Masbedo at LOOP Barcelona 2019: Video Art Meets Renaissance
At LOOP Barcelona, a video art festival drawing inspiration from Italo Calvino's 'Cosmicomiche' (1965), the artistic team Masbedo, comprised of Nicolò Massazza and Iacopo Bedogni, is showcased. Exhibitions running until January 2020 include 'One Day | I Stumbled Upon a Meteorite' at the Centre d’Art Contemporani – Fabra i Coats and 'The Bee Who Forgot the Honey: Línies de fuga' at the Museu d’Història de Catalunya. Additionally, at MNAC, Masbedo presents 'Perché il bello non è che il tremendo al suo inizio,' curated by Paola Ugolini, which delves into themes of transience and the fear of death through three videos: 'Fragile' (2016), 'Madame Pinin' (2017), and 'Blind Mirrors' (2019), highlighting fragility, restoration, and community.
Key facts
- Masbedo (Nicolò Massazza and Iacopo Bedogni) are featured at LOOP Barcelona 2019.
- LOOP Barcelona is a festival dedicated to video art, inspired by Italo Calvino's 'Cosmicomiche' (1965).
- Exhibition 'One Day | I Stumbled Upon a Meteorite' at Centre d’Art Contemporani – Fabra i Coats.
- Exhibition 'The Bee Who Forgot the Honey: Línies de fuga' at Museu d’Història de Catalunya.
- Masbedo's installation 'Perché il bello non è che il tremendo al suo inizio' at MNAC, curated by Paola Ugolini.
- Title references Rainer Maria Rilke's 'Duino Elegies' (1923).
- Video 'Fragile' (2016) features a peacock at Galleria Sabauda.
- Video 'Madame Pinin' (2017) is about restorer Pinin Brambilla Barcilon and her work on Leonardo's 'Last Supper'.
- Video 'Blind Mirrors' (2019) was filmed at Palazzo Valguarnera-Gangi in Palermo and features the Tamil community.
- Palazzo Valguarnera-Gangi inspired the ballroom scene in Luchino Visconti's 'The Leopard' (1963).
- The Tamil community in Palermo is the largest in Italy and has been present for at least thirty years.
Entities
Artists
- Masbedo
- Nicolò Massazza
- Iacopo Bedogni
- Italo Calvino
- Rainer Maria Rilke
- Pinin Brambilla Barcilon
- Leonardo da Vinci
- Luchino Visconti
- Giuseppe Rotunno
- Alain Delon
- Claudia Cardinale
- Paola Ugolini
Institutions
- LOOP Barcelona
- Centre d’Art Contemporani – Fabra i Coats
- Museu d’Història de Catalunya
- MNAC
- Galleria Sabauda
- Palazzo Valguarnera-Gangi
- ICA Milano
- Artribune
Locations
- Barcelona
- Spain
- Milan
- Italy
- Palermo
- Rome
- Piazza di Spagna
- Cattedrale di Santa Maria di Urgell
- Urgell
- Catalonia