Category: Art
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PICTORIAL SETS
Imaginary architectures to display life. 2021 – 2024 In medieval paintings space is treated as a stage for the representation of human actions. Architecture as a device to communicate the atmosphere and psychology of the actions that are taking place. Perspective, far from realistic, as a compositional tool to simultaneously order space and time. In…
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AI ARCHITECTS
Portraits of famous architects made by AI based on the style of their hand drawings. 2021. NFTs available on Objkt.com
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FESTIVAL PERIFERICO
Proposal for “Maquinas Imaginantes” open call organized by LIGA Espacio para Arquitectura, CDMX, 2019. (With Ofelia Burgos Soria / The Italian/Mexican Society) El Anillo Periférico de la Ciudad de México es una infraestructura urbana compleja y controvertida que refleja el carácter y la personalidad de ésta ciudad. Una infraestructura “Frankenstein” hecha de pedazos diferentes entre…
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URBAN STUMPS
Ballpoint pen drawings 35×25 cm each Contribution to Arianna Carossa’s exhibition “Due stelle Rotte” Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Mexico City, Sept./Oct. 2018
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METODO SALGARI
“The Salgari Method” is a nomadic art event developed since July 2013 (by Andrea Balestrero, Nina Fiocco, Ulises Matamoros, Rogelio Sánchez) that aims to map the real world in a “fantastic” way through a community based process. Emilio Salgari (1862-1911) was an Italian writer who – without traveling outside his nation- wrote numerous novels…
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LIFE
Archivo Diseño y Arquitectura, Mexico City, October 2015 Contribution for the Book “Fundamental Acts” curated by Matteo Ghidoni/Salottobuono for the exhibition: “Archivo Italia”. The book is a collective reinterpretation of the series of short movies “Five Fundamental Acts” by Superstudio The second law of thermodynamics tells us that in an isolated system the entropy, or…
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LUCHA LIBRE ARCHIVE
The Italian/Mexican Society (Ofelia Burgos Soria – Andrea Balestrero) Ongoing research about the influence of the “Lucha libre” (Mexican Wrestling) on contemporary art, fashion and design Mexican Pavilion, Salone del Mobile, Milano 2015
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APPUNTI PER LA CITTÀ DEL POCO FUTURO
(Notes for Short Future City) A12, Exhibition, Pinksummer Gallery, Genoa (IT), 2013. Western society is aging. In Europe, Italy is aging more than other nations. The decline in the birth rate, together with the economic crisis of this historical moment, drastically reduces the prospects and the ability to orient oneself towards the future. But it…
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DEEP GARDEN
A12, Temporary pavilion, Enel Contemporanea, Venice, 2008 On the occasion of 11th International Architecture Exhibition of the Biennale di Venezia. The installation, homage to the city of Venice, takes on the force of nature and opposes it, offering an isolated place in which to enjoy the silence and submerge oneself in a surreal space. In…
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LAB
A12, Temporary pavillion, Kröller Müller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands, 2004 Finalist honourable mention for Gold Medal for Italian Architecture 2006, category Culture and Leisure LAB is the first open air exhibition in the sculpture-park of the Kröller-Müller Museum.The metaphor of the labyrinth, as a possible interpretative device to represent the contemporary urban condition, was the initial…
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La Zona / The Zone
A12, Temporary pavillion, 50° Biennale d’Arte di Venezia, Venice, Italy 2003 La Zona is a temporary pavilion for the namesake exibition (Curated by Massimiliano Gioni) of italian artists during the 50th International Exhibition of the Biennale di Venezia. Installed inside the Giardini, in an open area, it configures an ephemeral public space and gallery, designed…