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| Artists Archivi Bevilacqua La Masa Foundation In collaboration with the Careof & Viafarini Documentation Centre The express wishes made a century ago on behalf of Felicita Bevilacqua La Masa, founder of the Venetian Foundation bearing her name, included as one of its goals the promotion of young artists. On this principle, the Foundation has launched a collaborative initiative with the Italian association, Careof & Viafarini Documentation Centre, which over the course of the last decade has proven most active on this front. The initiative concerns the archiving and examination of work by young artists and will allow for the flow of data from the Foundation to the Italian Area, a national data bank that can be consulted on-line. The mapping launched by artists active in the TriVeneto area will, in time, allow for the realization of collective exhibitions involving the work of artists included in the archive. Since 1991 Viafarini has been active as a non-profit association for the promotion of contemporary art. It runs an exhibition space and a documentation centre. The exhibition programme focuses on the presentation of site-specific projects by artists working at international level, as for example Martin Creed, Mona Hatoum, Asta Gröting, Jimmie Durham, Vito Acconci, Rosemarie Trockel, Tobias Rehberger, Maja Bajevic, Marina Abramovic, Mathilde ter Heijne, Katharina Grosse, Nic Hess and Federico Herrero. Furthermore, it organises initiatives to promote current art research of young artists in Italy, with no commercial purpose, featuring artists selected from the Careof & Viafarini Archive. The programme includes curatorial projects, installations, performances and events, as well as workshops, educational activities, and debates on specific issues. Since 1995 Viafarini collaborates with the association Careof in order to offer to the public specific documentation and information services in the field of contemporary visual arts, such as the Artists Archive, the Library and the database ArtBox, forming the Careof - Viafarini Documentation Centre, also on behalf of the Municipality of Milan (1995-2004). The Artists Archive collects the documentation of works and projects by Italian artists, including texts and images such as biographical material, slides and photos, catalogues, videos, projects, writings, etc., all of which are listed in a database (www.portfolioonline.it). The material of the archive is constantly selected by a curator. The Archive database contains over 9,000 works of circa 480 talented and up-coming artists, and will soon be available on the internet. As a database of selected artists’ works, Italian Area is published online at www.italianarea.it. The Library, specialised in contemporary visual arts, includes about 15.000 volumes and 1nearly 2.000 video tapes (both by artists and documentation videos). The library catalogue can be consulted through the specific database BiblioBit, which is also online at www.bibliobit.it that allows specific researches. The data bank ArtBox, online at www.undo.net/artbox, contains information regarding art organisations and schools in Italy and abroad, as well as stages, residency programmes, competitions, grants, and financial support for specific projects. The Viafarini residency programme intends to develop, in collaboration with other countries, the association's contemporary art activities by organising residency periods in Italy in studios located at the Viafarini gallery in Milan. Viafarini organises and promotes art projects through its press office, fundraising and assistance. Viafarini endeavours to establish collaborations and networks with other art organisations. In order to enrol in the archive, artists must present a portfolio in two copies - one for the use by the Bevilacqua La Masa Foundation archive, the other to be inserted in the Careof Viafarini archive. Portfolios must contain the following: a maximum of 20 slides or photographic material in A4 format; catalogues, video cassettes, texts and any other form of material useful for representing the work, biographical notes and bibliographies; artist’s first and last name, address, telephone number, email address, place and date of birth. It is advisable to update material on a regular basis. Portfolios are viewed upon consignment, or upon delivery if they are sent by mail, in order to verify that all requirements have been met. Portfolios which meet all the requirements will be catalogued via computer and conserved in the Archive. The archive will be periodically examined and sieved by those in charge in order to have a full understanding of the work contained therein and to be able to access eventual invitations for participation in exhibitions. The project coordinator is Marco Ferraris, curator for the Young Artists Archive of the Bevilacqua La Masa Foundation. Since February 2003 he has been present at the Palazzetto Tito seat of the Foundation one afternoon per week to receive and discuss young artists’ documentation. For further information or to make an appointment send an email to archivio@bevilacqualamasa.it , specifying “Archive” in the subject heading. |