The Embassy of Italy in Turkey and the Italian Institute of Culture in Istanbul
are proud to present
The world has already been filmed. Now it is time to transform it
Elisabetta Benassi, Anna Franceschini, Pietro Mele, Marinella Senatore, Giulio Squillacciotti
promoted by
Embassy of Italy in Turkey, Italian Institute of Culture in Istanbul and AlbumArte Rome
curated by
Maria Rosa Sossai
September 12-16, 2013
Teatro della Casa d’Italia / Casa d’Italia Theatre
Meşrutiyet Caddesi no:75
Tepebaşı, Beyoğlu
34430 İstanbul
Opening: Thursday, September 12, 2013 – 7 pm
Press conference: Thursday, September 12, 2013 – 5 pm
The world has already been filmed. It is time to transform it is a Parallel Event at the 13th Istanbul Biennial.
The screening The world has already been filmed. It is time to transform it, which will open in conjunction with Margherita Moscardini’s solo show in the exhibition hall of Circolo Roma at the Italian Institute of Culture in Istanbul, continues the process that began in September 2011 with Anteprima, a screening of videos by six artists, both Turkish and Italian, presented as a Parallel Event of the 12th Istanbul Biennial.
The title of the event is a quote from Guy Debord that effectively sums up the demise of the passive role of the spectator while experiencing moving images such as videos or films, a role assigned to him by the ‘society of the spectacle’.
Visual artists made significant contributions to such revolutionary perspective: through their research in the fields of film and video they expanded the potentiality of the viewing process to the point of influencing aspects of society.
Elisabetta Benassi, Anna Franceschini, Pietro Mele, Marinella Senatore and Giulio Squillacciotti not only they film the world but also rebuild the production processes of our reality. Their moving images therefore become a means of sharing and a starting point from which implement potential changes.
VIDEOS
Elisabetta Benassi
Roma K69996, 2007
Video, colour, 8:50, courtesy the artist and Magazzino, Roma.
Anna Franceschini
POLISTIRENE, 2007
Video, minidiv, colour, sound, 12:00, produced by Scuola Civica di Cinema, Televisione e Nuovi Media – Milan, and P.A.D. / PICCOLO ARTIGIANATO DIGITALE – Milan.
Pietro Mele
The end of the process, 2012
HD, colour, stereo, 11:12.
Marinella Senatore
NUI SIMU (That’s us), 2010
HD video on blu ray disc, 15:00,produced by Museo Riso Palermo, courtesy the artist and Peres Projects, Berlin.
Giulio Squillacciotti
Casi la Mitad de la Historia, 2011
Video Full HD 1080p – video 2.35 audio stereo – 7:37 – Italy/Spain, produced by Real Academia de España en Roma. Post-production: Digital Room. Voice: Pedro Villora.
INFO
The world has already been filmed. Now it is time to transformit Screening
Artists: Elisabetta Benassi, Anna Franceschini, Pietro Mele, Marinella Senatore, Giulio Squillacciotti
>Casa d’Italia Theatre, Italian Institute of Culture in Istanbul, Meşrutiyet Caddesi no:75
Tepebaşı, Beyoğlu
September 12–16, 2013
Opening: Thursday, September 12, 2013 – 7 pm
Press conference: Thursday, September 12, 2013 – 5 pm Teatro della Casa d’Italia at The Italian Institute of Culture in Istanbul, Meşrutiyet Caddesi no:75
Tepebaşı, Beyoğlu, 34430 İstanbul
Screening times:
Thursday September 12, 2013 – 7 pm to 9 pm
Friday September 13, 2013 – 3 pm to 6pm
Saturday September 14, 2013 – 3 pm to 6 pm
Sunday September 15, 2013 – 3 pm to 6 pm
Monday September 16, 2013 – 3 pm to 6 pm
Project by AlbumArte | Projects for Contemporary Art, Rome
Curated by Maria Rosa Sossai
Produced by AlbumArte | Projects for Contemporary Art Rome
Thanks to The artists, Magazzino, Rome, CHAN, Genova, Peres Projects, Berlin
Special thanks to I.R.I. Real Estate Rome
Assistant curator and translations Claudia Rampelli
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