"Action is guilt / Method to Rourke" in Beyond the “liminal experience” curated by Francesco Scasciamacchia

Beyond the “liminal experience”, curated by Francesco Scasciamacchia

The invited artists are: Izabela Chamczyk (Czestochowa, Poland 1980), Gabriele De Santis (Rome, Italy 1983), Daniela Di Donato (Lanciano (CH), Italy 1981), Alex Mirutziu (Sibiu, Romania 1981)

16th April - 18th June 2011

Opening 18.30 on 16th April 2011

The title of the exhibition comes from the concept of “liminality” through which Victor Turner during the 60s and the 70s called the state in which the spectator is when he/she attends a painful mise-en-scene. This condition is between the respect of the “art rules” and the “life laws”. On one hand the spectator would stop the artist while he/she is inflicting pain on himself/herself (ethical postulate); on the other hand he/she has to respect the artistic act in the name of Art (artistic postulate). The spectator remains in this suspended state for all the duration of performance.

Beyond the “liminal experience” invites the artists to reflect, to re-invent or simply to deal with the notion of “liminality” in an era of overuse of images in which videos and pictures have became the new media for the “violent act”. Beyond the “liminality” but also beyond the media of performance and of ephemeral actions.This psychological mechanism inducts the public to think about contemporary art, affirming its existence. Regardless of whether the spectator will like or dislike the artworks, they will realize that contemporary art exists as a fact.

On the occasion of the opening, Alex Mirutziu will perform “Action is guilt / method to Rourke”. (Via Genova 17/15 Prato 59100 - Spazio Vault)

Francesco Scasciamacchia and Alex Mirutziu delivers textualities on "Re-enactment and Interpretation: problems of Authorship and of Negotiation with Museums" // this wednesday in London

On March 30, 2011, Francesco Scasciamacchia, contemporary art curator, will deliver a speach on "Reenactment, reinterpretation or representation? The problem of event oriented art within the contemporary museum", with contribution from Alex Mirutziu.

Francesco Scasciamacchia (Italy, 1982) obtained his Master of Science in Arts Management at Bocconi University in Milan. He worked during these years for public and private art institutions such as, DOCVA-Viafarini, Milan; MART-Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rovereto, Italy, and Arnaldo Pomodoro Foundation, Milan. Recently he worked as news editor for the contemporary art magazine, Flash Art for which he is continuing to contribute as a London correspondent.

On this occasion Alex will talk about "Critique on how temples move faster than their shadows", presented in Los Angeles last December, at Mihai Nicodim Gallery. He wil also introduce his upcoming performance piece called ACTION IS GUILT - method to Rourke, intricate piece that touches on the notion of action in relation to performance, working with articulations and half articulations of what we understand as action as a form of knowledge.