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Una Boccata d’Arte
20 artisti 20 borghi 20 regioni
Milano, 10 June 2021
BINTA DIAW IN MONASTERO BORMIDA
We're approaching the opening of the second edition of Una Boccata
d’Arte, a contemporary art project spread all over Italy, in all of its
regions that, from 26 June to 26 September 2021, promotes the
meeting of contemporary art with the historical and artistic beauty of
the the most evocative villages in Italy.
Una Boccata d'Arte is a project by Fondazione Elpis, in collaboration
with Galleria Continua, and the participation of Threes Productions,
that gives full creative freedom to the artist and allows the use of any
artistic media, exploring various themes that dialogue in a convincing
way with the villages.
The twenty villages, selected each year on the basis of: less than 5000
inhabitants; the presence of an active cultural scene; and a capacity for
family- run artisanal, commercial and hospitality industries, welcome
twenty site specific artworks created by emerging and established
artists, all of whom have been invited by the Fondazione Elpis and
Galleria Continua.
PIEDMONT
Monastero Bormida is the village that will host the exhibition It Is Not
Wrong To Go Back and Take Something You Forgot by the artist
Binta Diaw.
The opening will be held on Saturday 26 June at 6pm at the Medieval
Castle Court of Monastero Bormida 14058 (AT).
«In Monastero Bormida you can see layers of centuries of history,
settlements, caravans, legends, cults, experiences, and wars, and they
resonate in the complex architecture of the village and in the
landscape that surrounds it. Through the visual language of the
Adinkra symbols, I wanted to update the role that the village and the
salt road have had in the past, making values and traditions re-
emerge». Binta Diaw for Una Boccata d’Arte 2021.
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TEXT BT GINEVRA D'ORIA / CASE CHIUSE BY PAOLA CLERICO
Binta Diaw's research addresses socio-cultural, identity and historical
issues, in relation to one's own cultural heritage. These works translate
the history of Monastero Bormida through recurring elements
including: materiality, language and traditions.
The title in Italian Non è sbagliato tornare indietro e prendere
qualcosa che hai dimenticato, refers to the Sankofa symbol
attributed to the Akan (West Africa, Ghana) and metaphorically means
«go back to the roots to move forward». It is the key to interpreting the
sculptural path that begins on the bank of the Bormida with an
ephemeral installation in earth and salt that will be carried away by the
water. Senza Titolo (2021) is a group of upturned keels of stylized
boats, evoking bodies deprived of their humanity, thus reflecting on
the cyclical nature that links colonial dynamics to the crossing of the
Mediterranean.
On the Romanesque bridge, built by the Benedictine monks, it was
crucial for the Salt Road. There lies the former customs house which
today is dedicated to the Madonna. Here, the symbol of Mother Earth,
Àdduna (2021), Akan goddess of creation, is installed. It is interesting
how the shape, and that of other symbols, recalls various other
Western decorations.
The «gate of care and abundance» is located in the old gate of the
«puntet», on the threshold of the market square which is fundamental
to the salt road. Bunt Topatoo ak Khëwuel (2021) is a half-open gate,
referring to the theme of hospitality, through the symbols of the kola
nut (power, trade) and Aban (fortress, safe place). The work is covered
with salt dough, an ephemeral intervention carried out with the kids
who attend Monastero’s summer camp that investigates the
importance of salt over the centuries.
By flanking the castle you reach the tower connected to it by a
vertiginous arch. Up there rests a long staircase that ends in a void.
Ame Dine (2021) is a bridge towards the immaterial; for the Akan it is a
symbol of ethics and faith.
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In the courtyard of the former monastery, inside the well, is Kham
Kham (2021), a work composed of two identical symbols representing
wisdom and knowledge.
One remains on the surface while the other at water height is visible
by going underground. The Sankofa is at the foot of an arch of the old
cloister. Dellu Cossan (2021) represents a bird looking at its tail and is
formed by a series of curves, representing the return as something
non-linear. It is the outline of a history and a symbol of identity for
many African diasporas. Sankofa takes us back to the origins, the past,
the traditions and the beginning of a journey.
THE ARTIST
Binta Diaw (Milano, 1995) is an Italian artist of Senegalese origin. She
creates installations on social phenomena such as migration,
contemporary and still colonial narratives, anthropological and social
aspects in the European context, the relationship of the body with
nature and the complexity of its identity, using often natural and
symbolic materials. In 2020, she won the Bourse arts plastiques de la
Ville de Grenoble; in 2019 she participated in the Soil Is An Inscribed
Body exhibition. On Sovereignty and Agropoietics, at SAVVY
Contemporary, Berlin.
THE VILLAGE
Monastero Bormida is a Piedmont village of 932 residents in the
province of Asti, which is 38km away. Founded by a group of
Benedictine monks around 1050, today the village is still home to its
fourteenth-century castle, the tower and the square which the church
of Santa Giulia overlooks. The Romanesque stone bridge withstood
eight centuries of flooding. In 1881, Augusto Monti, a professor of
Italian and Latin whose students included Cesare Pavese, Giulio
Einaudi, and Leone Ginzburg, was born there.
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FONDAZIONE ELPIS
Established in 2020 by Marina Nissim, entrepreneur and
contemporary art collector, has as its purpose the valorization and
promotion of expressive forms of contemporary art and creativity,
particularly with regard to education and social utility.
Fondazione Elpis especially focuses on supporting young and
emerging artists, from different countries and cultures, whose talent
deserves a greater opportunity for visibility and support. The exhibition
space, currently being renovated, will open to public in spring 2022, in
the heart of Milano.
GALLERIA CONTINUA
Contemporary art gallery established in 1990 by Mario Cristiani,
Lorenzo Fiaschi and Maurizio Rigillo, today to date it has seven
locations around the world: in 1990 opens in San Gimignano, little
Tuscan village; in 2004 in Beijing, in 798 district; in 2007 at Les
Moulins, in the Parisian countryside; in 2015 in La Habana, Cuba; in
2020 in Rome, into The St. Regis Rome, and in São Paulo, Brazil. In
January 2021 opens a new exhibition space in Paris, in Le Marais
district.
THREES PRODUCTIONS
A curatorial team and creative agency based in Milano, concentrates
its practice on projects that intersect sound, art and landscape. In the
second edition of Una Boccata d’Arte 2021, Threes will curate the
exhibitions by Camille Norment in Santa Gertrude, Francesco Cavaliere
in Vallo di Nero and Polisonum in Gesualdo.
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Binta Diaw
It Is Not Wrong To Go Back and Take Something You Forgot
from 26.06. to 26.09.2021
Opening 26.06, 6pm
Medieval Castle Court of Monastero Bormida 14058 (AT).
Free access, outdoor installations:
Untitled (2021), installation, earth, salt, environmental dimensions. Riva
del Bormida. Riva del Bormida, lato sud (sotto la SP56A).
Àdduna (2021), sculpture, iron, paint, approx. 120 x 100 cm. Dogana of
the Romanesque bridge (SP56).
Bunt Topatoo ak Khëwuel (2021), sculpture, iron, paint, salt dough,
approx. 450 x 320 cm. «Puntet» SP56 / Piazza Castello.
Ame Dine (2021), sculpture, iron, paint, approx. 400 x 50 cm. SP56
corner Via Cesare Battisti.
Kham Kham (2021), sculpture, two elements, iron, paint, approx. 65 x
65 cm each. Court of the Medieval Castle of Monastero Bormida (in the
well).
Dellu Cossan (2021), sculpture, iron, paint, approx. 120 x 80 cm each.
Court of the Medieval Castle of Monastero Bormida.
Press:
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Acknowledgments:
the Municipal Administration, the Mayor Luigi Gallareto, the President
of the Cultural Association «Museo del Monastero» Ilaria Cagno, the
Regional Council of Piedmont, Langa my love Loretta Verzegnassi,
Prof. Davide Berta, Engineer Claudio Adorno, Pier Giuseppe Guazzo,
B&B Santa Libera.
Comune di
Con il Patrocinio del Con il sostegno del Con la collaborazione di
Monastero Bormida
Con la partecipazione di ATTIVAMENTE SPORT e LangamyLove
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