4^a MOSTRA [1^o SIMPOSIO] giugno - luglio 2009

Intus Tensio, or Appropriated Special

This circumstantially extensive and mixed-media group show marked the debut of Centotto's new indirect, language-based curatorial approach, the simposio, in which featured artists are asked to select and submit works according to specific parameters.

Namely, their pieces must respond to the tripartite discursive framework formed by a given show's bivalent exhibition title and its required reading assignment. Within this triangle of potential discourse is where exhibited works lie, and artists provide brief simposio statements to place their work semantically therein.

The selected reading for this inaugural simposio was "Special Being," a chapter from Profanations, a book by the contemporary Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben. PDFs of the complete simposio packet, featuring a copy the reading assignment as well the artists' statements, are available free upon request.

Featured artists-cum-interlocutors: Andrew Hurst, Nate Anspaugh, Adam Thompson, Paolo Arao, Amanda Taylor, John Avelluto, Abe Nowitz, Josh Willis, Kristina Williamson, Zane Wilson, Paul-Luc de Vincent and Paul D'Agostino.