Io, gli altri - International book Fair off - Salone del Libro off, Cortile del Maglio, Torino
2008-2009, Via Vittorio Andreis 18 Torino
Fuori Salone del Libro di Torino - the ArtBox 2009-Me, the others: mailart convocatoria and exhibition, art books and performance + installation in the Cortile del Maglio.
People: Associazione Cortile del Maglio, Biblioteca Civica Italo Calvino, Istituto Albe Steiner curator: Professor Marisa Cortese + Chen Li c/o Cortile del Maglio.
Locations: Turin
1) Cortile del maglio: launch and artists and students + artworks installation entwining on the maglio.
2) Istituto Albe Steiner: Artists’ books by students and International artists from the Collezione Aprile di Cimia and selected by the curator Marisa Cortese, prof. Claudio Zoccola and the organization of the event.
3) Biblioteca Civica Italo Calvino: mail-art / postal art ‘Me, the others’
The charming cathedral in the desert: in Aurora area, Cortile del Maglio, sited in the previous city's arsenal, is a bridge between the center of the City and the suburbs. Recently it full of designers and artists from all over the worls.
Spaces and people makes everything possible.The Maglio is an archeological object from II World War, it was for manufacture weapons.
"The Art Box", Fiera del Libro di Torino OFF Event at Cortile del Maglio, 2008- 2009.
Curators: Marisa Cortese+Chen Li+Claudio Zoccola
Lessons - Chen Li 2008 "Lessons" tribute to Bruno Munari, Italo Calvino and Raymond Queneau, Italy, 2008
Il Maglio, previous Arsenal of Torino, is now place for a famous weekly second hand market and you can find there many artisans, designers, cultural associations.