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Last Issue: #31 The Journey
Twenty thousand leagues under the sea by Jules Verne (1825-1905). This book is the answer to my thoughts on travel. It certainly anticipated the saga...Read more
The naked place
-> The naked place“The naked place”. Should I give today a title to my editorial of the magazine issue of the year 2004 on the topic “Place, Not Place”, I would call it like that. A naked place is a place that I can cover or fill with my presence, my choices and my content. Daniel Buren said at that time: a place can be transformed by an intervention ...
continue..10 years of illywords magazine
-> 10 years of illywords magazine"Time is a very relative concept. Everyone lives it according to his/her own rhythms and experiences. Ten years is, however, a major stretch of time and some change should be visible or, at least, detectable", so starts the editorial of our Chief Editor Ariella Risch on illywords magazine #31, the issue celebrating the 10th anniversary of the magaz...
continue..Daniel Buren Fountain at Villa La Magia
-> Daniel Buren Fountain at Villa La MagiaWe recently received news of a very colourful fountain designed by Daniel Buren and built in the garden at Villa Medicea La Magia – Arte Contemporanea in Quarrata (just outside of Pistoia in Tuscany). The piece, currently under construction, has been generously financed by the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Pistoia e Pescia and donated to the C...
continue..What’s on – July 2010
-> What's on - July 2010An eclectic selection of exhibitions and arts events from the world of illywords, located around the world, for July 2010. Just opened... in Italy June 24 to September 26 2010: At the Triennale Bovisa in Milan, "It's not only rock and roll baby" is a line-up of rock concerts including Patti Smith (Sept 12) who will also exhibit her visual a...
continue..What’s on (March 15)
-> What's on (March 15)Valencia, Spain: from 10/03/2010 to 18/05/2010 at Valencian Institute for Modern Art: Gabriele Basilico (illywords #19, Aequòpolis) is one of the artists participating in the exhibit "PAINTING ON THE SEA. THE SEA AS PRETEXT". Verona, Italy: from 27/02/2010 to 03/06/2010: There is also one work by Gabriele Basilico in the exhibit "past present f...
continue..What’s on (Feb 22)
-> What's on (Feb 22)What's on for the week of February 22 2010 - a weekly listing of exhibits and events from members of the illywords community. RIGHT NOW Vernissage: Friday 26.02.2010, 18:00 (show until April 1): Noch mal leben, A photographic exhibition about life and death by Walter Schels and Beate Lakotta, presented by the Free University of Bolzano (whose...
continue..Interview with Daniel Buren
Magazine -> #8 Place, not placeIt's snowing when I meet Daniel Buren at the Press Restaurant of the Bologna Art Fair. He's just arrived and despite the clatter of cutlery and din and row of loud voices he's easy and relaxed, and quite willing to answer my questions. After all, any place will do when one meets with the "genuine article". To quote from one of your statements...
continue..Buren, art as open space
Magazine -> #8 Place, not placeIt was in the sixties that Daniel Buren barred access to the Apollinaire Gallery by blocking the entrance. The Gallery's owner, Le Noci, was made to promise never to open it again. At the time the artist's concern was to "close down all art venues". Actually, his gesture was meant as a protest and reaction against the separation of art and life, ag...
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