04 May 2011

KALEIDOSCOPE Arena in Roma

On the occasion of the fourth edition of ROMA – The Road to Contemporary Art, KALEIDOSCOPE presents KALEIDOSCOPE ARENA, a dedicated space that will host panels, events, and performances in the public area of the fair at MACRO Testaccio, Rome from May 6 to May 8, 2011. Created and designed by artist Andrea Sala in collaboration with architect Beatrice Borasi, KALEIDOSCOPE ARENA is a structure taking over more than one hundred square meters, set in the courtyard of MACRO Testaccio, that will host a mini-festival devoted to three key cities of contemporary art: Rome, Paris and Los Angeles. Each of them will be the focus of an intense day of panels, performances, and projections that will involve artists, curators, critics, and museum directors, giving all fair visitors the chance to interact with important figures of the international art scene. These events will be complemented by a daily newspaper distributed to fair visitors, which will provide a timetable of the program as well as detailed background about each city's art scene.

The lineup is as follows:

OPENING May 5, 2011
Karaoke Night visuals by Christodoulos Panayiotou

VIVA LOS ANGELES! May 6, 2011
– Panorama
Michael Ned Holte, art critic and independent curator
Stacey Allan, editor East of Borneo
Cesar Garcia, curator Laxart
Piero Golia, founder Mountain School of Art
chaired by Andrea Viliani director Fondazione Galleria Civica di Trento
– City Portrait
Amanda Ross-Ho,Untitled Slide Show (Los Angeles), 2011
– Public Conversation
Jens Hoffmann, director CCA Wattis interviews Morgan Fisher
– Performance
Joel Kyack, Growing Pains Leave Stains, 2011
– Performance
Jennifer West, Just Kids (California Style) - For Patti Smith, 2011
– Video program
curated by Joanna Fiduccia

VIVA PARIS! May 7, 2011
– Panorama
Pierre Bal-Blanc, director CAC Bretigny
Claire Le Restif, director Le Crédac - CAC Ivry
François Piron, co-founder Castillo/Corrales
Anne Dressen, curator, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
chaired by Andrea Viliani director Fondazione Galleria Civica di Trento
– City Portrait
Jean-Luc Mouléne, La vigie, 2010
– Public Conversation
Jens Hoffmann, director CCA Wattis interviews Claire Fontaine
– Performance
Mark Geffriaud, Nuova confutazione del tempo, 2011 | Visita, 2011
Karina Bisch, Ça c'est Paris!, 2011
– Video program
curated by Chris Sharp

VIVA ROMA! May 8, 2011
– Institutional Talk
Dino Gasperini, Cultural Policies and Historic Centre Councillor of the City of Rome
Emmanuele Emanuele, chairman Fondazione Roma
Francesco Marcolini, chairman ZETEMA Progetto Cultura
Maria Vittoria Marini Clarelli, superintendent GNAM
Anna Mattirolo, director of the Art Sector MAXXI
Luca Massimo Barbero, director MACRO
chaired by Simona Antonucci, deputy head of service culture and entertainment Il Messaggero
– Panorama
Pierpaolo Barzan, founder Depart Foundation
Adrienne Drake, curator Fondazione Giuliani
Ilaria Gianni e Cecilia Canziani, curators NOMAS Foundation
Lorenzo Gigotti, editor Nero Magazine
Francesco Nucci, founder Fondazione Volume!
Marcello Smarrelli, curator Pastificio Cerere
chaired by Andrea Viliani, director Fondazione Galleria Civica di Trento
– City Portrait
Nicola Pecoraro
– Public Conversation
Jens Hoffmann, director CCA Wattis interviews Gianfranco Baruchello
– Performance
Matteo Nasini, Le cose non crescono al buio, 2011
– Video Program
selected works by Gianfranco Baruchello