Conference on Scia'mano
the Luce d’Artista by Luigi Ontani
January 16, 2024, 6:00 PM
GAM Torino / Via Magenta, 31
The activities of the Accademia della Luce, the Public Program of Luci d'Artista, have begun.
The first public event is the conference dedicated to Maestro Luigi Ontani and to Scia'Mano, the Light he created for this latest edition of the event, installed in Piazza Carlo Felice, inside the Giardini Sambuy. It is an opportunity to explore the work of one of Italy's most influential and recognized artists worldwide.
For the occasion, a group of highly esteemed critics and intellectuals has been invited, individuals who have been close to the Master over the years, accompanying him on his travels in Italy as well as in the Far East, writing for him, curating important exhibitions, and facilitating the inclusion of his work in the institutional context.
Speakers:
- Luigi Ontani
- Giulia Giambrone, art historian and critic
- Emanuele Trevi, writer and literary critic
- Elena Volpato, curator GAM - Torino
Moderator: Antonio Grulli, curator of Luci d'Artista
Introduction: Chiara Bertola, Director of GAM - Torino
Free admission until all available seats are taken.
Giulia Giambrone is a young art historian and researcher based in Venice. Her thesis on the work of Luigi Ontani was the occasion for their first meeting. Emanuele Trevi is one of Italy's greatest writers, winner of the 2021 Premio Strega, and collaborates with Corriere della Sera; for years, he has regularly written about Luigi Ontani’s work, and together they have produced books such as the one about their trip to Bali (Ontani a Bali, Humboldt Books, 2016, Milan). Elena Volpato included the early seminal videos of Luigi Ontani from the late 1960s in the collection of the Videoteca of GAM Torino, which she founded, and curated the exhibition Alam Jiwa & Vanitas in 2021 in the Wunderkammer space.
