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Morehshin Allahyari- Material Speculation: ISIS at Link Cabinet
The Link Art Center is proud to present Material Speculation: ISIS, a project by Morehshin Allahyari. The show will be online at Link Cabinet from December 2, 2016 to February 5, 2017. Morehshin Allahyari uses 3D printing technology as a tool for alternative artifact archiving, as well as a means of political resistance and documentation. In her series Material Speculation: ISIS she reconstructs selected artifacts of historical value that were destroyed by ISIS in 2015. After collecting and researching vast numbers of images and documents of the destroyed objects, she is able to recreate and print a 3D model of the artifact. (more…)Giovanni Fredi: Untitled at Link Cabinet
The Link Art Center is proud to present Untitled, a new work by Giovanni Fredi. The show will be online at Link Cabinet from October 22 to November 19, 2016. On the occasion of the exhibition at Link Cabinet, Giovanni Fredi presents a new iteration of To my deacesed, a series of works that already includes some video and web-based artworks. The project is inspired by the Qingming Festival, a traditional event in China to remember and honour the ancestors. During this event people use to burn joss papers, paper replicas of different kind of objects as offerings to be enjoyed by the deceased during their afterlife. More recently joss paper include paper currency, credit cards replicas, cars, luxury objects, smartphones and digital devices in general. (more…)Giovanni Fredi: Untitled a Link Cabinet
Il Link Art Center è lieto di presentare Untitled, un'opera inedita di Giovanni Fredi. La mostra sarà online su Link Cabinet dal 22 ottobre al 19 novembre 2016. In occasione della mostra a Link Cabinet, Giovanni Fredi presenta un nuovo capitolo di To my deacesed, serie che si compone già di alcuni video e opere web-based. Il progetto nasce da una libera rielaborazione del Quingming Festival, una festività tradizionale cinese dedicata alla commemorazione dei defunti. L'usanza vuole che come offerta rituale vengano bruciati i cosiddetti joss paper, riproduzioni in carta di oggetti e beni di vario genere, in modo che questi doni possano allietare i propri avi. Più recentemente è stata adottata la pratica di bruciare riproduzioni di banconote, carte di credito, automobili, smartphone e strumenti tecnologici. (more…)
