Pigeons on film

Caro Giacomo 2012

The week in Perdaxius flew by so quickly. It turned out to be a wonderful experience for me, getting to know artists, making friends and eating well in the country side. I also had a chance to experience the creativity and enthusiasm of children, hear a launeddas and paint for the sheer joy of it. It turned out to be an improvisational woodwork workshop. Thanks to Cherimus and the artists Yassine Balbzioui, Derek Maria Francesco Di Fabio, Michele Gabriele, Andrea Rossi  and Matteo Rubbi.Also Carlo Spiga and  Beatrice Bailet who joined us later in the week. See some videos here. Read more on Cherimus site. Here are a few photos and below a video I made for the party we made the last Sunday.

W.J.T Mitchell on Ranciere

I've been watching  a few of these School of Visual Arts lectures, they have a whole variety of them covering wide topics and artists. They are also downloadable on iTunesU. Mitchell has become quite a favourite theorist of mine this year.

Old work: Profile

To see more information on the work Profile also go to my portfolio archive in 2010. 

New work: Assemble

Friends: Carlo Spiga

On Friday 4 February  I took a walk with Carlo Spiga while he was doing his performance Biaxi which was part of the Holiday Island exhibition  held in Berlin. The performance consisted of him walking through the streets of Berlin dressed like a ceremonial bull of  Sardinia, pulling a little cart with a speaker that plays traditional Sardinian music. Every now and then it is interrupted by making an announcement in German about the exhibition.  Biaxi is an old Sardinian word that basically means "to travel with baggage/ with a load". What I loved was how this action of just walking with the music through the city became naturally inter-weaved with the noise and hustle of the city and its people.   Read more about Carlo's work on his blog. Watch a little clip of the performance below.  The video was taken by Danielle Murtas and edited by Carlo. 

Biaxi 04/02/2012 - Berlin 

Quilt making

Cutting squares