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At the Edges of Identity
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At the Edges of Identity:

Contemporary video art from the Han Nefkens Foundation

From 28 September to 24 November 2019

MAC - Museum of Contemporary Art of Lissone

MAC - Museum of Contemporary Art of Lissone

Viale Elisa Ancona, 6, Lissone

Open now from 10:00 to 18:00

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At the Edges of Identity, Contemporary Video Art from the Han Nefkens Foundation presents works that address the theme of intercultural identity. Fifteen artists from different parts of the world - the West, the Americas, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East - offer sociological and cultural considerations from different perspectives, through diverse narrative languages. The works are selected from the collection of the Han Nefkens Foundation in Barcelona and from the Video Art Production Award Fundación Han Nefkens - CAC Quito 2018. The project, conceived and curated by Giacomo Zaza specifically for the MAC in Lissone, was previewed at MUST in Lecce thanks to the support of UBI Banca. "At the Edges of Identity" is an exhibition event that testifies to how contemporary artistic research is involved in the cultural and social debate concerning the conditions of existence in the globalized world. The artists involved present reflections from personal and cultural perspectives sometimes very distant from each other, with dissimilar and varied narrative and expressive strategies. From this survey of video stories emerges the urgency of placing the human being at the center of an investigation that involves processes of identification and belonging, of identifying differences, and recognizing alterity. Being on the edges, as the title of the collective suggests, alludes to that condition of fluidity in which individual definition is realized through relationships of comparison and negotiation with others or the different. The videos on display indicate, from a positivistic perspective, the direction of interculturality as a constructive matrix of the path to human emancipation, a path that is constantly evolving. The theme of the oppression of women in ISIS war territories is addressed with a documentary gaze in the video by Erkan Özgen (Turkey, 1971) "Purple Muslin". Shirin Neshat (Iran, 1957) in "Toobapropone", through the allegory of a tree, proposes the resolution of tensions between men and women through the transcendent and spiritual dimension. Maya Watanabe (Peru, 1983) in the video "Liminal" focuses on the genocides that occurred in Peru, dealing with mourning not only as personal pain but also as an experience of the community. Arash Nassiri (Tehran, 1986) in "Tehran-gelesci" reveals, by surreally superimposing the cities of Tehran and Los Angeles, the urgencies that drive thousands of people to migrate. Also focusing on migratory dynamics are Ramin Haerizadeh (Tehran, 1975), Rokni Haerizadeh (Tehran, 1978), Hesam Rahmanian (Knoxville, 1980) with "From Sea to Dawn". Bárbara Sánchez Barroso (Spain, 1987) in "Paradise" overlays the vocal recordings of a migrant with images of symbolic value: the man is willing to pay with the loss of his own moral certainties in favor of the hope of individual freedom. The theme of freedom is also addressed by Zwelethu Mthethwa (South Africa, 1960) in "Flex" through the metaphor of effort and physicality, while the Soviet communist utopia is the subject of the intimate and biographical video "Disappearance of a Tribe" by Deimantas Narkevičius (Lithuania, 1964). Social issues are the subjects of the works of Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook (Thailand, 1957) "Village Kid Singing," on the condition of HIV in Thailand, and Gabriel Mascaro (Brazil, 1983) "EBB AND FLOW," on physical disability in Brazilian society. An exploration of Latin American video art is proposed through a selection of works from the 2018 edition of the Video Art Production Award Fundación Han Nefkens - CAC Quito 2018. Five artists of Latin American nationality or origin testify to the vitality of this cultural background.
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