#iolosegnocosì #tucomelosegni is the new video project by LISten Project designed to promote the dissemination of LIS signs related to the field of visual arts.
The project aims to generate a constructive linguistic debate through social platforms, in order to encourage the use and dissemination of visual culture among deaf audience.
Through dozens of videos, our LIS cultural mediators show the signs elaborated and used during their research and their mediation work, accompanying them with a brief explanation.

#iolosegnocosì #tucomelosegni accepted the proposal of BeGo Museum of Castelfiorentino to collaborate in the realization of #BeGoedition.

In addition, there is a #genuaedition of the rubric #iolosegnocosì #tucomelosegni, which consists of a series of informative videos on some specific signs of Italian Sign Language related to elements of the artistic and cultural heritage of the city of Genoa.

1. ACCADEMIA CARRARA
2. ACQUARELLO
3. AFFRESCO
4. ALLESTIMENTO
5. ARTE CONTEMPORANEA
6. ARTE INFORMALE
7. ARTE POVERA
8. ARTE PUBBLICA
9. BOTTICELLI
10. CAPPELLA SISTINA
11. CARAVAGGIO
12. CHRISTO
13. COLLAGE
14. COLLEZIONE
15. CUBISMO
16. D’ALBERTIS – #genuaedition
17. DADAISMO
18. “DIDASCALIA”
19. ESPRESSIONISMO
20. GESSO
21. GIPSOTECA
22. IMPRESSIONISMO
23. INSTALLAZIONE
24. KANDINSKIJ
25. LEONARDO
26. LORENZO LOTTO
27. MAGRITTE
28. MANTEGNA
29. MARMO
30. MINIMALISMO
31. NEOGOTICO – #genuaedition
32. PERFORMANCE
33. PLURALISMO – #genuaedition
34. PISTOLETTO
35. POP ART
36. RAFFAELLO
37. RITRATTO
38. ROLLI – #genuaedition
39. SCULTURA
40. TELA
41. TEMPERA
42. WARHOL

LISten Project makes available free accessible audio-videoguides for deaf and hearing people. Each video contains an explanation of an artwork in Italian Sign Language (LIS) accompanied by subtitles and voice-over.

The audio-videoguides are designed in the inclusive perspective of Design for All, thus allowing them to be enjoyed by different audiences, including children.

In order to make The Blank’s cultural proposal accessible, LISten Project offers insights in Italian Sign Language with Italian subtitles on the research of some of the most relevant artists of the contemporary scene:
– Regina José Galindo
– Laura Pugno
– Jessica Stockholder
– Göksu Kunak
– Gian Maria Tosatti 

LISten Project organizes accessible guided tours in Italian Sign Language to contemporary art exhibitions and museums. The tours are guided by LIS cultural mediators able to design specific itineraries and to engage both deaf and hearing visitors.

ART UP 7/16 – SHIRLEY KANEDA
Curated by Enrico De Pascale

SHIRLEY KANEDA The end of aspiration
1990, oil on canvas, cm 185 X 180
Banca Popolare di Bergamo Collection

ARTDATE
Contemporary Art Festival
XI edition
NEL TEMPO SOSPESO
11 12 13 14 November Bergamo

NEL TEMPO SOSPESO is the theme of the 11th edition of the Contemporary Art Festival ArtDate that will take place in Bergamo from November 11 to 14.
It is a large reflection on the indeterminacy and apprehension that is characterizing this unforgettable period of which we are all protagonists and testimonials, a historical phase also full of expectations and desires.

Thursday 11th, Friday 12th, Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th November, Bergamo will host the 11th edition of ArtDate, Contemporary Art Festival organized by The Blank.
Over the years, ArtDate has become a reference point able to approach and promote contemporary art to a large and diversified audience. In this edition, ArtDate presents many important innovations, focusing on the theme of suspended time, refreshing the attention to the issues of accessibility and participation.

Chiara Enzo
Situazione con M.
2023
19 x 26 cm
Acquerello, pastello, matite colorate su cartoncino incollato su tavola
Courtesy l’Artista; Zero…, Milano
© Chiara Enzo

THE BLANK CONTEMPORARY ART
99 WORDS WITH CHIARA ENZO

The body mixed with itself and with another (or with others), with itself as with the other, does not enter into an identification or in a confusion, but in a disturbing proximity because it itself is proximity, an approach to a certain distinction and renewal, repetition and rekindling of the gap where the pleasure consists in tasting the measure forever uncertain, ephemeral and trembling. Touching: that is, making attraction and repulsion play together, integrity and break-in, distinction and translation. Making the whole play as such, i.e. the touch of unity and of its detachment, of its disunity.

Jean-Luc Nancy, Il corpo dell’arte

Graham Hudson
Athleisure Antiquity (Fountain)
2020
940 cm x 980 cm x 350 cm
Scaffold, exercise balls, hose pipe, water, steel pool and polypropylene figures; Discobolus, David, Nike and Venus
Commissioned by Wavelength, Shanghai
Courtesy, Monitor Rome, Lisbon, Pereto

THE BLANK CONTEMPORARY ART
99 WORDS WITH GRAHAM HUDSON

Do you desire to build a beautiful body? In 1882, circus performer, Friedriech Wilhem Müller toured Italy, inspired by sculptures like Michelangelo’s David’, he would re-mould his body in their image. He re-named himself Eugen Sandow, becoming the world’s first body builder and a symbol of Modernism. He’s in Duchamp’s ‘Large Glass’ and Joyce’s ‘Ulysses’. Schwarzenegger calls Sandow ‘My Hero’, he inspired NASA’s Aerobics and modern Yoga. But the Roman sculptures were copies of lost Greek works, which were more maths algorithm than physical study. Today we chase this tale of classicism, modernism and facsimile to dream the unattainable.

Thanks to the cultural mediators of LISten Project, The Blank cultural program is accessible to deaf people through the mediation in Italian Sign Language.
For information on the possibility of organizing guided tours in Italian Sign Language, write to: educational@theblank.it

Yayoi Kusama. Infinito Presente
17 NOVEMBER 2023 – 24 MARCH 2024
Palazzo della Ragione, Piazza Vecchia, Bergamo

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PUBLIC OPENING HOURS

17 November to 14 January
everyday 9 a.m. – 10 p.m., reservation only

29 November, 7, 24 and 31 December 9 a.m. – 7.30 p.m., reservation only

On the following days: 17, 18, 19, 20, 26, 27 November;
1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 December,
2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14 January, entry to the 6.30 p.m. time slot can only be purchased on site and exclusively for the same day.

closed on 25 December and 1 January

16 January to 24 March
Tuesday to Sunday 9 a.m. to 10 p.m., reservation only
closed on Mondays

IMPORTANT INFO ON TICKETS AND VISIT

Tickets:

• Full: 14,50 Euro
• Reduced: 12,50 Euro
• Groups (valid for groups of no less than 15 people, without guided tour): 13,50 Euro
• Free (valid for accredited journalists, children 0-3 years old, teachers accompanying school groups, disabled people and one accompanying person)

It is compulsory to arrive at the time and on the day indicated on the ticket, otherwise you will lose your tickets. It is highly recommended to arrive 15 minutes in advance. Admission cannot be guaranteed to visitors arriving after the time indicated on the ticket due to limited availability.

The ticket cannot be changed or refunded. It is also not possible to purchase an open-slot ticket.

As per the artist’s instructions, Fireflies on the Water can be accessed one person at a time, unless assistance is needed or in case of children under 12 years of age, which must be accompanied by an adult.

Inside Fireflies on the Water there is a limited visiting time of 1 minute.

No flash photography is permitted in the room. Video recording and the use of selfie sticks are prohibited. Fireflies on the Water is fragile, so do not touch it and be careful when taking photos in the room. We encourage you to share your photos on social media and tag us.

Baby prams, backpacks and bags are not allowed in the Infinity Mirror Room and must be left outside in the waiting area.

The exhibition is not accessible by electric wheelchair.
There is a ramp leading up to the entrance of the Infinity Mirror Room but, due to the size of the door, most wheelchairs and mobility aids cannot fit through the door.

Animals are not allowed into Palazzo della Ragione.

Notice:
This installation is a mirror-lined room with flashing LED lights that you physically enter with a door that closes behind you. If you are uncomfortable with flashing lights and/or enclosed, dark spaces, please bypass this experience.
We are able to refuse entry or to evict any person deemed intoxicated or affected by a prohibitive substance in relation to this exhibition. This is to ensure the safety of the guests and Fireflies on the Water. A ticket refund will not be issued.

HOW TO REACH PALAZZO DELLA RAGIONE

In auto
A4 motorway exit ‘Bergamo’, follow signs for ‘Città Alta’ and ‘Largo Colle Aperto’.
Palazzo della Ragione is located in Piazza Vecchia, in the centre of the Città Alta (‘Upper Town’). Paid parking is available along the walls and in the immediate vicinity. On Sunday afternoons and holidays, access to the Upper Town is permitted only to public transport, taxis and authorised vehicles.

By public transport
From the FS train station of Bergamo, take bus 1A to Colle Aperto/University.
From Orio al Serio airport, take bus 1 to Città Alta from the arrivals exit.
Palazzo della Ragione is also easily reached by funicular railway to the Città Alta.

For further information
The Blank Contemporary Art
associazione@theblank.it