little constellation, small states on un-certain stereotypesa documentary
4:3 dvd, pal
103 min. ca.
published by mousse
print run 1000 copies
ediz. english, italian, catalan, french, spanish, russian
subtitle english
price € 15,00
2012
Written and directed by
Rita Canarezza
& Pier Paolo Coro
Excerpted video and sound art works from:
Danil Akimov, Katerina Attalidou, Sigtryggur Berg Sigmarsson, Paradise Consumer Group (Pep Aguareles, Eve Ariza, Helena Guardia, Susana Herrador), Pierre Portelli & Teatrutramm, Quino, Xenia Uranova.
Interviews with:
Leonardo Casadei, Mirjana Dabovic Pejovic, Marco Franciolli, Bruno Garrido Ruiz, Adrian Grima, Enrico Lunghi, Friedemann Malsch, Georgina Portelli, Agnès Roux, Halldór Björn Runólfsson, Gino Sanguinetti, Marcelle Teuma, Carme Tinturè, Yiannis Toumazis, Josep Maria Ubach Bernada, Evgeny Umansky, Claire Zerafa
Curators:
Roberto Daolio, Alessandro Castiglioni
Video shooting
and editing: Pier Paolo Coro
Narrator’s voice: Rita Canarezza
Original Music: Johnny Kratong
Executive project:
NUA
New Contemporary Arts and Research, Republic of San Marino
Supported by:
Social and Cultural Activities Office, Republic of San Marino
Sponsor: San Marino Foundation - Cassa di Risparmio di San Marino S.U.M.S.;
Ente Cassa di Faetano - Fondazione della Banca di San Marino Spa
Graphic Design:
Studio Mousse
How is the practice of making art experience today in certain geocultural micro-areas and small States of Europe?
The story of a journey through art - and the world inhabited by artists - of a constellation of small States in Europe, travelling to:
Andorra, Cyprus, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, San Marino, Canton Ticino (CH), Ceuta (E), Gibraltar (UK), Kaliningrad (RUS)
Traks:
Introduction
excerpt from video
Gibraltar, Winston Churchill Avenue
by Rita Canarezza
& Pier Paolo Coro
December 2009
Looking for Artists
Andorra
interview with
Carme Tinturè
Escola d’Art la Llacuna
Joseph Maria Ubach
Cultural Service Department
January 2005
excerpt from video
The Paradise Consumer
by Paradise Consumer Group
(Pep Aguareles, Eve Ariza, Helena Guardia, Susana Herrador)
November 2005
A forum for
contemporary art
Luxembourg
interview with
Enrico Lunghi
Casino Luxembourg – Forum d’Art Contemporain
February 2005
Distance
Liechtenstein
interview with
Friedemann Malsch
Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein
February 2005
The old power station
Cyprus
interview with
Yiannis Toumazis
Nicosia Municipal
Arts Center
April 2005
excerpt from video
Psychosia, A Stroll in The City (Nicosia)
by Katerina Attalidou
Nicosia, 2005
A scream out of the north
Iceland
interview with
Halldór Björn Runólfsson
National Gallery of Iceland
August 2008
excerpt from video
The important little man
performance by
Sigtryggur Berg
Sigmarsson
“Piccolo Stato”
Neon Gallery Bologna
May 2009
The Blue Lady
Malta
interview with
Marcelle Teuma & Claire Zerafa, Teatrutramm;
Adrian Grima, Association Inizjamed; Georgina Portelli
August 2005
excerpt from video
The other side
by Pierre Portelli & Teatrutramm, 2005
The role of a Museum
Canton Ticino, Switzerland
interview with
Marco Franciolli
Museo Cantonale d’Arte, Lugano
August 2008
Former embassies, for a new university
Montenegro
interview with
Mirjana Dabovic Pejovic
Atelier Dado Gallery
National Museum, Cetinje
September 2008
Across the border
Ceuta, Spain
Interview with
Bruno Garrido Ruiz
Instituto de Bachillerato Siete Colinas
November 2009
photo series
by Quino
In search of a museum
San Marino
interview with
Leonardo Casadei
Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Director from 1980 to 1984
January 2010
Collective space
Monaco
interview with
Agnès Roux
le Logoscope
January 2005
Kaliningrad / Königsberg and the Kronprinz Tower
Kaliningrad, Russia
interview with
Evgeny Umansky
Kaliningrad Baltic Branch of the National Center
for Contemporary Art
August 2009
photo series
by Xsenia Uranova
from 2007 to 2009
excerpt from the sound-visual installation
Constellation Taurus and Dragon
by Danil Akimov, 2010
The tunnel inside the rock
Gibraltar, United Kingdom
interview with
Gino Sanguinetti
Fine Arts Association Gallery
December 2009
Executive project:
NUA New Contemporary Arts and Research, Republic of San Marino
Supported by:
Social and Cultural Activities Office, Republic of San Marino
Main Sponsors:
San Marino Foundation - Cassa di Risparmio della Repubblica di San Marino S.U.M.S.; Ente Cassa di Faetano - Fondazione della Banca di San Marino Spa
Republic of San Marino
Under the Patronage of the Most Excellent Regency
Secretariat of State for Foreign and Political Af¬fairs, Telecommunications and Transport
Secretariat of State for Education and Culture, University and Youth Policies
Secretariat of State for Sport and Tourism, Economic Planning and Relations with the A.A.S.S
Social and Cultural Activi¬ties Office
University of San Marino
San Marino National Com¬mittee for UNESCO
San Marino Foundation - Cassa di Risparmio della Repubblica di San Marino S.U.M.S.
Ente Cassa di Faetano - Fondazione della Banca di San Marino Spa
Thanks to the cultural partners of the Little Constellation network
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iceland; Ministry of Culture of Iceland; Ministry of Culture of Grand Duchy of Luxembourg; Ministry of Education and Culture of Republic of Cyprus; Ministry Foreign Affairs, Justice and Cultural Affairs of Liechtenstein; Under Secretary of State for Tourism, the Enviroment and Culture, Republic of Malta; Ministry for Culture, Republic of Montenegro; Ministry of Culture of the Principality of Andorra; Ministry of the Interior of the Principality of Monaco; Department of Education, Culture and Sports, Can¬ton Ticino (CH); Ministry of Culture of Gibraltar (UK); Ministry of Culture of the Kaliningrad Region (RUS); Direzion Provincial de Educacion Ceuta (E).
FOCUNA, National Cultu¬ral Fund of Luxembourg, MUDAM Luxembourg, Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean; Casino Luxembourg - Forum d’Art Contemporain; Cultural Affair Office of Iceland; National Gallery of Iceland; CIA.IS Centre for Icelandic Arts; NYLO Living Art Museum; SIM Residency, Iceland; Cultural Services, Cyprus; Nicosia Municipal Arts Centre, Cyprus; Kunstmu¬seum Liechtenstein; Kulturstiftung Liechten¬stein; BBKL Liechten¬stein; Malta Council for Culture and the Arts; Malta Contemporary Art; Ateljer Dado, National Museum of Montenegro, Cetinje; Mon¬tenegrin National Theater; Centre for Contempora¬ry Art, Podgorica; Fine Arts Association Gallery Gibraltar; Radio Gibraltar Broadcasting Corporation; Department of Culture of the Kaliningrad Regional Government; Kaliningrad Baltic Branch of The National Centre for Con¬temporary Arts; Museo Cantonale d’Arte, Lugano; La Rada, Locarno; Instituto De Bachillerato Siete Coli¬nas; Casa de la Juventud, Ceuta; El Faro de Ceuta; Serveis Culturals Andorra; Escola d’Art la Llacuna, Andorra La Vella, Andorra; le Logoscope, Monaco.
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