Press n.1
machines and flesh
event of contamination technological
Frank Cellier, Stefano and Gianluca Nicoletti Moriggi
in collaboration with Eurotech, Background and Contemporary Art Gallery Andrea
From 15 to 29 May 2010
Two weeks devoted to the relationship between humanity and technology in a context that preserves the sacred treasures and valuable relics. The Museum of the Florentines, in the Basilica of San Giovanni dei Fiorentini near Via Giulia, the festival hosts machines and flesh, "an event of contamination between art, debates, film and dance performance, which finds its conceptual matrix in the volume of Gianluca Nicoletti and Stefano Moriggi "Because the technology makes us human, the flesh in his rewriting synthetic and digital," published in 2009 by Sironi. The comparison
staged by the authors, it appears that technology as a vantage point for understanding the evolution of the concept of human being. Understanding the technology also means understanding the categories and terms that have gone through the history of philosophy and science that constitute the grammar of our lives.
The setting of the museum in the heart of Baroque Rome, provides a fascinating comparison between the relics of saints kept within the area and works inspired by surrealist author Sicilian Unless hulls, which transfigure human nature grafting hybrid technology. The exhibition, sponsored by the Contemporary Art Gallery Andrea di Vicenza in collaboration with the Museum, consists of 30 works, made technical and advanced materials that also reflected the transformation of painting and its media, which tell us how, through metamorphosis and grafts of mechanical elements with anthropomorphic figures, the amazing scientific discoveries are essential elements for the evolution of nature and human.
to explore the themes underlying the initiative, to complement the exhibition, some talk show with readings and performances by the journalist Gianluca Nicoletti visionary and philosopher of science Stephen Moriggi with many characters and famous guests such as Richard Moon, Director of Wired magazine, Mark Pizzo, director of the Museo Centrale del Risorgimento Piazza Venezia in Rome Roberto Siagri, founder and president of Eurotech, Emmanuele Jannini, Professor of Medical Sexology at the University of L'Aquila.
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For fans of the genre, a film festival is scheduled ad hoc in order to discover the most representative stocks, in some cases destined to oblivion. The films will be presented to the public by the critic Gianluca Nicoletti Giuseppe Sansonna and to offer original ideas to the public, along with critics, artists and directors from film clips and screenings of cult movies such as "Tetsuo" of the Japanese director Shinya Tsukamoto tells of ' hybridization between human flesh and metal machinery.
event will complement the installation "Research and inhabited image," an experiment in visual, tactile, and immersive sound, the Crypt Falconieri, last work of the architect Francesco Borromini, designed by architect Fabio Fornasari for the National Research Council-Institute of Population Research and Social Policy.
The seductive space turns into a subterranean architectural "glass of water" that will reflect the same area in an image that can be inhabited by those reflected in it, making suggestions through lights and sounds.
The museum will be exhibited also preside zoomorphic designer collection of Precious Giampietro Metamorphosis. Chairs shaped like a ladybug, bird, ant and cobra are inspired by nature, literature and personal memory of the architect of Bari, who moved to Paris, where memories are mixed with suggestions of authors such as Kafka, Calvino, Pascali and produce original creations , suggesting the user sensory experience, emotional and real.
The opening of "flesh and machines" will be organized during the Night of the Museums of Rome, while the final event in conjunction with the long weekend Roman contemporary art that sees the opening of the Maxxi, the new wing of Macro and the exhibition "Rome. The road of contemporary art. "
The initiative is sponsored by the City of Rome and the National Research Council-Institute of Population Research and Social Policy.
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Summary sheet of machines and flesh
From May 15 to 29 the program of events includes:
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May 15 hours 19 Exhibition Opening Salvo hull with the Sicilian author, talk show with a reading by Gianluca Nicoletti and Stefano Moriggi with surprise guests, projecting "Metropolis" Fritz Lang on the vault of the Basilica of San Giovanni dei Fiorentini; installation "image search and inhabited" by Francesco Borromini Falconieri Crypt in the Basilica, guided tours by appointment with wearable computer by Eurotech and ITER.
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talk show May 19 at 21 with a reading by Gianluca Nicoletti with prof. Emmanule Jannini and other guests.
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May 20 at 21 Film Series "The Divine Silicon" by Joseph Sansonna: discussion and screening of "Terminator" by James Cameron and "Artificial Intelligence: AI" by Steven Spielberg.
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May 21 at 21 Film Series "Bodies impossible" by Giuseppe Sansonna: discussion and screening, "The Stepford Wives" by Frank Oz and "Io e Caterina Alberto Sordi.
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May 26 at 21 Film Series "The place of the soul" by Joseph Sansonna: debate and projection "Blade Runner" by Ridley Scott, "Strange Days" by Kathryn Bigelow and "Ghost in the shell" Mamoru Oshii.
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talk show May 27 at 21 with a reading by Stephen Moriggi with guests to be defined.
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May 28 at 21 Film Series "Relics Digital" by Joseph Sansonna: debate and projection "Total Recall" by Paul Verhoeven, "Nirvana" by Gabriele Salvatores and "Westworld" by Michael Crichton.
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May 29 Final event with 19 hours talk show curated by Gianluca Nicoletti and Stefano Moriggi with surprise guests, projections on the ceiling of the Basilica of San Giovanni dei Fiorentini and artistic performances
The exhibition Salvo Scafati installation "Research and inhabited image" can be visited daily from 16 to 20 free entrance except on Mondays.
Admission: free, movie nights € 5
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