Nesxt 2018: 10 independent Italian projects selected for Turin festival
Hey! So, there's this cool initiative called Nesxt that started in Turin back in 2016 to support independent artists. They just announced the winners from their application call last spring. A panel of experts, including Olga Gambari, Lorenzo Balbi, and others, picked ten projects from different parts of Italy. These projects will be part of the Nesxt Festival happening in Turin from October 30 to November 4, 2018, with lots of exhibitions and performances around the city. Each project will get €500 and a spot at the festival. The selected projects include Borderlight from Milan, FatStudio from Bologna, and Villam from Rome, among others.
Key facts
- Nesxt is an interdisciplinary project founded in Turin in 2016.
- The call aimed to identify independent associations, collectives, and spaces outside the mainstream.
- The scientific committee includes Olga Gambari, Lorenzo Balbi, Serena Carbone, Pietro Gaglianò, Elena Motisi, Alessandra Pioselli, and Marco Scotini.
- Ten projects were selected from across Italy.
- The festival takes place in Turin from October 30 to November 4, 2018.
- Each winner receives €500 and a physical space to manage during the festival.
- Selected projects: Borderlight, Cantieri d'Arte, Farmacia Wurmkos, FatStudio, Flip Project Space, Lottozero, Mucho Mas!, Novella Guerra, Porto dell'Arte, Villam.
- The festival creates a diffuse network of spaces, exhibitions, meetings, and performances.
Entities
Artists
- Claudia Giraud
- Lorenzo Bruscaglioni
- Emilia Castioni
- Nicola Ciancio
- Simona Da Pozzo
- Cecilia Di Gaddo
- Alice Grassi
- Isabella Mara
- Alessandro Brighetti
- Giulio Cassanelli
- Tessa Moroder
- Arianna Moroder
- Silvia Mangosio
- Luca Vianello
- Alex Majoli
- Annalisa Cattani
- Maura Banfo
- Susanna Ravelli
- Irene Angenica
- Davide Da Pieve
- Anita Calà
- Giovanna Giannini Guazzagli
- Filippo Berta
- Piero Ruggeri
- Demon Luca Baioni
Institutions
- Nesxt
- Artribune
- Arci Viterbo
- BJCEM – Biennale dei Giovani Artisti d’Europa e del Mediterraneo
- Fondazione Wurmkos onlus
- IED Torino
- Fondazione Fotografia Modena
- Cesura
- Centro Giovani del 1° Municipio di Roma
- Non Riservato
- Asterisma
- astronove
- Ex-voto
Locations
- Turin
- Italy
- Milan
- Viterbo
- Sesto San Giovanni
- San Lazzaro
- Bologna
- Naples
- Prato
- Imola
- Rome
- Modena