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| Mel Chin, SAFEHOUSE for Operation Paydirt & the Fundred Dollar Bill Project |
Niederlauterbach.- Tonight, Thursday May 9th, 2013 at 6PM, as part of the 80th Anniversary of the prestigious Milan Triennial at the via Alemagna, a discussion will continue with the history of the International Award for Participatory Art with Luigi Benedetti, Director General of the Legislative Assembly of the Emilia-Romagna, Julia Draganović and Claudia Löffelholz, curators of the Award.
In Ready to Jump?, an exhibition curated by LaRete Art Projects for Milan & Beyond. A vision in Movement and presented by Connecting Cultures, the exhibition-event involves artists, architects, urban planners, photographers, scientists, policy makers and performers whom during the whole month of May are proposing new ideas on participation and plurality throughout the city.
Providing an overview of the different ways in which art can contribute to the social betterment of a context, such as new platforms for dialogue create alternative channels to disseminate the improvement of the quality of life through design and implementation of alternative exchanges.
Projects include: Susanne Bosch The Leftover Penny Campaign, Mel Chin Operation Paydirt / Fundred Dollar Bill Project, Massimo Grimaldi Emergency's Paediatric Centre in Port Sudan Supported by MAXXI, Fritz Haeg Edible Estates, Pablo Helguera Ælia Media, Jeanne van Heeswijk Het Blauwe Huis, Public Movement Spring in Warsaw, A Walk through the Ghetto, Tim Rollins and KOS (Kids of Survival) Art and Knowledge Workshop, Jon Rubin Conflict Kitchen, Isola Art Center, The People Speak Who wants to be...?, WochenKlausur Shelter for drug - addicted women, Wooloo New Life Copenhagen.