Death & Romance

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International workshop in performance led by Franko B, curated by Maurizio Coccia [Palazzo Lucarini Contemporary - Centre for Contemporary Art, Trevi (Perugia), Italy]

(29 August - 3 September 2016)


information:

Death & Romance: A journey through the personal, political and poetic. A workshop with Franko B.


The project aims to bring together the radical performative experience of renowned international artists in the habitat of Trevi, facilitating a meeting place for new themes and personal techniques. The workshop combines the rural setting and bucolic environment with an extremely rigorous training regime. At the end of the course, the participants present publicly the results of the internship within the cloister of the Pinacoteca di Trevi.


There was an open application process for participants, who were selected based on their submitted portfolio, CV and personal statement.


Workshop rules:

  1. •No phones or internet access

  2. •No smoking or drinking alcohol

  3. •No talking for the first three days

  4. •Vegetarian / vegan food only


Participants:

Claudia Palazzo, Astrid Gnosis, Gianluca Quaglia, Christina Novokov-Ritchey, Emanuela Zedda, Silvia Mantellini Faieta, Hakan Machlis, Matthew Harrison-Lord, Petr Davydtchenko, Colette Patterson, Dew Kim, Sarah Julius, Aarin Purple, Sophie Barnett, Francesca Fiordelmondo







publication:
 

© 2016 Franko B and the contributors

Death & Romance: A Workshop with Franko B (PDF) >


‘In art, nothing is as powerful and firm as performance. Thus, its own training programme cannot disregard such stringent conditions. The summer workshop designed by Franko B has been a challenging journey: physically, mentally, and emotionally. Participants weren’t only asked for an aesthetic code, but also an existential approach. This is not, of course, a matter of sexual orientation, nor a biographical emulation. It’s about work and the seriousness of work. The linguistic, technical, visual, philosophical precision of the artistic work. [...]’

  1. -Extract from the introduction by Maurizio Coccia







acknowledgements:


  1. •Workshop Leader: Franko B

  2. •Curator: Maurizio Coccia

  3. •Co-ordinator: Mara Predicatori

  4. •Assistant Curator: Miriam Pascale

  5. •Assistant Artist: Andrea Marcaccio

  6. •Videographer: Stefano Teodori

  7. •Photographer: Riccardo Dogana







related events:


In Parallel to Death & Romance, Franko B presented two other events at Palazzo Lucarini:


• Death & Romance in the XXI Century >

  1. Solo exhibition of new works by Franko B, curated by Maurizio Coccia (24th September 2016 - 8th January 2017)


• Forms & Objects >

  1. Group exhibition of works by 9 artists, curated by Franko B (24th September 2016 - 8th January 2016)








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