Nesxt Festival Brings Independent Art Spaces to Turin
The Nesxt festival in Turin centers around the Quadrilatero Romano, specifically at via Santa Chiara and via Bellezia, where various independent spaces are located. This area attracts numerous visitors, while local participants include Autofocus di Vanni, Fusion Art Gallery/Inaudita, Barriera, Galleria Moitre, and Galo Art Gallery. A relaxation area designed by Giulia Poppi and Dina Loudmer for Localedue is available. Genoa's Space 4235 presents artists from Italy, Norway, and Ukraine, while Milan's Open Box features dialogues from 2015-2017. Bari's Planar showcases Armando Perna's photography. S.A.L.E. Docks is situated at Via Santa Chiara 10. ViadellaFucina16 hosts a residency by Kaninchen-Haus, featuring a mural by Francesco Maluta. Spazio Idiòt displays 'I ragazzi di via della Fucina' with 23 artists, and a site-specific project by Calixto Ramirez and Josè Angelino is at Laboratorio Fucina16. The initiative 'There Is No Place Like Home' includes posters in the atrium of the condominium-museum.
Key facts
- Nesxt festival hub located in Quadrilatero romano, Turin, at via Santa Chiara and via Bellezia.
- Guests (visiting spaces) are centralized; Residents (Turin-based) are decentralized.
- Giulia Poppi and Dina Loudmer created a relaxation room for Localedue, advised by Cuoghi Corsello.
- Space 4235 from Genoa brought a collective of artists from Italy, Norway, and Ukraine.
- The Open Box of Milan presented dialogues between artists from 2015–2017 at Park-Carlina.
- Planar from Bari exhibited Armando Perna's 'The Third Island' at Studio Bild.
- S.A.L.E. Docks from Venice occupied Via Santa Chiara 10.
- ViadellaFucina16 hosts residency program by Kaninchen-Haus; first resident Francesco Maluta painted mural 'Assemblea di Condominio'.
- Group show 'I ragazzi di via della Fucina' features 23 international artists under 35 from 442 applicants.
- Site-specific intervention by Calixto Ramirez and Josè Angelino at Laboratorio Fucina16.
- Itinerant project 'There Is No Place Like Home' (Rome, 2014) displays posters in condominium-museum atrium.
Entities
Artists
- Giulia Poppi
- Dina Loudmer
- Cuoghi Corsello
- Armando Perna
- Francesco Maluta
- Calixto Ramirez
- Josè Angelino
Institutions
- Autofocus di Vanni
- Fusion Art Gallery/Inaudita
- Barriera
- Galleria Moitre
- Galo Art Gallery
- Localedue
- Space 4235
- The Open Box
- Planar
- Studio Bild
- S.A.L.E. Docks
- Kaninchen-Haus
- Associazione Culturale dei Coniglioviola
- Spazio Idiòt
- Laboratorio Fucina16
- There Is No Place Like Home
Locations
- Turin
- Italy
- Quadrilatero romano
- via Santa Chiara
- via Bellezia
- Bologna
- Genoa
- Norway
- Ukraine
- Milan
- Park-Carlina
- Bari
- Venice
- Via Santa Chiara 10
- Porta Palazzo
- ViadellaFucina16
- Rome