ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF DOCKS DORA
May 4, 2012 12:50 pm
ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF DOCKS DORA
New Opportunities for Creation in the Digital Age
Panel
Saturday 5th May 6 PM
Via Valprato 68, former Docks Dora warehouses
Simona Lodi will be taking part in Centenario Docks Dora, the first event to be organized by SAL—Spazio Ad Libitum to celebrate one hundred years of the Docks Dora complex. The centennial celebrations will consist of three days of events—Friday 4th, Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th May—including video-art screenings, panels on issues in contemporary art such as women & art and new technology, a collective exhibition and a night dedicated to new directions in electronic music.
Celebrations will kick-off on Friday, 4th May at 6:30 PM with the opening of three exhibitions: an installation by Assila Cherfi, produced by SAL; a collective exhibition organized by Spazio Ferramenta in the SAL exhibition halls, showcasing works by Trung Anh Vu, Edoardo Piva and Alfredo Vinti; and a one-man show dedicated to Gianluca Lombardo, organized by BOCS, Catania. A video screening organized by Filippo Maria Selvaggio will start at 9 PM, featuring documentaries by Marco Scotuzzi and Paolo Campana.
On Saturday, 5th May the exhibitions halls will open to the public at 3 PM. The first panel will get underway at 6 PM, focusing on the topic of New Opportunities for Creation in the Digital Age, organized by Marco Mastino and Carolina Dei Pieri, with guest speakers Alessandro Amaducci, video maker and lecturer at the Department of Fine Arts, Music and Performing Arts (DAMS) of the University of Turin; Inlandempire Project; Sandro Carnino, film director; Francesca Cirilli, photographer; Martina Coletti, curator; Irene Dionisio, philosopher and video artist; and Simona Lodi. After drinks and appetizers offered by SAL, the programme will continue with a second video screening starting at 9 PM, showcasing works by Annamaria Caparotta, Alessandro Lo Casci, Mapi Rizzo and Maria Rebecca Ballestra, and then a Sound Set by Flavio Scutti till late, organized by Inlandempire Project.
On Sunday, 6th May, the exhibition halls will again open their doors at 3 PM, before hosting at 5 PM the symposium Feminine and Personal. Everyday Creative Urgency, organized by Fiammetta Strigoli, with guest speakers Giulia Caira, Chicco Margaroli, Elena Pignata, Yael Plat and Agnese Purgatorio. After drinks and appetizers, a third video screening will get underway at 8 PM, featuring works by Ilaria Pezone and Irene Dionisio.
Admission to the exhibitions, panels and video screenings is free and open to the public. For the Sound Set on Saturday night, a cover charge of €5 applies.
For full details of the programme, visit the Spazio Ad Libitum website