
            . Czech Republic | 
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
           Laurence Gartel
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
            . USA | 
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
           Tarshito
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
            . Italy | 
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
           Nora Schöpfer
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
            . Austria | 
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
           Pablo Bobbio
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
            . USA |
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
            Susan Yeung &amp;amp; Russell Morton
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
            . Hong Kong
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
  &lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
  &lt;p&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
           .
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
           architecture
           &#xD;
      &lt;br/&gt;&#xD;
      
           Massimo Guidotti
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
            . Italy | 
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
           Francesco Verna
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
            . Italy | 
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
           KGA Architecture Pty Ltd
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
            . Australia |
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
           RALPH BRILL ASSOCIATES
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
            . USA | 
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
           Exquisite Corpse
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
            . USA | 
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
           CORFONE+PARTNERS
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
            . Italy |
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
           Bekkering Adams architecten
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
            . The Netherlands | 
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
           Ersi Krouska
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
            . Greece | 
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
           Ilario Bontempo
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
            . Italy | 
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
           Johannes Knoops
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
            . USA
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
  &lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
  &lt;p&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
           .
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
           video art
           &#xD;
      &lt;br/&gt;&#xD;
      
           Mar Garrido
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
            . Spain | 
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
           Shaun Wilson
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
            . Australia | 
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
           Debbie Davies
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
            . USA | 
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
           Gregory Steel
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
            . USA | 
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
           Fred. L’ Epee
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
            . Switzerland | 
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
           Danielle Zorbas
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
            . Australia | 
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
           Christine Istad
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
            . Norway | 
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
           Felix Leffrank
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
            . Germany | 
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
           Helena Schultheis Edgeler
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
            . Croatia | 
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
           Darija Dolanski Majdak
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
            . Croatia | 
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
           Albin and Elisabeth Schutting
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
            . Austria | 
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
           Parul Verma
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
            . India | 
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
           Farah Alhashim
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
            . Lebanon | 
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
           Filip Ignatowicz
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
            . Poland | 
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
           Maggie Van der Toorn
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
            . Italy |
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
            Enas Elkorashy
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
            . Italy |
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
            Mario F. Lodoño Muñoz
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
            . Argentina
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
  &lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
  &lt;p&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
           .
          &#xD;
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    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
           photography
           &#xD;
      &lt;br/&gt;&#xD;
      
           Serena Rossi
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
            . Italy | 
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
           TGFN – The Girl From Nowhere
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
            . USA | 
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
           Cecilia Rahban
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
            . USA |
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
           Véronique Lerebours
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
            . USA | 
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
           Karim Shokair
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
            . Italy | 
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
           Javier Bassi
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
            . Uruguay | 
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
           Nancy Oliveri
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
            . USA | 
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
           Christian Mélot
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
            . France | 
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
           Katerina Theodosiou
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
            . Cyprus | 
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
           Maria Kaleta
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
            . Poland | 
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
           Wojtek Lukowski
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
            . Poland | 
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
           Malgorzata Basinska
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
            . Norway | 
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
           Alessandra Bello
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
            . Italy | 
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
           Maddalena Merlino &amp;amp; Claudio Paletto
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
            . Italy | 
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
           Tom Vack &amp;amp; Ester Pirotta
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
            . Germany | 
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
           Johan van der Dong
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
            . The Netherlands | 
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
           Giulia Strippoli
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
            . Italy | 
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
           Jake Singer &amp;amp; Thuthuka Sibisi
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
            . South Africa | 
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
           Maria Rebecca Ballestra 
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
           . Italy | 
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
           Fatima Augusto
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
            . France | 
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
           Pauline Thomas
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
            . France
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           .
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           installation
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           Vardi Bobrow
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
            . Israel |
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
            Nat Wilms
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
            . Germany | 
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
           Eszter Korcsmár
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
            . Hungary | 
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
           Lorenzo Taiuti
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
            . Italy | 
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
           Miguel Mariño
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
            . Spain
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           .
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           performing art
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           Zwann eï Collective
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
            . France |
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
            Sara Davidovics
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
            . Italy | 
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
           Ya-Wen Fu
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
            . Germany |
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
    &lt;span&gt;&#xD;
      
           Sandford&amp;amp;Gosti
          &#xD;
    &lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
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      <title>POWER OF FRAGILITY (GLOBAL PROJECT)</title>
      <link>https://www.rebeccaballestra.com/power-of-fragility-global-project</link>
      <description />
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           POWER OF FRAGILITY (GLOBAL PROJECT)
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           Power of Fragility is a participative public art project, consisting in digital mapping operations and started in the frame of Journey into Fragility. In Power of Fragility will be investigated forms of spaces in societies, in which transformation of identity and communication in the urban area take place, especially in times of environmental crisis. The aim is to visualize and to make aware of conditions and to communicate alternatives regarding the position of the human being on the Earth. The limits between art, science and public realm will be permeable to grant a creative and intuitive process. Furthermore is tried to create possibilities of alternative communication and information systems. The investigation will be organized and visualized with IC-technologies. The project is structured in different strands, which commenced during the eleventh step of Journey into Fragility in Sao Paolo and Rio de Janeiro with the participants of Caravan Brazil by Transnational Dialogues; the digital investigation will be launched during the upcoming Caravan China in June. Following strands are regarding the set up of a digital platform next to artistic outcome. 
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           Power of Fragility is project by Rebecca Ballestra&amp;amp;Rachela Abbate for Journey into Fragility by Rebecca Ballestra and in collaboration with Andressa Vianna and Transnational Dialogues.
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      <pubDate>Sun, 25 May 2014 16:21:11 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>CAMBRIDGE SUSTAINIBILITY RESIDENCY 2014 (UK)</title>
      <link>https://www.rebeccaballestra.com/cambridge-sustainibility-residency-2014-uk</link>
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           CAMBRIDGE SUSTAINIBILITY RESIDENCY 2014 (UK)
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           Collaborating Artist selected for Cambridge Sustainability Residence 2014. For 2 weeks artists from as far away as Brazil will be converging on Cambridge to debate, discuss and imagine ways of responding to the environmental challenges facing our planet. This is the 2nd Cambridge Sustainability Residency run by artists with support from Cambridge School of Art and the Global Sustainability Institute. The 14 selected artists encompass sculpture, moving image, photography and installation. The 2 weeks will culminate in an exhibition at the Changing Spaces Gallery on Norfolk Street from 11th to 13th April with the Private View on 10th April from 6 to 8pm. 
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      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2014 16:25:18 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>APPEARANCE FESTIVAL (USA)</title>
      <link>https://www.rebeccaballestra.com/appearance-festival-usa</link>
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           Nel 2008 Rebecca Ballestra partecipa alla residenza d’artista presso il CEAC (Chinese European Art Center) di Xiamen. Il confronto con un paese dalla cultura e dalla storia millenaria e, contemporaneamente, dalla crescita economica inarrestabile che, in pochi decenni, è diventato uno dei colossi mondiali, si traduce nella serie fotografica Kisses from China!, che Paola Valenti ha presentato in un efficace testo critico: “[…] Maria Rebecca Ballestra si serve del potere icastico dei frammenti di realtà che sapientemente cattura con l’obiettivo e della valenza metaforica delle immagini che realizza intervenendo digitalmente sul materiale fotografico di partenza per raccontare un paese che volge lo sguardo all’Occidente senza essere disposto a rinunciare alla propria identità nazionale: è la Cina ritratta in Skyscraper, con il possente grattacielo, simbolo della crescita economica, che lancia nel cielo le sue moderne torri ‘all’occidentale’ ma che poggia su elementi architettonici tradizionali; è la Cina neoconsumista ed orgogliosamente autarchica che si scopre felice di potere acquistare nel moderno centro commerciale dedicato esclusivamente all’arredamento, copie dei prodotti del migliore design internazionale  e che affida agli ideogrammi posti sui tetti degli stands al pianterreno l’ottimistico messaggio China is happy!; è la Cina del boom immobiliare che sfrutta al massimo le aree edificabili costruendo moderni edifici che si sviluppano in altezza ma che anacronisticamente si serve di sistemi di impalcature realizzate con canne di bamboo legate tra loro con nastri di plastica (Bamboo, Kisses from China,). Alle trasformazioni che riguardano la società cinese fanno da contrappunto quelle che interessano in modo più diretto l’individuo: Maria Rebecca Ballestra registra i nuovi fermenti e le forti spinte individualiste che animano la popolazione giovanile, sopratutto quella metropolitana, e che pongono uomini e donne di fronte alla possibilità di realizzarsi non solo come membri di una comunità, come vuole la tradizione, ma anche come singoli individui (Asian Values)”.
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           abbandonata nella società odierna, che preferisce l’osservazione scientifica e tende a considerare le persone, gli animali e le piante non per ciò che sono ma per la loro funzione all’interno di un dato sistema. I piedini, tutti identici, sembrano alludere ad 
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           influenzata dalla particolarità del luogo che, sebbene sia una rinomata meta del divertimento giovanile, ancora conserva spazi incontaminati e un’insolita quiete; poco lontano dai centri turistici più affollati s’incontra, infatti, l’autentico volto dell’isola, con la sua antica cultura, le profonde credenze religiose, la diffusa presenza dell’elemento naturale. Anche un luogo apparentemente remoto come questo, però, è parte di un unico sistema, e come tale non può rimanere avulso dagli avvenimenti esterni. Outsider riflette proprio sull’interconnessione di tutti i paesi del mondo: si tratta di quattro serie fotografiche composteda sette immagini ciascuna, idealmente legate ai giorni della settimana, sei delle quali mostrano particolari siti dell’isola, mentre la settima, corrispondente alla domenica, riporta una particolare notizia internazionale diffusa durante il periodo di permanenza dell’artista sull’isola (quattro settimane, appunto). L’opera vuole ricordarci che tutti gli stati, i popoli, i singoli individui sono ormai strettamente legati tra loro, interconnessi in una fitta rete di difficili equilibri economici, politici, sociali e ambientali: anche gli accadimenti che sembrano lontani ci influenzano e nessuno può più essere outsider, neanche in una piccola isola sperduta nel Mediterraneo.
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           The Sea Art Festival 2013 with the theme of With Songdo : Remembrance · Marks · People addresses what Songdo Beach and the Sea Art Festival have in common.
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           In the continuum of time where the forgotten past, changing present, and undetermined future coexist, the opening of the Sea Art Festival 2013 and where Songdo Beach, marking its 100th anniversary, stands in the moment of the present can also be conceived as the past progressing ceaselessly to greet the new future.
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           The Sea Art Festival 2013, exploring its original form, is more than an attempt to sustain its form of exhibition as an intangible asset of art in Busan. It is an undertaking of restoring the ardor of the local artists and their wills, and an effort to revitalize the spirit of the Sea Art Festival and its intrinsic value while raising cultural awareness of the local community and fostering social discourse.
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           At the coming Sea Art Festival 2013, 34 works of art from 11 countries are not the only ones expected to attract the eyes of the visitors. The Festival Events also will grab the visitors’ attention. The Sea Art Festival 2013 is being designed to provide a site of play and communication, where the exhibition visitors and the general public can both join and enjoy. The Festival Events, which will take place centered in the Central Fountain Square, can be based on three keywords: play, communication, and participation.
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           What is conveyed through the Sea Art Festival 2013 is the notion that the forgotten past (Remembrance), changing present (Marks), and undetermined future (People) are lined at the same starting point (with Songdo) in the hope to serve as a temporal and spatial media, and provide a platform for communications where the past, present and future meet.
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            The project's ninth step, curated by Leo Lecci, will take place in Iceland from 8th to 23rd August. This step is inspired by the second thesis of the Manifesto: The Earth is a necessary for man as are all the other things that he appreciates for their intrinsic value: art, philosophy, music, poetry, religion, science, theatre.
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            The theme for this step is the melting of the glaciers. In fact, the Artic is an area of future opportunity and challenge regarding environmental protection, the safeguarding and sustainable development of local population, the exploitation of enormous fishing and mining resources (it is estimated that the Artic could contain 25% of unexplored hydrocarbon reserves), new navigation routes, scientific research, security and governance. Even if scientists have not yet reached a consensus on the irreversibility of the process f Artic glacial reduction, the countries in the area and the international community re both show a growing interest in a region whose climatic changes could have repercussions for the whole planet. The Artic Council (AC is an intergovernmental forum for the discussion and examination of Artic themes. It was instituted in 1996
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            area record since 1979 when satellite observation began. By comparison, the researchers Julienne Stroeve confirmed that the marine ice cover at the same time of year in the 1970s and 80s was well over 7 million square kilometres. In a new study published in Geophysical Research letters, Julliene Stroeve and her colleagues analyzed dozens of climatic models in order to determinate to what extent global warming is responsible for 60% of the decline registered since 199, while the remaining 40 is attributable to “natural climatic variability”.
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           The sound track of the art work "1 Kg of investment in knowledge" was realized in collaboration with Jacob Whittaker.
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           The selections has been based on the main concept of hybridization between identities and urban environment. People, backgrounds, societies, progress and all their inputs creates hybrid identities, modifying each other and being mixed in prospect to shape a better world. Mixing sustainable transport; modern (ICT) communication infrastructure; sustainable economic development; and wise management of natural resources, human, intellectual and social capital, is the key to reach a future better life quality. Be smart. Be hybrid. Be better.
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           International ArtExpo
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           , Edinburgh (UK)
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           dates: March 29/30/31, 2013 from 9 am to 1 pm and from 4 pm to 8 pm
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           opening: March 29th, 2013 at The Old Ambulance Depot at 6:00 pm, 77 Brunswick Street, Edinburgh (UK)
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           .video-artists
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           Mar Garrido
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            . Spain | 
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           Andrea Sterpa
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            . Italy | 
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           Wei-Ming Ho
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            . Taiwan | 
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           Daniele Fumagalli
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            . Italy | 
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           Lucia Flego
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           Yuko Asai
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            . Japan | 
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           Evan Siebens
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            . Canada | 
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           Kyle Trowbridge
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           Lauren Whitley
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           Diran Lyons
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           Marie Silkeberg
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            . Denmark | 
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           Kate MacDonald
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            Simon Coates
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            . UAE | 
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           Kostas Makrinos
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           Liuba Gabriele
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           Rodrigo de Toledo
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           Nirit Zer
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           Nina Falk
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           Maria Rebecca Ballestra
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           Norbert Attard
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           Catrine Val
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           Muffin Bernstein
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           Montserrat Rodriguez
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           Laura Potrovic
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           Darko Jeftic
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           Orna Elstein
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           Kadet Kuhne
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           Hyeri Park
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           Divina Hasselmann
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           Michael Powell
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           Jose Garza
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           Jasmijn Krol
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           Dragan Calovic
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           Diego F. Lozano-Cortés
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           Pauline Thomas
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           Steven Driscoll Hixson
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           Davide Scognamiglio
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           Nora Schoepfer
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           Titus Simoens
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           Susanna Maria Luisa Mammi
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           Virpi Velin
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           Anja Jensen
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           Toni Simó
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           André Maître . Switzerland | Viraj Naik . India | Darija Dolanski Majdak . Croatia
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           Valeria Geremia
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           International ArtExpo
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            is a not for profit organization that provides a significant forum for cultural dialogue between all artists from different cultures and countries. We depend on the support of you. ArtExpo is grateful to all of the institutions, corporations, and individuals who support our efforts. We work with a number of national and international galleries as well as publishers, museums, curators and writers from all over the world. We help artists through solo and group exhibitions, gallery representation, magazine reviews and advertisements, press releases, internet promotion, as well as various curatorial projects.
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           The work Sacred Landscape was realised during the third step of the project Journey into Fragility 
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            , and it consists of 100 small images taken in the Isalo Park, one of the wildest and most beautiful park of Madagascar, extending over 81.000 hectars massive of sand and stones, eroded over millennia by wind and water. In this protected area is possible find hundred of endemic species, different type of animals and bids, and severals plants such as “elephant foot” (Pachypodium) and Isalo Aloe (loe Isaloensis).
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           Originally the park was covered of primary Forest, of which now nothing remain. Inside the park there are many sacred places for Bara Tribe, like funeral places and tomb in natural cavities of rocks enclosed by dry stone walls. It’s also easy to find heaps of stones, each representing a wish that Aborigines turn to spirit of Nature.
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           Sacred Landscape becomes a place of memory, which expands the spaces of eternity beyond the time of human individuality. In the Sacred Place the mas is integrated with Nature, in the Isalo Park the aboriginal find the herbs for healing, a place of imagination and hope, and finally a space for his passing. The landscape has shifted to an other sacred place, the Art space as place of contemplation!
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           Sacred Landscape è un lavoro che è stato realizzato durante la terza tappa del progetto Journey into Fragility 
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            , e consiste in una serie di 100 piccole immagini scattate nel Parco dell'Isalo, uno dei parchi più belli e selvaggi del Madagascar. Il Parco si estende su 81,000 ettari di sabbia e pietre, erosi nel corso dei millenni dal vento e dall'acqua. In quest'area protetta è possibile trovare centinaia di specie endemiche, diversi tipi di animali e uccelli, e piante come il "piede di elefante" (Pachypodium) e l'Aloe dell'Isalo(LOE Isaloensis).
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           In origine il parco era coperto di foresta primaria, di cui oggi non rimane nessuna traccia. All'interno del parco ci sono molti luoghi sacri per la tribù Bara , come luoghi funerari e tombe in cavità naturali delle rocce. E 'anche facile trovare cumuli di pietre, ognuno dei quali rappresenta un desiderio che gli aborigeni rivolgono allo spirito della Natura.
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           La Galleria SPAZIO TESTONI in Via D’Azeglio 50 a Bologna, mercoledì 23 Gennaio 2013 alle ore 20,30 inaugura la doppia personale di Andrea Francolino e Maria Rebecca Ballestra curata da Alberto Mattia Martini e Paola Valenti.
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           L’allestimento delle opere di Francolino e Ballestra negli spazi della galleria, vuole offrire un approfondimento conoscitivo dell’espressività di due giovani artisti, già ampiamente conosciuti sia in Italia che all’estero, che comunicano attraverso l’arte la loro sensibilità alle problematiche umane, sociali, economiche, politiche e ambientali più urgenti dell’epoca contemporanea.
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           Presentati dai due curatori che li hanno seguiti sin dall’inizio della loro attività artistica, per Andrea Francolino il curatore Alberto Mattia Martini, critico d’arte, docente di Storia dell’Arte Contemporanea presso LABA di Brescia e all’Accademia di Brera a Milano, e per Maria Rebecca Ballestra la curatrice Paola Valenti, critica d’arte, docente di Storia dell’Arte Contemporanea e responsabile dell’Archivio d’Arte Contemporanea all’Università di Genova, consentirà al pubblico di leggere il dialogo che formano le opere dei due artisti, presentati per la prima volta insieme, coinvolgendo i fruitori maggiormente sensibili e attenti alle problematiche che oggi investono la collettività mondiale.
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           La galleria SPAZIO TESTONI sarà presente ad Arte Fiera 2013 con un progetto espositivo che presenta esclusivamente opere dei due artisti Andrea Francolino e Maria Rebecca Ballestra.
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           Andrea Francolino con una grandiosa installazione, che vuole metaforicamente rappresentare lo squilibrio esistente nell’attuale distribuzione della ricchezza mondiale e le conseguenze ambientali generate da una parte della collettività che continua a praticare una politica di sfrenato consumismo a discapito del resto dell’umanità, mentre le opere fotografiche di Maria Rebecca Ballestra offrono l’opportunità di conoscere quali sono i traguardi che la scienza e la tecnologia hanno già raggiunto e attuato per consentire all’umanità un miglioramento delle proprie condizioni di vita con la contestuale possibile coesistenza con l’ambiente che la circonda, opere che sono state realizzate dalla Ballestra nel corso di svolgimento nel 2012 del suo work in progress JOURNEY INTO FRAGILITY (
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           Svizzera, Cina, Ghana, Madagascar e Singapore sono solo alcune delle nazioni che compongono l’affascinante viaggio di Maria Rebecca Ballestra: l’artista ligure presenta Journey into Fragility alla Galleria Quattrocentometriquadri di Ancona, una mostra curata da Federica Mariani, che inaugura sabato 10 novembre alle ore 19. Il progetto ideato dall’artista è un viaggio attraverso i cinque continenti che documenta l’attuale condizione dell’ecosistema mondiale, partendo dallo studio della Carta di Arenzano per la Terra e per l’Uomo, un documento di principi sull’emergenza ambientale scritto nel 2001 ad Arenzano, dall’intellettuale Massimo Morasso e firmato da più di duecento poeti di tutto il mondo tra cui vari premi Nobel e Pulitzer.
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           A peculiar landscape characterizes Zhejiang: an incredible concentration of factories as well as huge extensions of green lands and abundance of water. One of the most industrial areas of China is at the same time one of the richest of natural parks, forests and lakes. Many of these landscapes are the ones that inspired the most famous artists and writers in the past centuries in China and still have great influence on the special relation with Chinese traditional culture that you can breathe here.
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           The Green City is a photogaphic work realised in Abu Dhabi during the fourth step of the project Journey into Fragility. The final works are composed by photos on alluminium and mirror engraved with extract of poems of the Arabic poets who signed the Manifesto. "...I am delighted to stop in Abu Dhabi with Maria Rebecca Ballestra and share with her this fourth step, this “maqâm” in her journey into fragility. The Maqâm is a concept deeply anchored in arab collective consciousness. The arab word for “Step” or Station is « Maqâm » a transcending stop in a trip, in a journey. Maria Rebecca, then, reminds me of the book written by Abu Muhammad al Qasim ibn Ali al-Hariri (1054-1122), titled «Al-Maqamat”, plural of “Maqam», fifty steps, “stations” for his fifty short stories related each one to a city in the Muslim world of that time. Then Maria Rebecca’s steps or stations in, Madagascar, Switzerland, Ghana, Abu Dhabi, are the post  modern “Maqâmats” that testify of our footprint on mother Earth. Transmission, memory, prejudice to earth and sometimes caring  “ex. of Masdar City”  combined with new technologies will be shown in Maria’s  journey into fragility project." The West started to consider that water was about to become a scarce resource and that it could make sense to launch actions towards its conservation. Very rapidly, this move spread to other parts of their daily life and it was the starting point of the ecologist or so called « green » activities. In parallel, it happened that western Europe experienced a deficit in rains or unexpected heat periods to which they were not prepared. The level of table waters started to shrink, rivers would become empty so that the availability of water became a strategic issue. This were the times where some people considered towing icebergs from the poles to those regions in order to cope with the water demand!
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            But basically, something new had happened, which had never been on the agenda of the fathers in Europe : desertification , limited access to water ! We all know the subsequent developments with a green sensitivity and particular attention to the management of nature resources. In governments, we saw the creation of Ministries for the Environment. In the public, associations like Green Peace came to the forefront of our attention and actually influenced the decisions of governments. This is where Masdar enters the world stage and deserves its full legitimacy. Is there any other part of the world where it would make more sense for such an initiative? The source of water obviously, but also the source of all efforts that our fathers have taught to us in order to preserve the nature in a harsh environment. We are the heirs of generations who have been living in sandy places with large quantities of salty or brackish waters – nothing to secure their survival! Therefore we are prepared to understand the value of a drop of water on a leaf at dawn, and it is our heritage to draw the attention of the world on these wealths. That’s why Maria Rebecca Ballestra ‘s project has all its significance. This is why we have to support Masdar’s endeavours, and this is the ideal place where the artists will play a significant role. We expect them to extract from our complicated daily life the signals that new behaviours are mandatory. The orchards are mature and we all know that the most important is the friend who will accompany us in this journey. Let’s have Masdar as this friend ! 
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           With Journey into Fragility Maria Rebecca Ballestra are developping twelve subprojects in twelve different places around the world, creating an open and constructive dialogue on the environment and the value of living on Earth. Three stages was already completed in Ghana, Switzerland and Madagascar, and the fourth one will take place in UAE.
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           The third stage of the journey will take place in Madagascar from 20th to 30th April 2012. There, Rebecca will reflect on the Manifesto’s sixth thesis - that the interruption of natural equilibrium is a problem which doesn’t only concern nature, but also involves mankind – and will create a photographic work to document one of our planet’s richest and most threatened ecosystems.
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           Rebecca’s work will follow an itinerary which will allow her to reach and document three parks: Ranomafana National Park – a fluvial forest in the centre of the country; Isalo National Park, featuring great rock formations and situated in the central-south, and Zombitse-Vohibasia Park, a tropical forest that is home to many species of rare and indigenous birds. During this stage of her journey, Rebecca will work with the local humanitarian association Un seme per Crescere.
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           Rebecca’s work will follow an itinerary which will allow her to reach and document three parks: Ranomafana National Park – a fluvial forest in the centre of the country; Isalo National Park, featuring great rock formations and situated in the central-south, and Zombitse-Vohibasia Park, a tropical forest that is home to many species of rare and indigenous birds. During this stage of her journey, Rebecca will work with the local humanitarian association Un seme per Crescere.
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           After having roamed around the continents for centuries, moving further away from his native land, the human being returns to Africa like an exhausted traveller; he returns to draw on knowledge - the same which led him to take his first steps; he returns to listen and to ask, to watch and to create again.
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           As if returning to his own country from a long journey, man no longer recognises the idea that he had formed of it, or the memories he had been told. Poverty, disaster, violence, corruption and diseases are none other than the same ills which afflict the world in which he lives. And yet, there is something different in Africa: there are oasis and experimental workshops that havent ceased to advance since the beginning of time, and which represent the real age of life on Earth: the highest expression of the human faculty, the environment at its maximum degree of well-being and evolution.
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           Double Sollo Show A Better Landscape, Alan Sonfist and Maria Rebecca Ballestra, Gallery Unimediamodern (Genoa-Italy) curated by Antonio d'Avossa
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           2015
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           Permanent Installation on the Certosa Island (Venice) in collaboration with ADAC (Archive of Contemporary Art of the University of Genoa and the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation
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           Double Solo Show ,Maria Rebecca Ballestra - Filippo Centenari, WerkstattGalerie (Berlin – Germany) for Berlin Art Week curated by Pascul Jordan
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           Double Solo Show  The Truth of Labyrinth by Maria Rebecca Ballestra - Julien Fridler - Gallery Spazio Testoni (Bologna – Italy)
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           Double Solo Show Maria Rebecca Ballestra – Julien Friedler, Palazzo Molin (Venice - Italy)
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           2014
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           Double solo show Sapere-Sapore by Maria Rebecca Ballestra and Rachela Abbate, Museum Palazzo Borea d’Olmo (Sanremo – Italy)
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           2012-2014
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           Itinerary project Journey into Fragility, promoted by ADAC (Archive of Contemporary Art of the University of Genoa)Twelve stages around the world: 
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           Meta-Architetture, Gallery Spazio Testoni (Bologna-Italy) curated by Paola Valenti
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           Journey into Fragility, Gallery 400mq (Ancona-Italy) curated by Federica Mariani
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           2013
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           Solo Show at Goat Art Project curated by Sara Rees (Cardiff – Wales)
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           Double solo Show Ballestra Maria Rebecca/Andrea Francolino curated by Paola Valenti/ Alberto Mattia Martini, Gallery Spazio Testoni (Bologna-Italy)
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           Changing Perspective, series of solo exhibitions, installations and site specific projects curated by Paola Valenti in collaboration with Alessandra Piatti e Daniela Legotta (Genoa – Italy), included:
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           Post Human Garden – Contemporary Art Museum Villa Croce
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           Eyes on Asia – Museum of the Cultures of the World
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           The Weight of the Human Being, Sala Dogana
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           The Future is near. The Future is now! UnimediaModern Gallery
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           There’s plenty of room at the botton, Genoa Port Center
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           The Future is near. The future is now! Galerie Alberta Pane (Paris – France) curated by Luca Bochicchio
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           2009
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           Kisses form China!, Phodar Biennale, Sofia, Bulgaria
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           Group Exhibition
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           2016
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           Planetariu, Ca' dei Carraresi (Treviso – Italy) - curated by Manuela Enna and Daniel Buso
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           In Principio era la Terra, Forte di Gavi and Libarna archeological area - curated by Matteo Galbiati e Kevin McManus
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           Photography – Darren Almond, Maria Rebecca Ballestra, Matteo Basile, Giacomo Costa, Barbara Kechler, Mario Schifano, – Gallery Natoli Mascarenhas – Principality of Monaco
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           2015
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           Impatto 2.0 Art Design Environment, Este (PD) promoted by S.E.S.A spa - curated by Elisa Celeghin e Ilaria Magni
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           Arteam Cup 2015 Officina delle Zattere – Venice
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           Visible City for Palinsesti 2015, a project by Giorgia Gastaldon Under the patronage of: Friuli Venezia Giulia, City of San Vito al Tagliamento, University of Udine, Ado Furlan Foundation, Casa Cavazzini, Gallery of Contemporary Art of Monfalcone, Fruili School of Mosaics
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           Macrocosmi, Old Postfuhramnt West (Berlin- Germany) curated by Pascual Jordan and Petra Dregger
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           Bologna Design Week, 5 minutes Free Zone , in collaboration with Lucia Palmero, Gallery Spazio Testoni (Bologna - Italy)
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           Biennial Italy – China, Mastio della Cittadella (Turin -Italy), ARCA (Vercelli – Italy), Medioeval Castel (Serralunga d'Alba – Italy), curated by EBLand
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           Suspended Spaces 2. Artists in dialogue with Cecilia Ravera Oneto’s art work, curated by Leo Lecci, Monica Saccomandi, Laura Valle. Exhibition Hall Piedmonte Region, (Turin – Italia)
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           2014
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           La photographie, une seconde nature! -Ibn El Farouk, Maria Rebecca Ballestra, Dalel Tangour, Luis Moragon - Mamia Bretesche Gallery (Paris – France)
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           Exhibition Cambridge Sustainable Residency, Norforlk Street Gallery (Cambridge – UK) curated by Marina Velez
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           Appearance Eco Arts Festival , S.E.A Gallery – Princetown (USA)
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           2013
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           Video Projection of the video “Dialogue for Preservation” during the Swiss Annual Development Cooperation Conference "A fragile world – young people’s perspectives" - Lugano Congress Center (Switzerland)
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           Sea Art Festival by Busan Biennale, South Korea project in collaboration with Rachela Abbate,
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           Invisible Cities – 12 artist for Calvino”, Accademia Ligustica (Genoa, Italy), organised by Foundation Mario Novaro
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           Video Festival Old Ambulance Depot in Edinburgh (Scotland)
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           5th edition of FIVAC, International Video Art Festival, in Camaguey, “The Next Resistance” section, (Cuba)
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           Marais Digital – Galerie Mamia Bretesche – Paris (France)
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           RicCAA International Biennial of Art and Design of Padova (Italy), ex macello, curated by Marisa Merlin
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           In-Naturale, Foundation Villa Margherita-Famiglia Teruzzi, Bordighera (IM) curated by Leo Lecci
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           2012
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           Centenary Docks Dora, cultural event organized by SAL – Spazio AdLbitum for the celebrations of 100 years of Docks Dora 
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           Rolli Days, Tobia Pallavicino Palace (Genoa – Italy), courtesy UnimediaModern Gallery
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           Invisible Cities, 12 artists for Calvino, Museum Palazzo Borea D’Olmo (Sanremo- Italy) organised by Novaro Foundation
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           International Multimedia Art Festival in Yangon (Myanmar, Burma) organized by New Zero Art Space and the French Institute of Culture.
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           2011
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           Al Ghaib Aesthetic of the Disappearance, Maraya Art Center (Sharjah – UAE) curated by Gaia Serena Simionati
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           Al Ghaib Aesthetic of the Disappearance, Stux Gallery (New York – USA) curated by Gaia Serena Simionati
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           Nuit Blanche, Institute Français, (Paris – France and Oran – Alger) curated by Mamya Bretsche and Gaetan Pellan
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           Art Price Duchessa di Galliera, 2011 – 1956, Contemporary Art Museum Villa Croce (Genoa –Italy) curated by Anna Lercari
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           2010
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           Nuit Blanche, Institute Français, (Paris – France and Oran – Alger) curated by Mamya Bretsche and Gaetan Pellan)
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           Docks en Ciel curated by Adrien Pasternak - Chic Art Fair (La Cite’ de la Mode et du Design , Paris -France)
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           Sunday’s Screening Galerie Alberta Pane (Paris - France)
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           MC² - Museum’s collections # 2, Contemporary Art Museum Villa Croce, curated by Francesca Serrati
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           Moscow Biennale “Qui Vive?” (Moscow – Russia) curated by Daria Pyrkina
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           Video Festival Video Appart (Paris – Dubai)
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           Mashrab – Maghrab Contemporary Art Exhibition selected by Bastakia Art Fair -Heritage House Gallery - Dubaï (U.A.E.)
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           2009
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           Sowing Seeds Kaman Art Gallery (Jodhpur – India) curated by Nilesh Shidhpura
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           Phodar Biennial ’09 (Pevlen – Bulgaria) curated by Antoan Bozhinov
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           Intersection- Correlation(Berlin – Germany) curated by Brian Hackney Turn-Berlin Art Space
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           La Grande Abbuffata: Scorie, Scarti, Sprechi. Risorse energetiche (Auditorium of the Museums of Strada Nuova - Genoa) curated by Ko.Ji.Ku
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           Sculpture Quadrennial of Riga (Latvia), organized by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Latvia and Centre for Art Management and Information (MMIC)
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           21th Instants Video (Marseille – France) supported by The French Ministry of Culture, The Regional Council (PACA), The city of Marseille and the European Commission
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           Tracing love 24/7” Gallery Magacine (Belgrade, Serbia) curated by DEVE
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           Urban Jealousy 1st International Roaming Biennial of Tehran (Istanbul Turkey) , curated by Amirali Ghasemi and Serhat Koksal
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           Kaléidoscope de la création émergente, (Paris-France, Strasbourg, Bordeaux) curated by Helene Mugnier and Adrien Pasternak
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           Video Appart (Paris-France) curated by Mamia Bretesche
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           Arrivi e Partenze.Italia at the Mole Vanvitelliana (Ancona-Italy) curated by Alberto Fiz and Walter Gasperoni.
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           Prizes
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           2015
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           Finalist of Arteam Prize (Venice – Italy)
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           2013
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           Award Honorable Mention by the Santo Fondation (USA) for the 2013 Artist Awards
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           Second Prize at the Busan Sea Art Festival by Busan Biennale (Busan - Korea)
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           Residences
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           2016
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           Artist invited for the Artist Residence Program at FRAC Corse (France)
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           2015
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           Artist Residence Program Verde River (Phoenix – Arizona) curated by Signal Fire USA
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           Artist Residence Program presso il WAW Art center (Saint Louis – Senegal)
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           2014
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           Cambridge Sustainable Residency (collaborating artist), Cambridge School of Art and Angli Ruskin University (UK), curated by Marina Velez
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           First Caravan Brazil by Transnational Culture (San Paulo – Rio de Janeiro)
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           2013
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           Artist Residence Program Rhod 2013 – Future Nature Culture Carmarthenshire (Wales) – curated by Sara Rees
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           2012 
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           Artist Residence “Creatives in Residence” Sunhoo Industrial Design Innovation Park (Fuyang, China)
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           Artist Residence Program at PROG KULTUR ZENTRUM (Bern – Switzerland) supported by KALART
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           Artist residence program XENIA (Pescara – Italy) supported by Cultural Association HUMANITAS
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           Artist residence Program at Abetenim Village (Ghana) supported by NKA Foundation
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           2011  Selected for DEFAULT Masterclass in Residence: On Art, Cities and Regeneration
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           Lecce, (Italy), organized by RAMDOM
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            2009                           
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           Selected for the International Artist Camp “Sowing Seeds” in Sar Village (Rajasthan – India)
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           2008
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           Selected for the Artist Residence Program at CEAC Chinese European Art Center (Xiamen – China)
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           Selected for the 1st International Openart Residency, Eretria (Greece) organized by Cheap Art Gallery of Athens
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           2007
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           Selected for the Artist Residence Program at Global Arts Village (Delhi – India
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           Lectures and Symposium______________________________________________________________
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           2016
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           A Better Landscape, a dilogue between Alan Sonfist (USA) and Maria Rebecca Ballestra – Gallery Unimediamodern (Genoa)
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           TransCultural Exchange's 2016 Conference on International Opportunities in the Arts: Expanding Worlds.(Boston University)
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           Round Table: Collaborating with Arts and Cultural Organizations across the Disciplines of Science, Ecology and Politics will offer a forum for discussing collaborative art projects that raise awareness of the fragility of our environment - Chair: Maria Rebecca Ballestra
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           2015
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           Network Ecologies Symposium – University of Hull - Scarborough Campus (UK)
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           2013
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           Talk “Art and ecology” Small World Theatre (Cardigan – Wales – UK)
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           2012
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           Lecture "Journey into Fragility", Maraya Art Center (Sharjah-UAE)
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           Lecture at PROG Zentrum (Bern-Switzerland)
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           2011
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           Lecture "Paesaggi artistici per lo spazio Pubblico", Liberrima, Lecce (Italy), included in the program ART LAB (Dialogue on the Culture management);
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           Lecture "Post Human Garden", Contemporary Art Museum Villa Croce during the Genoa Science Festival (Genoa,Italy);
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           Coffee Hour at Castello d'Albertis Museum of the Cultures of the World (Genoa, Italy)
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           2008
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           Lecture and Public presentation, Multimedia Department, Xiamen University (China);
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           Lecture, University of Genoa, Genoa (Italy);
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           Lecture and Public presentation, Museo di Palazzo Borea d’Olmo, Sanremo (Italy);
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           2007
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           Lecture, Accademia Ligustica di Belle Arti, Genoa (Italy);
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           2006 Lecture and Public presentation, Taipei Artist Village, Taipei (Taiwan);
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           Workshop and Performance with 100 students of MCAST Art and Design Institute of Mosta, (Malta)
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           Art Fairs
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           2016
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           Arte Fiera (Bologna- Italy) courtesy by Spazio Testoni Gallery
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           2014
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           Foto Fever – Carrousel du Louvre (Paris-France), courtesy Mamia Bretesche
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           Arte Fiera (Bologna- Italy) courtesy by Spazio Testoni Gallery
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           2013
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           Arte Fiera (Bologna- Italy) courtesy by the Spazio Testoni Gallery
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           2010
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           Photo Taipei , SunWorld Dinasty Hotel, Taipei (Taiwan), courtesy by Grand Siecle Gallery (Taiwan)
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           SH Contemporary Fair (Shanghai, China) courtesy by Galerie Alberta Pane
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           Swab Art Fair ( Barcelona – Spain) courtesy by Galerie Alberta Pane
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           2009   
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           Slick Fair (Paris- France) courtesy by Galerie Alberta Pane
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           2008
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           Creek Art Fair (Dubai, UAE) courtesy by Art Show Gallery
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           Slick Fair (Paris- France) courtesy by Galerie Alberta Pane
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           Mois de la Photo Off (Paris- France)
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           2007
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           Digital and video art fair « Diva Fair” at Les Louvres des Antiquaires (Paris- France)
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           Public and Private Collection
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           Global Arts Village (Delhi, India)
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           Contemporary Museum Villa Croce (Genoa –Italy)
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           Taipei Artist Village (Taipei - Taiwan)
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           GAM Galley of Modern Art (Rome - Italy)
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           Gozo Contempoarary (Gozo – Malta)
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           Scuool San Carlo (Turin - Italy)
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           Galerie Alberta Pane (Paris – France)
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           My work is based on the reprocessing and reinterpretation of social, political and environmental themes and on a synthesis of ethno-cultural codes, learned during several artist residencies program all around the world. The journey is one of my main source of inspiration: a meditation on history, traditions and ancient customs of different countries is an instrument to escape the Eurocentric perspective and to offer to the public a new points of active observation and criticism. My works often arise as a project site and context specific, using the space that welcomes them to enhance their communicative and emotional aspects. My works are inspired by strong, complex and contemporary subjects: the denunciation of preventive detention (Prisoner, made to Agora, Bordighera, 2005), the illegal trafficking of children and organs (Cannibalism, Castello Sforzesco, Milan 2005 ), the commerce of the body (Post Mortem Human Resources, Taiwan 2005), the consumption of natural resources and the Earth Overshoot Day (The Weight of the Human Being, Loggia dei Mercanti, Genoa 2007), etc. 
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           My last production, is oriented toward the perception of the future in relation to climate change and multiple human interventions in the natural environment and sense of insecurity and anxiety that characterizes this new millennium.
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           La mia ricerca artistica si fonda sulla rielaborazione e sulla reinterpretazione di tematiche sociali, politiche ed ambientali e sulla sintesi dei codici etnoculturali appresi durante numerose residenze d’artista realizzate in paesi geograficamente e culturalmente lontani. Il viaggio è una delle mie principale fonte d’ispirazione: la riflessione sulla storia, sulle tradizioni antiche e sulle usanze attuali dei diversi paesi del mondo sono uno strumento per r fuggire dalla prospettiva eurocentrica e per offrire al pubblico nuovi punti di osservazione attiva e critica. Le mie opere spesso nascono come progetti site e context specific e si servono dello spazio che li accoglie per potenziare la loro valenza comunicativa ed emozionale. Le tematiche a cui le opere si ispirano sono forti, complesse ed attuali: la denuncia delle leggi per la detenzione preventiva (Prisoner, realizzata per Agorà, Bordighera 2005), del traffico illegale di bambini e di organi (Cannibalism, Castello Sforzesco, Milano 2005), della mercificazione del corpo (Post Mortem Human Resources, Taiwan 2005), del consumo delle risorse naturali e del Earth Overshoot Day (The Weight of the Human Being, Loggia dei Mercanti, Genova 2007), etc.
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           La mia ultima produzione è orientata verso la percezione del futuro in relazione ai cambiamenti climatici e ai molteplici interventi dell’uomo all’interno dell’ambiente naturale e al senso di precarietà e di inquietudine che caratterizza questo nuovo millennio.
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           Making use of a new sponge resulting from recent IIT research into porous nano-structured materials, and reasoning on its possible use for “capturing” hydrocarbons spilt into the sea, the work itself is a way of prompting reflection on technology’s contribution to dealing with environmental disasters caused by man.
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           Precisely by playing on the ambiguity of the word bottom/fondo, which can suggest the depths of the seabed, the work borrows as its title the celebrated phrase “There’s plenty of room at the bottom”, with which, in 1959, Richard Phillips Feynman, the American scientist considered the father of nano-technology, gave a fundamental boost to that scientific research which aims at accessing the “small” in order to control and modify it.
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           Giovedì 13 ottobre alle ore 17.30 presso Castello D'Albertis Museo delle Culture del Mondo, sarà presentato il catalogo monografico di MARIA REBECCA
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           BALLESTRA. Changing Perspectives / Cambiando Prospettive, edito da De Ferrari Editore.
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           A introdurre e illustrare la monografia sarà la curatrice del progetto Paola Valenti in una conversazione con l’artista Maria Rebecca Ballestra.
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           La presentazione del volume fa parte del progetto CHANGING PERSPECTIVES/CAMBIANDO PROSPETTIVE (giugno – novembre 2011) un ciclo di incontri, esposizioni ed installazioni, dedicato al lavoro di Maria Rebecca Ballestra e curato da Paola Valenti con il sostegno di AdAC (Archivio d'Arte Contemporanea, Università degli Studi di Genova). La ricerca dell'artista ligure è illustrata in un percorso espositivo di cinque tappe presso alcune delle più prestigiose location genovesi Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Villa Croce (Post Human Garden / Giardino postumano, 29 giugno-28 agosto),Castello D’Albertis Museo delle Culture e del Mondo (Eyes on Asia (and more) / Occhi sull’Asia (e non solo), 8 luglio – 30 ottobre), Sala Dogana di Palazzo Ducale (The Weight of Human Being / Il peso dell’umanità, 30 settembre – 23 ottobre); galleria UnimediaModern Contemporary (The Future is Near. The Future is Now! / Il futuro è vicino. Il futuro è ora!, 7 ottobre - 5 novembre), Genoa Port Center in occasione del Festival della Scienza 2011 (“There’s Plenty of Room at the Bottom” / “C’è ancora un sacco di spazio là in fondo”, 21 ottobre - 20 novembre).
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           In questa occasione i visitatori della mostra Eyes on Asia (and more) / Occhi sull’Asia (e non solo) potranno usufrire del biblietto ridotto.
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           During ten days, twenty selected artists will discuss with curators, artists, cultural producers, transnational partners and local audience about some key questions of our (austere) time: how to interact within a wider governmental policy concerning urban regeneration? How to tackle the increasingly politicised stakes that underpin cultural inquiry on urban centres’ and neighbourhoods’ revitalisation?
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           Alberto Borea (PE), Anthony McInneny (AUS), Bean (UK), Emma Houlihan (EIRE), Heba Amin (EGY), Marcus Owens (USA), Natascha Hagenbeek (NL), Rachela Abbate (DE), Rosario Montero Prieto (UK), Tonka Malekovic (HRV), Alessia Rollo (ITA), Angela Zurlo (ITA), Giuseppe Pansa (ITA), Lucia Leuci (ITA), Maria Rebecca Ballestra (ITA), Sergio Racanati (ITA), Serena Porrati (ITA), Simone Massafra (ITA), Stefano Cagol (ITA), Tatiana Villani (ITA)
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            29 giugno – 28 agosto 2011 - prorogata fino al 6 Settembre 2011
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            Inaugurazione: 28 giugno ore 18.00 a cura di Paola Valenti, in collaborazione con Daniela Legotta e Alessandra Piatti di Associazione Ko.JI.Ku.
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           Post Human Garden è un progetto site specific ideato da Maria Rebecca Ballestra appositamente per la sala camino del Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Villa Croce nell’ambito del progetto espositivo CHANGING PERSPECTIVES/CAMBIANDO PROSPETTIVE, interamente dedicato al suo lavoro. Seguendo la sua ultima ricerca legata al tema del post-umano e riflettendo sui confini tra natura e scienza, tra artificiale e naturale, l’artista ha realizzato una nuova opera multimediale ispirata ai dibatti più recenti che riguardano le manipolazioni genetiche, la creazioni transgeniche e la biotecnologia.  Nella sala del Museo è stata realizzata , in collaborazione con il CRA-FSO Unità di Ricerca per la Floricoltura e le Specie Ornamentali  di Sanremo, un giardino artificiale composto da piante - in vaso ed in vitro - dalle forme strane e originali, al fine di simulare un ambiente popolato da specie vegetali e floricole transgeniche. Il giardino era arricchito da proiezioni di mappature di DNA vegetali e da materiale cellulare in vitro.  L’opera è stata  completata da un’installazione sonora interattiva realizzata dall’artista taiwanese Wen Chin Fu: la presenza umana, come elemento estraneo in un ambiante dominato da una natura artificiale, era il fattore alieno che attivava l’installazione stessa, azionando, ad ogni suo passaggio, particolari suoni, musiche e rumori.
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           CHANGING PERSPECTIVES/CAMBIANDO PROSPETTIVE è un ciclo di esposizioni, installazioni e incontri dedicato al lavoro di Maria Rebecca Ballestra, giovane artista ligure, la cui ricerca si fonda sulla rielaborazione e reinterpretazione di tematiche sociali, politiche, ambientali e tecnico-scientifiche sulla sintesi di codici etno-culturali approfonditi durante numerose residenze artistiche. Da diversi anni Maria Rebecca Ballestra utilizza il viaggio come fonte di ispirazione e “materia” per il proprio lavoro, avventurandosi alla scoperta di paesi geograficamente e culturalmente lontani, con l'intento di scandagliarne la storia e il presente, le tradizioni antiche e le abitudini attuali, e ricavarne opere che offrano ai suoi interlocutori molteplici prospettive. CHANGING PERSPECTIVES/CAMBIANDO PROSPETTIVE vuole fornire nuovi punti di osservazione attiva e critica sui cambiamenti socio-ambientali in atto nel pianeta e creare un dialogo aperto con i cittadini, le istituzioni, l'università, le scuole, le realtà culturali, le comunità multietniche presenti sul territorio attraverso una programmazione di eventi dislocati in prestigiose sedi espositive, pubbliche e private, e distribuiti in un arco temporale di circa sei mesi.
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           CHANGING PERSPECTIVES/CAMBIANDO PROSPETTIVE si svolgerà tra giugno e novembre 2011 in alcune tra le location di maggior interesse culturale della città di Genova. Ogni sede ospiterà un evento espositivo legato a una specifica tappa del percorso di ricerca di Maria Rebecca Ballestra. 
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           Nella sala camino del Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Villa Croce (29 giugno – 28 agosto) Maria Rebecca Ballestra realizzerà in collaborazione con il CRA-FSO Unità di Ricerca per la Floricoltura e le Specie Ornamentali  di Sanremo l’installazione site specific Post Human Garden/Giardino postumano. Proseguendo nella sua più recente ricerca legata al tema del post-umano e ispirandosi agli attuali dibatti sulle manipolazioni transgeniche e la biotecnologia, l’artista realizzerà un giardino artificiale, composto da piante dalle forme strane e originali, al fine di simulare un ambiente popolato da specie vegetali e floricole transgeniche. L’opera sarà completata da un’installazione sonora interattiva realizzata dall’artista taiwanese Wen Chin Fu: la presenza umana, come elemento estraneo in un ambiente dominato da una natura artificiale, sarà il fattore alieno che attiverà l’installazione stessa, azionando, ad ogni suo passaggio, particolari suoni, musiche e rumori.   
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           A Castello D’Albertis Museo delle Culture del Mondo (8 luglio – 16 ottobre) sarà allestita la mostra Eyes on Asia (and more)/ Occhi sull’Asia (e non solo), una retrospettiva dedicata ai lavori che Maria Rebecca Ballestra ha realizzato in Asia e in vari paesi europei dal 2005 al 2010, in occasione di alcuni programmi di residenza internazionali. Saranno presenti in mostra opere video e diverse serie fotografiche, tra cui Kisses from China!, realizzata durante la residenza presso il CEAC di Xiamen ed esposta nel 2008 al Mois de la Photo di Parigi e nel 2009 alla Biennale di Fotografia di Sofia, e Forging Time una raccolta di lavori realizzati in Korea, India e Taiwan e presentati a Parigi presso la KernotArt Gallery.
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           Gli spazi della storica galleria UnimediaModern Contemporary Art (7 ottobre – 5 novembre) accoglieranno la mostra The Future is Near. The Future is Now!/ Il futuro è vicino. Il futuro è ora!, già allestita nel 2010 alla KernotArt Gallery di Parigi: attraverso le opere esposte – fotografie, sculture e video – Maria Rebecca Ballestra intende promuovere una riflessione su un futuro, ormai assai prossimo, segnato dai molteplici interventi umani sulla natura, dai conseguenti cambiamenti climatici e dai “giochi di guerra” ideati per salvaguardare precari quanto fittizi equilibri. Alcune lavori in mostra sono stati realizzati in collaborazione con l’artista taiwanese Wen Chin Fu e il drammaturgo argentino Marcos Rosenzvaig, che parteciperanno al progetto con performance e workshops. L'inaugurazione della mostra si terrà in concomitanza con START GENOVA, l'opening collettivo delle gallerie d'arte contemporanea genovesi. 
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           Maria Rebecca Ballestra Artista e fotografa si diploma all’Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze e studia presso la Facultad de Bellas Artes di Granada (Spagna). Dal 1994 espone in mostre collettive e personali in Italia e all’estero. Frequenta seminari e workshop in diversi paesi europei ed extraeuropei e presso sedi prestigiose, tra cui il Museo Archeologico di Rethymno (Grecia), la Fondazione Picasso di Malaga (Spagna), il Museo della Ceramica di Barcellona (Spagna). Nel 2003 è stata selezionata per partecipare alla Biennale dei Giovani Artisti dell’Europa e del Mediterraneo. Nello stesso anno ha vinto una residenza per artisti presso il Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Europos Parkas di Vilnius in Lituania. Nel 2005 è stata selezionata per partecipare all’Artist Residence Program del Taipei Artist Village (Taiwan) sostenuta del progetto ministeriale Movin’ up per la mobilità dei giovani artisti. Nel 2006 è stata selezionata per l’Artist residence program presso il Gozo Contemporary (Malta), nel 2007 per il Global Arts Village (Delhi-India) e nel 2008 per il  CEAC (Chinese European Art Center) di Xiamen – China, e per l’Open Art Residency (Eretria – Grecia). Nel 2010 ha partecipato alla residenza Sowing Seeds nel villaggio di SAR (Rajahstan) in India. Diversi suoi lavori sono conservati in collezioni private e pubbliche, fra cui quelle del Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Villa Croce, della Fondazione DARS di Milano, delle scuole San Carlo di Torino. E’ attualmente rappresentata dalla galleria Alberta Pane di Parigi. 
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           CHANGING PERSPECTIVES/CAMBIANDO PROSPETTIVE è un ciclo di esposizioni, installazioni e incontri dedicato al lavoro di Maria Rebecca Ballestra, giovane artista ligure, la cui ricerca si fonda sulla rielaborazione e reinterpretazione di tematiche sociali, politiche, ambientali e tecnico-scientifiche sulla sintesi di codici etno-culturali approfonditi durante numerose residenze artistiche. Da diversi anni Maria Rebecca Ballestra utilizza il viaggio come fonte di ispirazione e “materia” per il proprio lavoro, avventurandosi alla scoperta di paesi geograficamente e culturalmente lontani, con l'intento di scandagliarne la storia e il presente, le tradizioni antiche e le abitudini attuali, e ricavarne opere che offrano ai suoi interlocutori molteplici prospettive. CHANGING PERSPECTIVES/CAMBIANDO PROSPETTIVE vuole fornire nuovi punti di osservazione attiva e critica sui cambiamenti socio-ambientali in atto nel pianeta e creare un dialogo aperto con i cittadini, le istituzioni, l'università, le scuole, le realtà culturali, le comunità multietniche presenti sul territorio attraverso una programmazione di eventi dislocati in prestigiose sedi espositive, pubbliche e private, e distribuiti in un arco temporale di circa sei mesi.
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           Nella sala camino del Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Villa Croce (29 giugno – 28 agosto) Maria Rebecca Ballestra realizzerà in collaborazione con il CRA-FSO Unità di Ricerca per la Floricoltura e le Specie Ornamentali  di Sanremo l’installazione site specific Post Human Garden/Giardino postumano. Proseguendo nella sua più recente ricerca legata al tema del post-umano e ispirandosi agli attuali dibatti sulle manipolazioni transgeniche e la biotecnologia, l’artista realizzerà un giardino artificiale, composto da piante dalle forme strane e originali, al fine di simulare un ambiente popolato da specie vegetali e floricole transgeniche. L’opera sarà completata da un’installazione sonora interattiva realizzata dall’artista taiwanese Wen Chin Fu: la presenza umana, come elemento estraneo in un ambiente dominato da una natura artificiale, sarà il fattore alieno che attiverà l’installazione stessa, azionando, ad ogni suo passaggio, particolari suoni, musiche e rumori.   
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           A Castello D’Albertis Museo delle Culture del Mondo (8 luglio – 16 ottobre) sarà allestita la mostra Eyes on Asia (and more)/ Occhi sull’Asia (e non solo), una retrospettiva dedicata ai lavori che Maria Rebecca Ballestra ha realizzato in Asia e in vari paesi europei dal 2005 al 2010, in occasione di alcuni programmi di residenza internazionali. Saranno presenti in mostra opere video e diverse serie fotografiche, tra cui Kisses from China!, realizzata durante la residenza presso il CEAC di Xiamen ed esposta nel 2008 al Mois de la Photo di Parigi e nel 2009 alla Biennale di Fotografia di Sofia, e Forging Time una raccolta di lavori realizzati in Korea, India e Taiwan e presentati a Parigi presso la KernotArt Gallery.
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           Gli spazi della storica galleria UnimediaModern Contemporary Art (7 ottobre – 5 novembre) accoglieranno la mostra The Future is Near. The Future is Now!/ Il futuro è vicino. Il futuro è ora!, già allestita nel 2010 alla KernotArt Gallery di Parigi: attraverso le opere esposte – fotografie, sculture e video – Maria Rebecca Ballestra intende promuovere una riflessione su un futuro, ormai assai prossimo, segnato dai molteplici interventi umani sulla natura, dai conseguenti cambiamenti climatici e dai “giochi di guerra” ideati per salvaguardare precari quanto fittizi equilibri. Alcune lavori in mostra sono stati realizzati in collaborazione con l’artista taiwanese Wen Chin Fu e il drammaturgo argentino Marcos Rosenzvaig, che parteciperanno al progetto con performance e workshops. L'inaugurazione della mostra si terrà in concomitanza con START GENOVA, l'opening collettivo delle gallerie d'arte contemporanea genovesi. 
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           Maria Rebecca Ballestra Artista e fotografa si diploma all’Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze e studia presso la Facultad de Bellas Artes di Granada (Spagna). Dal 1994 espone in mostre collettive e personali in Italia e all’estero. Frequenta seminari e workshop in diversi paesi europei ed extraeuropei e presso sedi prestigiose, tra cui il Museo Archeologico di Rethymno (Grecia), la Fondazione Picasso di Malaga (Spagna), il Museo della Ceramica di Barcellona (Spagna). Nel 2003 è stata selezionata per partecipare alla Biennale dei Giovani Artisti dell’Europa e del Mediterraneo. Nello stesso anno ha vinto una residenza per artisti presso il Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Europos Parkas di Vilnius in Lituania. Nel 2005 è stata selezionata per partecipare all’Artist Residence Program del Taipei Artist Village (Taiwan) sostenuta del progetto ministeriale Movin’ up per la mobilità dei giovani artisti. Nel 2006 è stata selezionata per l’Artist residence program presso il Gozo Contemporary (Malta), nel 2007 per il Global Arts Village (Delhi-India) e nel 2008 per il  CEAC (Chinese European Art Center) di Xiamen – China, e per l’Open Art Residency (Eretria – Grecia). Nel 2010 ha partecipato alla residenza Sowing Seeds nel villaggio di SAR (Rajahstan) in India. Diversi suoi lavori sono conservati in collezioni private e pubbliche, fra cui quelle del Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Villa Croce, della Fondazione DARS di Milano, delle scuole San Carlo di Torino. E’ attualmente rappresentata dalla galleria Alberta Pane di Parigi. 
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           CHANGING PERSPECTIVES/CAMBIANDO PROSPETTIVE si propone, infatti, come un nuovo modello espositivo, dinamico e plurale, basato sulla sinergia tra molteplici realtà culturali e museali; si tratta di un diverso modo di concepire la mostra personale, con una formula che intendiamo riproporre nel futuro per offrire ad altri giovani artisti e curatori la possibilità di presentare interessanti ricerche in dialogo con differenti interlocutori, da scegliersi di volta in volta in base alle specificità del progetto.   
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           Nella sala camino del Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Villa Croce (29 giugno – 28 agosto) Maria Rebecca Ballestra realizzerà in collaborazione con il CRA-FSO Unità di Ricerca per la Floricoltura e le Specie Ornamentali  di Sanremo l’installazione site specific Post Human Garden/Giardino postumano. Proseguendo nella sua più recente ricerca legata al tema del post-umano e ispirandosi agli attuali dibatti sulle manipolazioni transgeniche e la biotecnologia, l’artista realizzerà un giardino artificiale, composto da piante dalle forme strane e originali, al fine di simulare un ambiente popolato da specie vegetali e floricole transgeniche. L’opera sarà completata da un’installazione sonora interattiva realizzata dall’artista taiwanese Wen Chin Fu: la presenza umana, come elemento estraneo in un ambiente dominato da una natura artificiale, sarà il fattore alieno che attiverà l’installazione stessa, azionando, ad ogni suo passaggio, particolari suoni, musiche e rumori.   
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           A Castello D’Albertis Museo delle Culture del Mondo (8 luglio – 16 ottobre) sarà allestita la mostra Eyes on Asia (and more)/ Occhi sull’Asia (e non solo), una retrospettiva dedicata ai lavori che Maria Rebecca Ballestra ha realizzato in Asia e in vari paesi europei dal 2005 al 2010, in occasione di alcuni programmi di residenza internazionali. Saranno presenti in mostra opere video e diverse serie fotografiche, tra cui Kisses from China!, realizzata durante la residenza presso il CEAC di Xiamen ed esposta nel 2008 al Mois de la Photo di Parigi e nel 2009 alla Biennale di Fotografia di Sofia, e Forging Time una raccolta di lavori realizzati in Korea, India e Taiwan e presentati a Parigi presso la KernotArt Gallery.
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           Gli spazi della storica galleria UnimediaModern Contemporary Art (7 ottobre – 5 novembre) accoglieranno la mostra The Future is Near. The Future is Now!/ Il futuro è vicino. Il futuro è ora!, già allestita nel 2010 alla KernotArt Gallery di Parigi: attraverso le opere esposte – fotografie, sculture e video – Maria Rebecca Ballestra intende promuovere una riflessione su un futuro, ormai assai prossimo, segnato dai molteplici interventi umani sulla natura, dai conseguenti cambiamenti climatici e dai “giochi di guerra” ideati per salvaguardare precari quanto fittizi equilibri. Alcune lavori in mostra sono stati realizzati in collaborazione con l’artista taiwanese Wen Chin Fu e il drammaturgo argentino Marcos Rosenzvaig, che parteciperanno al progetto con performance e workshops. L'inaugurazione della mostra si terrà in concomitanza con START GENOVA, l'opening collettivo delle gallerie d'arte contemporanea genovesi. 
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           Maria Rebecca Ballestra Artista e fotografa si diploma all’Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze e studia presso la Facultad de Bellas Artes di Granada (Spagna). Dal 1994 espone in mostre collettive e personali in Italia e all’estero. Frequenta seminari e workshop in diversi paesi europei ed extraeuropei e presso sedi prestigiose, tra cui il Museo Archeologico di Rethymno (Grecia), la Fondazione Picasso di Malaga (Spagna), il Museo della Ceramica di Barcellona (Spagna). Nel 2003 è stata selezionata per partecipare alla Biennale dei Giovani Artisti dell’Europa e del Mediterraneo. Nello stesso anno ha vinto una residenza per artisti presso il Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Europos Parkas di Vilnius in Lituania. Nel 2005 è stata selezionata per partecipare all’Artist Residence Program del Taipei Artist Village (Taiwan) sostenuta del progetto ministeriale Movin’ up per la mobilità dei giovani artisti. Nel 2006 è stata selezionata per l’Artist residence program presso il Gozo Contemporary (Malta), nel 2007 per il Global Arts Village (Delhi-India) e nel 2008 per il  CEAC (Chinese European Art Center) di Xiamen – China, e per l’Open Art Residency (Eretria – Grecia). Nel 2010 ha partecipato alla residenza Sowing Seeds nel villaggio di SAR (Rajahstan) in India. Diversi suoi lavori sono conservati in collezioni private e pubbliche, fra cui quelle del Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Villa Croce, della Fondazione DARS di Milano, delle scuole San Carlo di Torino. E’ attualmente rappresentata dalla galleria Alberta Pane di Parigi. 
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            Storica dell’arte, insegna a contratto presso l’Università degli Studi di Genova. Studiosa di arte contemporanea, segue con particolare interesse le vicende artistiche del XX secolo e quelle attuali. E’ autrice di diversi saggi sulla cultura figurativa del Novecento e ha pubblicato monografie su Lucio Fontana (Lucio Fontana in dialogo con lo spazio: opere ambientali e collaborazioni architettoniche 1946-1968, De Ferrari, Genova 2008), su Ludwig Meidner (Ludwig Meidner attraverso gli scritti, De Ferrari, Genova 2009) e, in lingua tedesca, su Paul Klee (Klee erobert Italien. Italiens Kunstkritik über den Bilderzauberer, Steinmeier Verlag, Nördlingen 2009). Collabora regolarmente con la rivista Juliet Art Magazine. 
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           AL-GHAIB, Aesthetics of the disappereance, is an international show curated by Gaia Serena Simionati. Held in Sharjah, an Emirate par excellance focused on the development and arising of art culture, seat of the Biennal and one of the best venues for contemporary art in the region: the MARAYA ART CENTRE. 27 artists, both emerging and established, coming from 12 countries, (Algeria, France, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Macedonia, Palestine, Senegal, Turkey, Switzerland, Usa) are invited to work with different media such as performances, videos, sculptures, installations, photography, paintings and drawings, mainly unseen. Focusing on the theme of the disappearance, ‘AL-GHAIB’ aims at exploring in the artworks, the lack of the artist “Ego”. In short, when the disappearance of the ES generates the real intellectual and visual value and ‘the Divine’ appears. The Epiphany of God is then the main form of art. As a matter-of-fact western society is breaking down. The overall lack of spirituality, the decreasing of the “standard” and accepted identity, the loss of both the physical certainty opposed to an easy sexuality, together with the losing of knowledge, of deepness, of contact and respect between human beings and unfortunately towards the Planet Earth itself, create a general loss: of awareness, of love, of sympathy. These intervowen and different themes are the ones on which the 27 International artists are called to reflect: on the evaporation of concepts, on the classical Aesthetics of the artistic Phenomenology (phainómenon “that which appears”; and lógos “study”), from a Greek word that studies what will appears. Let’s see, then!
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           Prisoner è un’installazione site specific realizzata in occasione della 11ª edizione di Agorà - Grandi Formati. Arte in Piazza, manifestazione d’arte contemporanea promossa dalla città di Bordighera. Una grande tela di pvc forata, in modo tale da far filtrare la luce e gli agenti atmosferici, posizionata a 8 metri d’altezza grazie ad un’imponente struttura da concerto in acciaio, copre interamente una piazzetta del centro storico della città. Volgendo lo sguardo al cielo il visitatore trova un filtro a separarlo da esso, percependo così un effetto di spaesamento e claustrofobia: l’immagine deformata di un uomo a mezzo busto con le mani e la faccia rivolte verso il basso, ma bloccate da un’ideale barriera, evoca quella del detenuto, privato dellasua libertà e identità. La restrizione dei suoi diritti viene enfatizzata dalla presenza, al centro della piazza, di un cumulo di vestiti, simbolo dell’espropriazione, dell’abuso e del sopruso. L’installazione, ispirata ai report annuali redatti da Amnesty International, iflette sulle leggi e sui metodi internazionali di detenzione preventiva attuati dopo il crollo delle Torri Gemelle, l’11 settembre 2001: “per combattere il terrorismo internazionale molti governi hanno introdotto nuove misure che minacciano i diritti umani dei loro stessi cittadini, immigrati e rifugiati. L’incremento di poteri governativi autorizza le autorità a deportare e trattenere, per un periodo di tempo indefinito, cittadini stranieri senza presentare prove contro di loro o permettere una significativa ricusazione della legalità della detenzione. Sarebbero centinaia le persone in carcere detenute in violazione dei diritti processuali: non sono note le accuse, non si conosce il luogo di detenzione, non sono state informate le relative ambasciate. Sono, inoltre, molte le denunce di maltrattamenti e abusi ai danni dei detenuti”. Una situazione che dal 2004 ad oggi ha visto l’aumento di programmi di detenzione segreta e di severe misure anti-terroristiche comportando gravi violazioni dei diritti umani e ingiuste limitazione delle libertà. I ‘prigionieri di coscienza’ - termine coniato da Amnesty International per definire persone alle quali viene tolta la libertà solamente a causa della loro razza, lingua, orientamento sessuale e appartenenza religiosa o politica – costituiscono così una popolazione anonima, marginale, senza nome, diritti e identità.
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           Del neocannibalismo Rebecca Ballestra ci parla nella sua installazione Cannibalism, appositamente concepita per la 10ª edizione di Arte da mangiare mangiare Arte…11: nel giardino del Castello Sforzesco di Milano, l’artista installa 10 scatole – simili ai cubi di plastica con cui giocano i neonati - sulle cui facce superiori sono stampate delle immagini di bambini provenienti da diversi paesi del mondo, mentre nei lati compaiono frasi connesse al traffico illegale di organi e i relativi prezzi trovati su Internet. La pervasività e la velocità di distribuzione della rete rivela qui il suo lato oscuro: dal 1999 in poi numerosi siti e motori di ricerca presentano prezzi e annunci di vendite e di aste di organi umani, facendo così diventare il traffico illegale on-line e il turismo medico piaghe sempre più incontrollabili. Quella che Lawrence Cohen definisce la nuova ‘etica delle parti’ spiega come la nostra concezione del corpo risponda ad una concreta richiesta del mercato che divide la popoand lazione mondiale in due classi distinte, quelle dei donatori - composta da povere e anonime persone appartenenti alle fasce più deboli della società che mettono in vendita i loro organi come merci - e quelle dei recettori, uomini abbienti, ai quali viene invece riconosciuta l’inviolabilità del corpo e il diritto a farsi curare, che sostengono questa compravendita per porre fine all’attesa, spesso insopportabile, che gli ospedali impongono loro. Un mercato che, in paesi come il Brasile, l’Afghanistan, il Sudafrica e la Cina, si alimenta con il rapimento di bambini, il furto di organi a pazienti poveri e inconsapevoli o lo smercio di tessuti e di parti del corpo estratti da cadaveri o da condannati a morte. Per attivare una presa di coscienza e una responsabilizzazione nello spettatore /individuo – che fa parte di un meccanismo di cui deve conoscere gli ingranaggi, le manomissioni e le anomalie – l’artista, in occasione della stessa manifestazione, invita i presenti a mangiare due torte decorate in superficie con le immagini di un cuore e di un cervello e ad unirsi quindi idealmente al banchetto cannibalesco.
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           Rebecca Ballestra, come in una sorta di preparazione fisica e spirituale, sottopone il proprio corpo ad una serie di abluzioni purificatorie. Il set della performance è composto da 9 catini rossi – il rosso ricorre in tutta la sua produzione, come simbolo del sangue, del cuore e della vita – colmi di acqudolce, sui quali l’artista traccia frasi manoscritte tratte dal suo testo poetico composto durante la residenza presso l’Europos Parkas. Vestita di un lungo abito nero esegue dapprima, sulla riva di un lago, una sequenza di abluzioni che coinvolgono il viso, le mani e i piedi, e, in seguito, completa il rito immergendosi nelle acque. Le fotografie scattate durante la performance sono state poi utilizzate, insieme ai secchi e al vestito, come parte della documentazione di un’azione unica ed allestite in una sala a lei dedicata all’interno della manifestazione Mediterranean Art Meeting. L’artista concepisce l’acqua non nella sua accezione fisica e naturale, ma come elemento primario rituale: l’atto di purificarsi attraverso l’acqua lustrale è, infatti, una caratteristica comune a tutte le religioni, le filosofie etiche e i rituali pagani. L’abluzione è un atto simbolico di purificazione, un rito d’iniziazione e di passaggio - da una fase della vita ad un’altra, da un luogo profano ad uno sacro o da una condizione socio-culturale ad una superiore - o, in altri casi, di preparazione ad un sacrificio. Un rituale che, fin dai Babilonesi e dall’Antico Egitto, viene praticato da quasi tutte le religioni, dalle abluzioni quotidiane della religione islamica, alle immersioni battesimali del Cristianesimo fino a quelle nel Gange dell’induismo.
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           Il titolo della serie Atlantis deriva dalla leggenda di Atlantide, narrata da Platone per la prima volta nel Timeo, dove se ne racconta l’ascesa, e nel Crizia, dove se ne descrive la caduta. Al di là della reale o presunta esistenza dell’isola, il racconto verte su una civiltà dove la superbia e l’arroganza hanno spinto gli uomini a nutrire eccessive mire espansionistiche, tanto da spingere gli dei a punirli: “nel tempo successivo, accaduti grandi terremoti e inondazioni, nello spazio di un giorno e di una notte tremenda […] scomparve l’isola Atlantide assorbita dal mare” (Timeo 25cd). E’ esplicito il paragone tra Atlantide, che conquistava senza mai fermarsi, e la nostra società, incapace di porre limiti ai propri ‘bisogni’: Rebecca Ballestra ci invita a riflettere sul concreto rischio che il destino di quella leggendaria città possa essere anche il nostro e che in un prossimo futuro le popolazioni delle nazioni oggi più influenti possano essere puniti per la loro ingordigia, come gli abitanti di Atlantide lo furono per la loro. Ciclicamente si sono alternate antiche civiltà, e ciclicamente sono scomparse: in questo senso Babylon ricalcail concept della serie precedente, riconducendolo però al racconto biblico che narra della città di Babilonia e dei suoi abitanti i quali, costruendo la Torre di Babele, vollero spingersi oltre i limiti divini, e per questo furono castigati.
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           Sette immagini mostrano altrettanti insetti e animali dalle dimensioni improbabili che occupano alcuni prestigiosi palazzi e chiese della città di Genova. Avulsi dal loro naturale contesto, queste enormi creature sembrano essersi impossessate degli edifici costruiti dall’uomo e usati, nei secoli, come sedi del potere politico, come luoghi di preghiera e come dimora di famiglie aristocratiche. Queste architetture maestose, adorne di affreschi e di pregiate decorazioni, testimoniano di un’ormai tramontata ‘età dell’oro’, oggi sostituita da un presente carico di incertezze, in cui l’uomo che è riuscito a creare tali magnificenze e che continua a scoprire cose di straordinaria importanza, rischia di mettere a rischio la sua stessa sopravvivenza.
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           From West to East è una fotografia di New York elaborata digitalmente per divenire lo sfondo delle ombre di cinque pipistrelli ; l’immagine così ottenuta è visibile su un monitor LCD, a creare un’insolita e raffinata light-box ipertecnologica. Considerando che, nella lingua cinese, la parola “pipistrello” è omofona della parola “fortuna” e che, sempre nella cultura cinese, i simboli capovolti significano che un evento è avvenuto, l’opera rende esplicito il suo messaggio: l’Occidente è stato ormai travolto dalla crescita economica dell’Oriente e New York, la città che nel secolo scorso ha rappresentato, più di ogni altra, l’apparentemente inarrestabile avanzata economica degli Stati Uniti, può essere oggi assunta a simbolo della decadenza dell'economia occidentale. I cinque pipistrelli sono, invece, allegorie delle altrettante “benedizioni” cinesi che pare stiano accompagnando l’ascesa dell’Oriente al suo ruolo di potenza mondiale
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           La performance Filters è ispirata al tema del viaggio, del movimento, della migrazione e del conseguente incremento dell’uso di filtri per controllare le persone e contenere la trasmissione delle malattie, e affrontare, in tal modo, il problema delle pandemie. In un futuro prossimo non ci saranno più confini geografici, politici o religiosi ma saranno gli stessi individui, costretti ad un totale isolamento, a rappresentare limiti a sé stessi. Il nostro grado di sicurezza non sarà più determinato da differenze culturali o religiose. Ognuno di noi potrà essere un potenziale pericolo sociale solo per il fatto di avere una temperatura più alta rispetto agli altri. Ogni giorno negli aeroporti e lungo le frontiere dei paesi più a rischio (Taipei, Hong Kong, China etc.), assistiamo a controlli sempre più complicati e sofisticati, come la misurazione della temperatura del corpo tramite i raggi X, l’uso di tappetini antisettici per disinfettare le suole delle scarpe, di maschere e di occhiali protettivi, di spray disinfettanti per le macchine, etc. L’intento di Filters è quello di ricreare il senso di precarietà e di solitudine che questi nuovi sistemi di controllo suscitano nelle persone: per avere accesso al luogo dell’installazione sonora i visitatori devono sottoporsi a diversi controlli, come camminare lungo un percorso stabilito, infilarsi una maschera e un camice di carta, farsi misurare la temperatura e lasciare le proprie impronte digitali. Passati i controlli il visitatore può assistere all’installazione sonora e video creata dalla performer Wen Chin Fu. La composizione ideata dall’artista taiwanese, e suonata con uno strumento di sua invenzione, accompagna una video-proiezione realizzata da Maria Rebecca Ballestra. In questo contesto Wen Chin rappresenta una sacerdotessa (legandosi idealmente ai riti di interpretazione della Natura dell’Antica Grecia) e la musica segreta che esce dal suo strumento diventa una rivelazione del pensiero divino, presentando al pubblico uditore una visione catastrofica del futuro dell’Umanità dovuta ai cambiamenti climatici.
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           La fotografia di un incontro tra due galli da combattimento è posta sopra un box di plexiglas trasparente pieno di piume colorate Queste, immobili, giacciono sul fondo del contenitore, come a decretare la fine dell’ostilità tra i due avversari, il cui esito rimane però ignoto. La concitazione dello scontro porta i corpi dei due animali quasi a fondersi, rendendo impossibile distinguerli l’uno dall’altro; l’artista pensa a questa immagine come ad una metafora della futura lotta tra gli esseri umani per l’accaparramento delle risorse e, per rendere più esplicito questo messaggio, sceglie di ambientare il combattimento sullo sfondo di un arido paesaggio dalle connotazioni quasi aliene che, prosciugato della linfa vitale, prospetta un futuro altrettanto desolato. La legge del più forte, l’istinto di sopravvivenza che porta ogni creatura a lottare per procurarsi il cibo, riprodursi, fuggire dai predatori, affermare la propria supremazia nel branco, forse caratterizzerà, in un prossimo futuro, anche il comportamento dell’uomo, facendolo regredire ai suoi comportamenti più primitivi.
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           Il peso dell’umanità, opera realizzata nel 2007 in occasione della mostra collettiva Doppio gioco. L’installazione site specific è composta da due gigantografie applicate a due vetrate della Loggia, da due monitor televisivi e da diverse pietre dorate disposte sul pavimento. Le macrofotografie raffigurano una fanciulla, ritratta di profilo e frontalmente, che regge alcune pietre d’oro, unico elemento colorato che esalta il bianco/nero dell’immagine. Con gli occhi aperti, da cui scende una lacrima, o con gli occhi chiusi e il capo leggermente reclinato, la giovane sembra voler distogliere lo sguardo dalle pietre che regge con entrambe le mani o sulle spalle. L’installazione ambientale affronta, infatti, il delicato problema delle risorse naturali e, in particolare, quello del World Overshoot o World Debt, da noi conosciuto come Debito Ecologico. Strettamente connesso a tale problematica, il cosiddetto Earth Overshoot Day è il giorno in cui, ogni anno, l’umanità esaurisce le risorse naturali messe a disposizione dal pianeta ed inizia ad attingere alle riserve: lo si conosce attraverso il calcolo dell’Impronta Ecologica, ovvero di “[…] quanto l’umanità richiede alla biosfera in termini di terra e acqua biologicamente produttive necessarie per fornire le risorse che usiamo e per assorbire i rifiuti che produciamo”. La quantità richiesta dai trend di vita attuali è sempre maggiore rispetto al passato, quando si usavano (1961) metà delle risorse messe a disposizione dalla terra. Aumentando di anno in anno i nostri bisogni, siamo arrivati ad usare nel 1986 tutte le risorse disponibili: “secondo il Global Footprint Network stiamo impiegando a livello globale la capacità biologica di 1,4 pianeti, ma, ovviamente, ne abbiamo solo uno a disposizione. Il primo Earth Overshoot Day è stato celebrato il 31 dicembre 1986. Dieci anni più tardi, a causa di un consumo annuale maggiore […] cadeva in novembre”. Da allora, ogni anno, il giorno in cui terminano le risorse rinnovabili è sempre più anticipato: nel 1995 il 21 novembre, nel 2005 il 2 ottobre, e nel 2007 - anno di realizzazione dell’installazione - il 23 settembre, nel 2010 il 21 agosto e nel 2011 è già arrivato al 28 aprile5. Il titolo dell’opera rende esplicito il suo messaggio: il peso dell’umanità è, evidentemente, l’incidenza di ogni singolo individuo sull’ecosistema mondiale, il quale sfrutta una quantità di risorse superiore a quella che il pianeta è in grado di mettere a sua disposizione.Il drammatico contrasto tra l’uomo e la natura è reso ulteriormente esplicito dalle immagini trasmesse dai due monitor: in uno si vedono agenti di borsa che meccanicamente si ammassano l’uno contro l’altro, accompagnati da una musica volutamente dissonante; il secondo trasmette sequenze quasi astratte, dove i raggi irradiati da un insolito sole infuocato si alternano ad orizzonti in costante mutamento atmosferico, con nuvole vaporose che lasciano spazio a plumbei cumuli.
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           Wen Chin Fu è una taiwanese di religione cattolica che ha trovato nel cattolicesimo un aspetto di cui la sua tradizione culturale è priva, l’importanza dell’individuo. In questo percorso d’indagine culturale ‘a quattro mani’, Rebecca decide di portare Wen Chin in un piccolo paese del Sud d’Italia in cui la religione cattolica è ancora molto radicata e ha mantenuto visibili caratteri rituali e mistici. Il cattolicesimo a Taiwan, seguito da circa l’1,2 % della popolazione, si è innestato in una tradizione che affonda le sue radici in concezioni religiose e sistemi filosofici - come il buddhismo, taoismo, confucianesimo e alcune religioni arcaiche panteiste – che non conoscono l’aspetto trascendente del Dio come verità assoluta proprio dell’individualismo cattolico e dell’umanesimo, ma che sono basate sull’etica, sulla ricerca del giusto mezzo, sul pragmatismo, sul senso della collettività e sull’identificazione natura/dio. L’incontro di Wen Chin con il cattolicesimo del nostro Meridione diventa un interessante spunto di riflessione per le due artiste: ne scaturisce Wen Chin is Catholic, un’opera video presentata per la prima volta a Parigi in occasione del Digital &amp;amp; Video Art Fair 2007, nella quale Wen Chin segue un rito di iniziazione alla religiosità cattolica attraverso i suoi luoghi - il cimitero e la chiesa - e i suoi riti emblematici). Riprendendo il mito della caverna di Platone e una simbologia e gestualità tipica del cattolicesimo, l’opera rappresenta il cammino che Wen Chin e Rebecca intraprendono verso il riconoscimento della loro identità collettiva e individuale. Mentre la prima scopre una religione distante dalla sua cultura, la seconda ritrova un senso di appartenenza e dà avvio a un processo di riacquisizione identitaria.
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           1974 Born in Ventimiglia (Italy)
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           1998 Graduation in Fine Arts, Accademia di Belle Arti, Florence (Italy)
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           2013 Solo Show at Goat Art Project curated by Sara Rees (Cardiff – Wales), Double solo Show Ballestra Maria Rebecca/Andrea Francolino curated by Paola Valenti/ Alberto Mattia Martini, Galleria Spazio Testoni (Bologna-Italy) 2012 Itinerary project Journey into Fragility, promoted by ADAC (Archive of Contemporary Art of the University of Genoa), Kalart (Switzerland), Galerie Alberta Pane (France), Maqroll (Italy) and Ramdom (Italy) 2011 Changing Perspective, series of own exhibitions, installations and site specific projects curated by Paola Valenti in collaboration with Alessandra Piatti e Daniela Legotta (Genoa – Italy), included: Post Human Garden – Contemporary Art Museum Villa Croce; Eyes on Asia – Museum of the Cultures of the worlds; The Weight of the Human Being, Sala Dogana Ducale Palace; The Future is near. The Future is now! UnimediaModern Gallery; There’s plenty of room at the botton, Genoa Port Center 2010 Suspended Time, Heritage House Gallery, Dubaї (U.A.E.) The Future is near. The Future is now!, KernotArt Gallery, Paris (France), curated by Luca Bochicchio; 2009 Kisses from China, Phodar Biennale, Sofia (Bulgaria); 2008 Kisses from China, Kernot Art Gallery, Paris (France); Incontri: Arte Giovane al museo, Museo Civico di Palazzo Borea d’Olmo, Sanremo (Italy), curated by Leo Lecci and Paola Valenti; 2007 Recent Works, Kernot Art Gallery, Paris (France), curated by Alberta Pane; 2006 Mosques, Beniamino Gallery, Bordighera (Italy)
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           2013  Video Projection of the video “Dialogue for Preservation” during the Swiss Annual Development Cooperation Conference "A fragile world – young people’s perspectives" - Lugano Congress Center (Switzerland) , Sea Art Festival by Busan Biennale, South Korea project in collaboration with Rachela Abbate),Invisible Cities – 12 artist for Calvino”, Accademia Ligustica (Genoa, Italy), organised by Foundation Mario Novaro, Video Festival Old Ambulance Depot in Edinburgh (Scotland) , 5th edition of FIVAC, International Video Art Festival, in Camaguey, “The Next Resistance” section, (Cuba), Marais Digital – courtesy Mamia Bretesche Gallery– Paris (France), RicCAA International Biennial of Art and Design of Padova (Italy), ex macello, curated by Marisa Merlin, In-Naturale, Foundation Villa Margherita-Famiglia Teruzzi, Bordighera (IM) curated by Leo Lecci 2012 Centenary Docks Dora, cultural event organized by SAL – Spazio AdLbitum for the celebrations of 100 years of Docks Dora - Rolli Days, Tobia Pallavicino Palace (Genoa – Italy), courtesy UnimediaModern 2011 AL-GHAIB. Aesthetics of Disappereance, MARAYA ART CENTRE, Sharjah (U.A.E.); STUX Gallery (Chelsea - New York) curated by Gaia Serena Simionati 2010 MC² - Museum’s collections # 2 - Theme and variation in the collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art Villa Croce, Museum of Contemporary Art Villa Croce, Genoa (Italy), curated by Francesca Serrati; Qui Vive?, Moscow Biennale (Russia), curated by Daria PyrkinaVideo Festival VideoAppart, Paris (France) – Dubaї (U.A.E.), courtesy Mamia Bretesche Gallery; Mashrab Maghrab, Heritage House Gallery, Contemporary Art Exhibition selected by Bastakia Art Fair, Dubaї (U.A.E.), courtesy Mamia Bretesche; 2009 Sowing Seeds, Kaman Art Gallery, Jodhpur (India), curated by Nilesh Shidhpura; Phodar Biennial ’09, Bulgaria, curated by Antoan Bozhinov Pevlen; Intersection -Correlation, Turn-Berlin Art Space, Berlin (Germany), curated by Brian Hackney; La Grande Abbuffata. Scarti, Scorie, Sprechi. Risorse energetiche?, Auditorium of Palazzo Rosso, Genoa (Italy), curated by Ko.Ji.Ku. (Consorzio Giovani Curatori); 2008 Sculpture Quadrennial Riga, Riga (Latvia), organized by the Ministry for Culture of the Republic of Latvia and Centre for Art Management and Information (MMIC); 21th Instants Video, Marseille (France), supported by the French Ministry for Culture, the Regional Council (PACA), the city of Marseille and the European Commission; Tracing love 24/7, Magacine Gallery, curated by DEVE, Belgrade, Serbia; Urban Jealousy - 1st International Roaming Biennial of Tehran, Istanbul (Turkey), curated by Amirali Ghasemi and Serhat Koksal; Kaléidoscope de la création émergente, Paris-Strasbourg-Bordeaux (France), curated by Helene Mugnier and Adrien Pasternak; Video Festival Video Appart, Paris (France), courtesy Mamia Bretesche Gallery; Arrivi e Partenze. Italia, Mole Vanvitelliana, Ancona (Italy), curated by Alberto Fiz and Walter Gasperoni; Rencontre Monaco-Japan, Auditorium Ranieri III, Monaco (Principality of Monaco); Nature et Artifice, Salle du 4, Monaco (Principality of Monaco); 2007 Forging Time, Kernot ArtGallery, Paris (France), curated by Adrien Pasternak; VI Biennal of Plastic Arts, Foundation Rafael Boti, Cordoba (Spain); Art for Prabhat, Global Artist Village, Delhi (India); Doppiogioco, Loggia delle Mercanzie, Genoa (Italy), curated by Francesca Serrati; 2006 The Barbie Picture Show, CVB Space, New York (USA), curated by Stefania Carrozzini; Provocazioni, Accademia Balbo, Bordighera (Italy), curated by Judit Torok; FLASHES, BAG – Borsa Arte Giovane, Genoa (Italy), curated by Museum of Contemporary Art Villa Croce; Big Screen, Yunnan Art Institute Kunming–Yunnan, (China); Bear in Mind, Studio H2o, Milan–Turin (Italy), curated by Rieko Hagiwara; Ecce Omo, Spazio Umanitaria di Milano, Milan (Italy), curated by Ass. Arte da Mangiare; 2005 Secrets, CVB Space, curated by Stefania Carrozzini, (New York), USA; Art’s diary Intervene, Taipei Artist Village, Taipei (Taiwan), curated by Ashley Chang; Capturing Utopia, Fournos Centerfor Digital Image, Athens (Greece); Rolled up, Piclked Art of Beijing, Beijing (China), curated by Stefania Carrozzini; The most beautiful thing I ever saw, Berliner Kunstprojekt, Berlin (Germany); Fotoesordio, University Tor Vergata, Rome (Italy), curated by GNAM (Galleria Nazionale di Arte Moderna); Talk to the City, Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan (Italy); Arte da mangiare Mangiare Arte, Castello Sforzesco, Milan (Italy); 2004 The sense of signs, Salle d’exposition 4, Monaco (Principality of Monaco); San Carlo per l’Arte, Turin (Italy); XM-Atto1°, Bologna (Italy)
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           2013 Arte Fiera (Bologna- Italy) represented by the gallery Spazio Testoni 2010 PhotoTaipei 2010,Sunworld Dynasty Hotel Taipei, represented by Ko.Ji.Ku. (Consorzio Giovani Curatori) Association and AdAC (Archive of Contemporary Art) of University o Genoa, Taipei (Taiwan); SHContemporary, represented by Kernot Art Gallery,Paris (France) Shangai (China); Swab Art Fair, Barcelona (Spain), represented by Kernot Art Gallery, Paris (France); 2009 Slick Fair, Paris (France), represented by Kernot Art Gallery, Paris (France); 2008 Creek Art Fair, (Dubai, UAE), represented by Art Show Gallery; Slick Fair, Paris (France), represented by Kernot Art Gallery, Paris (France); Mois de la Photo Off, Paris (France); 2007 Digital and video art fair Diva Fair, Les Louvres des Antiquaires, Paris (France)
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           2013 Artist Residence Program Rhod 2013 – Future Nature Culture Carmarthenshire (Wales) – curated by Sara Rees 2012 Artist residence Program at Abetenim Village (Ghana) supported by NKA Foundation, Artist Residence Program at PROG KULTUR ZENTRUM (Bern – Switzerland) supported by KALART, Artist residence program Poject XENIA (Pescara – Italy) supported by Cultural Association HUMANITAS 2011 Selected for DEFAULT Masterclass in Residence: On Art, Cities and Regeneration, Lecce, (Italy), organized by RAMDOM  2009 Selected for the International Artist Camp “Sowing Seeds” in Sar Village, Rajasthan (India); 2008 Selected for the Artist Residence Program at CEAC (Chinese European Art Center), Xiamen (China); Selected for the 1st International Openart Residency, Eretria (Greece) organized by Cheap Art Gallery, Athens; 2007 Selected for the Artist Residence Program at Global Arts Village, Delhi (India); 2006 Selected for the Artist Residence Program at Gozo Contemporary, Malta; 2005 Selected for the Artist Residence Program at Taipei Artist Village,Taipei (Taiwan); 2003 Selected for the Artist Residence Program at Europos Parkas, Open-Air Contemporary Art Museum of the Centre of Europe, Vilnius (Lithuania)
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           2006 Selected for the art workshop MAM Mediterranean Art Meeting, Bomba Lake, Chieti (Italy); 2004 Seminar on slate sculpture, Caves of slate, Molini di Triora (Italy); 2001 Seminar The history of Spanish ceramics, Ceramics Museum of Barcelona, Barcelona (Spain); 1999 Seminar-workshop The artist and the city with the Spanish artist Rogelio Lopez Cuenon, Malaga (Spain); 1998 Seminar on plastic art with Luigi Stoisa (artist) and Sergio Risaliti (director of the Contemporary Art Museum “Le Papesse” of Siena, Turin (Italy); Monographic course about The life and the art of Pablo Picasso, organized by “Foundation Picasso”, University and Municipality of Malaga, Malaga (Spain)
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           Memory of Rain è un progetto site specific realizzato durante il workshop “Sowing Seeds” nel Sar Village (Rajasthan- India). Il progetto vuole indagare
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           il problema della desertificazione e le sue conseguenze nelle aree rurali come il Sar Village. Le terre desertiche occupano quasi la metà della Terra. In tutto il mondo oggi, la desertificazione è una delle più grandi sfide ambientali che si ripercuote sulla vita di milioni di persone, con impatti ambientali che vanno oltre le terre direttamente colpite. La perdita di vegetazione può aumentare la formazione di grandi nuvole di polvere che possono causare problemi di salute in aree densamente popolate distanti anche migliaia di kilometri. In più l’impatto politico e sociali della desertificazione ha raggiunto anche le terre non desertiche. Per esempio le migrazioni di uomini dalle terre desertiche verso le città e gli altri paesi possono compromettere la loro stabilità politica ed economica. Il progetto site specific è composto da una serie di cocci di terracotte che corrispondono a quelle usate dalle donne dei villaggi per portare e conservare l’acqua. I pezzi, raccolti dall’artista durante il workshop, sono stati poste in un’area desertica vicina al villaggio con l’intento di creare un sito archeologico delle sue memorie relative alla pioggia. Molti villaggi come Sar potrebbero sparire nel futuro a causa della scarsità di piogge. Negli ultimi due anni, infatti, la pioggia è stata sempre più irregolare e scarsa, causando la riduzione della produzione agricola del 50%. Il costo degli alimenti aumenta e la maggior parte delle famiglie possono appena produrre il cibo per loro stessi. Su ogni frammento di terracotta la popolazione del villaggio ha scritto messaggi sulla pioggia, preghiere a dio, sogni ma anche proposte per nuove soluzione, come piantare nuovi alberi o organizzare la raccolta dell’acqua.
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           Maria Rebecca Ballestra was born in 1974 in Italy, where she studied at the Fine Arts Academy in Florence. The visual artist focuses in her work on reprocessing and resetting social, political and environmental themes and on synthesizing ethno-cultural codes, investigated during journeys and several artist residencies program all around the world, among which Signal Fire (USA), Cambridge Sustainable Residency (UK), Transnational Culture (Brazil) Sunhoo Industrial Design Innovation Park (China), Sowing Seed (India), Taipei Artist Village (Taiwan), just to name a few.
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           Next to photography and installations, site specific operations, performances and video Maria Rebecca Ballestra produces trans-disciplinary projects, which emphasize environmental and social aspects; like in the two-year long project Journey into Fragility (2012-14): this art production was oriented towards the perception of the future in relation to climate change and multiple human interventions in the natural environment and sense of insecurity and anxiety that characterizes this new millennium. With Journey into Fragility Maria Rebecca has developed twelve projects in twelve different places around the world aiming to build a constructive dialogue on the environment and the value of living on Earth. After travelling through four continents, the project was concluded with an installation in Venice during the 56° Venice Biennale, and with several exhibitions, lectures and workshops in Europe and USA.
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           In 2014 she co-found with the artist Rachela Abbate the ongoing international project Social Soups: a collaborative platform of aesthetics of social practices focusing on food as elementary component. Social Soups invites artists, who focus in their researches and work on food, to contribute and participate with divers social, cultural, environmental, scientific and political interpretations. Social Soups organizes diverse events, artist s residencies, film productions and exhibitions. Furthermore Social Soups collaborates with different scientific and other institutions. (Artists invited: Panem et Circenses (Italia); Vagaram Chouddary (India); Rafram Chaddad (Tunisia); Sara Rees (UK); Ahmad Malki (Palestina); Zaid BaQeen (Giordania); Massimo Sacchetti (Italia); Serena Porrati (Italia);
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           In 2015 Maria Rebecca Ballestra launched together with Ca’Foscari University of Venice the first edition of the Festival for the Earth – sustainable visions in art and science, which Maria Rebecca Ballestra conceived and organized aiming to create a public forum of knowledge access. To Festival for the Earth were invited international guests from the academic and public realm to discuss on achievable models for a responsible living on Earth. Over the three days in this first edition in Venice, influential and awarded scholars, researchers, creative minds and environmental activists have presented and discussed their researches and results, innovative ideas and approaches in raising awareness for preserving the diversity of our planet and improve our fragile co-living on it.
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           Since three years Maria Rebecca Ballestra has begun a new long term project, Echoes of the Void. Over four years this project investigates the geological, cultural, spiritual, environmental meaning of the wastelands in the world. Different levels of topographical transformation have been considered, including desertification by industrialization and globalization. During this collaborative project, multimedia art works have been produced by co-operating with researchers of science and humanities. Through the artistic exploration of wastelands Ballestra tackles environmental matters, which are intrinsically connected to culture in terms of understanding “the other” and of creating continuously new combinations of expressions and therefore increasing constantly consciousness.
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           Maria Rebecca Ballestra was awarded with several international prizes in Europe, Asia and USA and she held lectures and participated at symposiums at Boston University (USA), Maraya Art Center (UAE); University of Hull (UK), Xiamen University (China), PROG Zentrum (Switzerland), University of Genoa (Italy), Taipei Artist Village (Taiwan).
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           Ballestra’s art works are showcased in international venues, group and personal exhibitions, museums, galleries and art fairs and are part of public and private collections
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           L’opera è formata da tre ricami che trasformano le Americhe, l’Asia e l’Europa in colorati intrecci di fili, quasi riducendo l’imponenza dei grandi continenti a ordinari centrini. Come preannunciato dal titolo, Trame globali, l’opera riflette su come, nella società globalizzata, le distanze si accorcino e le velocità aumentino, facendo così anche accrescere il rischio della diffusione di virus e di pandemie, come è avvenuto nei casi dell’influenza suina partita dal Messico, dell’‘influenza dei polli’ (Sars) diffusasi dall’Asia, e della cosiddetta ‘mucca pazza” sviluppatasi in Europa. La “mucca pazza” è una malattia mortale che colpisce il cervello, ma “a dispetto della psicosi che si determinò nell’opinione pubblica legata alla possibilità di trasmissione della malattia attraverso il consumo di carne bovina, questa malattia è rimasta un evento assolutamente raro e non si è verificata alcuna epidemia”. Diversamente da questo morbo, la Sars si è manifestata come una sorta di “polmonite atipica” che ha generato una smisurata paura in tutto il mondo, tanto da indurre il biologo David Baltimore e lo scienziato David Ho ad affermare: “la paura della Sars sta superando la Sars”, in riferimento al panico diffuso, “al blocco totale dei viaggi internazionali, al crollo economico dei paesi colpiti dal contagio, alla paralisi dei rapporti”. L’ultima pandemia è stata l’influenza suina che, diversamente dalle precedenti, è risultata contagiosa ma priva di capacità patogena grave; ciò nonostante, il livello di allarme a livello mondiale è stato estremamente elevato, anche a causa del fatto che dal maggio 2009 l’OMS (Organizzazione Mondiale della Sanità) aveva modificato la definizione di pandemia, eliminando caratteristiche quali il fattore di 'morbosità’ e il ‘numero elevato di morti’, rendendola di fatto analoga ad una semplice epidemia di influenza stagionale. Quest’ambiguità semantica può generare caos, facendo credere che vi sia un rischio superiore a quello effettivo; lo spettro di un possibile contagio può degenerare in una “psicosi collettiva”, facilmente sfruttabile in termini di interessi economici e governativi. Sulla linea dell’arte concettuale, l'artista affida a terzi la realizzazione - l’esecuzione artigianale del ricamo - dei suoi Global Plots. Non è infatti importante, nell’economia dell’opera, l’intervento manuale dell’artista, che rivendica il ruolo di pura ideatrice della forma assunta dal lavoro in rapporto al messaggio che esso deve veicolare: il ricamo, con la sua maglia di fili, è come il network di cui tutti, volenti o nolenti, facciamo parte.
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           Quattro elaborazioni fotografiche digitali di uguali dimensioni presentano altrettanti vegetali - lattuga, arancia, broccolo, mela - su un fondo scuro: come se fossero stati scannerizzati, questi ortaggi perdono la loro tridimensionalità per diventare superfici piatte, dove pieghe e naturali increspature sembrano ormai solo un elemento decorativo. Il testo in sovrimpressione reca i dati relativi ai brevetti di semi registrati da multinazionali americane negli anni ’90. Sulla foglia del broccolo, ad esempio, si legge: US Patent No. 4,677,246 Title: Prootogyny in Zea Mays Assignees: Dekalb-Pfizer Genetics
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           Il numero di brevetto, il titolo e l’azienda identificano l’appartenenza intellettuale, e quindi il diritto di proprietà, di una società su una particolare semenza creata in laboratorio. Queste immagini sono poste sopra una mensola su cui sono appoggiate quattro provette contenenti i semi biologici degli ortaggi presenti nelle fotografie, messi così in rapporto diretto con gli alimenti creati chimicamente in laboratorio. La moderna modificazione genetica, largamente usata a partire dagli anni ‘60, nasce con lo scopo di produrre sementi detti ‘ad alto rendimento’ per sopperire alla grande richiesta di cibo: “si basava su una tecnologia a cui tutti potevano accedere, e cioè i semi ibridi, prodotti e distribuiti dal settore pubblico […].
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           Non erano previsti né diritti di proprietà intellettuale, né brevetti in capo a multinazionali; nessuna tecnologia privata o prodotti privati: il coltivatore era proprietario del seme che possedeva, ed era libero di decidere l’uso che ne avrebbe fatto”. La liberalizzazione economica di questi prodotti ha, invece, generato l’accaparramento pressoché totale da parte delle società multinazionali sulla produzione di “ibridi e colture di semi non riutilizzabili e quindi non sostenibili ecologicamente. […] Ciò è stato reso possibile attraverso la brevettabilità biologica del seme: il brevetto conferisce al produttore del seme il diritto esclusivo di riprodurre, conservare e sviluppare ulteriori varietà e impedisce al coltivatore di riprodurre, conservare e vendere il seme”. Terminator è il nome dato ad un gene che viene immesso nel DNA di una pianta al fine di renderla non più produttiva: “[…] la sterilità del seme assicura un monopolio molto più forte di quanto non facciano già i brevetti […]”. Oltre alla negativa incidenza sulla naturale biodiversità, queste semenze sono causa d’inquinamento genetico, in quanto gli organismi transgenici, una volta immessi nell’ecosistema, possono comportarsi diversamente dai presupposti iniziali, generando il depauperamento delle risorse naturali e il fenomeno della desertificazione. La formazione di zone desertiche, infatti, è dovuta “alla combinazione di fenomeni che s’innescano a vicenda in un meccanismo interattivo di portata sempre crescente […]. Il sistema complessivo funziona come un grande meccanismo di amplificazione, al cui interno anche i microfattori possono estendersi e produrre effetti duraturi”.
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           Essay of the Principle of the Population fonde il dato bidimensionale con l’oggetto tridimensionale: otto testi incorniciati in rosso, disposti su due file, sono posti sopra altrettante mani di plastica rossa rivolte verso lo spettatore. La valenza scultorea dell’insieme è giocata sul contrasto cromatico del rosso e bianco, che qui si alternano nei diversi elementi. Il colore rosso ricorre nella produzione di Rebecca Ballestra come polivalente metafora dell’amore, del peccato, del sangue, della morte, ma dal 2009 diventa anche un elemento di cui l’artista si serve per richiamare l’attenzione dello spettatore: in questo caso, le mani e le cornici rosse sono un segnale, un’‘avvertenza’, un monito per chi osserva l’opera e un’esortazione a leggere i testi tratti dal famoso saggio di Thomas Robert Malthus, An essay of the principle of the population as it affects the future improvement of society, pubblicato nel 1798. I brani incorniciati riprendono diversi passaggi del testo in lingua inglese, tratti in particolare dal secondo capitolo e dal terzo, dove il noto economista inglese espone il metodo formulato per calcolare il rapporto tra popolazione e risorse. Partendo da postulati quali “il cibo è necessario all’esistenza dell’uomo” e “la passione tra i sessi è necessaria”, Malthus sviluppa la tesi secondo la quale l’aumento della popolazione mondiale avviene in progressione geometrica mentre l’aumento delle risorse avviene in maniera aritmetica, con la conseguente netta sproporzione tra le due variabili. Seper le piante e gli animali il ‘freno naturale’ ad un infinito aumento delle diverse specie è la “dispersione del seme, la malattia e la morte prematura”, per l’uomo vengono individuate altre misure: “lo strumento più efficace per evitare la crescita della popolazione era quello di tenerla nella miseria, poiché se si fosse elevato il tenore di vita dei miserabili, questi (Malthus ne era certo) non avrebbero fatto altro che riprodursi, aggravando il promareblema della carenza di cibo”. Un altro metodo, sempre individuato da Malthus, con cui arginare l’aumento della popolazione umana è il controllo delle nascite: secondo le errate teorie maltusiane dovremmo oggi essere 256 miliardi di individui, invece che quasi sette miliardi recentemente censiti, ma anche se la sua stima non era corretta, i dati dell’aumento demografico degli ultimi anni (sovrascritti in rosso, in ognuno degli otto riquadri che compongono l’opera) sono comunque allarmanti: 791 milioni nel 1750, 978 milioni nel 1800, 1262 milioni nel 1850, 1650 milioni nel 1900, 2521 milioni nel 1950, 5901 milioni nel 1998, con la previsione di arrivare a 8909 milioni di abitanti nel 2050. Purtroppo quest’ultima stima è già risultata fallace: a sette anni di distanza dal rapporto dell’Onu dal quale l’artista ha tratto tali dati, i pronostici per il 2050 sono saliti a 9.149 milioni di abitanti. La presunta insufficienza di risorse alimentari paventata da Malthus è oggi apparentemente sfatata dai dati forniti dalla Banca Mondiale, secondo cui il cibo “prodotto a livello mondiale potrebbe garantire un consumo di 3.500 calorie al giorno per ogni persona che vive su pianeta”. Lo smisurato aumento della popolazione porta con sé, però, un costante aumento dei consumi, incidendo quindi sul rapido esaurimento delle risorse primarie. 
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           Un’animazione tridimensionale presenta la vista aerea di una tipica città cosmopolita con i suoi alti grattacieli. Uccelli neri, segno di cattivo presagio, si muovono in stormi sui tetti degli altissimi palazzi, col sottofondo di una nefasta colonna sonora. Sotto il monitor, un libro è messo a disposizione dello spettatore: scritto dal drammaturgo argentino Marcos Rosenzvaig appositamente per quest’opera, I rotoli del pianeta morto narrano del ritrovamento, avvenuto nel 2050, di antichi manoscritti in una bottiglia, nei quali un saggio rabbino descrive la conquista dell’intero pianeta ad opera del denaro: la terra, ormai merce di scambio, è giunta così alla fine dell’“antichità post-moderna”, con l’uomo perseguitato da un ‘profitto cannibale’. La fine di una civiltà si alterna ciclicamente alla nascita di un’altra. Il lettore prosegue il racconto e, immedesimandosi nel narratore, constata che quella fine ‘ciclica’ sta per travolgere anche lui: “aprii la finestra come la prima pagina di un libro. La terra si estendeva senza limiti nella sua aridità. Mi affacciai e sentii il vuoto come un titano denudato. Alcune gemme verdi spingevano per uscire dalla terra e sfidavano nonostante la loro fragilità l’impero del vento. Il mondo cominciava lentamente la sua rigenerazione. Dall’altro lato della terra un cane affermava la vita sul pianeta. I latrati rimbombavano mentre la bottiglia continua il suo viaggio ininterrotto”. Una visione post-umana che, senza indulgere alla banalizzazione, ci mostra il futuro della terra: una visione laica del mondo, senza sbilanciamenti a favore di nessuno, né dell’uomo e della sua sopravvivenza, né della terra e della sua liberazione dall’essere umano che la sta distruggendo. 
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           War Game porta prende spunto dall’omonimo programma virtuale messo in atto dal Pentagono nel 2009, anno in cui è emersa con maggior evidenza la problematica riguardante le risorse : si tratta di un insieme di simulazioni eseguite dall’esercito americano per prepararsi ad intervenire in possibili nuovi scenari, come quelli determinati da stravolgimenti climatici. Il programma, infatti, considera “il clima come una delle minacce alla sicurezza nazionale americana. […] Cicloni e siccità possono scatenare pandemie e carestie che spingono a migrazioni di massa, milioni di persone in fuga, a combattere per risorse elementari come il cibo e l’acqua, che all’improvviso diventano drammaticamente insufficienti per tutti. Situazioni nelle quali sguazzerebbero movimenti terroristici ed estremisti di varia natura, tragedie che alimenterebbero nazionalismi violenti e guerre religiose. […] E così dai tentativi di prevenzione si passa ai più pragmatici piani per affrontare emergenze inevitabili che possono diventare un pericolo sociale e politico, e quindi anche militare”. I ‘giochi di guerra’ americani sono translitterati dall’artista in un box di plexiglas trasparente composto da una sequenza verticale di cinque parallelepipedi, separati da altrettanti cieli corrispondenti ai diversi continenti, in cui soldati-giocattolo, carri armati, elicotteri sono impegnati in una futura guerra . Se è vero che il medium è il messaggio, secondo la nota equivalenza di McLuhan, i giocattoli si fanno portavoce di una realtà tutt’altro che gaia e piacevole: “la lotta per le risorse diventerà l’elemento caratterizzante del XXI secolo. 
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