Lavore 2
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Friday, June 17, 2011
Monday, June 13, 2011
Sai che questo è disegnato con il caffè?
Vieni il 17 giugno nel tuo bar preferito e prendi quanti caffè riesci a bere. Potrai così fare parte di un progetto artistico. Il tuo contributo aiuterà infatti ad aumentare la quantità di fondi di caffè che saranno raccolti alla fine di quella giornata e che verranno poi utilizzati per creare un’opera d’arte, una nuova cartina della città di San Giovanni Valdarno. I fondi di caffè indicheranno infatti – su una mappa creata dall’artista ceca Petra Herotova – i luoghi nei quali la gente per lo più tende a riunirsi e a socializzare. Quest’opera farà parte della mostra The Perspective of a Blind Eye (La Prospettiva di un Occhio Cieco), che verrà inaugurata a Casa Masaccio in occasione de La Notte Bianca (25 giugno). Sei invitato anche all’inaugurazione, è chiaro!
Grazie mille.
Petra Herotova
PS: I mean the coffee bars in real centre of the town at Corso Italia and nearby: Caffé Fiorenza, Pane e Dintorni, Café Martini, Caffé de Corso, Pasticeria Semplici, Caffé Papi, Baraonda, Semplici, Baby Bar
PS: I mean the coffee bars in real centre of the town at Corso Italia and nearby: Caffé Fiorenza, Pane e Dintorni, Café Martini, Caffé de Corso, Pasticeria Semplici, Caffé Papi, Baraonda, Semplici, Baby Bar
Pasta with Socialism, poppy, nuts and cottage cheese
San Giovanni 2.6.2011
The generation I am a part of, is called the generation of transformation. We were born during the final period of the former regime (around 1980); our childhood is thus mostly connected with this era. Since the 1990’s we are part of an open society. This bipolar experience has a strong influence on artists of my generation; that is also why we are obsessed with the remains of socialism. The „performance” finished, the set remained, small object were lost...
I share these 3 recepies, which were part of my childhood. Pasta, a basic element of Italian gastronomy: featuring local political and geographical experience (socialism, Central Europe).
Spagetti with ketchup, cheee and warm butter
The generation I am a part of, is called the generation of transformation. We were born during the final period of the former regime (around 1980); our childhood is thus mostly connected with this era. Since the 1990’s we are part of an open society. This bipolar experience has a strong influence on artists of my generation; that is also why we are obsessed with the remains of socialism. The „performance” finished, the set remained, small object were lost...
I share these 3 recepies, which were part of my childhood. Pasta, a basic element of Italian gastronomy: featuring local political and geographical experience (socialism, Central Europe).
Spagetti with ketchup, cheee and warm butter
Tagliatelle with poppy, sugar and warm butter
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Over a week into the residency
Since our arrival over a week ago, we have widely engaged with the area of San Giovanni Valdarno and its surroundings. Our initial aim was to research the area and based on gained knowledge develop an exhibition project that will react to, and further scrutinize selected subject(s). Although we have been given great assistance by people involved with Casa Masaccio, with only two and half weeks to the opening of the exhibition we feel that our initial goal to capture and fully understand the complexities of the location, its history, gradual development and most importantly its people, at this point becomes merely impossible.
Our aim is to present an honest project, with works that will someone communicate with the local audience, rather than follow our initial plan. We want to avoid superficial gestures that would most probably result in works aiming to be engaged, yet empty and possibly arrogant on the inside. For this reason the artist as a social worker has been transformed to the observer, who formulates comments rather than ultimate and reductive conclusions. I believe than even small gestures may lead to grand narratives and result in probable change.
So far we would like to touch up on subjects of urban planning, local modes of socializing and thus the sense for communal behavior. I as curator am particularly interested in the subject of agriculture and its relation to the self-sufficiency of the region and its close relation to the local viewpoint on nuclear power, possibly also leading to the communal mentioned above. Last but not least is our interest in the space of the Casa Masaccio gallery, which with the beginning of the exhibition will open to the public, but not only on a physical but also on a psychological level.
Marketa
Our aim is to present an honest project, with works that will someone communicate with the local audience, rather than follow our initial plan. We want to avoid superficial gestures that would most probably result in works aiming to be engaged, yet empty and possibly arrogant on the inside. For this reason the artist as a social worker has been transformed to the observer, who formulates comments rather than ultimate and reductive conclusions. I believe than even small gestures may lead to grand narratives and result in probable change.
So far we would like to touch up on subjects of urban planning, local modes of socializing and thus the sense for communal behavior. I as curator am particularly interested in the subject of agriculture and its relation to the self-sufficiency of the region and its close relation to the local viewpoint on nuclear power, possibly also leading to the communal mentioned above. Last but not least is our interest in the space of the Casa Masaccio gallery, which with the beginning of the exhibition will open to the public, but not only on a physical but also on a psychological level.
Marketa
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
The useful things that I have never seen at home
Tomas Dzadon
San Giovanni 3.6.2011
After arrival
First of all let me introduce myself; my name is Markéta Stará and I’m a curator based in Prague, Czech Republic, currently in residency at Casa Massacio with one Slovak and two Czech artists – Tomáš Džadoň, Petra Herotová and Eva Jiřička. Before briefly introducing our residency project, I would like to thank the entire Casa Massacio „team“ for their worm welcome and generous help during our first two days at San Giovani Valdorno.
Our initial project for the residency at Casa Massacio, titled Re-inventing architecture dealt with potential abandoned sites within the area of the town and its suburbs. Our plan was to select and engage with this location and propose a new function for the site, based on the wishes and needs of the local community. Although we haven’t given up on our position of artists as „social workers“ and movers of established social modes of behaviour, finally we have decided to rather direct our attention unswervingly to the local community, rather than aiming for a project that would most likely result in a “utopian dream” with possibly no ramifications, from which the local community could benefit. We believe that our different point of view; the understanding and perception of the local through the eyes of someone coming from outside may disclose and point to factors invisible for the indigenous. Our aim is to focus on the seemingly marginal and within the broader social, political and historical context position these observations under further scrutiny. Although our interest is directed to the very basic elements of the everyday our aim is to make use of the historical sense for the communal and bring back the need for inter-social exchange. For this reason it is very likely that the local community will hopefully feel our presence not only at the occasion of the white night but also possibly through a series of performance in the public domain, that will hopefully take place throughout our stay and will simultaneously enable us to familiarize ourselves and directly engage with the local community.
Through this blog we will keep you updated on our activities and research every other day, depending on the amount of research, observations and progress. If you are interested in our project or feel the need to participate, do come and talk to us! We are very interested in your feelings about the local community or any other information that may help us in familiarizing ourselves with the town, its areas and most importantly its people.
Markéta
Our initial project for the residency at Casa Massacio, titled Re-inventing architecture dealt with potential abandoned sites within the area of the town and its suburbs. Our plan was to select and engage with this location and propose a new function for the site, based on the wishes and needs of the local community. Although we haven’t given up on our position of artists as „social workers“ and movers of established social modes of behaviour, finally we have decided to rather direct our attention unswervingly to the local community, rather than aiming for a project that would most likely result in a “utopian dream” with possibly no ramifications, from which the local community could benefit. We believe that our different point of view; the understanding and perception of the local through the eyes of someone coming from outside may disclose and point to factors invisible for the indigenous. Our aim is to focus on the seemingly marginal and within the broader social, political and historical context position these observations under further scrutiny. Although our interest is directed to the very basic elements of the everyday our aim is to make use of the historical sense for the communal and bring back the need for inter-social exchange. For this reason it is very likely that the local community will hopefully feel our presence not only at the occasion of the white night but also possibly through a series of performance in the public domain, that will hopefully take place throughout our stay and will simultaneously enable us to familiarize ourselves and directly engage with the local community.
Through this blog we will keep you updated on our activities and research every other day, depending on the amount of research, observations and progress. If you are interested in our project or feel the need to participate, do come and talk to us! We are very interested in your feelings about the local community or any other information that may help us in familiarizing ourselves with the town, its areas and most importantly its people.
Markéta
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