Era pacifica pare • 17° Premio Ricas
TUTOR DEL WORKSHOP
Marco Belfiore
PARTICIPANT STUDENTS
Giulio Alvigini, Federica Angelino, Federico Arani, Andrea Barbagallo, Stefania Carlotti, Arianna Cavigioli, Byron Gago, Mati Jhurry, Lori Lako, Giulia Maiorano, Jacopo Martinotti, Cecilia Meroni, Cecilia Parenti, Leonardo Pellicanò, Manuela Piccolo, Miriam Poletti, Alessandro Polo, Chiara Principe, Lorenzo Ramos, Africa Ruiz, Giacomo Segantin, Giulia Silvestri e Kim Yoogin
From 10.05.2016 to 12.05.2016
Premio Ricas is promoted by Rotary Club Milano Villoresi and Rotaract Milano Sforza
Era pacifica pare is the final exhibition of the workshop Classicità, oggi? Quale il significato nell’epoca contemporanea led by Marco Belfiore for the 23 finalists of the 17th Premio Ricas: two days of reflection and production of works to explore together the possible connections between their own artistic practice and classical art.
The Premio Ricas is promoted by Rotary Club Milano Villoresi and Rotaract Milano Sforza with the goal of supporting and promoting talent and creativity. Dedicated to young Italian artists under 25, it collaborates with Careof to develop moments of dialogue, exchange, and visibility for young Italian artists, offering them opportunities for personal and professional growth.
The 17th edition of Premio Ricas has a strong educational focus and offered the possibility to participate in a workshop with Marco Belfiore (Rovereto, 1972) starting from the question “Classicità, oggi? Quale il significato nell’epoca contemporanea.” Lasting two days, the workshop aimed to deepen and explore the concept of classicity for the generation of digital natives: what it means, its importance in creating one’s own research and work, how it relates to tradition, and simultaneously how social media and new means of communication impact the creation and reception of the artwork. The works produced during the workshop will be exhibited from May 10 to 12, 2016 at Careof – La Fabbrica del Vapore – Milan and presented in a catalog. The most interesting work will be awarded a prize of 500 euros.
POST-WORKSHOP REFLECTIONS BY MARCO BELFIORE
Ask a group of 23 artists, born with internet and grown up with social newtorks, to stop for two days and ask themselves which and what was the possible connection between their artistic pratice and the classic art, has been a challenge for me. The answer of these young artists went far beyond my expectations: all the artists have actively contributed to the discussion, proposing ideas and considerations about the concept of “classic” and all of these were so heterogeneus and personal that, at the end of the day, everyone had the feeling of having received and shared something important.
During the second day of the workshop the group seemed to me increasingly close-knit, in fact it was immediately ready to face a new challenge: produce a work that in one day could condensate and summarize what had emerged during the first meeting.
At that point something special happened: the workshop turned into a real laboratory, all day long nothing was done but work and discuss the work in progress. My feeling was to be witnessing a special moment: I saw very different young artists “going out” of their research momentarily, to look for a common strategy in the group that could allow them to win the biggest challenge: to look at their own artistic practice with new awareness.
