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 meet directly, confirming its will to listen and give space to the most innovative contemporary voices within different research plans.
17.00
MAXXI Hall
Screen Printing Workshop by SerioCollective (Edith Poirier, Daniele Rossi)
A workshop on silk screen showing a selection of works created for self-finance future projects and current artistic collaborations.
18.30
MAXXI B.A.S.E.
Presentation of the book “Fight-Specific Isola”
The story of an urban and artistic transformation: Fight-Specific Isola traces the long history of the Isola quarter of Milan and the organic and spontaneous process at the base of the twelve years of Isola Art Centers work.
with Antonio Brizioli, Hou Hanru, Evelyne Jouanno, Steve Piccolo and Bert Theis
19.30
Theremin performance with Steve Piccolo.
Anyone with a smartphone, a tablet or a computer today can play an online simulated Theremin (http://femurdesign.com/theremin/). Steve Piccolo tells the incredible story of Lev Termin and his Theremin and involves the audience with a collective musical interaction based on the movements of the people. Who is not provided of digital devices can use cardboard boxes for contributing to the percussive part of the composition / improvisation.
21.30
MAXXI Hall
High FIVE! DJ set by Palm Wine & Vipra
Steve Piccolo, Theremin performance 
Seriocollective (Edith Poirier, Daniele Rossi), Silkscreen printing/ serigrafia 
Fight-Specific Isola, book presentation 
Paola di Bello, collective portrait/ritratto collettivo, May/Maggio 2014. (detail)