Visions
Visions
We immersed ourselves in the world of architecture by asking artists and creative talents from the contemporary scene to dialogue with marble, terracotta, marble grit, bucchero and decorative systems.
The result is Visions, an experimental journey around the matter and creative and performance art.
We immersed ourselves in the world of architecture by asking artists and creative talents from the contemporary scene to dialogue with marble, terracotta, marble grit, bucchero and decorative systems.
The result is Visions, an experimental journey around the matter and creative and performance art.
Visions was born as experimental project aimed at making traditional materials “explode” at the service of architecture, bringing to light their tormented, passionate, dark, and surprising soul, going beyond the usual canons of aesthetics and function. The contamination of languages and techniques generates wonder: a synergy that results in unique artistic initiatives. Every personality involved will have the opportunity to freely interpret a material with a personal look, giving life to works, objects, performances, video art, installations and photographs with their own sensitivity.
Visions is inaugurated by the artists Lucrezia Testa Iannilli, Jessica De Masi and Noemi Gentiluomo: their photographic and video story is inspired by Bucchero and specifically by “NEROETRUSCO”, project aimed at enhancing total black materials of great fascination for architecture and interior design, thanks to the transformative power of black, a monolithic colour shaped in a universe of shades and interpretations.
Visions was born as experimental project aimed at making traditional materials “explode” at the service of architecture, bringing to light their tormented, passionate, dark, and surprising soul, going beyond the usual canons of aesthetics and function. The contamination of languages and techniques generates wonder: a synergy that results in unique artistic initiatives. Every personality involved will have the opportunity to freely interpret a material with a personal look, giving life to works, objects, performances, video art, installations and photographs with their own sensitivity.
Visions is inaugurated by the artists Lucrezia Testa Iannilli, Jessica De Masi and Noemi Gentiluomo: their photographic and video story is inspired by Bucchero and specifically by “NEROETRUSCO”, project aimed at enhancing total black materials of great fascination for architecture and interior design, thanks to the transformative power of black, a monolithic colour shaped in a universe of shades and interpretations.
Bucchero is a particular type of uniformly black ceramic, used by the Etruscan civilization from the 7th century BC. to the first half of the 5th century BC. The particular clay is cooked in the over in the absence of oxygenation, following a magical technique which consists in cooking objects immersed in coal, in a reducing atmosphere, i.e. devoid of oxygen, a condition which allows obtaining pieces with a black colour, which strongly show the essence of the ceramic process.
Result of an experimental vision, the artistic dialogue with Bucchero enhances the ancient savoir-faire while highlighting its contemporary charm.
Going back to the origins of Bucchero, the artists investigate its primordial strength by moving against the background of an evocative labyrinth of bucchero strips. They are inspired by the power of the material having first a vision, then a suggestion and finally an ancestral image: Bucchero, a material symbol of archaism according to the ancient tradition of Etruscan black and the chthonic entities that are revealed up to the present day. Ancient forms thus seem to open future horizons: the material dialogues with the places, while contemporary elements slip into a semi-mythical past, creating passages capable of questioning the classic narrative of interior decoration with works of art as we know it. It is the time of developing a new look and a new and necessary idea of art.
Bucchero is a particular type of uniformly black ceramic, used by the Etruscan civilization from the 7th century BC. to the first half of the 5th century BC. The particular clay is cooked in the over in the absence of oxygenation, following a magical technique which consists in cooking objects immersed in coal, in a reducing atmosphere, i.e. devoid of oxygen, a condition which allows obtaining pieces with a black colour, which strongly show the essence of the ceramic process.
Result of an experimental vision, the artistic dialogue with Bucchero enhances the ancient savoir-faire while highlighting its contemporary charm.
Going back to the origins of Bucchero, the artists investigate its primordial strength by moving against the background of an evocative labyrinth of bucchero strips. They are inspired by the power of the material having first a vision, then a suggestion and finally an ancestral image: Bucchero, a material symbol of archaism according to the ancient tradition of Etruscan black and the chthonic entities that are revealed up to the present day. Ancient forms thus seem to open future horizons: the material dialogues with the places, while contemporary elements slip into a semi-mythical past, creating passages capable of questioning the classic narrative of interior decoration with works of art as we know it. It is the time of developing a new look and a new and necessary idea of art.
“The images created and their origin offer us food for a broader thought on the relationship that links the world of contemporary art with that of design – Lucrezia Testa Iannilli says – The cliché has it that professionals in the sector normally present “objects” of art rather than quality aesthetic and human experiences, relegating works – often significant and with an evocative power – to “decorations” in spaces, while (quality) contemporary art, creates a question and takes action that serves life, that performs a useful function for life and can make these same spaces no longer just beautiful, but real gyms for training and testing the ability to see.”
Visions will continue a rich artistic calendar, from design to contemporary art, through performance and architecture, under the direction of Lucrezia Testa Iannilli. Particular attention will be paid to the research work of international meed career artists, up to the residencies of the under 35s. The goal is to involve the audience of professionals and more with live events and site-specific interactions which could also involve the new Krei showroom in via Montoro in Rome.
Lucrezia Testa Iannilli
She is a photographer and a performer and works with interdisciplinary tools. She defines the processes of her research practices by intervening with installations and performance cycles in de-contextualized spaces, using the human and animal body to create cognitive dissonances. The series of works she investigates are inspired by the reflection on ethical innovation, starting from the observation of the already bionic post-human, which leads the vision to courageously anticipate the times. She is currently carrying out the long-term work “Una Pura Formalità” (A Pure Formality), reiterating the concept of becoming a channel; an evocative and transversal investigation of the weaknesses and critical issues of the artistic sector, especially with regards to the relational sphere, the poetics of recommendation and the concept of meta-mythology associated with post-human bureaucracy.
Visions will continue a rich artistic calendar, from design to contemporary art, through performance and architecture, under the direction of Lucrezia Testa Iannilli. Particular attention will be paid to the research work of international meed career artists, up to the residencies of the under 35s. The goal is to involve the audience of professionals and more with live events and site-specific interactions which could also involve the new Krei showroom in via Montoro in Rome.
Lucrezia Testa Iannilli
She is a photographer and a performer and works with interdisciplinary tools. She defines the processes of her research practices by intervening with installations and performance cycles in de-contextualized spaces, using the human and animal body to create cognitive dissonances. The series of works she investigates are inspired by the reflection on ethical innovation, starting from the observation of the already bionic post-human, which leads the vision to courageously anticipate the times. She is currently carrying out the long-term work “Una Pura Formalità” (A Pure Formality), reiterating the concept of becoming a channel; an evocative and transversal investigation of the weaknesses and critical issues of the artistic sector, especially with regards to the relational sphere, the poetics of recommendation and the concept of meta-mythology associated with post-human bureaucracy.
