DAVIDE SGAMBARO: STAY AWAKE
Stay Awake was a workshop conceived by Davide Sgambaro in the form of a sleepover that aimed at rethinking the nocturnal dimension and its double nature as an ideal place and a space of ambiguity and insecurity. Afterwards, the participants were invited to compose a text freely inspired by the reflections that emerged during the night: the result is the artist's edition published by... and presented on this occasion. To celebrate its launch, IUNO spaces will host a live performance by Francesca Mira, translating into music the atmospheres and imaginaries evoked in the pages of the book.
During the launch event, the latter hosted a live performance by Mira, who translated into music the atmospheres and imaginaries evoked in the pages of the book.
Davide Sgambaro Davide Sgambaro (Cittadella, 1989) studied at the
IUAV University of Venice, he lives and works
in Turin. Using different media, the artist explores existential themes relating to the condition of
the individual in contemporary precariousness. His practice restores irreverent dynamics of resistance in response to the paradoxes of identity and stereotypes inside the social and cultural order.
Solo exhibitions include: Nope!, Galerie Alberta Pane, Paris (2022); Too much and not the mood, LOCALEDUE, Bologna (2022); Feeling Fractional, 9 FrenchPlace, London (2022); Kiss, kick, kiss, Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Cologne (2021); Paesaggi eterni, SpazioSiena, Siena (2019); White and black stripes and a red noseAlmanac Inn, Turin (2019). He has participated in numerous residencies, collaborations and group exhibitions in public and private institutions such as Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa (2015); Fondazione Spinola Banna per l’Arte (2015, 2018); Q-Rated con la Quadriennale di Roma e Castello di Rivoli (2018); GAM Torino (2018); Fondazione Monte dei Paschi di Siena (2019); Cantica 21, Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2020-2021); SUPERBLAST II, Manifattura Tabacchi (2022); Nuovo Forno del Pane, MAMbo Bologna (2023); Klemm’s Gallery, Berlino (2023); Musei Civici di Spoleto (2023); Quadriennale di Roma (2024). È vincitore del premio della Fondazione Pollock-Krasner di New York (2023-2024).
His work is in the permanent collections of the MAMbo Museum in Bologna; Fondazione CRT Arte di Torino per GAM Torino e Castello di Rivoli; Fondazione Monte dei Paschi di Siena; Manifattura Tabacchi Firenze.
Datta is a Rome-based project, bringing together different geographical backgrounds. Datta involves an artist, an art director and a curator. As a collective their practice investigates polymateric spaces that range from books to walls.
Datta’s six hands are: Linda De Zen, Lola Giffard-Bouvier, Rossana Calbi.