An opportunity to reflect on the concept of the periphery beyond the sense of a geographical boundary. Because the centre-periphery binomial still represents a structure of consciousness.
The meeting starts from the European platform Magic Carpets. This awareness-raising project aims to cultivate a sense of belonging and to introduce to a broad and international audience young emerging talents who are called upon each year to confront different local identities through residency projects. Inspired by the reflections of Pier Paolo Pasolini, the Magic Carpets project contributes to reformulating the notion of borders by initiating the development of widespread creativity.
On the occasion of the meeting, the docufilm Core made by Monkeys Video Lab and curated by Latitudo Art Projects and the catalogue Magic Carpets Landed published by Quodlibet realised in collaboration with the Kaunas Biennial will be presented.
Here following the Invitation and the Schedule!
Visit the website Magic Carpets.
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We will leave our shape behind
The international exhibit MagiC Carpets Landed is coming to Aveiro – Festival Dos Canais (Organisation of Aveiro Municipality) from 15th to 24th July 2022.
The title refers to “1001 Arabian Nights” by Sheherazade, fairy-tale story about the magic and flying carpet, for flying over the world in a twinkling of an eye. This fantastic story becomes here a convincing metaphor of the power of culture to change the mistrust and confrontation into intercultural dialogue, mutual understanding, respect and even love.
From the idea of the curator, Benedetta Carpi De Resmini, the exhibition is a co-creative process, and not just a show of artworks. The concept is related to the idea of transformation and mutation, a starting point to speak to the audience about our contemporaneity.
The visitor will be taken in a new story, the story of women artists. Warriors able to adapt to different and adverse circumstances, without sacrificing themselves. They are women that are capable to transform situations, finding great strength in creating a cohesive and resilient network.
The subtitle, inspired by a Woman Poetess Audre Lorde, We Will Leave Our Shape Behind (from the poem A woman speaks) gives the idea that we are passing through a new period which raises up new questions.
Here following the Press Release and the Programme!
Visit the website Magic Carpets Landed
The international exhibit MagiC Carpets Landed is coming to Kaunas – European Capital of Culture 2022 from 5 November 2021 to 23 January 2022. This is the final event of the four-year project MagiC Carpets, co-financed by Creative Europe, designed to boost visibility for emerging artists throughout Europe. This journey around Europe, with its gaze set on the future, actively involved young audiences and local communities in the fifteen partner countries.
The title and concept for the MagiC Carpets platform came from an idea of the curator, Benedetta Carpi De Resmini, art critic, curator and art director of Latitudo Art Projects. The exhibition will present the work of 57 European artists who, over the four years of the project, provided specific artistic interpretations of the residence locations in different countries.
In Kaunas, each artist will provide reflections on pertinent topics such as marginalization, crossing borders, nationalism, and migration. The common thread connecting the various sections the curator organised the exhibit into, however, is really the social energy that brings out movements of change within communities.
Here following the Press Release and the Programme!
Visit the website Magic Carpets Landed
