contemporary art contest
concorso internazionale
d'arte contemporanea
the dam before the tragedy - archive photo (courtesy fondazione vajont)
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. Its title: Vajont 2015: territory, history, value of the cultural projects. Interaction practices, survey methods, processes and perspectives.
In the first section of the talk, the International Artistic Contest Two Calls for Vajont will be presented. It was launched by Dolomiti Contemporanee in June 2014, and its realization was made possible by the collaboration with Enel and the patronage of numerous public administrations and authorities of the Friuli Venezia Giulia and Veneto regions, not to mention by the various relevant cultural partners (Mart Rovereto, Merz Foundation of Turin, CCC Strozzina Florence, Institut Francais, Pianoproject, Bevilacqua La Masa Foundation).
Some members of the Contest’s Jury will take part in the event, as well as some of the artists who have participated, who will briefly present their project.
We would like to remind that the talk will take place only two days after the closing of the first phase of Twocalls (April the 30th), and that the winners will be declared by the end of May.
For the occasion, a selection of the projects in the final will be displayed at the Spazio di Casso during these days: 3rd, 9th, 10th and 17th of May (from 1o AM to 12:30 PM and 2:30 PM to 7 PM).
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Sabato 2 maggio, Dolomiti Contemporanee organizza una giornata dedicata alla cultura e all’arte contemporanea. Dalle ore 14.00 alle ore 18.00, presso il Nuovo Spazio di Casso, si svolgerà un talk aperto al pubblico, dal titolo Vajont 2015: il territorio, la storia, il valore dei progetti culturali. Pratiche d’interazione, metodologie d’indagine, processi e prospettive.
Nella prima parte del talk verrà presentato il Concorso Artistico Internazionale Two calls for Vajont, lanciato da Dolomiti Contemporanee a giugno 2014,realizzato in collaborazione con Enel e patrocinato da numerose Istituzioni, amministrazioni pubbliche ed enti (Ministero dell’Ambiente, Fondazione Dolomiti Unesco, Regione Friuli Venezia Giulia, Regione del Veneto, Provincia di Pordenone, Provincia di Belluno, Fondazione Vajont, Comuni di Erto e Casso, Claut, Cimolais, Vajont, Longarone, Belluno, Consorzio Bim Piave, Consiglio Nazionale Architetti Pianificatori Paesaggisti e Conservatori), nonché da alcuni partner culturali rilevanti (Mart Rovereto, Fondazione Merz Torino, CCC Strozzina Firenze, Institut Francais, Pianoproject, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa)
Interverranno alcuni dei membri della Giuria del Concorso, ed alcuni degli artisti che vi hanno partecipato, i quali presenteranno brevemente il proprio progetto.
Ricordiamo che il talk si svolge a due soli giorni dalla conclusione della prima fase di Twocalls (30 aprile), e che la determinazione dei vincitori avverrà entro la fine dello stesso mese di maggio.
Nell’occasione, verrà presentata presso lo Spazio espositivo di Casso una selezione dei progetti finalisti, che rimarrà visibile al pubblico nelle giornate del 3, 9, 10 e 17 maggio, con orari 10.00-12.30 e 14.30-19.00.
17/09/2014
angela vettese, maria centonze and marc augé, members of the jury of twocalls, were in Casso a few days ago, learning more about the context in which the Contest acts.
following a text with the considerations by gianluca d’incà levis, curator of dolomiti contemporanee, on the value of the contest and a call to the artists.
29/08/2014
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.
01/07/2014
It is possible, for the artists interested in the Contest, to take part in a survey of the Spazio in Casso and of the crowning of the Vajont Dam.
The guided visits of the Dam’s crowning are handled in collaboration with the Dolomiti Friulane Nature Park and with Erto and Casso’s Pro Loco*
The visits are available in the following days:
- July: every Saturday and Sunday, from 10 am to 5 pm, every half hour;
- August: every day, from 10 am to 5 pm, every half hour;
- September/october: on sundays visits from 10 am to 5 pm, starting every half hour (duration: 40 minutes).
