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about meART CURATOR
My curatorial practice is focused on contemporary art, with an accent on the digital and post-internet. Working independently, I am continuously organizing shows and online projects. Are you wondering what I am working on right now? Click on the button down here!
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CULTURAL MARKETER
After working in different institutions and as marketing specialist, I have acquired the right skills to develop the online platforms of creative institutions. From social media to the creation of websites, I have gained practical, hands-on experience. Let me know if you need my assistance!
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Geumhyung Jeong, in Upgrade in Process – Fondazione Modena Arti Visive
I am glad to say that the first exhibition that I have had the honour to step into has been Geumhyung Jeong’s Upgrade in Process at Fondazione Modena Arti Visive. Jeong boasts an impressive list of shows, having exhibited at Delfina Foundation London, Kunsthalle Basel and Tate Modern, and discovering her works so close to home has been such a pleasure. She is a South Korean choreographer and performer whose work is constantly… on the edge.
Mona Hatoum, a short overview
Mona Hatoum is a Palestinian artist, now based in London. The exile, the theme of belonging to different cultures and, at the same time, to none of them, are some of the ideas she explores: a contributing factor is, for sure, her life and her continuous movements around the world. At the same time, however, it is interesting noticing how not one of the works she creates is explicitly autobiographical.
‘… gli artisti, che ci fanno così divertire’
Yesterday I had goosebumps. I was about to go to sleep, checking out for the last time my Facebook dashboard, when I read ‘… artisti, che ci fanno così divertire’ – ‘… artists, who entertain us’.
Said by the prime minister of probably the most artistically rich country in the world.
Is that really what they do? Entertain?
How have we come to this point? How did it happen that art is now in the background, that it is only followed by such a narrow niche of people generally considered as a bit crazy, who have their head in the clouds? How did it happen that now art is simply not necessary?
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