seek refuge 2008
precarious settlements in places of transit Venezia 2008
Going camping means creating a house that is a tent, a camper or a
caravan, bringing with us part of our own home. Each time, in any
departure or arrival, the same ritual occurs: to assemble or install
your refuge, for a short or long period, then repeating the same
operation backwards. The refuge created serves for shelter from
turbulent weather as well as protection from the outside world. This is
a common practice for people and for tribes who, moving from one place
to another, use mobile and practical homes.
Seek Refuge is a contemporary art exhibition born from an idea by
Filippo Borella and Enrico Cazzaniga; its curators are Marta Casati and
Riccardo Lisi.
Seek Refuge is an aggregation based on the coexistence of artistic
practices within a campsite.
The project, conceived in a campsite, has kept the spirit from which it
was generated, inviting artists whose research is based on the
coordinates of transforming the concept of «home» though the
cohabitation between artworks and camping-goers.
Seek Refuge intends to focus on current issues of accommodation and
integration by addressing them first hand and showing their most
disparate aspects. The project has tried to emphasize what it means to
make art, realizing “precarious settlements in places of transit.” The
project has created a working and artistic process, conducted within
natural daily rhythms, a starting point for thought on alternative
methods of housing and respect for the environment.
Alek O., Francesco Arena, Marco Bernacchia, Donatella Bernardi, Andras
Calamandrei, Michelangelo Consani, Oppy De Bernardo + Luigi D’Eugenio,
Al Fadhil, Gruppo Improponibile, /barbaraguerrieri/group, Adelita
Husni-Bey, Salvatore Licitra, Luca Lo Coco, Franco Menicagli, Maurizio
Mercuri, Mickry 3, Luca Minotti, Gianni Motti, Aldo Mozzini, Sergio
Racanati, Camilla Sala, Tarshito, Federica Tavian + Gonzalo Laborra.
camper