ATTI DEMOCRATICI / DEMOCRATIC ACTS

special project, 2009
 
Ricerca applicata sul rapporto tra arte e democrazia sviluppata da un network di artisti, curatori e teorici
 
Applied research on the relation between art and democracy developed by a network of artists, curators and theoriticians.
The project will unfold in a series of performances, workshops, screenings, urban interventions, meetings and lectures, and a free press journal on the basic principles of the Italian Constitution.
24 - 25 april 2009 BIENNALE DEMOCRAZIA TORINO
05 - 23 may 2009 FESTIVAL FABBRICA EUROPA FIRENZE
15 - 30 october 2009 LUNGOMARE BOLZANO

project initiated by Luigi Coppola 
Democratic Acts in Torino and Firenze, curated by Luigi Coppola and Marko Stamenkovic
Democratic Acts in Bolzano, curated by Angelika Burtscher, Luigi Coppola, Daniele Lupo, Judith Wielander
Torino and Firenze
contributi artistici / artistic contributions
Angelika Burtscher & Daniele Lupo / Luigi Coppola / Yingmei Duan / Dariusz Fodczuk / Carlos Motta / Juan Esteban Sandoval
"Unmasked a marathon of artists' videos and films contesting systems of rule" 
 curated by  Elise Youn and Carlos Motta, prod. New Museum di New York
Dario Azzellini and Oliver Ressler / Petra Bauer / François Bucher / Mary Billyou / Paul Chan / Jim Fetterley /Annelisse Fifi / Jim Finn / Ashley Hunt / Tellervo Kalleinen and Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen/ Lin + Lam / John Menick / Jenny Perlin / Dmitry Vilensky / Angie Waller / Susan Youssef
contributi teorici / theoretical contributions
Branko Brezovec / Cesar Brie /Dariusz Fodczuk / Benoît Lachambre / Esteban Mihalik / Andrés Morte /
Carlos Motta / Andrés Neumann / Michelangelo Pistoletto / Juan Patricia Rivadeneira / Marco Valerio Amico / Elvira Vannini
Bolzano 
 Lauren Alexander (designer, South Africa), Marco Angelucci (journalist, Bolzano), Franco Arminio (writer/townologist, Irpinia), Ei Arakawa & Nikolas Gambaroff (performer, New York), Carlo Bachschmidt (Genoa Social Forum), Brave New Alps (Designer, London), Tania Bruguera (performer, Cuba), Yael Davids (performer, Israel), Cornelia Durka (designer, Berlin), Ghalia Elsrakbi (designer, Damascus/Amsterdam), Jack Henrie Fisher & Popahna Brandes (designer/writer, Brussels), Shilpa Gupta (performer, Mumbai), Thomas Kager (political scientist, Bolzano), Merijn Oudenampsen (sociologist, Amsterdam), Cesare Pietroiusti (artist, Rom), Andrea Segre (director, Rom), Maria Rosa Sossai (curator, Roma), Ziga Testen (designer, Ljubljana), Daniel van der Velden (designer, Amsterdam).