FEEDBACK RELEASE: SURFACES 2018

Events | November 30, 2018 |

FEEDBACK RELEASE: SURFACES 2018
ITSLIQUID International Art and Architecture Festival
THE ROOM Contemporary Art Space | Palazzo Ca’ Zanardi
Venice | May 25 – November 25, 2018

ITSLIQUID GROUP, in collaboration with Venice Events and Ca’ Zanardi, is pleased to reveal the great accomplishment of SURFACES 2018 – ITSLIQUID International Art and Architecture Festival, from May 25 to November 25 2018, in Venice at THE ROOM Contemporary Art Space and at Palazzo Ca’ Zanardi, during the same period of the Biennale Architettura 2018 – 16th International Architecture Exhibition.

SURFACES FESTIVAL 2018, curated by Arch. Luca Curci, consisted of three appointments: BODIES (May 25 – July 12), PLACES (July 26 – September 13), SPACES (September 27 – November 25), during which a vast selection of creatives from more than 40 country presented more than 700 works of painting, photography, installation/sculpture, video art, architecture, design and performance art.

During the Festival an experimental division dedicated to video and performing art has been presented: Venice Architecture Academy, an intensive experience that offered different prospective on the whole world of Architecture. It was composed by the VAAD – Venice Art + Architecture Days, with a rich program of talks, workshops and meetings happened during the opening days and the Summer Architecture Academy, with courses on architectural main themes, from Interior Design to Urban Planning.

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SURFACES FESTIVAL 2018, durign six months, has offered amazing examples of invention and creativity in the artistic and architectural field, revealing an enchanting atmosphere.

The festival focuses on the concept of SURFACES, borders and structures between body, mind and soul, the human identity and the city, the space and the ground. The Festival analyzed the idea of human and urban places, how people live them and how they are modified in contemporary society. Every human being lives in a world in which surfaces shape their attitudes and behaviors, limiting freedom and creating a sense of alienation. The man reacts breaking the limits and finding a new way of life. We imagine a world of “liquid bodies and cities”, where differences create new possibilities, developing new structures, physical, intellectual and spiritual. The festival aimed to analyze the relationship between body and space, and the hybridization between identities and cultural/physical/social/urban settings in contemporary time.

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SURFACES FESTIVAL 2018 started with BODIES: the openings took place on May 25 at Palazzo Ca’ Zanardi and on May 26 at THE ROOM Contemporary Art Space. The BODIES structure is a research about the human physical identity, conceived not only as a material organic system, but also as an evolving organism with peculiar sensations, feelings and characteristics, in constant connection with other bodies and spaces. The human body connects us to the world.

FEATURED ARCHITECTS
Kimmel Eshkolot Architects . Israel

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The second appointment of SURFACES FESTIVAL 2018, PLACES, opened to the public on July 26 at Palazzo Ca’ Zanardi and on July 27 at THE ROOM Contemporary Art Space. PLACES are connected to the concept of time, memories, borders and disorders. Places are tangible and finite unit of space. We can experience places through body or senses. This division of the festival invites artists and architects to explore new grounds, searching a new vision of contemporary places, related to new human behaviors, city transformations and everyday life needs.

PALAZZO CA’ ZANARDI
SOLO EXHIBITION Rudolf Leitner Gründberg . Austria curated by Marilena Streit-Bianchi

SELECTED ARCHITECTS
Dominika J Rostocka . Poland | LINK Landskap . Norway

THE ROOM Contemporary Art Space
SELECTED ARCHITECTS
Arkkitehdit Casagrande Oy . Finland | Heikki Kaikkonen . Finland | Kimmel Eshkolot Architects . Israel | Lahdelma & Mahlamäki Architects . Finland | TEZ Architekci . Poland

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The openings of SPACES, the last appointment of SURFACES FESTIVAL 2018, took place on September 27 at Palazzo Ca’ Zanardi and on September 28 at THE ROOM Contemporary Art Space. SPACES are abstract, infinite and conceptual. Are associated with a sense of freedom and infinite extension. Primarily experienced with the mind, spaces redefining their limits and borders, transforming surfaces in open flow of pure ideas.

PALAZZO CA’ ZANARDI
SELECTED ARCHITECTS
Letizia Artioli & Olimpia Starzycka . Italy/Poland | Katharina Koeglberger with SPLITTERWERK . Austria

THE ROOM Contemporary Art Space
SELECTED ARCHITECTS
FADS (Ryumei Fujiki & Yukiko Sato) . Japan | Kimmel Eshkolot Architects . Israel | Peter Kuczia . Germany

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ABOUT US
ITSLIQUID is a web based information platform, founded in 2001 by Luca Curci, dedicated to world wide distribution of information about calls for entries, exhibitions and events at some of the world’s leading art galleries, museums and foundations selected. ITSLIQUID has already built a readership of more than 250.000 qualified subscribers. Among them architects, designers, artists, collectors, art critics, curators, dealers, and other personalities of the International art, architecture and design world. It provides advertising services, press office services for events and projects, articles and specials published on the website, media partnerships services. ITSLIQUID is the official press office of Contini Art Galleries in Cortina, Venice and London.

During the last 20 years, ITSLIQUID Group has became a cultural hub between creatives, exhibition spaces and art lovers. Among our international partners, Art Now Fair, Art Vancouver, Design Tokyo, INDEX Qatar, INDEX Saudi, The Big 5 Construct Dubai, The Big 5 Construct Qatar, Photo LA Los Angeles and international magazines like Art Style. ITSLIQUID Group supports some of the most important no-profit organizations, like UNFCCC – United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, SSCS – Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, One Tree Planted, The Ocean CleanUp and Plastic Oceans, with the goal to increase public awareness about environmental issues. Click here to find out more.

ITSLIQUID GROUP includes a section dedicated to the organization of international art events, managing exhibitions of painting, photography, video art, installation and performance; it organizes solo and collective shows, art residencies and international contests. Its object is to use new technologies to globalize the language of art, to connect artists working in every part of the world.

ITSLIQUID Group manages a variety of art spaces all over the world; among them THE ROOM Contemporary Art Space in the heart of San Marco Square in Venice and different historical buildings, THE LINE Contemporary Art Space in the London city center and other different partners worldwide. Since its beginning, the group has organized more than 250 events all around the world, involving more than 5.000 artists, in more than 60 international venues in Italy, USA, Canada, UK, Spain, France, etc. Most of the last events have been realized in museums (CCCB – Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona in Spain, NCCA – National Center for Contemporary Arts in Moscow, etc.), galleries and private foundations.

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OUR LOCATIONS

THE ROOM Contemporary Art Space, located in San Marco square, in the heart of Venice is available to host solo show and group exhibitions of the most talented emerging and established artists, designers and architects selected by our professional team among the numerous show participation requests.

Overlooking the unique San Marco square, THE ROOM Contemporary Art Space presents a rich program of exhibitions, talks, meetings, workshops and courses about art, architecture, design and fashion with architects, designers, artists, collectors, art critics, curators, dealers, and other personalities of the International art, architecture and design world. Being part of our program is an exciting opportunity to improve your network and get new inspirations.

THE ROOM Contemporary Art Space is a fascinating and prestigious venue where our professional team will be at your disposal to assist you, offering a unique exhibition experience, giving you the opportunity to display your artworks in Venice, one of the most suggestive cities in the art world, and broadening your artistic career and exhibition background.

Palazzo Ca’ Zanardi (Cannaregio 4132, Venice) is a residential palace dating back to the 16th century which, over the centuries, has been added on to by various noble Venetian families and is one of the most evocative and beautiful palaces in the city of Venice. Sumptuous and possessing particular charm, Ca’ Zanardi is located in a most peaceful setting and has its own delightful private garden as well as a magnificent terrace full of sun and colours. Ca’ Zanardi is located close to the Ca’ D’Oro, the splendid 15th century gothic palace along the Grand Canal. It is easily reachable by foot, after a two minute walk from the Ca’ D’Oro water bus stop, or by boat using the palazzo’s private pier positioned along the fetching Santa Caterina canal. The refined elegance of the palazzo’s halls and common areas and the delicacy of its original 16th century furnishings create a fascinating setting.

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