Davide Savorani presents his recent work at Careof and the Elfo Puccini theatre on the occasion of his participation in the FDV Residency Program, inaugurated at Fabbrica del Vapore and curated by Careof.

Green Room
Careof, Fabbrica del Vapore, via Procaccini 4, Milan

Club Epoc
Teatro Elfo Puccini, corso Buenos Aires 33, Milan
May 26 and 27, 2011

Green Room welcomes Barokthegreat + Alicia Frankowich
Careof, Fabbrica del Vapore, via Procaccini 4, Milan
Wednesday, July 13 at 9:00 PM

On the occasion of his solo exhibition in Milan, Davide Savorani intervenes in the spaces of Careof and the Elfo Puccini theatre, places dedicated to exhibition, as if they were active production sites rather than spaces where a predetermined arrangement of works is offered to the public gaze. “Careof and the Elfo Puccini theatre,” Savorani clarifies, “present themselves simultaneously as sets, stages, storage rooms for props, and green rooms, where the ‘actors’ stay before entering the stage. The backstage becomes on stage. At Careof, I will treat the sculptures as an ensemble of performers composed of old and new works, some ‘in action’ while others set aside, waiting for possible future use. To these will be added a series of unpublished drawings, produced on site, which I imagine as a set of instructions and notes linked both to the objects present and to the figures who will occasionally act within the exhibition space. Among these, the philosopher Diego Donna, whom I asked to publicly perform a free soliloquy, ranging from the concept of obstacle to that of epoch.”

In Green Room — a term borrowed from English theatre referring to a room adjacent to the stage, around which many anecdotes revolve — Savorani focuses on the stage that precedes the performance, on a “dramaturgical structure,” as the artist defines it, which reveals itself in the process of becoming, giving space to fragility and the possibility of failure. With Green Room, Davide Savorani has activated a complex project, transforming the Careof space into an active device through a process of staging that shows itself unfolding before the viewer. Since May 12, multiple subjects have inhabited a set where the artist’s new productions have been related to previously exhibited works, here presented in a new configuration. After a philosophy researcher, a choreographer, a club of extras, a performer, and a designer, on July 13 Alicia Frankovich and Barokthegreat (Sonia Brunelli and Leila Gharib) will intervene in the space.

Simultaneously with his solo exhibition Green Room, Davide Savorani also intervenes at the Elfo Puccini theatre with the project Club Epoc: for two days, May 26 and 27, he transforms the Pina Bausch hall into a public meeting place open from 7 PM to 10 PM.

With Club Epoc, the suggestions, thoughts, and actions that similarly take shape in Green Room develop and materialize, where the artist invites the philosopher Diego Donna to reflect on the concepts of time, epoch, and obstacle, while the installation undergoes continuous changes. Just as in the Careof space, old and new productions interact at the theatre as well, continuously reorganized. The hall transforms into a temporary, ephemeral club, set up with archival materials and stage sets recovered from the Elfo’s storage, where a heterogeneous team of extras (selected through an open call) follows and executes the directions given by choreographer Marco Mazzoni.

During the two days of Club Epoc, the audience shares the space with the performers, their costumes, sculptures, and stage props. An unstable environment, a dynamic context that highlights the working phase, the rehearsal preceding the performance.

Club Epoc is the second stage of Luna Palace, a Careof project curated by Chiara Agnello and Roberta Tenconi for the Elfo Puccini theatre. The first stage presented La prossima volta, a site-specific installation by Pierluigi Calignano.

A special thanks to: Carmen Castellucci, Diego Donna, Daniela Fabbri, Imposta Fabbricazione Spiriti, Vito Matera and the Scenography Course for Melodrama, Marco Mazzoni, Michelangelo Miccolis, Leonardo Monti, Orlando Nannini, Plastikart, Barbara Savorani, Giorgio Savorani, Caterina Solaroli, and Socìetas Raffaello Sanzio.

With the contribution of Fondazione Cariplo