contemporary art contest
concorso internazionale
d'arte contemporanea
the dam before the tragedy - archive photo (courtesy fondazione vajont)
On 18th July, at 5 pm at the Nuovo Spazio di Casso, the results of Twocalls will be presented to the public.
During the event there will also be the opening of twocalls, la forma delle idee (twocalls, the shape of ideas, in English), where a selection of the finalist projects will be exhibited. Through this exhibition the genesis, the meaning and the current state of this contest-ideative project, that aims to rethink the relationship between the Vajont area and its history, its tragedy, its human physical and cultural landscape, will be recounted.
The exhibition will be open from 18th July to 16th August.
Opening hours: from Thursday to Sunday, 10-12 am, 3-7 pm.
During the opening the complete program of Dolomiti Contemporanee‘s summer activities in Casso and in the Friulian Dolomites will be presented too.
More on www.dolomiticontemporanee.net .
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Sabato 18 luglio, alle ore 17.00 presso il Nuovo Spazio di Casso, saranno presentati gli esiti del Concorso Artistico Internazionale Two calls for Vajont, lanciato da Dolomiti Contemporanee a giugno 2014.
Con l’occasione sarà inaugurata Twocalls, la forma delle idee, una esposizione di alcuni dei progetti selezionati nella fase finale del Concorso, attraverso la quale si racconta la genesi, il senso, lo stato attuale di questo concorso-progetto ideativo, che vuol ripensare il rapporto con la storia, la tragedia, il paesaggio umano, fisico, culturale, dell’area del Vajont.
La mostra rimarrà aperta dal 18 luglio al 16 agosto, con i seguenti orari:
dal giovedì alla domenica, 10.00-12.00 e 15.00-19.00.
Verrà inoltre presentato il programma di eventi che si svolgeranno a Casso e nelle Dolomiti friulane nel corso dell’estate.
Maggiori informazioni su www.dolomiticontemporanee.net .
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).
