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P/Act for Art_ROMA – Editorial

This is the editorial of P/Act for Art, a freely distributed newspaper, published for the first time in Autumn 2011 in Berlin, in the ambit of the 7. Berlin Biennale. More »

ART BEYOND MANAGERIAL EFFICIENCY AND PROFIT: A GOOD NOT TO BE GIVEN AWAY

CHRISTOPH RIEDWEG
Director of Istituto Svizzero di Roma.
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BEGINNINGS

SALVATORE LACAGNINA
Head of Arts Programme, Istituto Svizzero di Roma
Curator of the ISR-Solidarity Actions More »

EDITORIAL

P/ACT FOR ART ROME
EDITORIAL STAFF

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THE MUSEUM SERVES THE INTEREST OF THE COMMUNITY: THE SWISS MODEL

TOBIA BEZZOLA
Senior curator of Kunsthaus Zürich.
Lives and works in Zurich.
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APOTHEOSIS AND CRISIS OF THE MUSEUM AS STATUS SYMBOL

STEFANIA ZULIANI
Professor of History and Theory of the contemporary museum at the University of Salerno.
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INSTITUTIONS AND DEMOCRACY

AUGUSTO ILLUMINATI
Former Professor of History of philosophy at the University of Urbino (until 2009).
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THE VALUE OF COMMON GOODS

STEFANO RODOTÀ
Professor of Civil law at La Sapienza University of Rome. More »

RETHINKING THE PUBLIC FUNDING

MARCO ALTAVILLA e PAOLA GUADAGNINO
Directors of T293 gallery in Naples. Together, they opened a new space in Rome in 2010. More »

VIRTUE VERSUS RENT

ILARIA BUSSONI
Editor of the magazine Alfabeta2. More »

TOWARDS AN IMPROPER USE OF ART

LEONARDO CABIDDU
He studied philosophy in Rome and visual arts in Venice. More »

MUSEUMS WILL NOT SAVE US

CECILIA CANZIANI
Co-curator of Nomas Foundation, Rome. More »

THE ART OF INSTITUTION

GUELFO CARBONE
Member of LUM – Libera Università Metropolitana of Rome, located at ESC – independent atelier. More »

THERE IS NO PUBLIC WITHOUT PRIVATE

PAOLA CAPATA
Director of MONITOR gallery, Rome. More »

A STEP CHANGE

STEFANO CHIODI
Curator of Macro.
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NEW (OCCUPIED) CINEMA

CIRO COLONNA
Member of the Nuovo Cinema Palazzo, Rome.
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ART IN THE TIME OF ITS REAPPROPRIATION

CHIARA CRUPI
Member of the experiment Kollatino Underground, Rome. More »

A PERFORMATIVE ACT OF METAMORPHOSIS: TEATRO VALLE BENE COMUNE

SILVIA DE FANTI
Member of the Teatro Valle Occupato, Rome. More »

DISORDERLY PRIMATES

TOMASO DE LUCA
Artist. Lives and works in Rome. More »

IN THE PRAISE OF INDEPENDENCE

MARCO DI GIUSEPPE
Artist and founder of the collective Trial Version. More »

ATTEMPTS OF DIALOGUE

ADRIENNE DRAKE
Director and curator of Giuliani Foundation, Rome. More »

CRITIQUE OF THE ARTISTIC LABOUR IN THE TIME OF NEOLIBERALISM

LAURENT FAULON
Artist. Lives and works at the Istituto Svizzero di Roma. More »

ART AS CONSTITUENT PROPOSAL

ALESSANDRA FERRARO
A founding member of Margine Operativo. More »

THE URGENCY TO ESCAPE

RAFFAELLA FRASCARELLI
Founded (with Stefano Sciarretta) Nomas Foundation, Rome. More »

THE STYLE OF THE ALTERNATIVE

MARTA GARGIULO
Founder member of GarageZero, Rome. More »

ROME: THE ETERNAL ABSENCE THE ART OF INSTITUTION

GOLDIECHIARI
Eleonora Chiari and Sara Goldschmied.
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FOR A NEW ECOLOGY OF ART

SALVATORE IACONESI
Co-founder (with Oriana Persico) of REFF, Rome European Fake Factory. More »

JAD’S DRY FLOWERS

PASCAL JANOVJAK
Writer. Member of the Istituto Svizzero di Roma, 2011/2012. Lives and works in Rome. More »

GET OFF THE PEDESTALS!

CORNELIA LAUF
Art historian, editor and curator. More »

OCCUPY SPACES TO PROJECT NEW CULTURAL POLICIES

FILIPPO LANGE
Member of the Teatro del Lido di Ostia, occupied in 2010 after years of inactivity. More »

THE COMING INSURRECTION

TERESA MACRÌ
Art critic. More »

MANIFESTO FOR AN ART OF MIDDLE SOUTH

MILTOS MANETAS
Artist and founder of the art movement Neen.
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START AGAIN FROM ART

ILARIA MAROTTA and ANDREA BACCIN
Founders of Cura, Rome. More »

EVERYONE SHOULD DO ITS PART

ANNA MATTIROLO
Director of MAXXI Art since the institution of the museum. More »

WHEN THE STATE WILL BE NO LONGER A TYRANT

FLAVIO MISCIATTELLI
Founder and president of the Pastificio Cerere Foundation, Rome. More »

ACTION AND AWARENESS

EMANUELA NOBILE MINO
Art historian, critic and curator. More »

THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO GET THERE

NERO
Francesco de Figueiredo, Luca Lo Pinto, Valerio Mannucci, Lorenzo Micheli Gigotti and Nicola Pecoraro.
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THE MIRROR OF THE COUNTRY

PIER PAOLO PANCOTTO
Journalist, art critic and curator. More »

ROME: WHAT IS STILL MISSING?

CRISTIANA PERRELLA
Art critic and curator.
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THE DREAD OF GOING BEYOND THE ORDINARY

ALESSANDRO PIANGIAMORE
Artist. More »

THE DAMAGE IS DONE

CESARE PIETROIUSTI
Artist. More »

RELATIONAL POLITICS AND TERRITORIAL MARKETING

BARTOLOMEO PIETROMARCHI
Director of Macro since 2011. More »

AS IF NOTHING HAD HAPPENED

GIUSEPPE PIETRONIRO
Artist. Lives and works in Rome. More »

ROME OUTSOURCED TO BUROCRACY

CHRISTIAN RAIMO
Writer. Member of the Generazionetq movement. More »

IN BETWEEN

DELPHINE REIST
Artist.
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HOW TO DWELL AMONGST RUINS

DAVIDE SACCO
Member of ESC, independent atelier, occupied in 2004. More »

TUTTO IL RESTO È’ NOIA

ANDREA SALVINO
Artist. More »

GENIUS LOCI

FABRIZIO SARTORI
Artist. Lives and works in Rome. More »

APOLITICAL COORDINATES FOR THE PHILOSOPHY OF RISK

AURONDA SCALERA
Artist and the founder of the Wo-ma’n home gallery, Rome. More »

A/PACT FOR ART

MARIA ROSA SOSSAI
Art critic and curator. More »

CONCEIVING A WELFARE FOR ART

FRANCESCO STOCCHI
Senior Curator at Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam. More »

QUESTIONING ART TO GO BEYOND ONESELF

CARLA SUBRIZI
Professor of History of contemporary art and Semiotics of contemporary art at La Sapienza University of Rome. More »

PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE

ADAM SZYMCZYK
Director of Kusthalle Basel. More »

REGAIN THE DIALOGUE WITH POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS

MASSIMILIANO TONELLI
Director and founder of www.arttribune.com. More »

RES PUBLICA IN THE AGE OF CRISIS

VALENTINA VALENTINI
Professor of Theory of the electronic image. More »

AGAINST TUTTOLOGY

FRANCESCO VENTRELLA Art historian, independent curator and teaching assistant at the University of Leeds (Great Britain).
Co-founder of 1:1 projects, Rome. More »

THINGS TO DO TODAY!

VALENTINA VETTURI
Artist. Lives and works between Rome and Bari. More »

DIRTY EDGES

ELISABETTA BENASSI
Artist. Lives and works in Rome. More »

P/ACT FOR ART DISTRIBUTION – ROME

Here is the distribution list of P/Act for Art in Rome. More »

This is the archive of the Solidarity Actions carried out by the Swiss Institute of Rome on the occasion of the 7th Berlin Biennial, which took place from April 27 to July 1 2012, and which was curated by Artur Zmijewski together with Associated Curators Voine and Joanna Warsza.