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Isola a neo-liberal Italian tale
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Isola a neo-liberal Italian tale

The slideshow by Mariette Schiltz & out, office for urban transformation (00:18:38, 2009-2014) traces the different stages of the urban and social transformation of the Isola neighborhood of Milan, from the point of view of the artists of Isola Art Center and the local residents who are fighting against the […]

Hou Hanru, director of MAXXI with a megaphone invented by Steve Piccolo. (Font: Angelo Castucci, printed in situ by Seriocollective).
Special projects

MAXXI Rome: The Independant Day

Fight-Specific Isola al MAXXI. The Independent Day. Saturday, October 4, 2014, from 17.00 to midnight. A day of music, meetings, workshops within the exhibition The Independent with the independent groups CARE. and Isola Art Center. The museum is transformed into a hub where the independent voices and the public can […]

Bert Theis, Utopian City, 2014
Exhibitions

Utopian Pulse – Flares in the Darkroom

A research project by Ines Doujak and Oliver Ressler divided in 7 Salons, in collaboration with a group of 7 artist-curators. September 11–November 2, 2014. Secession Friedrichstraße 12A-1010 Vienna, Austria. Salon Orizzonti Occupati/Occupied Horizons curated by Bert Theis September 24-30, 2014, opening Wednesday, September 24 at 19:00. Isola Utopia – […]

Isola Utopia, Survival Kit 6-Utopian City, Riga, Lituania. Banner Bert Theis
Conferences, Exhibitions

Riga2014: Survival Kit: Utopian City

Survival Kit International Contemporary Art Festival Utopian City 04. – 27. 09.2014. The “Survival Kit 6” Contemporary Art Exhibition and the Symposium “Urban Utopia: Art and Culture as a Tool for Exploring and Researching a City”. At the former ‘Boļševička’ Textile Factory at Ganību dambis 30, Riga. Curator: Solvita Krese, […]

Camilla Topuntoli, Video, 6’33’’, 2014
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Isola Utopia Revolution

Camilla Topuntoli, 06:33, 2014. Isola Utopia Revolution (flag by Angelo Castucci) made in San Mauro Cilento for Isola Utopia. Frammenti e momenti per nuove utopie. Isola Utopia. Fragments and moments for new utopias 5-10 August, 20.00 – 24.00, San Mauro Cilento (Salerno).

MAXXI, Roma, Isola Art Center, The Independent, installation view with the collective portrait by Paola Di Bello (photo Giulia Cipriani)
Exhibitions

MAXXI Rome: The Independent

Special project dedicated to independent groups of contemporary experimentation: CURA. and Isola Art Center. June 26 – October 12, 2014. www.fondazionemaxxi.it Experimental workshops, publishing houses, exhibition spaces, online platforms and magazines, independent projects, nowadays contemporary culture often moves through unofficial channels that prove to be a valid alternative to traditional […]

Damnatio Memoriae: architecture of forgetfulness and gentrification Milano-Oslo
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Damnatio Memoriae. Milan-Oslo

Damnatio Memoriae. Architecture of Forgetfulness and Gentrification. Milano-Oslo (19:25). Camilla Topuntoli, Aprile 2014. The video explores the concept of documentary with a critical and personal point of view.

+Msum, Lubljana, Slovenia
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LAB FIGHT SPECIFIC ISOLA 4ACT

A video by Camilla Topuntoli (08:30) documenting Lab Fight-Specific Isola, a project made for the exhibition 1:1 STOPOVER at the Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova (+MSUM) in Ljubljana, in Slovenia.

Occupying Horizons
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Occupying Horizons

Occupare Orizzonti / Occupying Horizons. Video by Camilla Topuntoli (5 min.) made for the progect Occupying Horizons, curated by Camilla Pin and Bert Theis in occasion of the Apriti Isola Pepe Verde party, Via Pepe, Milan on Sunday May 12th 2013.

Occupying Horizons
Exhibitions

Occupying Horizons

Occupying Horizons. Curated by Camilla Pin and Bert Theis. Sunday May 12th 2013, 11.00-20.00. In occasion of the Apriti Isola Pepe Verde party, Via Pepe, Milan with Chiara De Angeli, Rita Rachele Di Marco, Edna Gee, Leah Messersmith, Edith Poirier, Daniele Rossi, Bert Theis, Nikola Uzunovski, Fuori dal Vaso (Emanuele […]