The contest
The Made in Cloister Foundation, the Big Sky Foundation and the Madre Museum, in partnership with the Aste & Nodi Association, are pleased to announce the new contest entitled L'Arte in gioco. For development, social cohesion and well-being of the urban periphery, intended for Italian artists under 35, edited by Chiara Pirozzi.
The promoters of the contemporary Art Prize of the Foundation "L'Arte in Gioco" (2018) by Visionarea studioFondazione Made in Cloister
The Award intends to entrust art, and its actions, with the task of activating meaningful relationships in a territorial context definable as "urban periphery", in which the social, cultural and ethnic differences represent its complexity and wealth.
The curators of the artist that partecipated to the contest (2018) by Visionarea studioFondazione Made in Cloister
So, in July, the inspections and research that the curators and the invited artists had develop tooke place in the Vicaria district and in the Porta Capuana area of Naples.
The artists that partecipated to the contest (2018) by Visionarea studioFondazione Made in Cloister
The inspections were crucial in order to conceive site-specific and participated projects, able to trigger redevelopment and integration practices, also thanks to the elaboration of workshops.
The theme of the contest
The artists in the competition are called to conceive a project that has as expressive or executive modality that of the game, which can be declined by the artist in full freedom of interpretation. Play, like art, presupposes rules and ethics, is a generator of human relationships and contains a strong dose of freedom. The title of the prize therefore defines "the rules" of a game that, as such, in addition to being a moment of leisure, leads to reflection, learning and analysis. The art involved therefore intends to analyze the role of art in urban regeneration practices: to what extent can art contribute to well-being and social cohesion in difficult contexts? What could be the risks of an incorrect use of the role of art? What approach does the artist have to take in analyzing and dialogue with the neighborhood and its inhabitants?
The winning project: From the Inside by Niccolò De Napoli
The international jury composed by Laurie Anderson, Eliza Bonham Carter and Andrea VilianI, choose From the inside by Niccolò De Napoli as the winning project, curated by Alessandra Troncone.From the Inside interact with Porta Capuana district and the entire city of Naples in a deep and intimate way, creating personal relationships.
From the inside by Niccolò De Napoli, winner of the contemporary art prize "L'Arte in Gioco" (2019) by Danilo DonzelliFondazione Made in Cloister
During his stay in the area of Porta Capuana, Niccolò De Napoli begun a series of conversations with the people of the area, noticing a common sense of untrust, from which he decided to start his work to create new processes of sharing.
From the inside by Niccolò De Napoli, winner of the contemporary art prize "L'Arte in Gioco" (2019) by Danilo DonzelliFondazione Made in Cloister
The artist proposes to start from the inside, from the houses of people that he met; ...
From the inside by Niccolò De Napoli, winner of the contemporary art prize "L'Arte in Gioco" (2019) by Danilo DonzelliFondazione Made in Cloister
he earned the trust of those people and then he entered in their houses proposing them a symbolic enhancement in their everyday life: their old tub for a new one.
From the inside by Niccolò De Napoli, winner of the contemporary art prize "L'Arte in Gioco" (2019) by Danilo DonzelliFondazione Made in Cloister
A small action that trigger a process of trust relations between the artist and the people from the district, a metaphoric action that invites to greater trust toward the outer. In this way the artist finds in the individual wealth and in his familiar unit the ideal starting point for every activity of urban renewal.
The connection with the territory
The relation process started by Niccolò De Napoli is formally translated into a site specific installation that consits in a physical restitution of the exchange. The tubs occupy the exhibit space and are linked each others from an hydraulic plant that allows the water to pass from a tub to another.
Installation view "From the Inside" by Niccolò De Napoli (2019) by Danilo DonzelliFondazione Made in Cloister
During this process the liquid inside the tubs became clean through a purification action that gives the idea of a process that aims to improve itself.
Photo credit: Danilo Donzelli
Video credit: Visionarea studio
