Projects

THE CROCODILE’S LAMENT: RECLAIMING THE RIVER, RESHAPING THE NARRATIVE

The Crocodile’s Lament is a groundbreaking project by Lanfranco Aceti that confronts the environmental and cultural crises of our time. Created in collaboration with Tevereterno, IPER Festival delle Periferie, organized by the Azienda Speciale Palexpo, and supported by curators Giorgio de Finis (Museo delle Periferie), Rosario Pavia (Tevereterno), and Alessandro Melis (NYIT), this ambitious three-part series delves into the contested history, present, and future

THE CROCODILE’S LAMENT: RECLAIMING THE RIVER, RESHAPING THE NARRATIVE2024-12-17T15:04:06+00:00

CRY ME A RIVER OF CROCODILE TEARS: FLAVA TIBER

“[…] hunc inter fluvio Tiberinus amoeno verticibus rapidis et multa flavus harena in mare prorumpit […]” Virgil. What remains of the mythology of the blonde Tiber, strictly linked as it is to the birth of Rome and over 2000 years of history, as its waters dwindle season after season? The  epochal changes of waters in the twenty-first century speak of a revolutionary upheaval that

CRY ME A RIVER OF CROCODILE TEARS: FLAVA TIBER2024-03-13T08:55:30+00:00

DIGITAL MEDIA AND DEMOCRACY

Digital Media and Democracy, aka From Democracy to Post-Citizenship is a panel I am organizing at MIT for the Media in Transition 10 conference entitled Democracy and Digital Media with the assistance of Rob Halperin. The panel was developed following the encouragement of Professor William Uricchio, Department of Comparative Media Studies at MIT. The panel seeks to engage with and discuss issues related to contemporary

DIGITAL MEDIA AND DEMOCRACY2020-05-27T17:21:09+00:00

HISTORIES, THEORIES AND PRACTICES OF SOUND ART

Histories, Theories and Practices of Sound Art May 15 – 16 – 17, 2014 Venues: Goldsmiths, University of London, May 15 and 16, 2014; The Courtauld Institute of Art May 17, 2014. Conference website at: https://ocradst.org/soundartcurating/ Traditionally, the curator has been affiliated to the modern museum as the persona who manages an archive, and arranges and communicates knowledge to an audience, according to fields of

HISTORIES, THEORIES AND PRACTICES OF SOUND ART2018-02-06T18:38:01+00:00

DEADLY CUTS TO THE ARTS: THE ART OF SURVIVAL, RESISTANCE OR FIGHT?

DEADLY CUTS TO THE ARTS: THE ART OF SURVIVAL, RESISTANCE OR FIGHT? by Lanfranco Aceti Art-Athina - International Contemporary Art Fair Faliro Pavilion (Taekwondo) Hellenic Olympic Properties 2 Moraitini str., 175 61 Palaio Faliro Athens, Greece Sunday May 19, 2013, from 15:00 to 16:00 Chaired by: Artemis Potamianou Curator & Co-ordinator for Art Athina 2013: Contemporaries & Platform Project A talk at the Art-Athina -

DEADLY CUTS TO THE ARTS: THE ART OF SURVIVAL, RESISTANCE OR FIGHT?2018-02-06T18:38:19+00:00

WE HAVE COME TO SHACK UP WITH YOU

We Have Come to Shack Up with You is a new art project by Lanfranco Aceti. Lanfranco Aceti Inc. sponsors 10 return train trips from London to Wendover, to the country home of the current Prime Minister. In the spirit of sacrifice and in order to share the costs of the current debt, perhaps the Prime Minister may consider providing accommodation in the extra number of rooms

WE HAVE COME TO SHACK UP WITH YOU2018-02-06T18:38:22+00:00
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