There are Loves without Paradis
From May 7th to 12th, Piazza Libertà, Udine Festival Vicino/Lontano | Premio Terzani
Narrative journalism – from Matilde Serao in “The Belly of Naples” to Truman Capote and his “In Cold Blood” – delves into crimes that stem from personal relationships, from evil that leaves its mark on the lives of ordinary people. Often without a recognizable face. Almost always just a mention in a crime headline.
So it was long considered for the crime of passion, as it was commonly called. An oxymoron, clear today: the honesty of words is the fertile yeast of every relationship… words are seeds, yeast, poison, virus. That’s why it’s important today to say FEMICIDE, killed for the reason of her gender, nothing else, to ferment the future relationships. Knowing it’s just the beginning of a journey.
In addition to using honest words, giving a face to the victims of patriarchal violence is a moral obligation for the artist Costantini, an activist and defender of broad spectrum human rights, who does not forget the oldest violence (as old as the “oldest profession in the world”).
This atlas of faces creates an emotional geography, and this time yes, passionate, participatory, allowing us to re-member (literally bring to the heart) the smile, the gaze, the lines that make up these islands of interrupted life.
It is also an attempt to build collective memory, to prompt awareness, a political act that in its scenic, helical and circular presentation, aims to compel the visitor to linger and to be enveloped, knowing that the temporality of the installation makes this experience “temporary”, eliminating the possibility of becoming a monument. Thus, one enters a “nonument” to use a neologism by Gordon Matta-Clark. (Elettra Stamboulis)
There is a need to remember, but there is no antidote to forgetfulness.
Gianluca Costantini and the Albicocco Printing House
It is with great satisfaction that I announce the beginning of a collaboration with the prestigious Albicocco Printing House. During the recent Vicino/Lontano Festival in Udine, I had the privilege of working together with Albicocco Printing House on the creation of a print dedicated to Giulia Cecchettin. This work, the result of a masterfully executed artisanal process, was crafted using the techniques of etching and aquatint, employing two distinctive matrices.
Corrado Albicocco and Federico Santini, represents a landmark in the landscape of intaglio art printing. Over the years, this renowned printing house has had the honor of collaborating with a wide range of internationally acclaimed artists, including illustrious names such as Giuseppe Zigaina, Giuseppe Santomaso, Emilio Vedova, Jiri Kolar, and Piero Dorazio.
In 1994, Corrado Albicocco decided to embark on a new path by founding the Albicocco Art Printing House, still located in the city of Udine. This moment marked the beginning of an era of fervent collaboration with a new generation of talented artists, who brought new vigor and vitality to the world of graphic arts. Artists from workshops in Milan and Rome, as well as representatives of various schools and artistic styles, found in Albicocco a valuable ally to express their creativity.
Among the names that have enriched the repertoire of the printing house, we can mention Giovanni Frangi, Marco Petrus, Luca Pignatelli, Velasco, Piero Pizzi Cannella, Marco Tirelli, Bruno Ceccobelli, Nunzio, Stefano Di Stasio, Klaus Karl Mehrkens, and Matteo Massagrande. Not only that, but the Albicocco Printing House has also had the honor of collaborating with Carla Accardi, Kengiro Azuma, Gianfranco Ferroni, Mersad Berber, Sandro Chia, Peter Halley, Irwin, Zivko Ira Marušič, Vettor Pisani, Ercole Pignatelli, Giancarlo Vitali, David Tremlett, and Albert Merz.
This collaboration with the Albicocco Printing House represents for me an extraordinary opportunity to explore new expressive forms and to contribute to the rich artistic and cultural heritage that characterizes the city of Udine and beyond. I am grateful for this opportunity and I look forward to sharing the results of this collaboration with the public.
Photo by Luca D'Agostino
Love, do not want.
Wet, do not dry.
Here lies the secret of things.
Tiziano Terzani
Thanks to the entire staff of the Vicino/Lontano Festival, especially Paola Colombo and Alberto Cervesato.