Esercizi di rivoluzione (Exercises in Revolution)
curated by MAXXI and Nomas Foundation
on the occasion of the exhibition Open Museum Open City (MAXXI, October 24th – November 30th, 2014)
Wednesday, October 29th and Thrusday, October 30th, 2014 from 3.00pm to 7.00pm
Friday October 31st, 2014 from 3.00pm to 9.00pm
MAXXI – National Museum of XXI century arts, via Guido Reni 4A, Rome
Gallery 1,2,3,4, Hall and MAXXI Piazza
Works and performances by:
Nina Beier, The Ticker
Cherimus, Il Gioco dell’Oca di Marco Colombaioni
Ryan Gander, Parallel Cards
Falke Pisano, The Speakers
Anna Scalfi Eghenter, Partout où les circonstances l’exigeront
Valentina Vetturi, La mossa di Ettore
Raphaël Zarka, A Free Ride
Italo Zuffi, Partita a bocce con frutta
The rules of the game, as the players are well aware, are a serious business. Presented as a three-day performative segment of Open Museum Open City, the project includes a series of artists invited to reinvent the meaning of highly popular games such as chess, football, and bocce ball, creating new guidelines and instructions that diverge from the familiar ones. Exercises in Revolution explores the idea of discipline as the rules governing coexistence between different individuals and probes its deeper meaning, trying to move past it. It is an operation aimed at training the body and mind; it is meant to develop critical skills and implement new ways of building relationships, to offer new possibilities of coexistence. Changing the rules of the game, as players are well aware, is a serious move.
To sign up to the performances please contact info@nomasfoundation.com