Residenza 2015

Exposed Project @ Forma Meravigli

As a place of ongoing reflection on the identity and transformations of Milan, and capable of giving space to the most recent artistic research centered on photography, Forma Meravigli, an initiative by Fondazione Forma per la Fotografia in collaboration with the Camera di Commercio di Milano and Contrasto, presents Exposed Project. Throughout the summer of 2015, the exhibition halls are transformed into a dynamic observatory on the city, able to capture new perspectives on the territory and to reflect in real time the social and cultural changes that characterize Milan and its hinterland in conjunction with the Esposizione Universale.

Exposed Project is a research initiative that began in Milan in 2011, born from a shared need among a group of photographers, artists, videomakers, and researchers: to document the urban, social, and economic transformations taking place in the city in connection with a major event like Expo 2015. An international network was thus established, characterized by an open, critical, multidisciplinary, and inclusive approach, which explored a constantly evolving territory and shared the results—with the communities—through a platform of images, videos, and multimedia content. The web and social networks were the natural choice for disseminating the project, and the Exposed Project website is a clear manifestation of a collective work in ongoing development and of the diverse research carried out by the group of authors.

From June 24 to September 20, 2015, Forma Meravigli will host 6 projects created by Exposed Project and a rich program of over 15 events, including meetings, off-site events, presentations, and debates that confirm the dialogue-oriented and research-driven mission of the new space in via Meravigli. The exhibition setup will take shape as a kind of permanent laboratory, open to different disciplines and also animated by the public, who will be invited to interact and share their experience through workshops and performances.

The project is carried out in collaboration with Careof as part of the FDV Residency Program, which since 2013 has supported the development of the research lab and shared its planning through talks, workshops, and exhibition projects.

The exhibition will conclude with a show by the students of the Master in Photography and Visual Design organized by Forma and NABA, presenting works on the theme of Expo created during the summer of 2015 and enriched through dialogue with, among others, Exposed.

Projects on display: Archivio; On the spot; Pak Map; Baranzà; Sinfonie Urbane; FXPO

EXPOSED

Exposed is a project of:
Eleonora Angiolini
Fatima Bianchi
Giuseppe Fanizza
Andrea Kunkl
Allegra Martin
Giulia Ticozzi
Fabrizio Vatieri

Exposed is a choral project that since 2012 has seen collaborations with:
Francesco Paolo Addati, Dario Agazzi, Valentina Anzoise, Chiara Badiali, Lluc Baños, Fabrizio Bellomo, Alessia Bernardini, Gianluca Brezza, Alessandro Calabrese, Lorenzo Casali, Matteo Casari, Leone Contini, Mattia Delladda, Giuseppe De Mattia, Jade Doskow, Irene Dionisio, Enece Film, Federico Evangelista, Luca Ferri, Valentina Finzi, Valentina Ghiringhelli, IraC, J-Lo, Perrine LamyQuique, Laura Lecce, Martino Lombezzi, Michele Miele, Filippo Minelli, Cristiano Mutti, Nastynasty, Lorenzo Natali, JeanSébastien Nouveau, Nicola Nunziata, Thomas Pagani, Giorgio Partesana, Matteo Pasin, Nico Pasquini, Thomas Pololi, Serena Porrati, Daniele Portanome, Anna Positano, Nadia Pugliese, Nuvola Ravera, Anna Teresa Ronchi, Sissi Roselli, Luca Rotondo, Micol Roubini, Alessandro Sambini, Matteo Sandrini, Mirko Smerdel, Ilaria Speri, The Cool Couple, Giulia Vallicelli, Pep Vidal, Wu Ming, Tommaso Zanetta.

ON THE SPOT

Periodic field surveys carried out by different authors on the area that has hosted Expo, represent a sort of backbone of the project.
On the spot, a research started in 2011 and destined to end with the end of Expo 2015, constitutes a visual timeline of the transformation of the territory that tells the passage from the coutryside to today’s pavilions in 5 years of great work. A flexible set-up will allow space for the most recents contributions in the exhibition.

PAK MAP

Pak Map is an ongoing project born by the experimental relation between scientific research and artistic practice.
One interdisciplinary tool in which art, social research and technology are constantly dialoguing in order to bring out visions and perceptions of the communities that are living in different territories affected by Expo 2015, in a time span from before the opening until after its end.
In the Forma Meravigli space the public will be albe to be an active participant in the research, contributing with different investigation techniques such as interviews, mental maps, soliloquy, photostimulus.
By Andrea Kunkl, Cristiano Mutti, Lorenzo Natali e Valetina Anzoise.
Curated by Exposed Project

BARANZA'

In 2012 Mr. Angelo Chen takes ownership of a bar in via Monte Bisibino, Baranzate, next to the construction site of the Universa Exhibition, and calls it Bar Expo 2015.
Baranzà is a multimedial installation that revolves around this place, both physically and metaphorically, which becomes a symbol of the relation between territory, feed and economy. The installation is composed of a series of photographs, a web station for accessing the Feeding Baranzate website by Laura Lecce and a drawing station where visitors can draw their own version of the Expo logo, following a video tutorial by the owner of Bar Expo 2015.

A project by Fabrizio Vatieri.

SINFONIE URBANE

10 pairs of artists from all over Italy gather in Milan to interprete, through a combination of sound and video, the quickly changing image of the city.
Starting from the suggestion of the 20s and 30s Urban Symphonies, from which a natural idea of progress emerges, ten contemporary works reflect on the perception of the city in light of the new Universal Exhibition.
The project, curated by Fatima Bianchi, Giuseppe Fanizza ed Exposed Project, was produced between 2013 and 2014 in collaboration with Filmmaker, O’ Artoteca e Careof.

21st, 22nd e 23rd of July: Sinfonie Urbane Live, the ten works will be introduced by their authors, three of which will perform live.

FXPO

A sound installation that will fill the exhibition halls, an audiodoc product of an international networking project between artists and curators, to spark reflection and interference on the institutional and corporate communication strategies linked to the distribution and consumption of food products.
In September, a workshop will open the project to the public and to the artistic community of Milan.
Fxpo's network is open to online contributions from international artists and curators for the entire duration of Expo 2015 (https://fxpo.atavist.com/fxpo).

FXPO is a project curated by Anna Bromley, Giuseppe Fanizza, Michael Fesca and Exposed Project.

MORE INFO

The exhibition has been created on collaboration with Careof and with the Master in Photography and Visual Design organised by Forma e NABA - Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti, Milano.
Forma Meravigli is an initiative by Fondazione Forma per la Fotografia in collaboration with Camera di Commercio di Milano e Contrasto.

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