16.05 – 15.06.2024 Address Unknow by Viafarini

The exhibition Address Unknown – Cities, Limits, Boundaries is a group show curated by Giulio Verago (Viafarini). This show gives space to artists from the Archivio Viafarini network, built thanks to its residency program, to construct a reflection on the city, its limits and its boundaries. The first proposal that Viafarini report here includes relational works, videos, photographs, and projects developed in Milan by artists who work between Italy and abroad, researchers who investigate the city and in many cases are part of networks, collectives and independent spaces.

A section is dedicated to the works promoted in Corvetto: Lucrezia Costa, Trentatre’ or three flights of eleven steps, Carlo Galli – Little Italy, Baukje Spaltro – City Sphere Corvetto, Rossana Baroni – The Butterfly Mile, Eleonora Roaro – Corvetto 1954, Lorenzo Montinaro – Edicola Radetzky, Peter Kaergaard – Facsimile;

Among the works developed at the Fabbrica del Vapore: Sonia Arienta Fixed-term urban dances, Rebecca Agnes Whose city?, Eva Macali Gigacollage, Eleonora Roaro CineMi, Francesco Bartoli Milan – Streets, Chiara Ventura / plural, Untitled, 1, 2, 3 Gaia Coals, Lunch break – an invitation to listen, Laurel Hauge Works completed, Jacopo Natoli Atlas Viafarini

Added to this are research on the city conducted by some Italian and international artists: Nabuurs & Van Doorn Zwischenlandschaften 4, Maria Pecchioli Plotting the Urban Body, Fiorella Fontana Il Dio blu, Sasha Marshani Nevermore, Nevertheless, Claudia Sinigaglia Milano/Dubai, Paola Gaggiotti The images who remain, Alberto Venturini Funeral Parties, Matteo Vettorello Environmental decongestion tuner, Alessandra Caccia Vita;

A section of the exhibition is dedicated to recent publications on the theme of participatory and relational art by Giacomo Zaganelli The artist for the community, Wurmkos Going with the roots, Elena Cologni -Practices of care, or cur(v)are, Catherine Barnabé – Memories of space – Espaces de passage, Connecting Cultures The space of relationships, Ministry of Culture – DG Contemporary Creativity Art and public space, Postmediabook Public art Milan.

Intervention by Rappers 16 May 8:30 pm Rap music is the voice of young people in the neighbourhood, interpreting their stories, experiences and desires. During the opening, the young people will perform some tracks from their new album N.I.E.N.T.E. This album was created during the “Up to You” rap writing workshop, led by rapper Kiave with the support of Gigi Tufariello, thanks to the commitment of the Formattart Association that has been offering artistic projects to young people for years, particularly in the Corvetto district, and in the Milan area. As a visual artist, I share my stage with local artists, and in Corvetto in particular I have been fascinated by the energy of young rappers. The poetry of rap music inspires and confronts. This presentation will create a dialogue between my work and their songs about the potential of the Corvetto neighbourhood.

More info Viafarini

opening 16.05.2024 from 6 pm + intervention by rappers at 8:30 pm