contemporary art contest
concorso internazionale
d'arte contemporanea
the dam before the tragedy - archive photo (courtesy fondazione vajont)
The French anthropologist Marc Augé, member of the Jury of Twocalls, came to visit the Vajont area, to explore the Contest‘s project sites and to learn more about Dolomiti Contemporanee‘s activities.
He brought his reflections about the Vajont Tragedy and the meaning of a contemporary art Contest here nowadays.
As he said: A thing is to commemorate, another is to remember, still another is to create once again. What is art if not a symbol of life?
Here a videointerview with english subitles.
L’antropologo francese Marc Augé, membro della Giuria di Twocalls, è stato in visita nell’area del Vajont, per esplorare i siti di progetto del Concorso e per conoscere meglio il progetto Dolomiti Contemporanee.
Ha proposto le sue riflessioni sulla Tragedia del vajont e sul significato di un concorso d’arte contemporanea in questo luogo oggi.
Come ha detto: Una cosa è commemorare, un’altra è ricordare, un’altra ancora è creare di nuovo. Che cos’è l’arte se non un simbolo di vita?
Qui la videointervista con sottotitoli in italiano.
01/05/2015
On Saturday May the 2nd, Dolomiti Contemporanee will host a day dedicated to culture and contemporary art. A talk, open to the public, is going to take place at the Nuovo Spazio di Casso, from 2 to 6 PM.
29/03/2015
The first phase of the twocalls contest is coming to its end. It only will be possible to send projects for a call for a wall and a call for a line until April the 30th.
Twocalls is a contest of ideas that, through artistic projects, increases the amount of active and projective reflection on the critical Vajont area.
16/02/2015
Neonlauro is one of Dolomiti Contemporanee’s partner, and takes an active role in the International Public-Art Contest Two Calls for Vajont.
In particular, the collaboration with Neonlauro, a firm specialized in neon technology, and very active in the artistic sphere, will allow for the realization of the winning piece of A Call For A Wall, i.e.
