the artist and the stone

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Matteo Guidi | Giuliana Racco
The
Artist and the Stone
Giving Form to and Transcending Mobility Limits through
the Movement of a Subject and an Object across the
Euro-Mediterranean Area
April 2015
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The Artist and the Stone
Content index
WHAT?
01 Project presentation
p4
WHY?
02 Origins of the project
p7
WHAT IS IT?
03 Description of the project
p 17
WHO?
04 Team
p 48
HOW AND WHERE?
05 Development
p 52
06 Press
p 72
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Project presentation
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The Artist and the Stone speaks of mobility, citizenship,
globalization, desire and constraint. The piece literally
negotiates the twofold movement of a subject (a
performance artist) and an object (a 25-tonne block of
stone) from the same refugee camp in the south West Bank
to Spain.
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is concerned with the ways people can bypass restrictions
and limitations in their daily life, managing to move
through systems imposed on them, creating their own
paths, languages and forms of expression, driven by their
desires. All of these aspects also lead to reflections on how
migrations and temporary stays influence the destination
country.
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Origins of the project
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People involved
Giuliana Racco’s concern with narration, desire and
movement (including that of workers, migrants and illegal
refugees) and Matteo Guidi’s investigations into highly
imaginative practices in closed spaces of control (such as
cooking and photography in prisons) converged within
the context of refugee camps in the West Bank.
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The Artist and the Stone emerges from a seven-month
research-residency period in the West Bank which
concentrated on the simple actions people can adopt
to manage their paradoxical condition of inherited
temporariness and exception.
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During this first stay in the West Bank, the artists realized
the walking piece and video In Between Camps with a
group of interdisciplinary collaborators. Following the
ground-embedded stone traces of a Roman aqueduct
for two days, they extended the simple daily practice of
‘taking a stroll’ over an expansive and contended territory.
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Route of the walk
In Between Camps
tracked by GPS
Photographic documentation of the walk In Between Camps
Images of the Ancient
Roman aqueduct
photographed during the
walk In Between Camps
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Months later, a performance artist who participated in the
trek (Ibrahim Jawabreh) expressed his desire to travel to
Europe in order to develop his artistic practice.
What is ‘exceptional’ about this request is that, as a refugee,
he by birth lacks the necessary citizenship conditions to
freely access the mobility opportunities available to the
majority of artists in the international art world.
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emerged from this seemingly banal request which
however manifests the tension between desire and
constraint.
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situates itself at a cross-section of considerations on the
expanding role of (artistic) mobility, the growing border,
restrictions within Europe and most of the Western world,
and the trade of goods across borders.
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promotes cross border mobility in the Euro-Mediterranean
area, while fostering intercultural dialogue.
is a platform for activities, including film cycles, concerts,
performances, workshops and public interventions, to be
held in a range of multidisciplinary contexts.
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Project description
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Project description
Guidi and Racco decided to give form to this restraint by
contemporaneously negotiating a double movement:
that of the artist (through appeals to official art
institutions) and that of another element from – a large
block of stone, weighing approximately 25,000 kg –
extracted from a nearby quarry.
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Project description
THE ARTIST
Ibrahim Jawabreh is a Palestinian artist born in Arroub
refugee camp in the West Bank. His work focuses on
performances involving people in public space. He
obtained a BFA degree from Al Quds University and has
shown his work in the West Bank, Italy, Egypt, Dubai,
Japan, USA, Finland, England and France.
Photographic
documentation of the
performance ANXIETY,
Ramallah, 2010
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Project description
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Project description
References
Despite the ongoing conflict, Palestinian artists are part of
the global art discourse.
Renowned practitioners, such as Mona Hatoum (left) and Emily Jacir, (centre) are
habitués of international art exhibitions; Jacir winning the Golden Lion at the 2007
and representing the second Palestinian Pavilion (in 2009), following Hilal and Petti’s*
Stateless Nation Pavilion, 2003 (right).
* Hilal and Petti are the founders of the collective group DAAR, an official partner of The Artist and the Stone.
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Project description
References
The specific geo-political situation, along with the consequent conditions of exile and
occupation, are so strong as to become leitmotifs, holding true for practices of artists
including Larissa Sansour (left), Khaled Jarrar and so on. And despite the ongoing
conflict, international exhibition venues and events exist in the context, namely, the AlMa’mal Foundation, the Al-Qattan
Foundation (with the Mosaic Rooms in London) (centre), Al-Hoash Art Court, the
International Academy of Art Palestine and the Qalandiya Biennale (right), able to invite
international artists to interact with and exhibit in the local reality.
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References
Emblematic of the difficulties of organizing artistic activities
in this context is Khaled Hourani’s Picasso in Palestine, which
unfolds through the process of organizing the movement of
a Picasso painting from Holland to Palestine. The majority of
Palestinians cannot exit the country and, therefore, cannot
personally access revered works of art.
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Project description
THE STONE
name Jerusalem stone, also
Shouyoukh Stone
origin close to the village of Shouyoukh, in Arroub
refugee camp
dimensions 2,50 x 1,84 x 1,56m (7cubic metres)
weight approximately 25 tones
characteristics of the stone mainly used in construction, it is also used for sculpture.
colour white
trade value 1,100 NIS per cubic metre (calculated in cubic metres)
company Safi Company for Granite and Construction Stone (Arroub refugee camp)
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Project description
The Safi Company, situated in Arroub refugee camp, will
donate the stone.
Safi Company logo
The stone
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Stone represents the main resource and industry of the area.
Photographic
documentation made by
the artists during their stay
in the West Bank.
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Questions emerging from the stone:
Raw material for sculpture or for construction? A sculpture in itself, in homage to Land Art?
A piece of the Holy Land, endowed with a sacred aura, suitable for churches or cemeteries?
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A relational object whose symbolic value depends on the events, activities
and interests it catalyzes?
An object which acquires a political charge through the process of its own
movements?
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Project description
places emphasis on how context dictates value.
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The massive block of limestone acquires meaning
depending on its collocation and its backers. A simple and
basic element transported across the Mediterranean zone
opens up a myriad of questions connected to placement
and displacement in contemporary globalizing society.
03.1
Context
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A
Project description
Context
B
A challenge has been set and a series of procedures are
beginning to unfold in order to move both the subject
(artist) and the object (stone) from point A (Arroub) to
point B (Barcelona).
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Project description
Context
Which transit and permanency will be more complex to
organize?
Who or what will arrive first and by which route?
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Context
Place of origin: ARROUB
Area Hebron.
Location along the main road between Bethlehem
and Hebron, 15km south of Bethlehem.
Position official camp
Year of establishment 1949
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Context
Historic background the original inhabitants came from 33 villages of the areas of
Ramallah, Hebron, Gaza and Aker.
Comments Not all of the refugee camps of the West Bank were established on land
rented by the UNRWA from the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (ref. Agreement between
the government of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and UNRWA 14/03/1951).
There are no private rental agreements. When the camps were established, most of
the ground was already declared, while small plots of private land were leased by the
government from local landowners.*
Photographs of Arroub
* References: UNRWA
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Partners
DAAR
LOCAL COMMITTEE
OF ARROUB
REFUGEE CAMP
STATE OF PALESTINE
DIPLOMATIC MISSION
OF PALESTINE IN SPAIN
SAFI COMPANY
HEBRON
GOVERNORATE
STONE WORKERS‘
COOPERATIVE OF THE
CITY OF PORTO
ARTE & MAÑA
IDENSITAT
HANGAR
PALESTINIAN
COMMUNITY OF
CATALUNYA
OVNI ARCHIVE
SANTA MÒNICA
ART CENTER
ARAB
EDUCATION
FORUM
DAAR Decolonizing Art and
Architecture Residency
DAAR is an architectural studio and art
residency programme based in Beit Sahour,
Palestine. DAAR’s work combines discourse,
spatial intervention, collective learning,
public meetings and legal challenges.
Reference: Alessandro Petti (professor of urban planning at Al-Quds
University, co-founder of DAAR and Campus in Camps) and Sandi
Hilal (director of the Campus in Camps programme, former director of
UNRWA’s Camp Improvement Program, West Bank, and co-founder of
DAAR).
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Project description
Partners (West Bank)
LOCAL COMMITTEE
OF ARROUB REFUGEE CAMP
Will offer socio-political support throughout
the investigation, access to an office in its
headquarters in the heart of Arroub, and logistic
support for the movement of the stone.
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Safi Company
Covers the 2/3 of the value of the stone.
Also, will offer logistic support during the
movement.
Project description
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STATE OF PALESTINE
GOVERNATE OF HEBRON
governor’s office
translation:
Dear Ms. Giuliana Racco
Director of The Artist and the Stone project.
After the greeting,
Topic: initiative of transferring Stone from Hebron
Governorate to the Kingdom of Spain.
The governorate of Hebron presents best regards, Based
on the meeting, which was held in Hebron Governorate
regarding the above subject inform you that we encourage
this initiative and we will support it, encourage and
coordinate with the relevant institutions by the possibilities
available to us.
Best regards.
Project description
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Cultural Association
Operating in Barcelona, the association
supports The Artist and the Stone team by
negotiating with partner institutions and
organizations as well as general fundraising
throughout the project.
Project description
Partners (Spain)
Centre for artistic research and production
Production support, counseling and access to
facilities and spaces.
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Project description
Partners (Spain)
Palestinian Community of Catalonia
Facilitates contacts with political and social
realities in the West Bank. Willing to be active
participants throughout the project, they offer
advice, contacts and fundraising assistance.
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Partners (Spain)
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Partners (Spain)
IDENSITAT
24th, November 2014 Barcelona Will make a financial donation (as announced
by the TRANSlocations prize) when The Artist the
Stone will have found other funding sources.
They will also provide logistic support.
To whom it may concern: IDENSITAT certificates the project The artist and the stone, by Giuliana Racco and Matteo Guidi has been selected as a finalist by the jury of TRANSlocations. Temporary experiences, artistic practices and local contexts call. This project will be part of the exhibition TRANSlocations. Observatory of projects in Arts Santa Mònica next 2015. The project will also be part of the microinterventions in public space program in Barcelona, as long as it gets the needed co-‐funding. TRANSlocations. Temporary experience, artistic practices and local contexts is a proposal which, through artistic practices and theoretical reflections, makes reference to means of mobility, transient populations and their involvement within local areas, taking the urban context extending from the Paral.lel to Via Laietana, and between Plaça Catalunya and the port in Barcelona, as an environment for research, production, and exhibitions, aiming to enhance reflection and action in practical terms. Sincerely, Ramon Parramon Arimany Director d’IDENSITAT Matteo Guidi | Giuliana Racco
Centre d’Art Santa Mònica
Offers logistic support and
its exhibition spaces.
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Project description
Partners (Spain)
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State of Palestine
Diplomatic Mission of Palestine in Spain
Resume of the letter:
The diplomatic mission of Palestine in Spain is taking this
opportunity to present its support for the project […].
Our support bases itself on an affinity with the issues
raised by the very idea of the project […].
We have absolute faith in this efforts and its professionals.
The fact that the first phase has been finalized reflects
its success and its seriousness.
We hope it receives all the help it needs to be finalized.
Musa Amer Odeh
Palestinian Embassador in Spain
Project description
Partners (Spain)
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Arab Education Forum
Offers a temporary workspace for the artist in
Amman, Jordan and will also organize several
workshops and talks Amman when the artist
returns from Barcelona.
Project description
Partners (International)
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Team
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Team
Giuliana Racco
(Toronto, Canada, 1976) Artist with a BFA (Honours) from Queen’s University (1999) and an MFA from the IUAV University of Venice (2006).
Matteo Guidi
(Cesena, Italy, 1978) Artist with a Diploma in Visual Communication (1998) and a Degree in Ethno-anthropology, University of Bologna
(2011) is a member of AAVC (Associaciò Artistes Visuals de Catalunya) and the Co.Mo.Do. Cooperative (Communicate Multiplies Duties).
Guidi and Racco are based in Barcelona and are in long-term residency at Hangar (centre for art research and production). They
conduct research in spaces where people have difficulty freely fulfilling simple daily actions.
Guidi and Racco, currently based in Barcelona, operate at the intersection between art and anthropology, investigating complex
contexts of more or less closed structures, i.e. high security prisons, factories, and, most recently, refugee camps. Their practices
looks into the ways individuals or groups of manage their own movement, on a daily basis, through strongly defined systems
which tend to objectify them and even induce forms of self-restraint. Reflecting on unpredictable methods of daily resistance
sparked by a combination of simplicity and ingenuity, they focus on contexts that are considered marginal or exceptional but, in
reality, anticipate more common scenarios.
Together and independently they have participated in exhibitions and festivals and held talks in international contexts, such as
the Faculty of Fine Arts of the city of Porto (P), the University of Barcelona and Escola Massana Barcelona (E), Kunstuniversität Linz (A),
Galerija SIZ Rijeka, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Rijeka (HR), Akademie der Künste der Welt Cologne (D), International
Academy Of Art Palestine Ramallah (PS), Artissima Lido - Turin Contemporary Art Fair (I), Fotomuseum Winterthur (CH), Festival Loop
Barcelona (E), SESC de Artes – Mediterrane São Paulo (BR), Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain Strasbourg (FR), Bethnal Green
Road London (UK) and the Center For Design Resarch & Education of Hanyang University Kyunggido (KR). They have participated
in international research and residency programmes in Portugal (Soft Control / The Technical Unconsciuos); West Bank (Campus in
Camps / DAAR Decolonizing Architecture Art Residency Bethlehem); Croatia (Kamova Rijeka); Israel (JCVA Jerusalem Center for Visual
Art); Italy (O’, Milan, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice) and Luxemburg (Kulturfabrik Esch-sur-Alzette). They have conducted
workshops in a variety of environments, including universities, prisons and refugee camps.
Currently in residence at Hangar Barcelona (2014-2016), they have collaborated continuously since 2008.
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Team
The Artist and the Stone relies on the support of a team composed of:
Irene Queralt del Àguila
(Barcelona, 1991) Graduated from the Escola Massana with a Degree in Art and Design (2014). She began her studies in
illustration, drawing, animation, but she also nurtures interests related to art and culture. She completed an internship at Hangar
(center for artistic research and production), assisting the creation and production of artistic projects. Her collaboration with the
team includes communications and content development.
Jose Antonio Aristizábal
Graduated in Visual Art from the Acadèmia Superior d’Arts de Bogotà (Colombia), he also completed a Masters in Art History
at the University of Barcelona. His research focuses on Latin American photography, both in terms of its history and his artistic
practice, including elements of time, space and reality in his installations. In 2014, he completed an internship at Hangar (centre
for artistic research and production, Barcelona). Currently, he collaborates with The Artist and the Stone project in the areas of
production and photo editing.
Saleh Mohammed Khannah
Saleh Khannah was born in 1980 and raised in Arroub refugee camp, Palestine, where he got his basic education. He holds a BA in
Information and Communication Technology and currently works in the field of technology. He provides local logistics support for
The Artist and the Stone project, while managing contacts with all relevant partners in Palestine.
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Team
Denisse Dahuabe
(Santiago, Chile, 1970) sociologist and president of the cultural association Arte&Maña focused her studies and university
teaching on social, pedagogical and cultural management research. She is a cultural manager and former editor and events
producer of the critical cultural review La calabaza del diablo edicions (2000-2004). With The Artist and the Stone, she is in charge of
searching for partners among different organizations and institutions, as well as participating in other phases of organization and
coordination.
Alex Brahim
(Colombia, 1977) Independent curator and director of cultural projects. He has lived in Barcelona since 2000, and co-directs the
management platform DIBINa. He has a diploma in Advertising, a degree in Communication and Cultural Studies, and a Masters degree
and DEA in Visual Arts and Education. Has has developed projects in spaces such as the Bucharest Pavilion, La Casa Encendida, the CCCB,
Matadero Madrid, University of Marseille, La Virreina, La Capella and the Empordà Museum, among others. His participation in The Artist
and the Stone includes conceptual dialogue, planning and project management support throughout the project.
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Development
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Development
has been producing a series of meetings and events
along its way.
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Development
Some of these are of a partnership building
nature, i.e., meetings:
with the Palestinian Community of Catalonia (June 2014),
with researchers from the UN University in Barcelona (July 2014) within the context of
the “Statelessness and Transcontinental Migration” conference, and with the president
of the Stoneworker’s Cooperative of Porto (Cooperativo dos Pedreiros) (October 2014).
Meetings have also been organized with the head of the municipality of Nablus (West
Bank) and the head of the Arroub refugee camp, both of whom support the project.
The artists are actively presenting the project to institutions in Barcelona and abroad
in order to obtain support.
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Development
Picture taken with the Vice-Governor of Hebron
(December 27, 2014), on the occasion of the meeting in which institutional
support was obtained from the Governate of Hebron.
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Development
The artists have also held a series
of events connected to the process
including:
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Development
1 -A general presentation (April 2014) and a round table
discussion entitled Art in the Face of Constraints
(September 2014), both at Hangar.
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Development
2 -The workshop-residency within the framework of the
Softcontrol-Technical Unconscious European research project
(Porto) October 2014
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Development
3 -An installation within the framework of the same project
(Porto), October 2014
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Development
4 - A presentation at DAAR headquarters, West Bank, with
residents, December 19, 2014.
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Development
The project was also shortlisted for the prestigious English
Artraker prize, for the BCN Producció prize (Barcelona)
and is currently selected for the TRANSlocations
exhibition (Barcelona).
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Development
has been the subject of an article in Droste Effect Magazine
(in conversation with Vivianna Checchia, London based
curator of this year’s YAYA award held at the Ramallah
headquarters of the Qattan Foundation) and MIRUS
Magazine.
It is currently being written about by critic of Interartive
and Else Magazine, Herman Mendolicchio, expert of
intercultural processes, globalization and contemporary
artistic mobility in the Mediterranean area.
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Development
Timeline of the process and the main agents involved
TEAM
TEAM
TEAM
TEAM
TEAM
TEAM
ARTISTS
MAY
3
4
JUNE
1
2
3
JULY
4
1
2
3
AUGUST
4
1
2
3
SEPTEMBER
4
1
2
3
OCTOBER
4
1
2
3
NOVEMBER
4
1
2
3
DECEMBER
4
1
2
3
4
JANUARY
1
2
3
FEBRUARY
4
1
2
3
MARCH
4
1
2
3
APRIL
4
ORGANIZATION
RESIDENCIES IN WEST BANK
RESEARCH
MOVEMENT OF THE STONE
MOVEMENT AND RESIDENCY OF THE ARTISTS
ACTIVITIES
PRODUCTION OF THE INSTALLATION
PROMOTION AND COMMUNICATION
FINAL PRESENTATION
TEAM
1
2
3
MAY
4
1
2
3
JUNE
4
1
2
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Development
Location
The piece takes the physical form of an ephemeral sculpture,
or rather, the stone itself temporarily placed in the plaça
Salvador Seguí, in front of the Filmoteca de Catalunya.
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Development
Location
The mass will function as a catalyzer of moments, activities
and events that will amplify the social space of the square,
revealing existing relations, while fostering new ones and
enhancing dialogues among these.
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Development
Location
Plaça de les Glòries has also been proposed as a possible
location. Constantly changing and dynamic, it manifests
two aspects that relate strongly to The Artist and The Stone.
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Development
Formalization
Aims and objectives of the installation in public space
- to establish a temporary space of social exchange
- to act as an ephemeral host for both locals and visitors and a platform for the
proposed activities
- to foster individual and community involvement in cultural activities and discussions
(local groups can participate in deciding on activities)
- to enhance participation in the social space of the Filmoteca square and surrounding
area
- to open up a discussion on mobility, migration, citizenship and cultural issues
- to increase visibility and reinforce the positive impact on the public sphere of
communities, organizations and individuals who are actively involved in these issues.
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Development
Formalization
Public activities to develop through installation
- Film and video cycle
- Concerts
- Performance programme
- Poetry readings
- Open mic sessions (Àgora)
- Workshops
- Lectures and seminars
- Discussions and debates concerning the process itself, the activities and the
issues involved. The final destination of the stone, after it leaves the square, may
even be decided in this context.
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Development
Formalization
Activities of the artist during his residency in Barcelona
- entering into contact and exchange with the local art scene through dialogue and
possible collaborations.
- making public presentations of his work both within the installation context and
beyond. This includes lectures, round table, live performances and video projections.
- developing a specific project based on his experience during the trip, as well as
exchanging and collaborating with the established Barcelona scene.
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The Artist and The Stone
is in contact with different exhibition sites
that have shown interest in the project,
including the Centre d’Arts Santa Mònica.
Development
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Development
They will create a website tracking and containing
the entire process.
Examples of dynamic
websites which inspire
the project.
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Press
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Press
O futuro vê-se da Cooperativa dos Pedreiros
Inés Nadais - Publico
Printed version: October 24, 2014 and online version:
http://www.publico.pt/culturaipsilon/noticia/o-futuro-vese-da-cooperativados-pedreiros-1673589
24 October 24, 2014
The Artist and the Stone (Porto session): Workshop with Giuliana Racco
and Matteo Guidi
Inés Moreira - Softcontrol and Faculdade de Belas Artes de la Universidade
do Porto
Online version:
http://softcontrol.fba.up.pt/about.php?detail_id=about
10 October, 2014
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Press
Conversation between Viviana Checchia, Giuliana Racco and Matteo Guidi
Vincenzo Estremo - Droste Effect
Online version:
http://www.drosteeffectmag.com/artist-stone-conversation-viviana-checchia-giuliana-racco-matteo-guidi/
3 September, 2014
Artists without borders. Hangar: A concept Axis of Artistic creation.
Natasha Drewnicki - MIRUS Magazine digital - Issue #1, Pag 117
Online version:
http://mirusmag.com/magazine-issue-1#page-117
3 September, 2014
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Press
O renascer dos pedreiros
Adriana Miranda Ribeiro - Jornal SOL
printed version November 17 and online version:
http://sol.pt/noticia/118602
17 November, 2014
The Artist and the Stone - video interview
Maria de Marias, Andrew Colquhoun - Polsos en la iconosfera
online version:
http://www.lab-livemedia.net/index_polsos_en_la_iconosfera.html
December 18, 2014
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Press
Contar o edifício
MARIANA PESTANA - Jornal Arquitectos
Online version:
http://www.jornalarquitectos.pt/contar-o-edificio/
printed version, Sep-Dec, 2014, p. 484 – 487
Technical Unconscious | Artist Talks: Guidi & Racco
Inês Moreira; Gonçalo Leite Velho - TVU. - Universidade do Porto
Online version:
http://tv.up.pt/videos/wsgghcma
October, 2014

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