Rising Love
via delle Conce 14
18 - 28 February
Opening 18 Feb at 9 pm
From February 18 to 28, Circolo Arci "Rising Love" in Rome will host "EikonprOJeKt" a collective project of putting sacred art on the streets, based on the street art installations “EIKONtheSTREET”. “EIKONtheSTREET” was born from the collaboration between two Roman street artists (Omino71 e Mr.Klevra), who reinterpreted traditional Byzantine iconography with a twist of "street art" and "neo pop" through different installations on the street (stickers, posters, murals). From this original idea, which at the moment can be seen in different installations in Italy and abroad, and thanks to the contribution of American photographer Jessica Stewart, EikonprOJeKt was created. This project takes the urban installations of Omino71 and Mr. Klevra and integrates them with the photography of Jessica Stewart, creating a continual, never-ending cycle of street art. The urban installations of poster art are photographed, the photographs are subsequently transformed into new posters depicting the original installation in its specific urban context, and these posters are then reinstalled out into the street, where they are then photographed again, ready to become posters in this creative cycle which transcends the territorials limits of street art, the traditional relationship between photography and street art, and the traditional use of Byzantine iconography.
A mix of original paintings and paintings created from photographs will be on display at Rising Love to show the various phases to the creative process, from the original designs, to the installation, to the photography. The process display how a courtyard in Garbatella can kind a home in a corner of the Monti neighborhood, which is then ready to be installed under a bridge in Testaccio, or a piazza in Teheran, maybe even a gallery in Boston....all without limits. During the opening event, Mr. Klevra and Omino71 will hold a live painting performance where the public will be ask to help them paint one of the posters from the EIKONtheSTREET project. During the course of the evening, photos of the project will be projected inside Rising Love and there will a catalogue, created by Jessica Stewart, presented. eikonprOJeKt at Rising Love follows exhibits in Bracciano in Jan 2010 (DDang Festival) and Tel Aviv in Nov 2010 (REUse Project 3) and is in anticipation of subsequent exhibitions throughout Italy. The exhibition will be broadcast virtually on the pages of LasicaIlSegno.it.
Nessun commento:
Posta un commento