{"id":3875,"date":"2017-02-20T19:51:53","date_gmt":"2017-02-20T17:51:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artificialis.eu\/?p=3875"},"modified":"2017-02-20T19:51:53","modified_gmt":"2017-02-20T17:51:53","slug":"setup-contemporary-art-fair-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artificialis.eu\/?p=3875","title":{"rendered":"SetUp Contemporary Art Fair 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>27-29 January 2017
\nAutostazione di Bologna, Italy
\nPiazza XX Settembre, 6
\nhttp:\/\/www.setupcontemporaryart.com\/2017\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Theme: Equilibrio (Balance)<\/p>\n

The theme of this year\u2019s SetUp Contemporary Art Fair was \u201cEquilibrio\u201d (Balance). Inspired to that issue were the two founders of SetUp – Simona Gavioli (President) and Alice Zannoni (Director) – by a quote of S\u00f8ren Kierkegaard:<\/p>\n

\n

\u201cOsare \u00e8 perdere momentaneamente l\u2019equilibrio. <\/strong>
\nNon osare \u00e8 perdere se stessi.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Daring means losing your equilibrium for a moment, <\/strong>
\nnot daring means losing yourself.”<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

More than the themes of the previous editions, this citation is applicable as leitmotiv for the history of the art fair beginning in 2013, since they dared to create this independent show. The success has proven them right to jump into this adventure: started in 2013 with 23 galleries represented, the fifth edition had grown up to 60 galleries, thereof a quarter foreign participations. Self-evident is that the number of candidates was even higher, but, due to the will to maintain the quality of this XXXX-L-version, it was indispensable to make a choice by a scientific committee.<\/p>\n

<\/a>In addition to the three pre-existing units, Main Section, Solo Show and Drawing the World (curated by M\u00f3nica \u00c1lvarez Careaga), there were two new divisions in the SetUp: P(I)IGS CAN FLY and S.O.S. SETUP OPEN SPACE. P(I)IGS CAN FLY curated by Eleonora Battiston, was a section, dedicated to foreign galleries coming of destabilised countries due to the crises in Europe like Spain, Portugal, Greece and Ireland. Their common problem is a new social, political and economic instability that obviously effects the cultural sector. In this situation, artists are searching for new subjects and contents, to find a new equilibrium inside themselves and inside a globalised society. S.O.S. SETUP OPEN SPACE underlined the experimental character of the show: it was the intention to present artists with revolutionary languages and expressions, even though they might not be compatible to the market, but who have no fear to cross borders.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, SetUp offered \u201cHandover\u201d as a small section to fathom the equilibrium between art and design. \u201cSpecial Project\u201d enabled eight artists or curators to present a single venture. Since children are representing the future, the organisers dedicate the \u201cArea Kinder\u201d each year to invite them into a creative laboratory. Naturally, the \u201cBookshop \/ Area Editoria\u201d could not be missed. The \u201cArea Talk\u201d with conferences, meetings and round tables was not situated in the proper exhibition space, but in the atrium of the Autostazione (coach station) where the SetUp is traditionally held. This opened to by-passers and waiting people participation without paying the entrance fee or get interested and pay the affordable admission. Here becomes obvious, that this unusual location bears many advantages. The Bologna coach station connects the town to other cities in the region, in Italy and all over Europe. Situated close to the train station and the city centre it attracts not only art professionals, but as well a young public interested in art.<\/p>\n

<\/a>An extension of this opening was made by the \u201cSetUp Plus\u201d. Before, during and after the Bolognese Art Week there were numerous exhibitions and events all over the town. Besides the association of a huge offering connected with the Arte Fiera – the \u201cofficial\u201d art fair – there were nearly 40 initiatives in galleries and more unconventional spaces like bars, restaurants and stores.<\/p>\n

Not only due to the different opening hours, is the SetUp Contemporary Art Fair not a competitor to the Arte Fiera, but rather a complement: the SetUp starts, when the Arte Fiera closes. So the motivated visitor can pass the day at the fairground and come in the evening until 1 a.m. (Sunday only 22 p.m.) to the Autostazione in the heart of Bologna. Moreover, the participating galleries with their often young, emerging artists are more experimental than the already established exhibitors at the oldest enduring art fair in Italy. It is more than interesting to have both in the same town in the same week, always the last in January!<\/p>\n

In the following, we will show some impressions, how the exhibitors fulfilled the claim to reflect about equilibrium and to dare in order not to lose themselves:<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Main Section:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cartavetra, Firenze<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n

 <\/p>\n

Galleria B4, Bologna<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_1_placeholder\n

 <\/p>\n

ART and ARS Gallery, Galatina<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_2_placeholder\n

 <\/p>\n

citt\u00e0 dell\u2019arte, Venice<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_3_placeholder\n

 <\/p>\n

Il Cerchio e le Gocce, Turin<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_4_placeholder\n

 <\/p>\n

a-space gallery, Rheinfelden, Switzerland<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_5_placeholder\n

 <\/p>\n

MuseoNuovaEra, Bari<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_6_placeholder\n

 <\/p>\n

BI-Box Art Space, Biella<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_7_placeholder\n

 <\/p>\n

VV8 Artecontemporanea, Reggio Emilia<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_8_placeholder\n

 <\/p>\n

metroquadro, Turin<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_9_placeholder\n

 <\/p>\n

Sensi Arte, Colle Val d\u2019Elsa\/isculptures, San Gimignano<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_10_placeholder\n

 
\nS.O.S SetUp Open Space:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Polisonum: Sound Detection #01, 30.06.2016, International Airport Capodichino, Napels, sound site plan<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_11_placeholder\n

 
\nSolo Show:<\/strong><\/p>\n

ABC Arte Bologna Cultura: Valentina D\u2019Accardi: Perpetuus. Atto I.<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_12_placeholder\n

 
\nSpecial Project:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Paolo Balboni, Die Mauer II 1961-2016<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_13_placeholder\n

 <\/p>\n

Daniela Alfarano: Un giorno raccoglier\u00f2 le mie piume e voler\u00f2 via<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_14_placeholder\n

 
\nDrawing the World:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Galerie Ulf Larson, Cologne, Germany<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_15_placeholder\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

27-29 January 2017 Autostazione di Bologna, Italy Piazza XX Settembre, 6 http:\/\/www.setupcontemporaryart.com\/2017\/ Theme: Equilibrio (Balance) The theme of this year\u2019s SetUp Contemporary Art Fair was \u201cEquilibrio\u201d (Balance). Inspired to that issue were the two founders of SetUp – Simona Gavioli (President) and Alice Zannoni (Director) – by a quote of S\u00f8ren Kierkegaard: \u201cOsare \u00e8 perdere… (read more<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3876,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[943,324,355,326,957,945,23,940,941,952,956,953,263,942,949,947,944,951,950,948,954,354,955,323,946],"class_list":["post-3875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exhibitions","tag-a-space-gallery","tag-abc-arte-bologna-cultura","tag-alice-zannoni","tag-art-and-ars-gallery","tag-balance","tag-bi-box-art-space","tag-bologna","tag-cartavetra","tag-citta-dellarte","tag-daniela-alfarano","tag-equilibrio","tag-galerie-ulf-larson","tag-galleria-b4","tag-il-cerchio-e-le-gocce","tag-isculptures","tag-metroquadro","tag-museonuovaera","tag-paolo-balboni","tag-polisonum","tag-sensi-arte","tag-setup-contemporary-art-fair-2017","tag-simona-gavioli","tag-soren-kierkegaard","tag-valentina-daccardi","tag-vv8-artecontemporanea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artificialis.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artificialis.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artificialis.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artificialis.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artificialis.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3875"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.artificialis.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3875\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artificialis.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artificialis.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artificialis.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artificialis.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}