Exhibition organized and curated by The School for Curatorial Studies Venice and A plus A Gallery. Inspired by a notable selection of works from the Fondazione Bonotto collection, the show feeds an appetite for candid action and fosters a relation to bodily presence through a composition of pieces by established and emerging artists. Considering themes of desire, taste, digestion, and waste, the exhibition will use an experimental curatorial model to orchestrate an organic exploration of corporal, sociopolitical, and aesthetic hungers.

The exhibition is anchored by historical works from renowned artists including Demosthenes Agrafiotis, Joseph Beuys, Robert Filliou, Juan Hidalgo, Dick Higgins, Arrigo Lora Totino, George Maciunas, Walter Marchetti, and Claes Oldenberg, many of whom were active in the Fluxus movement. Originating in the 1960s, Fluxus was integral to challenging and expanding the definitions of art by breaking away from pre-existing practices. Deriving its name from the Latin word for “flowing” or “fluid,” the movement was driven by artists who craved human connections, actions, and exchanges, and believed deeply that art originates in the belly rather than the brain. Inspired by these intentions, and stemming from early experimental music scores by composer John Cage, Fluxus artists explored notions of democratic inclusion, interactive association, and indeterminacy in art. By uniting the historical Bonotto selections with a global assemblage of contemporary works, this exhibition creates a harmonious meeting of artists across five decades and eleven countries that share a common craving.

The exhibition illustrates a fluid continuity of attitude through a wide range of media. Throughout its run, several site-specific works will be revealed, including an immersive installation by sound artist Christian Skjødt (Denmark), as well as three newly commissioned works: a poetry piece by Barbara Rockman (USA), a performance by Tizian Baldinger (Switzerland), and an interactive installation by Davide Sgambaro (Italy). The exhibition will also feature sound and video works by Christof Migone (Canada), and Pil & Galia Kollectiv (Israel). Photographic work by Kensuke Koike (Japan), and two dynamic objects by Mano Penalva (Brazil) will also be displayed. It will feature a newly commissioned experimental performance by sound artist Graham Dunning (United Kingdom).

September Collective: Aliki Chatziangeli (GR), Cynthia Fusillo (US/ES), Aly Grimes (GB), Colin Groenewald (SA), Sacha Guedj-Cohen (FR), Kerem Güman (TR), Niki Jiang (CN), Bruna Grinsztejn João (BR), Julie Jane Nissen (DK), Salima Otaru (NG), Kenneth Paranada (PH), Alexine Rodenhuis (US/NL), Amanda Shore (CA), Fernanda Thomazi (BR), Stine Slot Tobiasen (DK), Jason van Eyk (CA), Yurun Xia (CN).

About the Fondazione Bonotto: The exhibition will proudly result from a pioneering collaboration between the School for Curatorial Studies Venice and the Fondazione Bonotto based in Molvena, Italy. Established in June 2013, the foundation was created in order to preserve and expose the collection of Luigi Bonotto, an early supporter of the Fluxus movement who has collected numerous testimonies of associated actions and events beginning in the 1970s. The full collection, containing over 12,000 works, acts as an archive of ephemera, and also houses a rich documentation of works of Concrete, Visual and Sound Poetry. Through cultivating this archive, which is fully searchable online at www.fondazionebonotto.org, the foundation aims to develop new ways of relating art with education, business, and contemporary culture on an international scale.

The exhibition is produced with the support of Pixartprinting

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