Italiano [English below]
Onorato di avere partecipare alla presentazione internazionale del volume a cura di Antonio Sgamellotti, Giovanni Brunetti, Costanza Miliani, Science and Art: The Contemporary Painted Surface, Londra, Royal Society of Chemistry, 2020, parlando del mio saggio, “The Deep Meaning of Poetry: Eduardo Kac’s Art of the Fundamental Processes”, pubblicato nel libro (del volume ho parlato anche qui).
L’evento online, curato da Luiz Sousa, a cui vanno i mei ringraziamenti per l’organizzazione del webinar, è stato promosso da ANTECIPA (Associação Nacional de Pesquisa em Tecnologia e Ciência do Patrimônio) e LACICOR (Laboratório de Ciência da Conservação). All’incontro hanno partecipato, oltre al curatore Luiz Sousa (Presidente di ANTECIPA, Coordinatore di LACICOR, Università di Minas Gerais), Antonio Sgamellotti (Accademia dei Lincei, Roma), John Delaney (National Gallery, Washington), Luca Bochicchio (Università di Genova), Antonio Mirabile (Restauratore, Parigi), Fernando Marte (UNSAM, Buenos Aires), Rachel Rivenc (Getty Conservation Institute, Los Angeles) e Bronwyin Ormsby (Tate Gallery, Londra).
Alcune informazioni sul volume dal sito della Royal Society of Chemistry:
About this book
Science and art are increasingly interconnected in the activities of the study and conservation of works of art. Science plays a key role in cultural heritage, from developing new analytical techniques for studying the art, to investigating new ways of preserving the materials for the future.
Following on from the 2014 title Science and Art: The Painted Surface, this book consists of a series of chapters written together by scientists, art historians, conservators, curators and artists dedicated to conservation, execution techniques, languages and conceptual topics. Science and Art: The Contemporary Painted Surface largely covers execution techniques, material’s conservation and languages of artists, representative of twelve different countries, all protagonists of the development of innovative significant techniques and methodologies.
The book opens with a focus on widely historicized artists, such as Jackson Pollock, Lucio Fontana, Enrico Baj, Piero Manzoni and Joseph Albers. Its core is dedicated to the work of major worldwide renowned living artists, in a perspective that, while considering the Sixties as the historical starting point of contemporaneity, does not neglect to offer a view on the work done in the immediately preceding years. Several interviews with artists are included. Final chapters are dedicated to contemporary design, net art, and painted surfaces in contemporary architecture.
Presented in an easily readable form for a large audience, the book guides readers into new areas uncovered by the link between science and art, and will be of interest to artists, art historians and curators, as well as those who appreciate art.
I was honored to participate in the International presentation of the volume edited by Antonio Sgamellotti, Giovanni Brunetti, Costanza Miliani, Science and Art: The Contemporary Painted Surface, London, Royal Society of Chemistry, 2020, talking about my essay “The Deep Meaning of Poetry: Eduardo Kac’s Art of the Fundamental Processes”, published in the book (I also wrote here about the volume).
The online event, curated by Luiz Sousa (I’m grateful to him for organizing the webinar), was promoted by ANTECIPA (Brazilian National Association of Research in Technology and Heritage Science) and LACICOR (Conservation Science Laboratory). In addition to the curator Luiz Sousa (President of ANTECIPA, Coordinator of LACICOR, University of Minas Gerais), participants were Antonio Sgamellotti (Accademia dei Lincei, Rome), John Delaney (National Gallery, Washington), Luca Bochicchio (University of Genoa), Antonio Mirabile (Restorer, Paris), Fernando Marte (UNSAM, Buenos Aires), Rachel Rivenc (Getty Conservation Institute, Los Angeles) and Bronwyin Ormsby (Tate Gallery, London).
Some information from the website of the Royal Society of Chemistry:
About this book
Science and art are increasingly interconnected in the activities of the study and conservation of works of art. Science plays a key role in cultural heritage, from developing new analytical techniques for studying the art, to investigating new ways of preserving the materials for the future.
Following on from the 2014 title Science and Art: The Painted Surface, this book consists of a series of chapters written together by scientists, art historians, conservators, curators and artists dedicated to conservation, execution techniques, languages and conceptual topics. Science and Art: The Contemporary Painted Surface largely covers execution techniques, material’s conservation and languages of artists, representative of twelve different countries, all protagonists of the development of innovative significant techniques and methodologies.
The book opens with a focus on widely historicized artists, such as Jackson Pollock, Lucio Fontana, Enrico Baj, Piero Manzoni and Joseph Albers. Its core is dedicated to the work of major worldwide renowned living artists, in a perspective that, while considering the Sixties as the historical starting point of contemporaneity, does not neglect to offer a view on the work done in the immediately preceding years. Several interviews with artists are included. Final chapters are dedicated to contemporary design, net art, and painted surfaces in contemporary architecture.
Presented in an easily readable form for a large audience, the book guides readers into new areas uncovered by the link between science and art, and will be of interest to artists, art historians and curators, as well as those who appreciate art.
