contemporary art contest
concorso internazionale
d'arte contemporanea
the dam before the tragedy - archive photo (courtesy fondazione vajont)
On Thursday, June the 2nd, at 3 PM, inside the Nuovo Spazio di Casso, Two Calls for Vajont, the International Contemporary Art Contest that Dolomiti Contemporanee launched in June 2014, is going to be reintroduced.
A few months after the proclamation of the Contest’s results, with the selection of the winners, the project, thus, begins again.
We’d like to remind that the Contest is going to lead to the realization of two pieces of public art, which are going to be installed on two locations that are symbols of the tragedy of October the 9th 1963: the Vajont Dam and the southern façade of the former elementary school of Casso, transformed into the Nuovo Spazio di Casso in 2012, handled by Dolomiti Contemporanee.
The Contest’s winning projects are 90° CW by Andrea Nacciarritti, for A Call for a Line, and remrite/rewrite by Dimitri Giannina, for A Call for a Wall.
On Thursday, June the 2nd, we will therefore take stock of the Contest’s state, and of the work phases that are to come, which will lead to the opening of new “construction sites”.
We will then proceed to the award ceremony for the four artists selected for the Special DC/Acqua Dolomia Prize, that is so say Monica Biancardi with Ritratti and Daniela Di Maro with Riflessione estatica, joint first-place holders for the Special Prize Wall, as well as the couple Mahatsanga Le Dantec/Micol Grazioli, winners of the Special Prize Line with Tra le linee.
We’d like to remind that the Special DC/Acqua Dolomia Prize consists of 2000 euros, made available by our main partner Acqua Dolomia, which will be shared among the winners.
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Giovedì 2 giugno, alle ore 15.00, presso il Nuovo Spazio di Casso, si rilancia Two Calls for Vajont, il Concorso Internazionale d’arte Contemporanea che Dolomiti Contemporanee ha avviato nel giugno 2014.
A distanza di alcuni mesi dalla promulgazione degli esiti del Concorso, con la determinazione dei vincitori, il progetto dunque riparte.
Ricordiamo che il Concorso dovrà condurre alla realizzazione di due opere d’arte pubblica, che verranno installate su due luoghi-simbolo della tragedia del 9 ottobre 1963: la Diga del Vajont e la facciata meridionale dell’ex scuola elementare di Casso, dal 2012 trasformata nel Nuovo Spazio di Casso, gestito da Dolomiti Contemporanee.
I due progetti risultati vincitori del Concorso sono 90° CW di Andrea Nacciarritti, per la Call for a Line, e remrite/rewrite di Dimitri Giannina, per la Call for a Wall.
Giovedì 2 giugno, si farà dunque il punto sullo stato del Concorso, e sulle prossime fasi del lavoro, che condurranno all’apertura dei cantieri.
Si procederà inoltre alle premiazioni dei quattro artisti risultati vincitori del Premio Speciale DC/Acqua Dolomia, ovvero Monica Biancardi con Ritratti e Daniela Di Maro con Riflessione estatica, vincitrici ex eaequo del Premio speciale Wall, e della coppia Mahatsanga Le Dantec/Micol Grazioli, vincitori con Tra le linee del Premio speciale Line.
Ricordiamo che il Premio Speciale DC/Acqua Dolomia consiste in 2.000 euro, messi a disposizione dal main partner Acqua Dolomia, e che saranno suddivisi tra i vincitori.
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).
