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Vertical stripe from Christian Jankowski, Die Jagd, 1992/1997. Plus Markt, Friedensallee 12, Hamburg. VHS-Video, DVD-R (loop), 1' 11''. Courtesy Fondazione Morra Greco, Napoli
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9 Feb Press Release dérèglement des passions
EXHIBIT PRESENTATION dérèglement des passions 10 February – 9 March, 2014 opening 9 February 2014, from 5:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. cantina montone Via Parrelle, 149 IT – 83025 Montoro (AV) www.cantinamontone.com
Published January 27, 2014
Press Officers Pietro Montone Antonella Palladino E-mail Contacts press@cantinamontone.com antonella.palladino@gmail.com
cantina montone is pleased to present dérèglement des passions, curated by Pietro Montone, from 10 February to 9 March, 2014. The title of the exhibit alludes to madness in terms of the “deregulation" of passion based upon the interpretations of Pinel and Esquirol, the founding fathers of psychiatry. Thus, delirium is the result of extreme emotions. Enveloped within a paradox, verging between excess and futility, it represents an attempt to go beyond the limits of what is commonly viewed as logical. Art, like a Stultifera navis, has always embraced madness as the only point of encounter with reality which can restore true knowledge and awareness. A work of art, the result of mental alteration, nurtures thought when it induces people to view themselves and the world from another perspective. Through a painstaking selection of videos presented in succession, the exhibit analyzes the relationship between art and madness. A journey through
“deregulation”, and the strength and fragility of human condition transfigured by the visionary ability of five artists. In a combination of real and fictitious images, Michel Auderʼs My First Pipe of Opium reveals and re-dimensions his obsession with drugs. Claire Fontaine, in I through the demolition of an iPhone, calls attention to working class resistance to technological change. While in 126419, skin is viewed as a subtle barrier between the present and the past: a young man receives the tattoo of an Auschwitz survivor. In Unrealistic Mountaineers, John Wood & Paul Harrison, on the summit of a snow-covered mountain, deride manʼs ambitions to conquer the world. In Die Jagd, Christian Jankowski, armed with a bow and arrow, hunts down products in a supermarket. A visionary combination of nobility and consumerism. Anneè Olofssonʼs Parodiso delves into the issues of time and aging as she boards an old amusement park train, the number of rides she takes are equal to her age.
1. Christian Jankowski, Die Jagd, 1992/1997.
dérèglement des passions will be presented at Museo Laboratorio – Ex Manifattura Tabacchi, Città SantʼAngelo, Pescara, in the months of March-April 2014. For the occasion, cantina montone has produced a limited number of handpainted one T-shirts which can be purchased during the event. Proceeds will be used for the production of the next events. Furthermore, the event will host a Book corner with books and catalogues (art, literature, fiction, etc.) offered at prices discounted as much as 15%. With special thanks to all the artists, Fabio Agovino, Marco Altavilla, Pasquale Cappa, Enzo De Leonibus, Alessia Evangelista, Giangi Fonti, Luigi Giovinazzo, Paola Guadagnino, Antonello Matarazzo, Maurizio Morra Greco, Antonella Palladino, Pro Civis Montoro, Helga Sanità, Mimmo Scognamiglio, Mario e Antonietta Torello, Laura Trisorio, Lucia Trisorio, Alessia Volpe.
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2. Anneè Olofsson, Parodiso, 2004.
NOTES cantina montone / contemporary artistic expressions is a dynamic, experimental project: a multidisciplinary venue aimed at delving into territorĂŽ contemporanei and changing society. Founded in 2012, the initiative is situated in the unpolished space of a small, seventeenth-eighteenth century wine cellar and offers a view on the world of culture: ranging the gamut from visual arts, literature, cinema, photography, poetry and music to... wine.
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