Thursday 14 – Saturday 16 September 2023
The call is addressed to students of artistic-humanistic disciplines and professionals in the field of contemporary art (artists, photographers, performers, musicians, architects and curators).
Within the framework of the project My name is Olympia , the workshop led by Alice Guareschi aims at the direct involvement of participants, stimulating them development of critical thinking, comparison and dialogue between disciplines. Starting with some food for thought that the work Je m’appelle Olympia, currently on display at MAN raises — including the idea of activation of a space, of latent memory of a place, Of secret life in the absence of entertainment, and the attention to the extraordinary potential of silence and emptiness — the work will be divided into different moments and spaces, starting from the museum to explore and involve other important points of the social and cultural fabric of the city, including the theater civic. The objective of the three days is to create a direct link between work, artist, museum and territory, in which participants, through their theoretical-practical knowledge and personal experience, can become active figures, bearers of a new gaze.
Je m’appelle Olympia is among the winning projects of PAC2021 – Plan for Contemporary Art, promoted by the General Directorate for Contemporary Creativity of the Ministry of Culture.
HOW TO PARTICIPATE:
Send a short CV and a motivational letter with the reasons for interest in participating in the workshop (max 2000 characters including spaces in pdf format) to the following email address: info@museoman.it — subject: Workshop with Alice Guareschi
Deadline for submitting applications: Sunday 3 September 2023
Selection result: Tuesday 5 September 2023
Participation in the workshop is free.
Alice Guareschi (1976) is a visual artist and filmmaker, lives and works in Milan. Graduated in philosophy with a thesis on experimental cinema, she articulates her research between video, writing and the creation of objects. He has participated in collective exhibitions and festivals in Italy and abroad, exhibiting in public and private institutions including: Fondazione Re Rebaudengo, Turin; Palais de Tokyo, Paris; Rivoli Castle, Turin; PAC, Milan; MAMbo, Bologna; GAMeC, Bergamo; Mart, Rovereto; Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome; Dunkers Kulturhus, Helsingborg; Fondation d’Entreprise Ricard, Paris; Spanish Academy and German Academy at Villa Massimo, Rome; Italian Cultural Institute, Paris; Microscope Gallery, Brooklyn; Triennale, Milan; Macro, Rome; Villa Arson, Nice.
Indicative program of the three working days:
Thursday 14th — meeting with the artist – presentation and in-depth analysis of his research over time / first discussion on the individual practices of the participants / participation in the events scheduled at the Museum: talk open to the public, Alice Guareschi in dialogue with Chiara Gatti, director of the MAN; presentation of the artist’s book Je m’appelle Olympia, published by NERO.
Friday 15th — exploratory visit to some key places in the city / individual work starting from the ideas proposed / first reflections, collective discussion / community dinner
Saturday 16 — collective discussion on the work notes, the reflections generated and any materials produced / participation in the events scheduled at MAN: guided tour of the artist at the exhibition open to the public Je m’appelle Olympia / out-of-town excursion: visit to the Nivola Museum in Orani, on the occasion of the opening of the retrospective of the surrealist artist Bona de Mandiargues and the award ceremony of the 2023 Nivola Prize, awarded to the sculptor Nairy Baghramian.
