TAKEOVER CASTELLO DI RIVOLI

A collective mail art project curated by Achille Filipponi exhibited in the bookshop space of Castello di Rivoli.

The project moves on the thematic grid of war understood in every possible sense and involves artists, poets, critics, curators, writers and philosophers from around the world. The exhibition was composed exclusively of faxes received by the fax number +390110200280, that will feed into a collective artist's book published by Paint It Black.

A selection of vinyls from the record label’s archive together with the Korg Electribe MX. A semi-permanent sound installation by Michele Ferrari was placed inside the bookshop spaces. An unpublished site-specific audio including field-recordings deriving from a selection of some of the artist’s books of the publishing house Paint It Black.

Periodikum is a biennial publication that presents a new reality by exploring wondrous visions of our inner and outer worlds. Because we believe, what we achieve inwardly will change outer reality. (We didn’t say this . . . Plutarch did). The first issue Six Poetical and Dialogical Strategies acts as an invitation to introspection. In the form of “thought images,” it takes readers on a pop-cultural journey into our most hidden spaces.

A live performance by Murmur and Michele Ferrari, Villa Lontana Records.

Text by Luce Cacciaguerra and Greta Sugar, sound by Michele Ferrari, lights and cushions by Bud Toolkit.

After the performance POETRY ON SOUND, with the intention of leaving a trace, a space for contemplation and listening has been recreated: on the floor are the texts chosen and written by Maria Luce Cacciaguerra and Greta Sugar.

On the wall are the two ‘liquid’ images from the pioneering 1972 releases by Knud Viktor ‘Ambiences • Images’ used in the performance, in the background, a sound carpet that includes musical parts, environmental recordings, and sensory sounds composed by Michele Ferrari.

In the bookshop we've exhibited, changing every two months, a curated selection of artists’ books and printed matter from the Library of Castello di Rivoli to highlight its extraordinary collection, that includes more that 47,000 titles.