Istituto Svizzero
28/03/2013 - 06/2013 - Milano e RomaThe Draftsmen’s Fest is a display in progress that associates drawing – seen as direct gestural expression – with the production of sound. During each of the 4 events of the program in Milan, projects will be presented by Swiss and international artists and musicians, specially developed for the Swiss Institute in Milan.
The Draftsmen’s Fest examines the syncretic relationship between drawn imagery and sound, with particular focus on the intimate, confidential rapport that happens when the spectator is engaged in a frontal way: in a literal sense, and as a metaphor of the immediate impact the sound/image pairing can bring about. The artists and musicians invited to participate return to a practice that puts sound and sign into direct relation, full of mutual exchanges and references. This practice comes from a shared source of inspiration, namely the so-called Providence school and the successive episodes in the late 1990s and early 2000s of what was to become the symbolic place of a transnational movement, from the East Coast to the West Coast, Canada and Europe, by way of Japan: Fort Thunder, an abandoned industrial complex in Providence (Rhode Island, USA), occupied until 2001 by avant-garde musicians and artists, including Brian Ralph, Jim Drain, Brian Gibson and Brian Chippendale of Lighting Bolt, and Hisham Akira Bharoocha of Black Dice.
Artists who straddle the settings, places, persons and project that, over time, have consolidated on the international cultural scene: starting with this scenario, Draftsmen’s Fest attempts to reveal a precise expressive hemisphere, occupying the spaces of the Swiss Institute in Milan with sound and signs.
PHOTOGALLERY OF PAST EVENTS:
ROMA
June 07th – Officine Occupate ex-RSI – Rome
DRAFTSMEN’S FEST #5 – Second Draftsmen’s Congress
MILANO
March 28th – Istituto Svizzero – Milan
DRAFTSMEN’S FEST #1 – GIORGIO DI SALVO feat. PRIMITIVE ART
April 19th – Istituto Svizzero – Milan
DRAFTSMEN’S FEST #2 – LORENZO BERNET feat. JAN VORISEK
May 3rd – Istituto Svizzero – Milan
DRAFTSMEN’S FEST #3 – I’M HOT by DENNIS TYFUS vs CANEDICODA
May 22nd – Istituto Svizzero – Milan
DRAFTSMEN’S FEST #4 – LINUS BILL & ADRIEN HORNI feat. LORENZO SENNI
All photos by Piotr Niepsuj
Curated by:
Francesco de Figueiredo: is the Art Director of Nero, a magazine of contemporary culture and a publishing house specializing in artists’ books, of which he is co-founder. With Valerio Mattioli, he is part of the music project “Heroin in Tahiti,” begun in Rome in 2010.
Massimiliano Bomba: is an artist who works with video and installation. In 2006 he founded RAWRAW Edizioni, a publishing project for contemporary art. Since 2009, together with Francesco de Figueiredo and Valerio Mattioli, he has worked on the graphics and production of Rainforest, a music project and series of artists’ publications, which began in Rome in 2008. He lives and works in Milan and Rome.
Media partner: NERO