HIGHLIGHTS
Florence, November 13 – 17, 2024
Cinema La Compagnia, Palazzo Strozzi, Palazzo Gucci, NYU Florence, Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze
Online until November 26
FREE ADMISSION FOR THOSE UNDER 30
Opening night with the world premiere of Edge of Life (2024), a live performance by John Menick, and the film Ernest Cole: Lost and Found by Oscar-nominated director Raoul Peck (2024), at Cinema La Compagnia, November 13.
The Focus is dedicated to the American artist and filmmaker Garrett Bradley, featuring five works created between 2017 and 2022, at Cinema La Compagnia, November 14 – 15..
Special event Exergue – On Documenta 14 by Dimitris Athiridis (2024), Palazzo Strozzi, La Strozzina, November 13 – 17.
Selected from over 150 applications, 8 artists will be in residency at Lo schermo dell’arte in Florence, from November 13th to 17th. Three of them will receive support for a new work thanks to the VISIO Production Fund (€35,000), realised in collaboration with Center for Contemporary Art Luigi Pecci, Fondazione In Between Art Film, FRAC Bretagne and thanks to the further support of Human Company.
They are: Sarah Brahim (1992, Saudi Arabia), Abdessamad El Montassir (1989, Morocco), Gala Hernández López (1993, Spain), Peng Zuqiang (1992, China), Charmaine Poh (1990, Singapore), Young-jun Tak (1989, South Korea), Philip Ullman (1992, Sweden), Leyla Yenirce (1992, Germany/ Kurdistan).
The streaming channel of Lo schermo dell’arte, dedicated to artist cinema and documentaries on contemporary artists, is now available on MYmovies ONE.
This collection features films that successfully straddle genres, as presented in various editions of the festival, focusing on the use of moving images and urgent contemporary issues.
These films include portraits of famous figures in the art world, rediscovered personalities who are little known or have fallen into oblivion, narratives of well-known or distant events, and stories that introduce us to the thoughts and practices of artists and curators, accompanying us through the process of creation.
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NEWS
Under 30 Audience Award of the 17th Edition of Lo Schermo dell'Arte
The winner of the Under 30 Audience Award is Among the Palms, the Bomb, or: Looking for Reflections in the Toxic Field of Plenty by Lukas Marxt and Vanja Smiljanic. They will receive the limited-edition artist’s book Detour (2023) realized by artist Elena Mazzi.
The film is available to watch until November 24 on Lo Schermo dell’Arte’s channel on MYmovies ONE.
Presentation of the book La Montagna Magica by Micol Roubini
Lo schermo dell’arte is pleased to is pleased to present Micol Roubini La Montagna magica, publication of the project realized for the 11th edition of the Italian Council, on Monday, October 25, 2024, at 6:30 PM at Libreria Brac in Florence.
Gathering a variety of documents, La montagna magica outlines the history of asbestos, a mineral considered miraculous since ancient times and a part of everyday life in the last century, now recognized as lethal, yet still in use in many countries around the world.
Edited by Gabi Scardi, the book includes original contributions by Giovanni Aloi, Francesco Carnevale, Elke Krasny, Gabi Scardi, Riccardo Venturi, Fabrizio Zandonatti.
Available in bookstores, on online stores and on the NERO Editions e-shop.
The book VISIO Moving Images in Europe Since the 2010s has been released
Lo schermo dell’arte is pleased to announce the release of VISIO – Moving Images in Europe since the 2010s, a publication intended to contribute to the international debate on moving images by disseminating the results of over a decade of research and conversations.
Edited by Leonardo Bigazzi, the book brings together visions, experiences and critical interdisciplinary methodologies that have been instrumental in the development of the language of moving images since 2010. New essays and conversations reflect on radical technological and poetic transformations in the works of the generation of digital native artists, adhering to the shared processes developed during the first twelve editions of VISIO – European Programme on Artists’ Moving Images, a research, production and residency project promoted and organized by Lo schermo dell’arte in Florence.
Available in bookstores, on online stores and on the Lenz Press e-shop.