Live Arts Week Explained

Live Arts Week
Location:	Bologna
Organized:	Xing^[1]
Genre:	live arts

Live Arts Week^[2] is a project by Xing, born in 2012 out the fusion of the experiences of the two Bologna festivals (2000>2011):^{[3] [4]} Netmage - International Live Media Festival and F.I.S.Co. - Festival Internazionale sullo Spettacolo Contemporaneo. Live Arts Week takes place in Bologna, Italy, once a year, and it is developed throughout one week in different locations and settings in town.

Mission

Event dedicated to live arts, it hosts a blend of artworks and productions that revolve around the presence, performance and perceptual experience of sounds and visions, with a program of live works (performances, environments, concerts, live media, expanded cinema) presented by important personalities in the international and contemporary research scene. The set-up suggests a citywide event, involving several spaces, organizations and institutions active in the field of contemporary arts in Bologna.

History

Edition 2012

Venues:
Palazzo Re Enzo • Teatro Duse • Spazio Carbonesi • Hotel Palace • Nowhere • Palazzo Pepoli - Museo della Storia di Bologna

Artists:

• Anne Juren (FR-AU)
• Antonia Baehr (DE)
• Blues Control (US)/Laraaji (US)
• Canedicoda(IT)/Mirko Rizzi (IT)
• Christine De Smedt (BE)
• Claudia Castellucci (IT)
• Cristina Rizzo (IT)/Lucia Amara (IT)
• Denis Tyfus (BE)/Vom Grill (BE)
• Floris Vanhoof (BE)
• Hartmut Geerken (DE)
• Hieroglyphic Being (US)
• Jan Ritsema (NL)
• Krõõt Juurak (EE)
• Luca Trevisani (IT)
• Luís Miguel Félix (PT)
• Marino Formenti (IT-AT)
• Orphan Fairytale (BE)
• Ottaven (IT)
• Robert Steijn (NL-AT)
• Salka Ardal Rosengren (SE)
• Saša Asentić (RS)
• Silvia Costa (IT)
• The Claw ((US)
• Yannick Val Gesto (BE)/Roman Hiele (BE)
• (FR/DE)
• (FR)
• (IT)
• Ben Rivers (GB)
• Mattin (ES)

Edition 2013

Venues:
MAMbo - Museo d'Arte Moderna di Bologna • Cinema Lumière • Garage Pincio • Cassero

Artists:

• Alix Eynaudi (FR AU)
• Anne Juren/Marianne Baillot/Alix Eynaudi (FR/AU/BE/PL)
• Daniela Cattivelli (IT)
• Dmitry Paranyushkin (RU-DE)
• Dracula Lewis/Out4Pizza (IT/US)
• Elise Florenty/Marcel Türkowsky (FR/DE)
• Eszter Salamon/Christine De Smedt (DE/BE)
• Mårten Spångberg/Linnea Martinsson (SW)
• Goodiepal (DK)
• Helm (GB)
• Junko (JP)
• Lucio Capece (AR-DE)
• Muna Mussie (IT-BE)
• Nature Theater of Oklahoma (US)
• Pierre Huyghe (FR)
• Riccardo Benassi (IT)
• Rose Kallal/Joe DeNardo(CA/US)
• Sara Manente (IT-BE)
• Sun Araw(US)
• Tony Conrad (US)

Edition 2014

Venues:
MAMbo - Museo d'Arte Moderna di Bologna • Cinema Lumière • Biblioteca Salaborsa

Artists:

• Aki Onda (US-JP)
• Barokthegreat (IT)
• Ben Rivers/Ben Russell (UK/US)
• Ben Vida (US)
• Canedicoda(IT)
• Daniel Löwenbrück (Raionbashi) (DE)
• Dora Garcia (ES)
• Doreen Kutzke (DE)
• Enrico Boccioletti (IT)
• Èlg (FR)
• Gaëlle Boucand (FR)
• Ken Jacobs (US)
• (CH)
• Maria Hassabi (US-CY)
• Mette Edvardsen (NO-BE)
• MSHR (US)
• Neil Beloufa (FR)
• Porter Ricks (Thomas Köner/Andy Mellwig) (DE/DE)
• Rashad Becker (SY-DE)

Edition 2015

Venues:
Ex Ospedale dei Bastardini • MAMbo - Museo d'Arte Moderna di Bologna

Artists:

• Adrian Rew (US)
• Alessandro di Pietro (IT)
• Andrea Magnani (IT)
• Andrew Norman Wilson (US)
• Anne de Vries (NL)
• Anthony Pateras (AT-DE)
• Auto Italia (US/GB)
• Ben Vickers/Holly White (GB/GB)
• Canedicoda (IT)
• Carola Spadoni (IT-DE)
• (FR-IT)
• David Horvitz (US)
• Enrico Boccioletti (IT)
• Francesco Cavaliere (IT-DE)
• Gábor Lázár (HU)
• Harm van den Dorpel (NL)
• Ilja Karilampi (ES-DE)
• Jaakko Pallasvuo (FI-DE)
• Jack Hauser/Satu Herrala/Sabina Holzer/Jeroen Peeters (AT/FI/AT/BE)
• Jennifer Chan (CA)
• Luciano Chessa (IT-US)
• MACON (FR)
• MK/Luca Trevisani/Franco Farinelli/Roberta Mosca/Sigourney Weaver/Lorenzo Bianchi Hoesch (IT)
• Marco Dal Pane (IT)
• Markus Öhrn (SE)
• Martin Kohout (CZ-DE)
• N.M.O. (Morten J Olsen/Rubén Patiño) (NO/ES)
• Ogino Knauss (IT-DE)
• Philip Corner (US)
• Riccardo Benassi (IT-DE)
• Roberto Fassone (IT)
• Salvatore Panu (IT)
• Seth Price (US)
• VA AA LR (Adam Asnan/Vasco Alves/Louie Rice) (GB/PT/GB)
• Valerio Tricoli (IT-DE)
• Vera Mantero & guests (PT)
• Xavier Le Roy (DE/FR)
• Yuri Pattison (IE)
• Z.B. Aids (FR)

Edition 2016

Venue:
MAMbo - Museo d'Arte Moderna di Bologna

Artists:

• Alix Eynaudi
• Duppy Gun
• Florian Hecker
• Invernomuto
• Lamin Fofana
• Florian Hecker
• /* MELK PROD
• Minoru Sato
• Mårten Spångberg
• Primitive Art
• Sara Manente
• Trond Reinholdtsen

Edition 2017

Venues:
Ex GAM • Teatro Comunale di Bologna • Galleria P420 • LOCALEDUE • CAR DRDE • Tripla

Artists:

• Alexandra Bachzetsis (CH)
• Anastasia Ax (SE)/C. Spencer Yeh (TW)
• Antonija Livingstone (CA)/Claudia Hill (DE)
• Ashes Withyman Moore (CA)
• Carlos Casas (ES)
• Coro Alpino RC (IT)
• Costante Biz (IT)
• Cristina Kristal Rizzo (IT)
• Dana Michel (CA)
• Lorenzo Senni (IT)
• Luigi Ontani (IT)
• Margherita Morgantin (IT)/Martina Raponi (IT)
• Maria Hassabi (CY)
• Mattin (ES)/Miguel Prado (ES)
• Mette Edvardsen (NO-BL)
• Nico Vascellari (IT)
• Nicola Ratti (IT)
• Nicolás Lamas (PE)
• Olivier Kosta-Thèfaine (FR)
• Prurient (US)
• Silvia Costa (IT)
• Ulrich Krieger (DE)
• Valerio Tricoli (IT)

Edition 2018

Venues:
Ex GAM • Padiglione Esprit Nouveau • MAMbo - Museo d'Arte Moderna di Bologna • Galleria P420 • LOCALEDUE • CAR DRDE • GALLERIAPIÙ • Tripla • Galleria De' Foscherari

Artists:

• Antonia Baehr/Latifa Laabissi/Nadia Lauro (DE/FR/FR)
• David Wampach (FR)
• Goodiepal & Pals (DK)
• Hannah Sawtell (GB)
• Julian Weber (DE)
• Krõõt Juurak (EE)
• Leandro Nerefuh/Libidiunga Cardoso/Cecilia Lisa Eliceche/Caetano (BR/GA)
• (IT)
• Mark Fell & Drumming (GB/PT)
• Mark Fell & Justin F. Kennedy (GB/US)
• Mark Fell (GB)
• Mette Edvardsen(NL-BE)
• NO-PA PA-ON/Luciano Maggiore/Louie Rice (IT/GB)
• Paolo Bufalini/Filippo Cecconi (IT)
• Rian Treanor (GB)
• Rodrigo Sobarzo de Larraechea (CL-NL)

Edition 2019

Venues:
Galleria P420 • Gelateria Sogni di Ghiaccio • Fontana Parco della Montagnola • Chiesa Evangelica Metodista • Palazzo Volpe • Pinacoteca di Bologna • Palazzo Pezzoli • Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna • Cinema Modernissimo • Ex negozio materiale electrico Priori

Artists:

• Barokthegreat (IT)
• Billy Bultheel (BE-DE)
• Catherine Christer Hennix (SE-DE)
• Doro Bengala (IT)
• Ellen Arkbro (SE)/Marcus Pal (SE)
• Gelateria Sogni di Ghiaccio(Filippo Marzocchi/Mattia Pajè) & friends (Giovanni Rendina, Andrea Magnani, Daniele Guerrini) (IT)
• Marcelo Evelin/Demolition Incorporada (BR)
• Michele Rizzo (IT-NL)
• Simon Vincenzi (GB)
• Sorour Darabi (IR-FR)
• Stine Janvin (NO-DE)

Edition 2020

Venues:
Bologna outdoors • LOCALEDUE • P420 • Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna • Spazio Hera • FMAV Fondazione Modena Arti Visive • Palazzo Vizzani • Teatro Auditorium Manzoni • Ex Chiesa di San Mattia

Artists:

• YEAH YOU (Gustav Thomas and Elvin Brandhi) (GB)

Other invited artists (events cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic):

• (KR)
• Katerina Andreou (GR/FR)
• Mette Edvardsen/Matteo Fargion (NO/BL/GB)
• Riccardo Benassi (IT)
• Onyx Ashanti (USA)
• Graham Lambkin (GB)
• Yasmine Hugonnet (CH)
• Canedicoda (IT)
• Cristina Kristal Rizzo/Charlie Laban Trier (IT/DK/NL)

Edition 2021

Venues:
Lungo Reno Quartiere Barca • Orti Comunali Boschetto

Artists:

• Alessandro Di Pietro
• Alessandro Rilletti
• Alix Eynaudi
• Andrea Dionisi
• Andrea Magnani
• Annamaria Ajmone
• Anne Faucheret
• Attila Faravelli
• Biagio Caravano
• Bianca R. Schroeder
• Canedicoda
• Carolina Fanti
• Caterina Montanari
• Chiara Lucisano
• Christophe Albertijn
• Costanza Candeloro
• Cristina Kristal Rizzo
• Edoardo Ciaralli
• Elena Radice
• Eleonora Luccarini
• Enrico Gilardi
• Enrico Malatesta
• Francesca Duranti
• Francesca Ugolini
• Francesco Cavaliere
• g. olmo stuppia
• Gina Monaco
• Gitte Hendrikx
• Giuseppe Vincent Giampino
• Guillermo De Cabanyes
• Invernomuto
• Isabella Mongelli
• Jacopo Benassi
• Kinkaleri
• Laura Pante
• Lele Marcojanni
• Loredana Tarnovschi
• Lucia Amara
• Marco Mazzoni
• Marcos Simoes
• Margherita Morgantin
• Massimo Conti
• Mattia Paje
• Michele Di Stefano
• Michele Lori
• Michele Rizzo
• Milena Rossignoli
• mk
• Muna Mussie
• Nicola Ratti
• Paolo Bufalini
• Renato Grieco
• Roberta Mosca
• Roberta Pagani
• Sara Manente
• Sebastiano Geronimo
• Standards
• Virginia Genta
• Vittoria Caneva
• Zapruder

See also

• Performing arts
• Performance art
• Sound Art
• Expanded Cinema
• Happening
• Experimental music

Further reading

• Silvia Fanti (Xing). "Cronache", in Zanetti, Uliana (eds) (2023). La performance a Bologna negli anni '70. Bologna. MAMbo – Museo d’Arte Moderna di Bologna.
• Benoit Antille, Michele Fiedler, Andrey Parshikov, Since the beginning it was very simple in Sotto la strada, la spiaggia", Torino, ed.Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, 2012
• Book: luca. Barreca. Andrea. Lissoni. Luca. Lo Pinto. Costanza. Paisan. Terrazze. Artisti, storie, luoghi in Italia negli anni zero . 2014 . Marsilio . 978-88-317-1511-9 . 66,68,69,469,479.
• Acca . Fabio . nuovi cartografi delle arti vive ibridano generi, identità, discipline . Alias . 21 April 2012.

External sources

• Xing Official Website
• Web site: Polisingularity Universe . Nero . 11 April 2013 . 5 May 2019.
• Web site: A thousand platforms . Domus . 2 May 2013 . 5 May 2019.
• Web site: A proposito del Live Arts Week . ATP Diary . 13 April 2013 . 5 May 2019.
• Web site: Paola . Granato . La Forma della Performance . Exibart . 16 April 2018 . 5 May 2019.
• Web site: Tommaso . Gatti . Live arts week Bologna . FLASHART . April 2018 . 5 May 2019.
• Web site: Here it is Elsewhere . Nero . 24 April 2019 . 5 May 2019.

Notes and References

1. http://www.xing.it Xing
2. http://www.liveartsweek.it Live Arts Week
3. Web site: L.A.W. (Live Arts Week) #2014. Utopia della memoria nel presente. Eleonora Felisatti. 9 June 2014. 16 July 2021. 16 July 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210716125507/https://www.doppiozero.com/materiali/ars/law-live-arts-week-2014. dead.
4. Web site: Live Arts Week 2021. Joe Teufel.