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PICCOLE INVASIONI MALTHUSIANE @ Villa Croce

Curated by Ilaria Bonacossa and Marco Scotini with Anna Lovecchio
Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Villa Croce, Genova in collaboration with PAV – Parco Arte Vivente, Torino
22.04 — 12.06 2016

Villa Croce presents Little Malthusian Invasions, a solo show of Marguerite Kahrl that features two bodies of work by the American artist: the ongoing Noble Savages series of drawings, sculptures and videos in addition to a selection of relational objects from Con MOI, a collaborative project developed in the area of the former Olympic village in Turin.

Opening April 21, 6 pm with performance ‘On nature of matter’ by Marguerite Kahrl and Giuseppe Gavazza

Opening the exhibition Small Malthusian Invasions with a performance, Kahrl and Gavazza take the opportunity to share their artistic collaboration, including sound for the video installation Malthusian Matter, “the ecology of little invasions” and the videos related to the project Con MOI.

They invite viewers to experience a live time-lapse, installing and animating a short laboratory that is more of an open studio than a theater stage. Marguerite will produce one of her Noble Savages made of hemp fabrics while Giuseppe will realize, in parallel, some of the sound objects/musical instruments used for the music of the videos, virtual objects.

Gavazza has created the soundtrack for the videos, and virtual objects with the physical modeling software “Genesis”. An electronic lutherie builds vibrating structures that overlay the physical laws of the real world with the digital world, perceptible through video projection and audio diffusion.

performance “On nature of matter” by Marguerite Kahrl and Giuseppe Gavazza, video by Marco Mion
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Workshop_40/ Wild energies: vento, fuoco e persone in movimento

Led by Marguerite Kahrl and Marjetica Potrč

PAV | PARCO ARTE VIVENTE | Centro sperimentale d’arte contemporanea
Via Giordano Bruno, 31 10134 Torino t/f +39 011 3182235.

Friday, March 20, 3:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m., meeting with contact persons
Saturday, March 21, 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., participatory planning with groups

During a one-year participatory project, Marguerite Kahrl and Marjetica Potrč, working closely with residents, aim to make a new permaculture map of the neighborhood and an on-site project in the neighborhood

In contrast to maps showing urban elements such as spaces, buildings and their function, the new Permaculture map aims to trace how wild energy passes thru the neighborhood, including flows of wind, noise, water, people and plants in this highly transient neighborhood. The Permaculture map aims to build a new understanding of how to achieve a sustainable existence in a neighborhood in constant flux. The PAV neighborhood presents a great opportunity to understand the city in permanent change, and for residents to take action. The map can be used as a tool for residents to interpret the place in a new way, shape participative governance in their neighborhood, while redefining their lives and environment towards sustainable urban existence. Finally, Kahrl and Potrč will design an on-site project together with residents to show the power of the neighborhood and to start the transition to a more resilient community.

In contrast to maps that show urban elements such as public spaces, buildings and their uses, mapping using permaculture methodology aims to trace the natural, wild energy that flows through the area, including wind flows, environmental noise, waterways, people and plants that transit within the neighborhood. The permaculture map that will be created aims to build a new awareness of how to achieve a more sustainable existence in an ever-changing neighborhood. The area in which PAV is located represents a great opportunity to understand the changing city and the actions that its residents can promote. The map can be used by the inhabitants as a tool to interpret the spaces in a new way, to find forms of participatory management of their neighborhood and the possibility to redefine their life and environment in the direction of a sustainable urban existence. Marguerite Kahrl and Marjetica Potrč intend to promote a field project together with residents to show the strength of the neighborhood and initiate a transition towards a resilient community model.

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