Post a couple of pictures taken during the spring break

Post a couple of pictures, digital taken during the spring break

Just to remind you my exhibition if you are in ROme

Press Release

Galleria Monty&Company

Via Madonna dei Monti, 69, 00184 Roma

Side By Side

Irmela Heimbacher is pleased to invite you to the opening of the exhibition of Ali Assaf and Serafino Amato on the 19^th of March at 6pm.

This will be the first of a series of four exhibitions, entitled SideBy Side, in which the works of two artists from different background and  nationality will dialogue together.

Ali Assaf - Serafino Amato, 19 March - 4 April 2014

Myriam Laplante - Georgina Spengler, 11 - 29 april 2014

Peter Flaccus - Giuseppe Amalfi, 6 - 16 May 2014

William Pettit - Jochem Schoneveld, 20 - 30 may 2014

“they know, they choose […] each other, to knit together their languages which resonate in different forms, languages which become related.”

Serafino Amato, who has coordinated the series of shows, writes:”...the world of cinema, of art...” thats how they call them, as if they were separate worlds.  Maybe in some cases they really are worlds that turn inscrutably.  In fact, “the finance world” is such a case.  It conditions us while remaining like a comet ready to crash.

The world of art...and I think of a planet with few inhabitants, orbiting in the realm of the human for some, in reality for others, in the metaphysical for others still.  An artist in his lifetime meets and recognizes few others like him and he remembers each one, and if his memory is good he remembers their appearances and their restlessness.  This group of persons, us, we recognize each other for what we are, whether we deal with the human, the real, or travel on the abstract or metaphysical.

Myriam L, Georgina S, Peter F, Jochem S, William P, Ali A, Serafino A, Giuseppe A, inhabit territories where only a feeling of diaspora makes it possible to create new existential plots, this being the only bitter possibility to meet between artists...still.

Born in 1950 in Bassora (Iraq), Ali Assaf lives in Rome from 1974.  He has been showing his work from the end of the seventies in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East.  Artist and organizer of cultural events, his work concentrates such contemporary problems as: identity, immigration, exile,

and reflecting upon the role of the artist.

For this occasion, Assaf will show for the first time in Rome “Narciso”, which was shown at the Venice Biennial in 2011.

Born in 1958, Serafino Amato developed in the field of experimental theater in the eighties and then went on to dedicate himself exclusively to photography.  He has shown in Italy and abroad.  Since 2000 he has also begun working with video.  In 2008 he published with Lorenzo Pavolini,  “Ecatombe – i girini della storia” and in 2012 “Fogli dei giorni – leafing through the days”.  In side by Side he is presenting the video:  “Annibale e Amilcare il disegno delle linee”... videotrailer for an unpublished manuscript.

Galleria Monty&Company, Via Madonna dei Monti, 69, 00184

hours:from Tuesday to Saturday from 16:00 to 20:00 or by appointment

Info: artstudio@montyecompany.com   39 328 7623389  www.montyecompany.com

I Apologize

dear students,
I have noticed that I had put the post concernig the meeting point (today class) in the Video art class blog.
I Apologize.
have a good spring break
S.A.

That Certain Time- Jake

I remember noticing "that certain time" just after a big rain storm while hiking in a forest. Although the sky was still grey, the lighting was amazing and illuminated everything in the photo. The light also permeated through the thick canopy and created a cool effect on the rolling frog in the fore front of the picture. This type of lighting is particularly strong when taking photographs of nature and other landscapes.

"That Certain Time" - Micayla

I was walking out of one of the Biennale buildings this past fall after having spent enough time inside of a windowless building looking at art that it felt like it should have been nighttime by the time I exited.  When I walked outside, however, I was instantly blinded by the sunlight reflecting off the water of the canal in front of me.  I remember walking along the water back towards the train station, and as I walked the sun began to set.   The moment that the timing really clicked for me was when I looked down the long canal, and all of the electric lights lining the sidewalk flickered on at once creating an eerie haze of white light in front of the darkening blue and purple sky.

"That Certain Time" Attempt #2 - Carly

I remember a time when I was at a lake and the light was set so perfectly that the reflection of the trees on the water looked tangible; it was difficult to believe the image was just a reflection. The details of the trees were crystal clear on the lake, which made for a beautiful photograph. It was all due to the positioning of the sun and the presence of the light!

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