OPERE/works will be a unique occasion for us all to understand, why it is important to think about, make and talk about works of art, because art can depict change and can show us what could be thought about, said and made.
As we wait for the definitive programme of OPERE/works, download the programme in the download section of this page.
Making art
Is a series dedicated to the creative processes of artworks. It will involve the following speakers: Doris Salcedo with Carlos Basualdo, Richard Wentworth with Bruce Altshuler; Gilberto Zorio with Germano Celant; John Duncan with Andrea Lissoni; Elmgreen & Dragset with Angela Vettese; Tobias Rehberger with Angela Vettese; Shilpa Gupta with Gianfranco Maraniello; Vito Acconci with Massimiliano Scuderi; Nedko Solakov with Irene Calderoni; Keren Cytter with Marinella Paderni; Alfredo Jaar with Gabi Scardi; Nanni Balestrini with Hans Ulrich Obrist; and Daniel Buren with Angela Vettese.
The life of artworks
This section will focus on the destiny of works of art, in particular their story in the collections and exhibitions, and all their conservation matters. We will hear from: Eduardo Cicelyn with Silvia Evangelisti; Carol Mancusi - Ungaro and Bruno Arciprete with Marco Carminati; Lynne Cooke and Miwon Known with Angela Vettese; Sarah Thornton, Giuliana Setari Carusi and Catterina Seia with Pier Luigi Sacco; and Cosey Fanni Tutti with Milovan Farronato.
Thinking about art
These events are dedicated to the analysis of contemporary artistic thought and some of the speakers will be Massimo Recalcati and Paolo Fabbri with Angela Vettese and Pier Luigi Sacco; Nora Alter, Gertrude Koch and Paolo Rosa with Pier Luigi Sacco; Alexander Alberro, Seth Siegelaub and Carlos Basualdo; Hal Foster with Carlos Basualdo; and Bernad Marcadé with Carlos Basualdo.
Inside the work
Conversations between artists and curators dedicated to specific projects. Some of the speakers will be Iwona Blazwick with Annie Ratti; Dora Garcia with Andrea Viliani; Ilaria Gianni with Ryan Gander; Paola Pivi with Andrea Bruciati; Chiara Clemente with Carlos Basualdo; and Natascha Sadr Haghighian with Chus Martinez.
The relationship between different aspects of contemporary culture will be narrated in some events:
Works in motion
This series is dedicated to contaminations between art and cinema, curated by Monique Veaute who will interview Martial Raysse and Gelitin.
The taste of art
Art & food with Ciboh and Massimiliano Tonelli.
Fashion works
Fashion and art: Beatrice Trussardi and Maria Luisa Frisa.
There will also be two important event dedicated to art and culture:
The Third Paradise (by RAM - Radio Arte Mobile)
A special project wich brings together visual arts, music and performance. With Achille Bonito Oliva, Michelangelo Pistoletto and an audio installation of Gianna Nannini dedicated to The Third Paradise.
The house of the artworks: MAXXI
Anna Mattirolo, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Tobias Rehberger, Angela Vettese will take part in the debate chaired by Paola Nicolin.
And more:
Cbooks: conversations about the most recent publications on the themes of art and contemporary creativity. With Marinella Paderni, Daniele Pario Perra, Studio Azzurro, Ludovico Pratesi, Massimo Minini e Massimo Di Carlo, Patrizia Brusarosco and Milovan Farronato (Viafarini), Art for business.
C/off: special projects, fringe events and many other chances for meetings, reflection and also relaxation and partys all over the city, non stop from 21 to 23 May.
Cnight: a big party devoted to creativity during the night of Saturday 22 May.
Via..ggiando per costruirsi
The mobile pavilion, a project by Mario Nanni, will arrive in Faenza to tell the story of its journey through the European capitals of culture and creativity together with the C.
