Live Arts WeekLive Arts Week is a project by Xing, born in 2012 out the fusion of the experiences of the two Bologna festivals (2000>2011): Netmage - International Live Media Festival and F.I.S.Co. - Festival Internazionale sullo Spettacolo Contemporaneo. Live Arts Week takes place in Bologna, Italy, once a year, and it is developed throughout one week in different locations and settings in town.

Mission

Event dedicated to live arts, it hosts a blend of artworks and productions that revolve around the presence, performance and perceptual experience of sounds and visions, with a program of live works (performances, environments, concerts, live media, expanded cinema) presented by important personalities in the international and contemporary research scene. The set-up suggests a citywide event, involving several spaces, organizations and institutions active in the field of contemporary arts in Bologna.

History Edition 2012 Venues: Palazzo Re Enzo • Teatro Duse • Spazio Carbonesi • Hotel Palace • Nowhere • Palazzo Pepoli - Museo della Storia di Bologna

Artists:

Anne Juren (FR-AU) Antonia Baehr (DE) Blues Control (US)/Laraaji (US) Canedicoda(IT)/Mirko Rizzi (IT) Christine De Smedt (BE) Claudia Castellucci (IT) Cristina Rizzo (IT)/Lucia Amara (IT) Denis Tyfus (BE)/Vom Grill (BE) Floris Vanhoof (BE) Hartmut Geerken (DE) Hieroglyphic Being (US) Jan Ritsema (NL) Krõõt Juurak (EE) Luca Trevisani (IT) Luís Miguel Félix (PT) Marino Formenti (IT-AT) Orphan Fairytale (BE) Ottaven (IT) Robert Steijn (NL-AT) Salka Ardal Rosengren (SE) Saša Asentić (RS) Silvia Costa (IT) The Claw ( (US) Yannick Val Gesto (BE)/Roman Hiele (BE) Xavier Le Roy (FR/DE) (FR) (IT) Ben Rivers (GB) Mattin (ES)

Edition 2013 Venues: MAMbo - Museo d'Arte Moderna di Bologna • Cinema Lumière • Garage Pincio • Cassero

Artists:

Alix Eynaudi (FR AU) Anne Juren/Marianne Baillot/Alix Eynaudi (FR/AU/BE/PL) Daniela Cattivelli (IT) Dmitry Paranyushkin (RU-DE) Dracula Lewis/Out4Pizza (IT/US) Elise Florenty/Marcel Türkowsky (FR/DE) Eszter Salamon/Christine De Smedt (DE/BE) Mårten Spångberg/Linnea Martinsson (SW) Goodiepal (DK) Helm (GB) Junko (JP) Lucio Capece (AR-DE) Muna Mussie (IT-BE) Nature Theater of Oklahoma (US) Pierre Huyghe (FR) Riccardo Benassi (IT) Rose Kallal/Joe DeNardo(CA/US) Sara Manente (IT-BE) Sun Araw(US) Tony Conrad (US)

Edition 2014 Venues: MAMbo - Museo d'Arte Moderna di Bologna • Cinema Lumière • Biblioteca Salaborsa

Artists:

Aki Onda (US-JP) Barokthegreat (IT) Ben Rivers/Ben Russell (UK/US) Ben Vida (US) Canedicoda(IT) Daniel Löwenbrück (Raionbashi) (DE) Dora Garcia (ES) Doreen Kutzke (DE) Enrico Boccioletti (IT) Èlg (FR) Gaëlle Boucand (FR) Ken Jacobs (US) (CH) Maria Hassabi (US-CY) Mette Edvardsen (NO-BE) MSHR (US) Neil Beloufa (FR) Porter Ricks (Thomas Köner/Andy Mellwig) (DE/DE) Rashad Becker (SY-DE)

Edition 2015 Venues: Ex Ospedale dei Bastardini • MAMbo - Museo d'Arte Moderna di Bologna

Artists:

Adrian Rew (US) Alessandro di Pietro (IT) Andrea Magnani (IT) Andrew Norman Wilson (US) Anne de Vries (NL) Anthony Pateras (AT-DE) Auto Italia (US/GB) Ben Vickers/Holly White (GB/GB) Canedicoda (IT) Carola Spadoni (IT-DE) (FR-IT) David Horvitz (US) Enrico Boccioletti (IT) Francesco Cavaliere (IT-DE) Gábor Lázár (HU) Harm van den Dorpel (NL) Ilja Karilampi (ES-DE) Jaakko Pallasvuo (FI-DE) Jack Hauser/Satu Herrala/Sabina Holzer/Jeroen Peeters (AT/FI/AT/BE) Jennifer Chan (CA) Luciano Chessa (IT-US) MACON (FR) MK/Luca Trevisani/Franco Farinelli/Roberta Mosca/Sigourney Weaver/Lorenzo Bianchi Hoesch (IT) Marco Dal Pane (IT) Markus Öhrn (SE) Martin Kohout (CZ-DE) N.M.O. (Morten J Olsen/Rubén Patiño) (NO/ES) Ogino Knauss (IT-DE) Philip Corner (US) Riccardo Benassi (IT-DE) Roberto Fassone (IT) Salvatore Panu (IT) Seth Price (US) VA AA LR (Adam Asnan/Vasco Alves/Louie Rice) (GB/PT/GB) Valerio Tricoli (IT-DE) Vera Mantero & guests (PT) Xavier Le Roy (DE/FR) Yuri Pattison (IE) Z.B. Aids (FR)

Edition 2016 Venue: MAMbo - Museo d'Arte Moderna di Bologna

Artists:

Alix Eynaudi Duppy Gun Florian Hecker Invernomuto Lamin Fofana Florian Hecker /* MELK PROD Minoru Sato Mårten Spångberg Primitive Art Sara Manente Trond Reinholdtsen

Edition 2017 Venues: Ex GAM • Teatro Comunale di Bologna • Galleria P420 • LOCALEDUE • CAR DRDE • Tripla

Artists:

Alexandra Bachzetsis (CH) Anastasia Ax (SE)/C. Spencer Yeh (TW) Antonija Livingstone (CA)/Claudia Hill (DE) Ashes Withyman Moore (CA) Carlos Casas (ES) Coro Alpino RC (IT) Costante Biz (IT) Cristina Kristal Rizzo (IT) Dana Michel (CA) Lorenzo Senni (IT) Luigi Ontani (IT) Margherita Morgantin (IT)/Martina Raponi (IT) Maria Hassabi (CY) Mattin (ES)/Miguel Prado (ES) Mette Edvardsen (NO-BL) Nico Vascellari (IT) Nicola Ratti (IT) Nicolás Lamas (PE) Olivier Kosta-Thèfaine (FR) Prurient (US) Silvia Costa (IT) Ulrich Krieger (DE) Valerio Tricoli (IT)

Edition 2018 Venues: Ex GAM • Padiglione Esprit Nouveau • MAMbo - Museo d'Arte Moderna di Bologna • Galleria P420 • LOCALEDUE • CAR DRDE • GALLERIAPIÙ • Tripla • Galleria De' Foscherari

Artists:

Antonia Baehr/Latifa Laabissi/Nadia Lauro (DE/FR/FR) David Wampach (FR) Goodiepal & Pals (DK) Hannah Sawtell (GB) Julian Weber (DE) Krõõt Juurak (EE) Leandro Nerefuh/Libidiunga Cardoso/Cecilia Lisa Eliceche/Caetano (BR/GA) (IT) Mark Fell & Drumming (GB/PT) Mark Fell & Justin F. Kennedy (GB/US) Mark Fell (GB) Mette Edvardsen(NL-BE) NO-PA PA-ON/Luciano Maggiore/Louie Rice (IT/GB) Paolo Bufalini/Filippo Cecconi (IT) Rian Treanor (GB) Rodrigo Sobarzo de Larraechea (CL-NL)

Edition 2019 Venues: Galleria P420 • Gelateria Sogni di Ghiaccio • Fontana Parco della Montagnola • Chiesa Evangelica Metodista • Palazzo Volpe • Pinacoteca di Bologna • Palazzo Pezzoli • Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna • Cinema Modernissimo • Ex negozio materiale electrico Priori

Artists:

Barokthegreat (IT) Billy Bultheel (BE-DE) Catherine Christer Hennix (SE-DE) Doro Bengala (IT) Ellen Arkbro (SE)/Marcus Pal (SE) Gelateria Sogni di Ghiaccio(Filippo Marzocchi/Mattia Pajè) & friends (Giovanni Rendina, Andrea Magnani, Daniele Guerrini) (IT) Marcelo Evelin/Demolition Incorporada (BR) Michele Rizzo (IT-NL) Simon Vincenzi (GB) Sorour Darabi (IR-FR) Stine Janvin (NO-DE)

Edition 2020 Venues: Bologna outdoors • LOCALEDUE • P420 • Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna • Spazio Hera • FMAV Fondazione Modena Arti Visive • Palazzo Vizzani • Teatro Auditorium Manzoni • Ex Chiesa di San Mattia

Artists:

YEAH YOU (Gustav Thomas and Elvin Brandhi) (GB)

Other invited artists (events cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic):

(KR) Katerina Andreou (GR/FR) Mette Edvardsen/Matteo Fargion (NO/BL/GB) Riccardo Benassi (IT) Onyx Ashanti (USA) Graham Lambkin (GB) Yasmine Hugonnet (CH) Canedicoda (IT) Cristina Kristal Rizzo/Charlie Laban Trier (IT/DK/NL)

Edition 2021 Venues: Lungo Reno Quartiere Barca • Orti Comunali Boschetto

Artists:

Alessandro Di Pietro Alessandro Rilletti Alix Eynaudi Andrea Dionisi Andrea Magnani Annamaria Ajmone Anne Faucheret Attila Faravelli Biagio Caravano Bianca R. Schroeder Canedicoda Carolina Fanti Caterina Montanari Chiara Lucisano Christophe Albertijn Costanza Candeloro Cristina Kristal Rizzo Edoardo Ciaralli Elena Radice Eleonora Luccarini Enrico Gilardi Enrico Malatesta Francesca Duranti Francesca Ugolini Francesco Cavaliere g. olmo stuppia Gina Monaco Gitte Hendrikx Giuseppe Vincent Giampino Guillermo De Cabanyes Invernomuto Isabella Mongelli Jacopo Benassi Kinkaleri Laura Pante Lele Marcojanni Loredana Tarnovschi Lucia Amara Marco Mazzoni Marcos Simoes Margherita Morgantin Massimo Conti Mattia Paje Michele Di Stefano Michele Lori Michele Rizzo Milena Rossignoli mk Muna Mussie Nicola Ratti Paolo Bufalini Renato Grieco Roberta Mosca Roberta Pagani Sara Manente Sebastiano Geronimo Standards Virginia Genta Vittoria Caneva Zapruder

See also

Performing arts Performance art Sound Art Expanded Cinema Happening Experimental music

References

Further reading

Silvia Fanti (Xing). "Cronache", in Zanetti, Uliana (eds) (2023). La performance a Bologna negli anni '70. Bologna. MAMbo – Museo d’Arte Moderna di Bologna. Benoit Antille, Michele Fiedler, Andrey Parshikov, Since the beginning it was very simple in Sotto la strada, la spiaggia, Torino, ed.Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, 2012

External sources

Xing Official Website