Sinfonie Urbane
From video to installation, from performance to sound intervention, an exhibition dedicated to the city of Milan and its transformations takes over all the spaces of Careof at Fabbrica del Vapore for four days.
Careof presents Sinfonie Urbane, ten new audiovisual productions created during 2014 thanks to the collaboration between the artists and musicians involved in the project, conceived and curated by Exposed Project. Ten new perspectives investigate the relationship between architecture and public space, between urban sounds and mass movements, between social spaces and personal stories, reflecting the extraordinary and everyday changes occurring in the metropolitan area. The EXPO2015 event serves as a pretext for a broader reflection on the role and impact of major public works within the urban fabric, in the imagination, and in the perception of citizens.
The exhibition, curated by Fatima Bianchi and Giuseppe Fanizza (Exposed Project) in collaboration with Matteo Balduzzi and Marta Ferretti (Careof) and with a graphic design by Nicola Nunziata, concludes Diamanti as a space for in-depth exploration dedicated to the most recent video productions about the city of Milan. Alongside the exhibition, a series of events and public meetings present and deepen the artists' poetics, inviting the public to discussion and dialogue through a round table and an urban walk, to explore on-site the EXPO neighborhoods.
Sinfonie Urbane is preceded by a selection of works presented on December 7, 2014, within Filmmaker Festival.
The project Sinfonie Urbane, curated by Exposed Project and inspired by the urban visions of modernity emerging from the cinematic avant-gardes of the 1920s and ’30s, began in January 2014 through an open call aimed at identifying ten pairs or groups of artists and musicians, followed by a training path with film critic Rinaldo Censi, videomaker Cedrick Eymenier, and sound artist Davide Tidoni.
Throughout the project, the spaces of FDV Residency served as a place for meeting, discussion, and review of the works, under the curation of Exposed Project and in collaboration with Careof, Filmmaker, and O’.
With the contribution of Consiglio di Zona 8 - Comune di Milano and Fondazione Cariplo
Program
Thursday, December 18
18:30 Opening
20:00 Live performance by Fake Samoa
20:30 Live concert by Francesco Addati
Friday, December 19
15:00 - 19:00 Sinfonie Urbane
17:00 Showdesk Exposed Project
Saturday, December 20
15:00 - 19:00 Sinfonie Urbane
17:00 Guided tour of the exhibition accompanied by artists, speakers, and curators
Sunday, December 21
15:00 - 19:00 Sinfonie Urbane
11:00 walk at the Expo 2015 construction sites meeting point in front of Sacco Hospital
Bio
Exposed Project is a cultural association focused on the urban and social transformation of Milan, through the use of visual media and artistic practices.
Exposed Project was hosted in 2014 within the FDV Residency Program, the artistic residency program curated by Careof DOCVA at Fabbrica del Vapore.
Since its first edition held in Milan in 1980, Filmmaker has supported research, experimentation, and innovation in Italian audiovisual production. More than eighty films and videos have been made with the contribution of Filmmaker: among them the early works of Studio Azzurro, Silvio Soldini, Giovanni Maderna, Alina Marazzi, Michelangelo Frammartino, Antonio Bocola, Paolo Vari, Federico Rizzo, Francesco Gatti, and Martina Parenti.
Over the years, Filmmaker has documented new paths and trends in cinema, promoted the work of young directors, fostered encounters between major international authors and the city’s public, and encouraged exchanges between experiences from different disciplines.
O‘ is a non-profit organization that promotes various artistic languages through exhibitions, conferences, concerts, workshops, performances, and publications.
It hosts an international residency program, O’A.I.R., where space, time, and resources are offered to support the creative process. In collaboration with the label/publishing house Die Schachtel, O‘ often produces live performances and projects with renowned avant-garde artists and composers.
Residency
Davide Tidoni, Cedrick Eymenier
07.03 > 08.03.2014
13.03 > 15.03.2014
In collaboration with: Exposed Project,
Filmmaker Festival, O’
Sinfonie Urbane is a visual and sound research project about the city of Milan.
The project originated from an open call aimed at selecting ten visual artists and ten musicians invited to reinterpret the city of Milan.
After an initial phase of workshops and field research, the selected artists produced ten new audiovisual works which were presented at Careof.
The project is part of EXPOSED, a research laboratory on urban transformations in preparation for EXPO 2015, hosted at FDV Residency.
Careof thus hosted the laboratory born from the Sinfonie Urbane call, aimed at a training period for up to 10 pairs of visual artists and musicians invited to produce an Urban Symphony.
