Piziarte Arte Contemporanea
Piziarte Arte Contemporanea
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| E dopo, gradatamente, il taglio va dentro,
nella carne di dentro, e in un voler guardare
più dentro. E torna fuori tra le cose, i prodotti, e compone "still life": grandi immagini patinate, pubblicitarie che non contengono prodotti bensì 'soggetti'. Soggetti 'pesanti', soggetti sociali, fermati comunque da anatomista oggettivo. Da calogatore che sconcerta nel determinare un rapporto di impertinenza tra il 'contenuto' e il 'mezzo'. Immagini 'impertinenti' appunto. Apparenti paradossi, ma i paradossi, in quanto tali sono 'cartine al tornasole' e...catturano il pensiero. 26 dicembre 2000 Gabriel Ventaglio |
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| Francesco Arena Polaroid in originale cm.5x6 Courtesy Francesco Arena |
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| Francesco Arena Polaroid in originale cm.5x6 Courtesy Francesco Arena |
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| Francesco Arena Polaroid in originale cm.5x6 Courtesy Francesco Arena |
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Francesco Arena Polaroid in originale cm.5x6 Courtesy Francesco Arena |
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| Francesco Arena Polaroid in originale cm.5x6 Courtesy Francesco Arena |
| Nel lavoro di arena, però il 'risultato'
, l'esito non è immediato, lampante, è 'mediato'
anche da un tempo, ridotto comunque, ma tempo, il suo. Il tempo delle sue macchine, mentali e da ripresa; uno degli obiettivi è fermare appunto il suo tempo, con i suoi tempi, con le sue esposisizioni, con i suoi tagli. Documentari a frammenti, belli già solo a vedersi, in quanto 'mediati' in estetica, che si scompongono in tasselli fermati, loghi e luoghi di tempo. Logos nel senso di parola: parole di tempo; loghi nel senso di marchi: marchi di tempo e luoghi nel senso di luoghi di tempo, contemporanei. 26 dicembre 2000 Gabriel Ventaglio |
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| Francesco Arena Polaroid in originale cm.5x6 Courtesy Francesco Arena |
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| Francesco Arena Polaroid in originale cm.5x6 Courtesy Francesco Arena |
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| Francesco Arena Polaroid in originale cm.5x6 Courtesy Francesco Arena |
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Curriculum Francesco Arena SOLO EXHIBITIONS: 2016 Giacomo Rebecchi - La Nube, FABRIEK STORE, Genova, a cura di Francesco Arena 2008 RESPIRI/BREATHS 2008 @ Amphisbaena Contemporart Art Gallery; Modena, Text by Elena Forin ( site specific video-installation + photographic series/première) RESPIRI/BREATHS 2008 @ Obraz Contemporary Art Gallery; Milano, Text by Elena Forin ( site specific video-installation + photographic series /première) RESPIRI/BREATHS 2008 @ Teatro Subasio & Wunderkammern, Spello,Perugina; text by Elena Forin (site specific performance and videoinstallation) 2007 KITTEN FASHION WEEK, Los Angeles , The Standard Hotel Downtown LA, USA , AMC FILM videoscreening. Special event for the Los Angeles Fashion Week ("ARENA M-EATS CORPICRUDI” by Francesco Arena+Corpicrudi). ART CHANNEL satellite & web TV, Paris, France, AMC FILM (Bathroom, Bedroom, Sitting Room, Dining Room), permanent broadcast. ("ARENA M-EATS CORPICRUDI” by Francesco Arena+Corpicrudi). 2006 PLASMA videogallery, Firenze, by Andrea Mi, "ARENA M-EATS CORPICRUDI - SAMANTHA STELLA'S HOUSE", videos+photos, (Francesco Arena+Corpicrudi). Come&Enjoy@65metriquadri, Milano, "ARENA M-EATS CORPICRUDI - SAMANTHA STELLA'S HOUSE", videos+photos , (Francesco Arena+Corpicrudi). 2005 PROJECT ROOM @ Primo Piano Livingallery, Lecce, by Dores and Rose Sacquegna: -"CIRCULAR BODIES" (Francesco Arena + William Basinski) - "ARENA M-EATS CORPICRUDI " (Francesco Arena+Corpicrudi). CIRCULAR BODIES @ Museum of New Art (mona) Detroit international film & video festival (Usa) (the video joined the museum?s permanent collection) 2004 Nudi Fuori, Studio Ercolani, Bologna, Texts by Elisa Mezzetti. B-SIDE-identità oltre, Lecce, Primo PianoLiving Gallery, by Dores Sacquegna. Anatomy of Melancholy / Circular Bodies, Museo d?arte contemporanea di Villa Croce, Genova (performance-exhibition with William Basinski) Archivio Caterina Gualco; ( photos and installations)* Andrea Ciani Arte Contemporanea; ( photos and installations)* Galleria Joice & Co.; (photos and installations)* Passo Blu; (photos and installations)* Rebecca Container Gallery; (photos and installations)* Spazio Zebra Arte Contemporanea, Genova; (photos and installations)* * video-catalogue featuring texts by Daniela Cascella, Federica Pinna, Elisabetta Rota; by HYPEstudio production in cooperation with MMLXII / 2062 musex international. 2002/03 Respiri @ Museum of New Art (mona) Detroit international film & video festival (Usa) (the joined the museum?s permanent collection) 2001 LUOGHI DI TEMPO, Andrea Ciani Artecontemporanea,Genova. Texts by Gabriel Ventaglio./Visibile presso Piziarte Teramo 2000 BODY&FLESH, Antica Macelleria Cecchini, Panzano (FI) Texts by Gabriel Ventaglio. 1997 Autobiografica, Leonardi V-Idea, Genova Video interview by Giancarlo Norese. Frame, Librogalleria al Ferro di Cavallo, Roma. By Fabrizio Basso and Silvia Cini (installation + videoreview “videoloop”). 1995 Alterità 2-The Outlaw, V-Idea, Genova . Sculture all?aperto 95, Parco della Colletta, Torino. By Elena Missiroli, Emanuela Tolosano . 1994 , Saletta comunale di Esposizione, Castel San Pietro Terme (Bologna). Catalogue featuring texts by Fattori Testori. Curated by Mauro Manara . 1993 Oltre, Leonardi V-Idea, Genova . Texts by Grazia Toderi Oltre, Galleria Nova, Torino GROUP EXHIBITIONS: 2018 Chi ha paura dell'arte contemporanea?, ENTR'ACTE, Genova 2016 Other identity. Altre forme di identità culturali e pubbliche,LOGGIA DELLA MERCANZIA,Genova dal 6 febbraio al 5 marzo 2016 2010 Obraz10, GALLERIA OBRAZ, Milano 2009 RESPIRI/BREATHS 2008 @CATODICA, Teatro Miela. Trieste, curated by Maria Campitelli/Gruppo 78.© FRANCESCO ARENA - http://www.francescoarena.it www.myspace.com/francescoarena mailto: francesco.arena@libero.it - mobile: +39 3402540631 11 2008 ART VERONA @ stand galleria Obraz-Milano. RESPIRI/BREATHS 2008 @ Experimenta Festival; Scuola elementare Dante Alighieri, Piombino, (site specific video-installation featuring Gianluca Becuzzi - Kinetics live performance) RESPIRI/BREATHS 2008 @ Play festival; Genova, curated by Paolo Ficai e Manuela Esposito (site specific video-installation) RESPIRI/BREATHS 2008 @ Look at Festival; Lucca . (site specific “BREATHS-BOX” video-installation) RESPIRI/BREATHS 2008 @ Audiovisiva 5.0 / Milanofilfestival; Museo Diocesano; Milano, curated by di Lorenzo Gallori / Esterni. 2007 IL MURO E IL TEMPO -NOW- preview 07; Contemporary photo and video; BIENNALE DI ALESSANDRIA, by Sabrina Raffaghello, Roberto Borghi; Alessandria. ART verona 07 @ SABRINARAFFAGHELLO ARTECONTEMPORANEA, national art fair of contemporary and modern art; Verona. SECRET LIFE...emozioni in contesti urbani; PERFORMANCE kermesse– VIDEO E MUSIC ART; by Delia Gianti; cortile del Maglio/baloon, Torino OSSESSIONI ;Sabrina Raffaghello Arte Contemporanea; Antica Loggia di San Sebastiano Ovada, by Elena Forin CLIENT 2007 TOUR (usa & europe); AMC videoprojections during the live shows ! CUPRARTE CONTEMPORANEA 2007 contemporary art international festival; cupramontana (an), italy -international video art selection curated by dores saquegna; PRIMO PIANO LIVINGALLERY, LECCE, ITALY 2006 Excursion performance festival 2006-Limerick, Ireland, Italian section curated by Nicola Angerame, Limerick city arts office (AMC FILM premiere by Francesco Arena+Corpicrudi) ? Catodica 2006- international videoart festival, Trieste, Italy, Teatro Miela, galleria Lipanjepuntin Trieste, curated by Maria Campitelli (ARENA M-EATS CORPICRUDI”, SAMANTHA STELLA?S HOUSE by Francesco Arena+Corpicrudi). ? 1st t-rex short movie challenge 2006, short film contest, Berlin, Germany, Arena club, film kunst and b-ware. opening party by tenax recordings florence and klub der visionaire. (ARENA M-EATS CORPICRUDI”, SAMANTHA STELLA?S HOUSE by Francesco Arena+Corpicrudi). ? Porretta cinema 2006, short film festival 5th edition, Porretta Terme, Bologna, Italy (ARENA M-EATS CORPICRUDI”, SAMANTHA STELLA?S HOUSE by Francesco Arena+Corpicrudi). The Mirror is Abominable, Galleria Studio 20 Artecontemporanea by Roberta Vanali, Palazzo Valdes, Cagliari. ART verona 06 @ SABRINARAFFAGHELLO ARTECONTEMPORANEA, national art fair of contemporary and modern art; Verona Festivalfilosofia 06 / Mut-azioni, Spazio Mac?è, Carpi, by Francesca Baboni and Stefano Taddei. Videominutopoptv 2006, Centro per l?arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato, “ARENA M-EATS CORPICRUDI”, SAMANTHA STELLA?S HOUSE, - DINING ROOM- site specific/video installation, (Francesco Arena+Corpicrudi). Wonderful, Natura Naturans 11, galleria LipanjePuntin, Trieste, by Maria Campitelli/Gruppo 78. Temporary Identities, video art section at ANIGMA 3rd Novosibirsk International Festival of Digital Imaging, Animation and Videoart, @ NSAM Novoribirsk State Art Museum, Novoribirsk, Russia, by Luca Curci/Artexpo “ARENA M-EATS CORPICRUDI”, SAMANTHA STELLA?S HOUSE, - SITTING ROOM section1- video, (Francesco Arena+Corpicrudi). Indiana International Video Art & Architecture Festival @ Indiana University Kokomo Art Gallery, Kokomo, USA, by Luca Curci/Artexpo “ARENA M-EATS CORPICRUDI”, SAMANTHA STELLA?S HOUSE, - SITTING ROOM section1- video, (Francesco Arena+Corpicrudi) ARTE Parma 2006, III Contemporary Art Fair @ SABRINARAFFAGHELLO ARTECONTEMPORANEA, Parma. ? Suite Mentale by nihilNONorgan, presentation and performance from the book ASSOLUTAMENTE ALTROVE by Roberto Belli,Biblioteca Comunale, Sennori; with Arnaldo Pontis (machina amniotica, TH26), reading industrial elettronico on the RESPIRI „s pictures by Francesco Arena. ? Short Movie Playground @ Tower/Cassiopea, Berlin, Germany, by T-REX Galerie, with Orangecoffee and Film Kunst, “ARENA M-EATS CORPICRUDI”, SAMANTHA STELLA?S HOUSE night event (Francesco Arena+Corpicrudi). ? Riparte Napoli 2006 @ SABRINARAFFAGHELLO ARTECONTEMPORANEA, International Hotel Art Fair, Napoli. ? Bergamo Arte Fiera @ SABRINARAFFAGHELLO ARTECONTEMPORANEA, national modern and contemporary art fair; Centro Fieristico stand6, Bergamo. ? Suite Mentale by nihilNONorgan, presentation and performance from the book ASSOLUTAMENTE ALTROVE by Roberto Belli,Biblioteca S.Satta, Nuoro; reading industrial elettronico on the RESPIRI „s pictures by Francesco Arena. ? Genova Arte Fiera @ SABRINARAFFAGHELLO ARTECONTEMPORANEA, modern and contemporary art fair; Fiera del Mare, Genova. 2005 ? MAC 2005-Sound Check, by Marta Casati, Università degli studi Collegio Fratelli Cairoli, Pavia. ? Attitude video festival @ Cultural Centre Magaza, Bitola, Macedonia, by Luca Curci/Artexpo,“ARENA M-EATS CORPICRUDI”, SAMANTHA STELLA?S HOUSE (Francesco Arena+Corpicrudi). ? Artube @ Tenax, Firenze, group exhibition by Channel83 ARENA M-EATS CORPICRUDI”, SAMANTHA STELLA?S HOUSE (Francesco Arena+Corpicrudi). ? “La Nemica del Cuore ovvero LE 12 VENERI”, group exhibition by Roberto Roda e Ferruccio Giromini, Bondeno, Ferrara, Galleria d?Arte Moderna e Contemporanea. ? Esposizione internazionale Jeune Création 2005, "des filles et des garçons", by Martina Russo, Paris, France (video Respiri LDT1, Maria) ? Nuit Blanche 2005, 1 ottobre, Le Divan du Monde, by Martina Russo, Paris, France. (video CIRCULAR BODIES, Francesco Arena/William Basinski) ? Festival della filosofia 2005 – I Sensi, White night @ Carpi (Modena) by Andrea Saltini, texts by Francesca Baboni, “ARENA M-EATS CORPICRUDI”, SAMANTHA STELLA?S HOUSE (Francesco Arena+Corpicrudi). ? Videominuto PopTv 2005, Centro per l?arte contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato selected, video “ARENA M-EATS CORPICRUDI”, SAMANTHA STELLA?S HOUSE (Francesco Arena+Corpicrudi). ? Il Bar dell?Amore @ Galleria civica di arte contemporanea di Trento, collateral performing events to “La galleria dell?amore” by Marina Abramovic, video/live performance “ARENA M-EATS CORPICRUDI”, SAMANTHA STELLA?S HOUSE, (Francesco Arena+Corpicrudi). ? Experimenta – Sound Around @ Museo del Territorio di Alberobello (Bari), by Guillermina di Gennaro, texts in catalogue by Giusy Caroppo, video “ARENA M-EATS CORPICRUDI”, SAMANTHA STELLA?S HOUSE (Francesco Arena+Corpicrudi). ? Genovafilmfestival 2005, “ARENA M-EATS CORPICRUDI”, SAMANTHA STELLA?S HOUSE (Francesco Arena+Corpicrudi). ? Il cibo degli Dei, Lecce, Primo PianoLiving Gallery, by Dores Sacquegna. ? Pandemic Festival di arte e musica elettronica, Montevarchi (Arezzo), with Xing, Exibart and Care of, video “ARENA M-EATS CORPICRUDI”, SAMANTHA STELLA?S HOUSE, (Francesco Arena+Corpicrudi). ? Errata Corpora : corpi contro natura, Elettro+, Firenze, group exhibition by Channel83, video CIRCULAR BODIES + video “ARENA M-EATS CORPICRUDI”, SAMANTHA STELLA?S HOUSE (Francesco Arena+Corpicrudi). ? Riparte Genova 2005, Starhotel President, Genova, stand gallery Guidi&Schoen arte contemporanea, Genova, “ARENA M-EATS CORPICRUDI”, SAMANTHA STELLA?S HOUSE (Francesco Arena+Corpicrudi). ? “ARENA M-EATS CORPICRUDI”, SAMANTHA STELLA?S HOUSE, Galleriy Guidi&Schoen, Genova, (Francesco Arena+Corpicrudi). Photos and installations c/o Broadside Concept Store; Globus Fashion Street Store; Lebowski Caffe? del Cinema, Genova. ? Milano Flash Art Show 2005, ATA Hotel Executive, Milano, curatorial project selected by di Guidi&Schoen, Genova, “ARENA M-EATS CORPICRUDI”, SAMANTHA STELLA?S HOUSE (Francesco Arena+Corpicrudi).© FRANCESCO ARENA - http://www.francescoarena.it www.myspace.com/francescoarena mailto: francesco.arena@libero.it - mobile: +39 3402540631 12 ? Vitarte 2005/art.iswork, contemporary art fair,Viterbo, stand galleria d?arte contemporanea Artealcontrario, Modena. (video CIRCULAR BODIES). ? Pensare in Frame, video review in two parts, by Chiara Messori with Francesca Balboni, Galleria d?arte contemporanea Artealcontrario, Modena. (video CIRCULAR BODIES). ? “ARENA M-EATS CORPICRUDI”, SAMANTHA STELLA?S HOUSE (preview)-, Galleria Neon, Bologna (Francesco Arena+Corpicrudi). 2004 GAM, Gallery of Modern Art in Genoa, opening new space and acquisition works. ART beats/Biennale Adriatica Arti Nuove, Palazzo dei Congressi-Palazzo Piacentini, San Benedetto del Tronto, by Luigi Maria Perotti. “My Room”, Genova, Riparte, Starhotel president, stand Nextdoor…Artgalleria-Roma. Il corpo solitario ovvero la necessità dell?autorappresentazione – 7° edizione Progetto Maionese, Pinerolo, Spazi En Plein Air Arte Contemporanea, by Giorgio Bonomi. Tempus Fugit, Teramo, galleria PiziArte, by Manuela e Patrizia Cucinella. Close-By, ABC Treehouse Gallery, Amsterdam, by Toto Frima. FUORI CONTESTO, Raccolte Frugone, Villa Grimaldi Fassio, by Maria Flora Giubilei. “Global Player”, Lecce, Primo PianoLiving Gallery, by Dores Sacquegna. Milano Flash Art Fair, Milano, stand Andrea Ciani ArteContemporanea. Anathomy of Melancholy-francesco arena/william basinsky, Museo d?Arte contemporanea di Villa Croce, Genova; texts in video-catalogo by Daniela Cascella, Federica Pinna, Elisabetta Rota; by HYPEstudio production in cooperation with MMLXII / 2062 musex internation (bi/pers.) 2003 Il Corpo dell Arte, videoreview and discussions , Leonardi V-Idea artgallery, Genova. Dallo sciroco allo Föhn, Aktionsforum Praterinsel, Munchen; texts in catalogue by Sandra Solimano, Matteo Fochessati, Franco Sborgi, Arno Vroonen. Corpo, Segno, Superfice, International review of visual and contemporary arts, Ferrara- Castello Estense- Sale dell?Imbarcadero, by Sekanina Art Gallery, Art-antide.com. Corpi Liberi, Palazzo Antica Pretura Castel? Arquata, Piacenza, by Fabrizio Boggiano, texts in catalogue by F.B. and Edoardo di Mauro. XS, galleria San Salvatore, Modena, by Luca Beatrice. Group Show, by Fabrizio Boggiano and Edoardo Di Mauro, Fusion Arts Gallery,Torino In faccia al mondo, Museo d?Arte contemporanea di Villa Croce, Genova; texts in catalogue by Sandra Solimano, Matteo Fochessati, Fabrizio Boggiano. Sviluppi, Leonardi V-Idea,Genova. Colettiva di fotografia, Andrea Ciani Arte Contemporanea, Genova. "bodybags" by francesco arena, a cura di antonio becchi , Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte (Max Planck Institute for the History of Science). (per.) En Plain Video, 24 h. video non stop, galleria "En Plain Air" (TO). Travel over video, Joice&Co. Galleria Artistico Letteraria,Genova; texts di Maurizio Vallebuona e Fabrizio Boggiano. Fuori Contesto,Raccolte Frugone-Villa Grimaldi,genova; texts in catalogue by, Maria Flora Giubilei. 2002 “Follie”, Archivio Caterina Gualco Associazione Culturale, Genova; Galleria Le Chances de L?Art, Bolzano “Corpi dispersi”, Castello comunale di Barolo, Barolo (CN), by Fabrizio Boggiano, texts in catalogue by F.B. and Edoardo di Mauro Percorsi Contemporanei: Dell? eterno femminino, a cura di Nicola Angerame, Chiesa Anglicana, Alassio (SV) Dallo sciroco allo Föhn, Museo d?Arte contemporanea di Villa Croce, Genova; texts in catalogue by Sandra Solimano, Matteo Fochessati, Franco Sborgi, Arno Vroonen. Artissima 9, the international fair of contemporary art in Turin, stand Marco Canepa Gallery. The Museum of New Art (MONA) , the 2nd annual Detroit International Video Festival. Bodly Erotic Hybridization,Corpo ed Ibridismo erotico (E/H/B), Galleria Sekanina, Ferrara, by Paola Trevisan. 'Perspective' ,videoreview, by Paola Capata and Maria Cristina Bastante, gall.Aleph, Roma. 2001 Artisti in incognito,Foyer del teatro Modena, Genova, By Ferruccio Giromini (catalogue). Italian Connection, video projection by eleven artists working in Milano and in nord Italy, chosed by Silvano Repetto and Carlo Isola, Svizzera Berna Globe la torre di babele, Museo d?Arte Contemporanea di Genova, by Sandra Solimano HUA (i miei migliori amici), artoteca - associazione O', Milano. Francesco Arena, in casa di Luca Scarabelli. “ARTE DI CASA MIA”, Cultural associatio ,Annotazioni, Milano. “Cronache Marziane”, Archivio Caterina Gualco Associazione Culturale, Genova; Galleria Sansalvatore, Modena. L?istanza del simbolo, (performance) with sharing of –Pornoschok group- Broadside, Genova. 2000 “francesco arena 2” , ORESTE 3 ,4th Annual Summer Residency Program , Montescaglioso,Matera. Via Crucis 2000, Museo di S.Agostino, Genova. By Franco Ragazzi and Walter di Giusto (catalogue with texts? collection). 1999 CROSSOVER, sconfinamenti performativi, Cinema Teatro Chiasso, Chiasso CH. By Antonio D?Avossa. Atlante, ”Geografia e storia della giovane arte italiana”, centro arte contemporanea Masedu, Sassari. by Giuliana Altea and Marco Magnani (catalogue). Finalmente-una premessa non un festival, video art review, Mestre. By Interno 3 Immagini Indipendenti. Pseudomonas-bacterium-, Aron Arte Contemporanea, Gallarate (VA) By Vegetali Ignoti (catalogue). Quotidiana-sull?oggetto,Civica Galleria d?Arte di Padova, by R.Petrucci, V.Baradel, G.Bartorelli, S.Schiavon, Padova (catalogue) “Eight Genoese Artists in San Francisco”, Italian institute of culture, San Francisco, by Matteo Fochessati (catalogue). 1998 Alpe Adria Cinema, IX Edition, images division (sharing with “ Autobiografica” video) Trieste. SEX, Art Gallery Banchi Nuovi, Roma. ByLudovico Pratesi and Gian Luca Marziani (catalogue). BLUE - spazio libero per l?arte, c/o Cineplex - Porto Antico – Genova. By Ludovico Pratesi and Paola Magni (catalogue). AAVV E? una modesta proposta, video review, Fabrika Spazio Temporaneo d?Arte, Rovereto (itinerant) By Stefano Giovanazzi & Francesca Cristellotti Arti Visive II, Palazzo Ducale, Genova (itinerant), (catalogue) ECCENTRICA (XII Edition contemporary art review), Ex scuole elementari-Varignana, Sala Cassero-Castel S.Pietro Terme, Rocca Sforzesca-Imola. By Gino Gianuizzi and Mauro Manara. (catalogue).© FRANCESCO ARENA - http://www.francescoarena.it www.myspace.com/francescoarena mailto: francesco.arena@libero.it - mobile: +39 3402540631 13 Nord-Sud, Chiasso, CH. By IFDVIF Video. Experimental, video festival, Zurigo. 1997 “Nuova scena”, Leonardi V-Idea, Genova. Texts by Enrico Pedrini, Elisabetta Rota. ART ATTACKS - Arte nei nuovi media, Galleria Comunale d?Arte Moderna, Sassuolo. By Silvia Grandi, Marco Samoré, Elisabetta Frigeri - Arte Contemporanea . Arte per tutti, in collaboration with Placentia Arte, ex Ospedale Soave, Codogno (Lodi). By Loredana Parmesani. PIMPEREPETENUSA PINPEREPETEPAM, Liceo Artistico A. Frattini, Varese. Catalogue by Vegetali Ignoti Art Book. S.P.A., (unevento), Almagià Ex Magazzini dello Zolfo, Ravenna. By Gino Giannuizzi/galleria Neon. Cinquantaperventiper 6, Presidio socio-sanitario di Cogoleto, Genova. By Andrea Ciani Arte Contemporanea. Real fiction, research area – Padriciano 99, Trieste. Catalogue by Maria Campitelli, Gruppo 78. G.A.M.e., Galleria d?Arte Moderna, Bologna. By Gino Giannuizzi - galleria Neon.( videoperformance). “Come spiegare a mia madre che ciò che faccio serve a qualcosa”, meeting about italian new artistic researchs. Link. Bologna. Visual Rave, via Pace 10, Milano. A cura di Antonio D?Avossa, in collaboration with Centro Arte a Parte. 1996 Opening, C.S.I. (Etnik Café), Genova. By Francesco Arena and Giancarlo Norese. Le piace Internet?, Teatro Miela, Trieste. By Lorenzo Micheli. La politica del cuore, Galleria De?Serpenti, Roma. By Alberto Vannetti (catalogue). Filmare 96, Teatro Miela, Trieste. By Lorenzo Micheli (catalogue). Le cose che devono vedersi, Viconago (Varese). Catalogue by Vegetali ignoti. Cosare le cose, Veragouth Arte Contemporanea, Lugano. By Vegetali Ignoti. Compartments, Fabrikken, Copenaghen. By Globe (with ACE), (catalogue). Interplace Access-documentation by no-profit organizations and projects managed between Europe and New York. Viafarini, Milano. By Name Diffusion/M.Baruch and T.Trouvè (with ACE). 1995 ACEmarket, Care Of, Cusano Milanino (Milano). By ACE. Artefiera, International fair of contemporary art, Bologna (stand Ars Lux). Giovani umani in fuga, Mendrisio (Svizzera). By Fadhil el Ukrufi (with ACE). ACEtandem, Teatro Dravelli, Moncalieri (Torino). By ACE. Museo Teo a Genova (Museo franchising). ByFrancesco Arena. Una posa in galleria, Galleria Mariann Mayer, Milano. By Alessandro Mayer. Museo Teo Art Fanzine, “Il Castello delle Arti Incrociate”, Castello di Piovera, Alessandria Fax Art, la velocità nell?arte, Roof Garden, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Roma. By Ludovico Pratesi (catalogue). Arte video TV, Palazzo Sanguinetti, Bologna / Museo Revoltella, Trieste /Culture Italian institute , Parigi / Video Vision 95, Galerie im Rathaus, Monaco. By A. Borgogelli, C. Colasanti, S. Grandi, C. Terrosi. Giardino dell?Arte 2, Piazza d?Armi, Torino. By Edoardo di Mauro and Ivana Mulatero (with ACE), (catalogue). Look to the sea, Beach-art events, Bagni Ippocampo Beach, Milano Marittima (Ravenna). By Christian Benini and Galleria Neon Sono rose, feriranno, parco di Villa delle Rose, Bologna (seminars of contemporary art, by Emilio Fantin). Città ad arte, rapporti e contaminazioni tra le arti e la città, Facoltà di Architettura, Genova (with ACE). By Francesco Arena, Sabrina Boidi, Pietro Millefiore. Terni Video Arte, Galleria Ronchini, Terni. By Valentina Bonomo and Antonella Marino. Messe 2ok, Talking the Economics- okono Miese machen, Colonia, Germania (with ACE), (catalogue). Zucker, Akademie Galerie, Monaco, Germania. 1994 Il rock è duro (2), Sergio Tossi Arte Contemporanea, Prato. By Cristiana Perrella and Luca Beatrice. ACEstory/ “Proposte IX”, Sala Esposizioni Palazzo IRV, Torino (with ACE). By M.Bandini, Luca Beatrice and L.Cabutti. Quaderni, Mala Arti Visive; Bologna, Milano, Francoforte, Perugia, Arezzo, Genova, Torino, Valdagno, Rimini, Piacenza. Entrate, ViaDegliArtisti, Torino (with ACE). Molto diligenti osservazioni, Civica Galleria d?Arte Moderna, Gallarate (Varese), (catalogue). Per presa visione, Palazzo Ottavio Pallavicini, Genova. Text by Fattori Testori. By Francesco Arena (catalogue). Ars Lux, sedi varie, Bologna. By Made in Bo and Silvia Grandi ( itinerant exhibition through some italian towns) (videocatalogue). ACEtandem, VII Salone Internazionale del Libro, Lingotto, Torino. A cura di ACE. Ateliers Aperti, Genova. By Francesco Arena and Pietro Millefiore. ACEsouvenir, Grangesises. By ACE Equinozio d?autunno 94, Castello di Rivara. By Franz Paludetto. 1993 ACEparty, Viafarini, Milano. By ACE. II Rassegna di Arte Contemporanea, Mercato coperto di Varzi (Pavia), (ACE stand) Pose, Sacro Monte di Varallo. Texts by Marco Rosci and Ivana Mulatero (catalogue). 1992 Fuoriserie, Care Of, Cusano Milanino (Milano). Text by Marco Senaldi. Arte Roma 92, Palazzo dei Congressi, Roma (stand Galleria Nova). Attualissima/La più bella galleria d?Italia, Fortezza da Basso, Firenze (stand Galleria Nova). Splendente, Castello di Volpaia, Radda in Chianti. ByLuciano Pistoi. (catalogue with artists? partecipations ) . ACEland/territori occupati, Galleria Arx, Torino. By ACE (catalogue). ACEland/”panni stesi”, Roncoli (Alessandria). BIBLIOGRAPHY Luca Beatrice, “ACEstory”, Proposte IX, Regione Piemonte, Torino, 1994. Mchela Bompani, “Arena, fotorom@nzo a puntate su Internet”, La repubblica, n°102,Genova, venerdi 3 maggio 2002. Valentina Caserta “Luoghi di tempo, di Francesco Arena (Gentleman take polaroids)” il mercantile n°76, 30 marzo 2001 Genova. Luisa Castellini, Francesco Arena. Anima et corpus-più di uno sguardo © 2004 ESPOARTE, Cultura e Arti Visive year V n°31. Enzo Cirone, “Con sequenze”, Studio Dieci, Vercelli, 1988; “F.A.”, in Juliet Art Magazine n° 39, Trieste, dicembre 1988/gennaio 1989; © FRANCESCO ARENA - http://www.francescoarena.it www.myspace.com/francescoarena mailto: francesco.arena@libero.it - mobile: +39 3402540631 14 “Interazioni/totem”, Cisterne di S. Maria di Castello, Genova, 1989; “ Interazioni/totem”, in Juliet Art Magazine n° 44, Trieste, ottobre 1989. Viana Conti “Luoghi di tempo”, AC Andrea Ciani Arte contemporanea, Genova, Arte Critica n°25 gennaio/marzo 2001. Monica Dall?Olio, “Batman Skin”, Diecidue Arte, Milano, 1993. Vittorio Fagone, “Porzioni modulari”, Leonardi V-Idea, Genova, 1990. Elena Forini, “Breaths”, multimedia project-Respiri/breath 2008. Ferruccio Giromini, “Carni Fresche-Giovani artisti e giovani Corpi” BLUE Art,BLUE aprile 1999; “NON-NUDI/L?Arte Feticista di Francesco Arena” 1999 BLU (BLU PHOTO) Mare nero editore. Fattori Testori (Giancarlo Norese), “Per presa visione”, Palazzo Ottavio Pallavicini, Genova, 1994; “5 3 ”, Saletta Comunale di Esposizione, Castel S. Pietro Terme, Bologna, 1994. Matteo Fochessati, “Il linguaggio del corpo”, Il Mercantile, Genova, 03/04/1990; “Monari”, Ken Damy Photogallery, Urbino, 1990; “Eight Genoese Artists in San Francisco” 1999 De Ferrari Editore; “L'ambiguità dei media secondo Francesco Arena -la distorsione tecnica e le devianze della realtà” AC Andrea Ciani Arte contemporanea, Genova, La Repubblica sabato 7 aprile 2001. Joseph Gerighausen, “Porzioni modulari”, Leonardi V-Idea, Genova, 1990; ; “Arte come evocazione/4”, Goethe Institut Genua, Genova, 1992. Maria Flora Giubilei, “fuori contesto”, Raccolte Frugone, Vilal Grimaldi Fassio, ed. Maschietto, Genova 2003. Emilia Marasco, “Fotografie come quadri”, Ex Arte, Genova, maggio 1988; “Interazioni”, Ex Arte, Genova, luglio-agosto 1988; “Con sequenze”, Ex Arte, Genova, novembre 1988; “Neogrigio”, Cedav, Pisa, 1989; “Il mosso di F.A.”, Ex Arte, Genova, dicembre 1988; “Interazioni/totem”, Cisterne di S. Maria di Castello, Genova, 1989; “Porzioni modulari”, Ex Arte, Genova, maggio 1990. Paola Magni, “Blue - spazio libero per l?arte”, c/o Cineplex - Porto Antico – Genova, ed. Euroteam, Brescia, 1998. Ivana Mulatero, “Pose”, ed. Lindau, Torino, 1993. Massimo Palazzi, “Luoghi di tempo di Francesco Arena”, AC Andrea Ciani Arte contemporanea, Genova, Juliet-Spray Italy n°103 Giugno 2001. Federica Pinna, “Mio carissimo”, 05 ottobre 2002 Macomer; “NEOGRIGIO”, 26 giugno 2003, Macomer; “The anatomy of melancholy” © 2004 HYPEstudio produzioni; copertina video catalogo in DVD. Ludovico Pratesi, “Sex”, Galleria dei Banchi Nuovi, Roma, 1998. Ivan Quadroni, Focus On / FrancescoArena © 2004 THAT?S ARTweb Magazine nl 22 12 marzo 2004. Franco Ragazzi, “Via Cruciss 2000” 2000 ed. De Ferrari. Sandro Ricaldone, “Verosimiglianze”, Il Brandale, Savona, 1987; “Interazioni”, Loggia di S. Sebastiano, Ovada, 1988; “Totem”, Il Mercantile, Genova, 13/06/1989; “Francesco Arena, artista concettuale che gioca con le cose e con le immagini” IL SECOLO XIX Genova 27 gennaio 2000. Marco Rosci, “Pose” (op. cit.), ed. Lindau, Torino, 1993. Elisabetta Rota, “Costruire decostruire”, Villa Stuarta, Genova, 1988; „ “Nuova scena”, Giovani Artisti Italiani degli anni 90: una rinascita tra continuazione del riflusso?? Leonardi V-Idea, Genova, 1987; “F.A.”, Terzocchio n° 84, settembre 1997,”Atlante”-Geografia e storia della giovane arte Italiana- Politi editore, Milano 1999, “francesco arena” per ANATOMY OF MELANCHOLY, © 2004 HYPEstudio produzioni; copertina video catalogo in DVD. Maurizio Sciaccaluga, “Il paradosso di Babele”, Caterina Gualco/Unimedia, Genova, 1991. Franco Sborgi, “Dallo scirocco al foehn” Museo d'Arte Contemporanea di Villa Croce, a cura di Sandra Solimano e Erno Vroonen; 2002 Neos Edizioni. Marco Senaldi, “Trilogia del rivedere”, Fuoriserie, Care Of, Cusano Milanino, 1999. Sandra Solimano “Dallo scirocco al foehn” Museo d'Arte Contemporanea di Villa Croce, Genova a cura di Sandra Solimano e Erno Vroonen; testi critici in catalogo di Sandra Solimano, Franco Sborgi, Matteo Fochessati, Erno Vroonen © 2002 Neos Edizioni. Gabriella Ventaglio, “BODY&FLESH”, Antica Macelleria Cecchini, Panzano (FI)2001; “Luoghi di Tempo”, Genova 2001; “LDT2 – Globe”, Museo d'Arte Contemporanea di Villa Croce, Genova, Globe - La Torre di Babele 2001. Marisa Vescovo, “Porzioni modulari”, ”Leonardi V-Idea, Genova, 1990; “Scegliendo tra le mostre”, La Stampa - Tuttolibri n° 770, ottobre 1991; “Scegliendo tra le mostre”, La Stampa, Torino, 13/01/1992. Erno Vroonen, “Dallo scirocco al foehn” Museo d'Arte Contemporanea di Villa Croce, a cura di Sandra Solimano e Erno Vroonen; 2002 Neos Edizioni. Maria Grazia Toderi, “Quando gli artisti non danno scampo”, Leonardi V-Idea, Genova, 1993. SPECIAL PROJECTS From 1992 to 1995 partecipation to ACE, a group with the aim to extent the art system within the territory. Francesco Arena developed projects in cooperation with various artists and institutions (Salone del Libro di Torino, Amnesty International, Regione Piemonte. Castello di Rivara, Rivara (TO) 1994. Viafarini, Milano 1993. Regione Piemonte, Torino 1994. Car TV, Zurich 1994. Festival Cinema Giovani, Torino 1994. Care of, Cusano Milanino (MI) 1995. Messe 2ok, Koln 1995. Arte Video TV, Rassegna video, Palazzo Sanguinetti, Bologna (a cura di A.Borgogelli, M.Giust i e S.Grandi) (mostra itinerante: Museo Revoltella, Trieste; IstitutoItaliano di Cultura, Paris; Video Vision 95, Galerie im Rathaus, Munchen; Fuori Orario e Blobcartoon, RAITRE). Contribution to “INTEGRAL”, musical piece by Andrea Liberovici commissioned by the Atelier de Creation Radiophonique de France Culture and ?INA-GRM (images by Francesco Arena). In 2004 the project “ANATOMY OF MELANCHOLY” made in collaboration with the american contemporary composer William Basinski : a liveperformance and a video/photographic installation exhibited in national premiere at the Museum of Contemporary Art Villa Croce in Genoa, Italy (HYPEstudio production). In 2005 the multimedia project “ARENA M-EATS CORPICRUDI” (AMC): a concept born from a collaboration between francesco arena and corpicrudi (hybrid project between video, performance and electro music). A series of video/photo/installation and performance productions about body?s behaviour and actions , (…)...samantha stella and her friends.....5 bodies with/without relationship, in everyday actions, ordinary and extreme, under the eye of mobile and fixed cameras ..... like in a reality show... Exhibited in art galleries and shows including Guidi&Shoen contemporary art-Genoa, Milano Flash Art Show, Riparte-Genoa, Neon-Bologna, Primopiano Living Gallery-Lecce, Lipanjepuntin-Trieste; Italian public museums including Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea Trento and Centro per l?arte contemporanea L.Pecci Prato; international video and performance festivals, including the Excursion performance festival 2006-Limerick, Ireland, and the 1st t-rex short movie challenge 2006, Berlin, Germany. The AMC FILM, completed at the end of 2006, is featuring the project?s 4 episodes (Bathroom, Bedroom, Sitting Room and Dining Room) with a special multiscreening editing. It was projected in 2007 during the Los Angeles Fashion Week Fall 2007 (KittenFashionWeek) and entered the broadcast of Artchannel satellite and web TV. Web site: http://www.francescoarena.it http://www.myspace.com/francescoarena http://www.myspace.com/francescoarenarespiri DOCUMENTATION AND ARTWORKS IN PERMANENT COLLECTIONS :© FRANCESCO ARENA - http://www.francescoarena.it www.myspace.com/francescoarena mailto: francesco.arena@libero.it - mobile: +39 3402540631 15 Ken Damy Museum of Contemporary Photography, Brescia, Italy Kunsthistorisches Institut for Italian Art (19th century),Firenze, Italy Villa Croce Museum Of Contemporary Art, Genoa, Italy Collection of Polaroid Corporation , Boston, Usa Care Of, Cusano Milanino / Viafarini, Milan, Italy Quadrennial National Exhibition of Art, Rome, Italy The Museum of New Art (MONA), Detroit, USA GAM, Gallery of Modern Art in Genoa, Italy VIDEO PRODUCTIONS Verosimiglianze, 1987, U-Matic, Col. and w/b, music: Cabaret Voltaire, screenplay: Arena / Giannoni, time: 5? 30” (videocatalogue) Neogrigio, 1988/89, U-Matic, Col. and w/b, music: Psychic TV, screenplay: Arena, performer: Gianni Di Cicco (Arbalete), time:15? Interazioni / totem, 1989, U-Matic, Col. and w/b, music: Stefano Ferrando, screenplay: Arena / Spalluto, time: 7? Porzioni modulari, 1990, U-Matic, Col. w/b, music: Stefano Ferrando, screenplay: Arena, time:15? Inespressioni, 1990, U-Matic, Col. and w/b, music: Stefano Ferrando, screenplay: Arena, performer: Gianni Di Cicco (Arbalete), time: 7? Arte come evocazione, 1991, U-Matic, Col. and w/b, music:Chiara Cipolli (Echo Art), screenplay: Arena / Spalluto, time: 25? (videocatalogue) Monari, 1991, U-Matic, Col. and w/b, music: Stefano Ferrando, time: 10? Pasto virtuale, 1992, VHS – Vi8, Col., sound: Arena / Stefano Ferrando, time:12„ Alterità 1, Sacro Monte di Varallo, 1993, VHS, Col., time: 30„ in loop; by Videopolis ACEstory, 1994, Betacam, Col.,time: 14?30”. Tecnic realization: Cocito e Pastore (with ACE) Alterità 2-The Outlaw, 1990/94, VHS, Col., time: 80„; by Baby Doll Video Entertainment In perfetta solitudine, 1996, VHS - Hi8, Col. and w/b, time: 20? Autobiografica, 1997, VHS - Hi8, Col. and w/b, time: 27?. Luoghi di tempo 1/2/3/4/5; 2001, Di8- VHS, color, time: 60?, a sole copy in Di8 live + 1 copy DVD and 50 copies vhs; work in progress. Luoghi di tempo Respiri- 1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9/10/11/12/13/14/15/16/17/18/19/20; 2002/2006, Di8-DVD- VHS, color, time 45?, 1 sole copy in Di8 live shooting + 20 copies DVD numbered and signed; work in progress. Circular bodies, 2004; Di8/ DvD, Musica: “Disintegration Loop II (dlp 3)” by William Basinski; time 43?20; 20 copies DVD numbered and signed + 10 copies out of number. The Anatomy of Melancholy,2004; MiDV/DVD, Musica William Basinski; times 28?; 20 copies DVD numbered and signed + 10 copies out of number. AMC FILM (ARENA M-EATS CORPICRUDI - SAMANTHA STELLA HOUSE), featuring its 4 episodes BATHROOM, BEDROOM, SITTING ROOM, DINING ROOM, with simultaneous multiscreenings of 3 videos each, 2006, DVD, colour duration 41?10”. Performers: Barbara Aiello, Angelo Calderaro, Sergio Frazzingaro, Martino Marini, Samanta Stella, Francesco Arena; screenplay and stylist= Corpicrudi; mobile videocamera, photo and relative concepts= FrancescoArena; soundtrack= Martino Marini (Mass_prod); editing & post production= Samantha Stella; concept= Francesco Arena/Corpicrudi. Copies: one DVD numbered and signed for the AMC FILM special edition. For each episode (without multiscreenings) 50 copies numbered and signed for each episode. *In all videos the original materials and the shooting are by the author. BIOGRAPHY 1966 Born in Genova where he lives and works. 1984 Art School N. Barabino in Genova. 1989 Graduated at the Accademia Ligustica di Belle Arti in Genova. He starts approaching the professional world of photography and videos. 1986 First photographic works and series in W/B. He begins a research on the body (which is currently carried on with specific equipment) and its chromatics and visual ambiguities. Beginning of big formats photographic series, such as “TRACCE DI NOTIZIE” (news traces) “VEROSIMIGLIANZE” (verisimilitudes) and “FOTOGRAFIE” (photographies), putting trueness of appearances in prospective. They are soon included in solo and group shows in Italy. First approaches with private and public Art Galleries as well as alternatives exibihitions places in Genova and other cities (Sibaria Opendoks-GE o Caffè Voltaire-FI). 1987/88 First solo photo exhibitions in Genova, Roma ,Vercelli, Brescia. Collaboration with Ken Damy in his foreign and Italian galleries, and with Polaroid Italia group shows in Boston and Europe. 1989/91 He starts experiencing the interest for the elimination of “biodimentionality” of photographic image, towards the improvement of total analysis within space and opera. The photo is mounted on steel, plexiglas, glass and iron materials, and it eventually placed to a confrontation within common objects, creating in this way a combined sculpture including in same case also the video support. Projects and installations like “NEOGRIGIO” or “INTERAZIONI – TOTEM” are being utilised in cooperation with other artists, critics like: E.Cirone; V.Conti; S.Ricaldone; F.Rosso and E.Marasco will start writing about him. The first solo shows are including “ PORZIONI MODULARI” by V.Fagone; M.Vescovo; J.Gerighausen dalla galleria Leonardi V-IDEA in Genova. Work group formation: ARTE COME EVOCAZIONE, together with Costa and Cristaldi (as well as A.Spalluto, G.Norese, L.Agostini, C.Cantono) that will be generating in the next years five illustrated catalogues on the events and eight multimedia productions in Italian spaces where art is not normally hosted (like factories, typographies, paper factories, madhouses and private galleries), also in cooperation with other artists like Getulio Alviani and Franco Vaccari. 1992/93 Co-founder of a second group “ACE”, formed in Torino in 1992 (and disappered in 1997/98), concerning all the “social” aspects associated with Art, and its information system; an artistic group activity parallel to the individual one, with the aim of expanding the artistic system all over the country. It has developed projects in cooperation with artists, professionals and institutions (Salone del Libro in Torino, Amnesty International, Regione Piemonte. Castello di Rivara, Rivara (TO) 1994. Viafarini, Milano 1993. Regione Piemonte, Torino 1994. Car TV, Zurich 1994. Festival Cinema Giovani, Torino 1994. Care of, Cusano Milanino (MI) 1995. Messe 2ok, Koln 1995. Arte Video TV, Rassegna video, Palazzo Sanguinetti, Bologna (by A.Borgogelli, M.Giusti e S.Grandi) (itinerant exhibition: Museo © FRANCESCO ARENA - http://www.francescoarena.it www.myspace.com/francescoarena mailto: francesco.arena@libero.it - mobile: +39 3402540631 16 Revoltella, Trieste; Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Paris; Video Vision 95, Galerie im Rathaus, Munchen; Fuori Orario e Blobcartoon, RAITRE). Group exhibitions in Milano, Sacro Monte di Varallo, Genova, Roma; solo shows in Milano, Roma, Torino by M.Senaldi; E.Missiroli; P.Diecidue; G.Toderi; M.Dall?Olio; and I.Mulatero. His work his presented at “SPLENDENTE”, the last appointment of the annual series held at Castello di Volpaia, curated by Luciano Pistoi. The job of the artist is now settled on line with a search for “ ambiguity of languages”, intending the feeling and objects? ones which surround us. Search that is clearly shown in projects like ”OLTRE“ “ATTRAVERSO”, "BERSAGLI”. Reviews on numerous art and photos magazines such as ZOOM, Photo, Juliet, Flash Art. 1994/95 The artist is carrying over his collaboration within the ACE projects with : “STORY”, “TANDEM”, “SOUVENIR”, “MARKET”, ”EUROPE”, in Torino, Grangesis, Colonia and Monaco. He starts cooperating with Italian and foreign artistic groups with similar conception of art, such as MALA ARTI VISIVE, VEGETALI IGNOTI, MUSEO TEO, NAME DIFFUSION. “ARS LUX” by S. Grandi, invitation by M. Senaldi; “EQUINOZIO D?AUTUNNO2” at Castello di Rivara, by Franz Paludetto, “FAX ART”, by L. Pratesi, “ARTE VIDEO TV”, broadcasted by RAI 3; “LOOK TO THE SEA”, by C. Benini and Neon Gallery in Bologna, “MESSE 2 OK “ in Colonia and “ZUCKER” in Monaco. Solo shows in Bologna (53), Genova (Alterità), Torino (Sculture all?Aperto 95). He also organises exhibitions like: “PER PRESA VISIONE”; “MUSEO TEO A GENOVA”; “CITTA? AD ARTE”, featuring debates and discussions about art and its relations with the city where, for the first time in his projects, also external artists are invited. These will be presented in several catalogues like “NUOVA SCENA”, edited by Mondadori, indicated by G. Perrella and L. Beatrice. 1996 The cooperation with foreign groups goes on, thanks to “COMPARTMENT” in Copenaghen, where new projects will follow. Group shows in Trieste, Roma, Genova, Varese, Milano. Starting of a new project on Internet focused on information and creation of related exhibitions and events. He is completing important projects such as “AUTOBIOGRAFICA”, “IN PERFETTA SOLITUDINE”, anticipating his interest towards social communication and interpersonal relations. The interest on the body and its contents returns, after a prior analysis about its “superficial” characteristics. 1997 In “ STILL LIFE FOR LIFELIKE PEOPLE ”- a new photographic project of huge dimension, there is a clear reminding of advertising images, both for their technical structure and language : a new language directly reaching the power of a thought and a feeling around the intellectual artistic codes. These works are featured in group exhibitions like: “SEX” ,Galleria Banchi Nuovi in Roma;” BLUE”,Spazio libero per l?arte, c/o Cineplex Porto Antico in Genova; “ATLANTE”,Geografia e storia della giovane arte italiana in Sassari; “QUOTIDIANA- sulll?oggetto”, Civica Galleria d?Arte in Padova. He continues his video research presented in national and international exhibitions: “ ALPE ADRIA CINEMA”, IX edition in Trieste; “ E? una modesta proposta” AA.VV., Rassegna Video Arte in Rovereto; “NORD- SUD” (by IEDVIF video) in Chiasso; “EXPERIMENTAL”, Video Festival in Zurigo. And he begins his first performances shows in exhibitions like: “GAME” at the Modern Art Gallery in Bologna in 98 and “CROSSOVER “at theatre Chiasso in 99. 2000/2004 He begins a new photographic series like the vintage images of "EMERGENCY OF BEAUTY" (Polaroid image system, cm.9x7), a Polaroid series on big size grouping and comparing between them different body details (like mouths, eye, hands...) which, isolated and observed in their particulars, are recalling the hard pornographic iconography. Moreover he starts a new videos series: "LUOGHI DI TEMPO", with a fulll abandonment of the screenplay and of "the story", towards a recovery of the live shot. Long sequences never turned over. With this concept, he also starts a work-in-progress video series called "L.D.T.-RESPIRI" where some girls, breathing for about 45 mn. in front of a transparent glass, are denouncing more hidden emotivities, needs, perplexities. He takes part at several shows like: "VIA CRUCIS 2000", Museo di S.Agostino in Genova; "GLOBE LA TORRE DI BABELE" ,Museo d'Ar te Contemporanea in Genova and " ITALIAN CONNECTION" in Berna, Switzerland. He has asked by the museum of Villa Croce in Genoa to take part to “GLOBE” in 2001 and “DALLO SCIROCCO AL FOHN” in 2002, where he features photographic installations and big wall video projections. Between 2002 and 2003 his artworks are exhibited in "Artissima" and other festivals and international video exhibiitions. He starts collaborations with famous musicians and directors like Andrea Liberovici (contributing with images to "Integral", musical piece ordered by Atelier de Creation Radiophonique de France Culture and by INA-GRM). In 2004 a new big multimedia project is starting: "CIRCULAR BODIES", a video, a new photographic series and installations, and the "ANATOMY OF MELANCHOLY" event/performance presented at Villa Croce Contemporary Art Museum in Genoa, Italy, in collaboration with the american musician and videomaker WILLIAM BASINSKI. Same project will be then featured at Arcadia, the New York residence of the Music and Media Laboratories of Basinski. 2005/2006 Arena M-eats Corpicrudi (AMC) is a concept born from a collaboration between FRANCESCO ARENA and CORPICRUDI, genoese team working on hybrid videoperformance/photo-installation and music projects. The project includes 4 serial episodes featured in the various rooms of the “Samantha Stella?s house”, with a totally new and free use of supports from the visual, performative and sound languages. A different episode for each room of this ideal house with fixed and mobile video cameras from the reality shows? format. A series of live performances featured in video images, or born from the interaction between the two languages. Each location becomes an installation where a few design elements are playing a particular aestethic balance contributing to the whole project style. The CORPICRUDI team are proposing their bodies as objects, while FRANCESCO ARENA is interpreting them as subjects. Bodies, images, colours, all is contributing to the visual and emotional feeling of each room where Samantha Stella is living alone or with her friends. Multiple video and photo images are giving different suggestions, feelings, cuttings to the spectators. Electro music as the only verbal language thanks to the collaboration with MASS_PROD, sound designer for corpicrudi. The four episodes Bathroom, Bedroom, Sitting Room and Dining room have been exhibited at : - Special event @ galleria Neon/ Campobase, Bologna, Italy VIDEO + DJ SET - Milano Flash Art Show 2005 (international contemporary art show) VIDEO & PHOTO INSTALLATION + DJ SET - Special event @ galleria Guidi&schoen contemporary art, Broadside fashion store, Globus fashion store and Lebowski cafe?, Genoa, Italy. VIDEO + PHOTO + INSTALLATIONS + LIVE & DJ SETS - Riparte Genova2005 (contemporary art show) VIDEO + PHOTO + INSTALLATION - Channel 83.uk (electro art&music) @ Elettro+, Firenze, Italy VIDEO + LIVE & DJ SET - Genovafilmfestival 2005, Genoa, Italy SELECTED VIDEO - Pandemic Electronic art&music festival, Mntevarchi (Arezzo), Italy VIDEO + LIVE & DJ SET - Experimenta sound around (live set, installations, visuals), Alberobello (Bari), Italy SELECTED VIDEO - Il bar dell?amore (collateral event to the performance festival by Marina Abramovic) @ Galleria Civica arte contemporanea, Trento, Italy VIDEO + PERFORMANCE + DJ SET - Videominuto poptv 2005 (video festival) @ Centro di arte contemporanea L.Pecci, Prato; Pan Museo delle Arti di Napoli; Enzimi festival, Ostia, Roma. SELECTED VIDEO - Festival della Filosofia – eventi collarali, Tiratardi @ Carpi, Modena SELECTED VIDEO - Solo exhibition @ Primo Piano Livingallery, Lecce VIDEO +PHOTO+ INSTALLATION - Attitude video festival @ Cultural Centre Magaza, Bitola, Macedonia, by Luca Curci/Artexpo SELECTED VIDEO - Videominutopoptv 2006, Centro per l?arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato, SITE SPECIFIC VIDEO INSTALLATION - PLASMA videogallery, Firenze, solo exhibition curated by Andrea Mi VIDEO+PHOTO+DJ SETS - Come&Enjoy@65metriquadri, Milano VIDEO+PHOTO+DJ SETS - Wonderful, Natura Naturans 11, galleria LipanjePuntin, Trieste, by Maria Campitelli/Gruppo 78 VIDEO-PERFORMANCE - Temporary Identities, video art section at ANIGMA 3rd Novosibirsk International Festival of Digital Imaging, Animation and Videoart, @ NSAM Novoribirsk State Art Museum, Novoribirsk, Russia, by Luca Curci/Artexpo SELECTED VIDEO© FRANCESCO ARENA - http://www.francescoarena.it www.myspace.com/francescoarena mailto: francesco.arena@libero.it - mobile: +39 3402540631 17 - Indiana International Video Art & Architecture Festival @ Indiana University Kokomo Art Gallery, Kokomo, USA, by Luca Curci/Artexpo SELECTED VIDEO - 1st t-rex short movie challenge 2006, short film contest, Berlin, Germany, Arena club, film kunst and b-ware. SELECTED VIDEO - Catodica 2006- international videoart festival, Trieste, Italy, Teatro Miela, galleria Lipanjepuntin Trieste, curated by Maria Campitelli SELECTED VIDEO The AMC FILM, featuring all the video episodes in a special 40minutes multi screens editing, was completed on November 2006 and exhibited at : - Excursion performance festival 2006-Limerick, Ireland, Italian section curated by Nicola Angerame, Limerick city arts office . - ART CHANNEL satellite and web TV, France – On January 2007 the AMC FILM (Bathroom, Bedroom, Sitting Room and Dining Room) entered the fixed TV broadcast. - KITTEN FASHION WEEK, Los Angeles, Usa, The Standard Hotel Downtown LA, special event during Los Angeles Fall 2007 Fashion Week (March 2007). 2007/08 While presenting his new solo exhibitions, he continues his personal photographic/video research with the new work-in-progress series "The Motel Room - Female", a still unpublished photographic/lightbox installation, and the conclusion of the "Respiri / Breaths" video series. "Respiri / Breaths" is a concept born from his homonym video series started in 2004. This series belongs to the work-in-progress "Luoghi di Tempo" production focused on the obsession related to communication between people and their deeper emotions. Between 2004 and 2008 Francesco Arena realized 23 videos featuring 23 different male and female protagonists with the aim of giving expression to the bicoloured obsessions of their faces breathing behind a glass and often reaching intimate "forced" but touching emotions. The following 23 international musicians working with different sounds created a specific sound design for each video : ACT NOIR – Italy; ADRIANO CANZIAN – Italy; ANDREA CHIMENTI – Italy; ASHLEY – France; CATO (ECCOTONIC) – Usa; CIRQULAR – Japan; CONIGLIO VIOLA – Italy; ELIO MARTUSCIELLO - ItalyGIANLUCA BECUZZI (KINETIX) – Italy; HUMAN ERROR – Poland; JAPANESE GUM – Italy; JUDITH JUILLERAT – France ; MARIA CASTRO – France; MORE – Poland; MOUNT SIMS – Usa; NEONGRAU – Germany; OPISANT/JOHN BELPAESE – Italy; ORY CHALK – Belgium; PENELOPEX (MARTA ZAPPAROLI) - Italy / Germany; PIETER NOOTEN – Holland; SERGIO WOW ! – Italy; SPIN BOLDAK – Italy; STEREOBOY – Portugal. From the electro-dark featured by MOUNT SIMS (Usa) to the experimental/electronic sound by GIANLUCA BECUZZI (KINETIX, Italy), from the elegant multimedia compositions presented all over the world by ELIO MARTUSCIELLO (Italy), to the post romantic melody by ANDREA CHIMENTI (Italy), famous for his past collaboration with David Sylvian. And even more. From the techno-sex sound by the famous International Gigolo dj ADRIANO CANZIAN (Italy), through the very original ambient sound by MARIA CASTRO (France), a reworking with spoken test of an Italian pièce of the 17th century, to the zen athmosphere by CIRQULAR (Japan). From the vibrant contemporary sound offered by PIETER NOOTEN (Netherlands), artist from the famous 4AD, to the sharp and tough notes by MORE (Poland), young composer at his first lucky official releases. According to its multimedia spirit, the "Respiri / Breaths" project will be presented in the 2008/09 season as a site-specific event in different locations and situations, including contemporary art galleries, theatres, video festivals and music shows. A base structure will be adapted for each event becoming a unique feature. Each representation will have a critic text. This project strengthens the spirit of collaboration and contamination between Arena photographic work and the other media (in the past he used to relate with objects to fit his installations, while music and video are featured in his last productions). Sound designs and video installations are the key elements accompanying his photographic research in every new venue |
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