Born in Palermo, Simona is 26 year old. Her training is heterogeneous and transversal her approach to the project. She worked as a product, footwear and fashion designer. She started her training in Palermo where obtained her bachelor degrees in industrial design. Her first approach to the fashion design world is a Polo Ralph Lauren project,… Continua a leggere Simona La Torre. The daily show
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La Claque
La Claque is a collective of four young design from Sicily – Alessandro Arena, Maura Messina, Fabrizia Parisi e Salvatore Portella – that deals involved in with design, graphics and communication with a focus in offering suggesting contemporary style, making thus promoter promoting a taste of a trend dictated by the analysis of different realities… Continua a leggere La Claque
d/storto design project
d/storto is a group of four Sicilian designers: Gaetano Crivello, Vincenzo di Stefano, Daniele Grande e Paolo Zaami. The mission is to become an active subject promoting design through the introduction of innovative processes into local craftsmanships. d/storto works on two parallel project lines: one answers to external requests (e.g. local authorities, cultural organizations, private… Continua a leggere d/storto design project
Manuela Bentivegna. Autisme
Manuela was born in Palermo 26 years ago. Once adult she went to Rome where she worked and, at the same time, got her bachelor degree in Industrial Design at La Sapienza University of Rome. This experience improved her capacity to interact with people of different backgrounf, and power of her ideas. Between Rome and… Continua a leggere Manuela Bentivegna. Autisme
Laura Bagnera. Auxiliary mimesis
Laura Bagnera (1987) was born and raised in Palermo. After high school, she decides to attend a course in Industrial Design in Palermo. At 22 years old she moved to Milan to attend a course for a Master’s degree in industrial design at the Politecnico while cultivating an interest in illustration. In 2012 she finishes her studies… Continua a leggere Laura Bagnera. Auxiliary mimesis
Vittorio Venezia. un/coordinated
Vittorio Venezia is a product designer. He graduated in Architecture at the University of Palermo in 2005. He has devoted himself to the design products since 2004, after winning the Bombay Sapphire Martini Collection Award. In 2006, his final university paper won the Lucky Strike Junior Award. In 2007 he moved to Milan and started… Continua a leggere Vittorio Venezia. un/coordinated
Young Sicilian design
[catlist name=young-sicilian-design numberposts=-1] This section presents an overview of the youngest generation of Sicilian designers. These designers, who share the same origin and the same interest in the world, work all around Italy and Europe, dealing with social, interaction, visual and fashion design. It’s a generation experiencing a phenomenon occurring for years, that is to… Continua a leggere Young Sicilian design
The current art scene in Sicily
How would you describe the creative identity of Sicilian art? Flexible, open, independent, free of local and provincial restrictions. Through its artists, Sicily nowadays confirms its role of primary importance in the world of contemporary art, thanks to an altogether new ability compared to the past to promote itself and gain a reputation, to frequently migrate to the centre of the action, to take up new challenges and arouse curiosity and interest. Artistic currents and forms of expression mingle and continuously blend, displaying an inquisitive spirit and designer orientation, often shared as part of a creative teamwork approach. From Palermo to Scicli, many young artists have devised no-profit platforms to exchange feedback, productive cells open to both local and international art, often acting as springboards for fruitful endeavours on the territory and innovative outreaches to the wider audience. So everything is OK, then? No, obviously not. The art system is still quite fragile. The result is a Sicily full of life but yet unable to manifest itself, promote art and grow.L’identità creativa dell’arte siciliana? Flessibile, aperta, autonoma, slegata da connotazioni localistiche e provinciali. La Sicilia, con i suoi artisti, conferma oggi un ruolo di primo piano nel mondo dell’arte contemporanea, grazie alla capacità tutta nuova, rispetto al passato, di farsi conoscere e apprezzare, di spostarsi frequentemente verso i centri attivi nel sistema, di mettersi in gioco e smuovere curiosità e interesse. Correnti e linguaggi si intrecciano e si fondono di continuo, mostrando curiosità e volontà progettuale, spesso condivise in una modalità creativa di gruppo. Da Palermo a Scicli, molti giovani artisti hanno creato spazi di confronto no-profit, cellule produttive aperte tanto alla produzione locale quanto internazionale, facendosi spesso volani di feconde azioni sul territorio e innovative aperture al pubblico. Tutto Bene? Ovviamente no. Il sistema dell’arte è ancora estremamente fragile. Il risultato è una Sicilia vivacissima ma incapace di mostrarsi, promuovere e crescere.
Maria Giuseppina Grasso Cannizzo. Architecture
Maria Giuseppina Grasso Cannizzo, a Sicilian born in Vittoria, receives the Gold Medal for Lifetime Achievement at the Triennale di Milano. A life in the Sicily of the carob, the Western borderline of the Iblea area where boundaries between lands are marked by low, dry stonewalls. She grew professionally in Turin in the 80’s, working alongside Mario Merz, Alighiero Boetti, Pierpaolo Calzolari and other among the most innovative artists of the international scene. Recently tributed one of the most prestigious career awards for an architect and hasting to move on to the next designer project.Maria Giuseppina Grasso Cannizzo, siciliana nativa a Vittoria, nel settembre 2012, durante la Triennale di Milano, riceve la Medaglia d’Oro alla Carriera. Una vita nella Sicilia del carrubbo, al limite occidentale dell’area iblea dove i confini tra terre vengono segnati da bassi muri di pietra a secco. Cresciuta professionalmente nella Torino degli anni 80, accanto Mario Merz, Alighiero Boetti, Pierpaolo Calzolari e altri artisti tra i più innovativi della scena internazionale. Ricevere uno dei riconoscimenti più prestigiosi per la carriera di un architetto e pensare alla prossima opera da progettare
Photographers from a multifaceted island
This text proposes once more the introductory essay of the catalogue for the exhibition ‘ The new school of Sicilian photography’, promoted by the Foundation Credito Valtellinese in 2011 and curated by Giovanni Chiaramonte, internationally renowned photographer, author of Sicilian origins but of European tradition and Professor at the Faculty of Architecture of Palermo. The ‘school’ refers to the figures and the work of three Sicilian photographers – Carmelo Bongiorno, Carmelo Nicosia, Sandro Scalia – belonging to the generation of authors who were born in Sicily between 1950 and 1960 and who work on the island. The three cover teaching roles at the Academies of Fine Arts in Catania (Bongiorno and Nicosia) and Palermo (Scalia) and they are, literally, the ‘leaders’ in a discipline with strong technical vocation but also visionary poetic accents.Questo testo ripropone il saggio introduttivo del catalogo della mostra “La nuova scuola di fotografia siciliana”, promossa dalla Fondazione Credito Valtellinese nel 2011 e curata da Giovanni Chiaramonte, autore di origini siciliane ma di tradizione europea e docente presso la Facoltà di Architettura di Palermo. La “Scuola” fa riferimento alle figure e al lavoro di tre fotografi siciliani – Carmelo Bongiorno, Carmelo Nicosia, Sandro Scalia – appartenenti alla generazione di autori nati in Sicilia fra il 1950 e il 1960, e operanti nell’isola. I tre ricoprono ruoli di docenza presso le accademie di Belle Arti di Catania (Bongiorno e Nicosia) e Palermo (Scalia) e sono per questo, letteralmente, dei “capiscuola” in una disciplina a forte vocazione tecnica ma dagli spiccati accenti poetici.
