The Present is a video triptych realized by Lanfranco Aceti for Contemporary Istanbul in 2014. This video artwork is part of a larger series titled National Panties which questioned the contemporary economic and social crises and their impact on the very notion of society.
National Panties is an exhibition, presented by Museum of Contemporary Cuts at Contemporary Istanbul, of Lanfranco Aceti's recent artworks that focus on issues related to contemporary economic disparities and social crisis. Curated by Gulsen Bal, the exhibition is composed of a site specific installation and three new video works titled Present which follow the Financial Triptych exhibited at Milkshake Agency (Geneva) and curated by Artemis
I have been invited to be part of this exciting exhibition, Public Domain, initiated by Lo and Behold and presented at Milkshake Agency from June 26 to August 24, 2014. The project includes 25 artists / 25 site specifics located in 12 different cities in 10 countries and is curated by Artemis Potamianou and Giorgos Papadatos. After receiving the commission I decided to create the
Car Park is a new participatory performance and installation in public space by Lanfranco Aceti, curated by Helen Sloan, Director of SCAN, as part of the exhibition Internet of Cars at the Hansard Gallery in Southampton. The works that comprise Car Park are inspired by themes of hard labor, economic exploitation, erosion of social rights and socio-political deprivation. The installation and public performances will take place in Southampton
In Your Face by Lanfranco Aceti is a new installation and series of artworks curated by Susanne Jaschko and Marquard Smith. The event is part of the Platform Project @ Art-Athina, Director Artemis Potamianou - May 15-18, 2014. The artist will buy 5 screams for fifty euros and resell them at 500,000 euros. In an age in which, after having been left at the margins
In Your Face is a new exhibition to be installed at Art-Athina as part of a project in collaboration with the Museum of Contemporary Cuts upon invitation by Artemis Potamianou, Director of Platform Project @ Art-Athina. In Your Face is made of a series of visuals and sound works - screams - that play once every hour. The screams will be bought from people who
Car Park is a new artwork by Lanfranco Aceti curated by Helen Sloan as part of the exhibition Internet of Cars at the Hansard Gallery. The artwork is inspired by notions of hard labor and economic exploitation which will provide the conceptual underpinning for a public performance in Southampton from June 7 to June 11, 2014. Can people be reduced in an extreme process of
Artistic Fears in the Age of Religious Fundamentalism is one of a series of artworks that deal with censorship, oppression and increased social controls on basic freedom of speech and fundamental liberties. The XXIst century, at least in this artist's perspective, was supposed to usher a new era of increased personal freedoms, scientific and social advancements and prosperity. A realization of tempered forms of utopia
The MoCC Pavillion at the Venice Bienniale is a phantasmic representation of the Museum of Contemporary Cuts. The Museum of Contemporary Cuts decided to respond to the premise of the 55th Venice Biennale "Il Palazzo Enciclopedico" with a metaphorical representation of the process of search, collecting and navigation of large amounts of information, data and events. How do you search through the existing knowledge, in
A POUND OF FLESH by Lanfranco Aceti is sponsored by NeMe, a non profit organization based in Cyprus. The participatory performance will take place Thursday May 23, 2013, from 10:30 to 12:30 in the Limassol Municipal Market, Kanari st, Limassol. Performance and exhibition is curated by: Helene Black, Ozden Sahin and Jonathan Munro and coordinated by: Yiannis Colakides. MoCC and NeMe present A Pound of
