new show, opening on 21st july 2012 in clavesana

i am glad to invite you all to my personal exhibition, curated by anna daneri and organized by cultural association angelo ruga. this is called luoghi delle memorie (places of memories). it contains four projects: two of them are print-based, while the others are slideshows. luoghi delle memorie is my introduction to this territory, where i am going to be artist in residence next autumn.

come over (not just for the exhibition, but for many other reasons: tasty food, supergood wine, beautiful landscapes, amazing peole...)!

card designed by groppo.org 

card designed by groppo.org

info:

Anna Positano
LUOGHI DELLE MEMORIE
curated by Anna Daneri

21-22 july 2012
private view on saturday 21st july h 17:00

Associazione Culturale Angelo Ruga
piazza Vittorio Emanuele 9, Clavesana Capoluogo CN
tel. +39 0173 790448
email: ruga@angeloruga.it
www.angeloruga.it

crossing-over

this is me, offering portraits for free. pic by matteo casari

this is a series of animated GIFs, starting from portraits i took in quartiere della maddalena, in genova, during a site specific performance. this place best represents the multicultural prerogative of this town: it is a crowded crossroads in which people of different ages, professions, ethnicities and statuses converge. there i offered portraits for free, during a week day afternoon waiting for people to ask for a portrait. in return i would have sent the portrait as a gift. the action triggered a relational situation not only between the artist and the portrayed, but also among the bystanders, who called other people and invited them to strike a pose. the spirit of this place – a melting pot – is reproduced in the form of the GIF file, as it is the simplest, minimal way to juxtapose two different characters in a dialectical way.

get out of my way, or i'm gonna shove!

... as the L7 used to sing 20 (twenty!) years ago. well, we found these nice guys on our way home. we made friends with them, then no need to shove! roar!

new updates on progetto QD

a new session of photographs from around italy is now available on progetto QD. 

guardare | maddalena: postcard

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progetto QD updates!

please, find progetto QD's new photos! my updates from genova are here, but have a look to the other cities and cool photographers. personally i really enjoyed this one, by alessandro sambini: this looks like leland palmer from twin peaks!

my photographs on domus

i am really pleased to announce the presence of my photographs on the website of one of the most influential architecture magazine, domus.

my photographs portray the outstanding site specific installation of the spanish collective penique productions.

here is the link to the news on domus.

sala dogana: the venue before penique productions intallation

sala dogana: penique productions installation