SIMONE CARELLA
Io poeto tu
With works by Rä di Martino, Anna Franceschini, Emiliano Maggi, the participation of Vega, Francesca Corona and Alessandra Vanzi, Andrea Cortellessa, Silvia Fanti and Giorgio Barberio Corsetti, Valerio Mattioli.
With contributions by Ulisse Benedetti, Pippo Di Marca, Paolo Grassini, Rossella Or, Mario Romano, Fabio Sargentini, Marco Solari.

3 February 2021 – 6 June 2021
#Polyphony

Simone Carella (1946 -2016), director and personality on the Roman cultural scene, is the protagonist of POLYPHONY, a section of experimental solo shows that adhere to the method of musical improvisation. With the exhibition Io poeto tu, the life and work of Carella are narrated by a chorus of multiple voices, shedding light on the repercussions of his legacy in other practices and generations.

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Simone Carella, Io poeto tu, exhibition view, POLYPHONY. Rä di Martino, AAAAA!, 2020. HD video loop, hantarex monitor, legno. Courtesy l’artista, Valentina Bonomo, Roma, Monica De Cardenas, Milano. Anna Franceschini, Perché gli artisti fanno le mostre e poi se ne vanno, 2020. Materiali vari. 22 poster con interviste a: Ulisse Benedetti, Pippo Di Marca, Paolo Grassini, Rossella Or, Mario Romano, Fabio Sargentini, Marco Solari. Un video di VEGA (Tommaso Arnaldi e Francesca Pionati). Museum for Preventive Imagination, MACRO 2021. Photo credit: Agnese Bedini e Melania Dalle Grave di DSL Studio.

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Simone Carella, Io poeto tu, exhibition view, POLYPHONY. Rä di Martino, AAAAA!, 2020. HD video loop, hantarex monitor, legno. Courtesy l’artista, Valentina Bonomo, Roma, Monica De Cardenas, Milano. 22 poster con interviste a: Ulisse Benedetti, Pippo Di Marca, Paolo Grassini, Rossella Or, Mario Romano, Fabio Sargentini, Marco Solari. Museum for Preventive Imagination, MACRO 2021. Photo credit: Agnese Bedini e Melania Dalle Grave di DSL Studio.

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Simone Carella, Io poeto tu, exhibition view, POLYPHONY. Rä di Martino, AAAAA!, 2020. HD video loop, hantarex monitor, legno. Courtesy l’artista, Valentina Bonomo, Roma, Monica De Cardenas, Milano. 22 poster con interviste a: Ulisse Benedetti, Pippo Di Marca, Paolo Grassini, Rossella Or, Mario Romano, Fabio Sargentini, Marco Solari. Museum for Preventive Imagination, MACRO 2021. Photo credit: Agnese Bedini e Melania Dalle Grave di DSL Studio.

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Anna Franceschini, Perché gli artisti fanno le mostre e poi se ne vanno, 2020. Various materials. Courtesy the artist, Vistamare/Vistamarestudio, Pescara/Milan. Graphic design in collaboration with Julia, Rome. Exhibition view of POLYPHONY, Simone Carella, Io poeto tu. Museum for Preventive Imagination, MACRO 2021. Photo credit: Agnese Bedini and Melania Dalle Grave of DSL Studio.

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Anna Franceschini, Perché gli artisti fanno le mostre e poi se ne vanno, 2020. Various materials. Courtesy the artist, Vistamare/Vistamarestudio, Pescara/Milan. Graphic design in collaboration with Julia, Rome. Exhibition view of POLYPHONY, Simone Carella, Io poeto tu. Museum for Preventive Imagination, MACRO 2021. Photo credit: Agnese Bedini and Melania Dalle Grave of DSL Studio.

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Anna Franceschini, Perché gli artisti fanno le mostre e poi se ne vanno, 2020. Various materials. Courtesy the artist, Vistamare/Vistamarestudio, Pescara/Milan. Graphic design in collaboration with Julia, Rome. Exhibition view of POLYPHONY, Simone Carella, Io poeto tu. Museum for Preventive Imagination, MACRO 2021. Photo credit: Agnese Bedini and Melania Dalle Grave of DSL Studio.

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Rä di Martino, AAAAA!, 2020. HD video loop, hantarex monitor, wood. Courtesy the artist, Valentina Bonomo, Rome, Monica De Cardenas, Milan. Still. Museum for Preventive Imagination, MACRO 2021. Photo credit: Agnese Bedini and Melania Dalle Grave of DSL Studio.

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Rä di Martino, AAAAA!, 2020. HD video loop, hantarex monitor, wood. Courtesy the artist, Valentina Bonomo, Rome, Monica De Cardenas, Milan. Still. Museum for Preventive Imagination, MACRO 2021. Photo credit: Agnese Bedini and Melania Dalle Grave of DSL Studio.

The works created for the occasion by Anna Franceschini, Rä di Martino and Emiliano Maggi are combined with commentaries and archival materials reinterpreted in the form of video by Vega, talks inside the space by Andrea Cortellessa, Francesca Corona and Alessandra Vanzi, Silvia Fanti and Giorgio Barberio Corsetti, Valerio Mattioli, and interviews held with Ulisse Benedetti, Pippo Di Marca, Paolo Grassini, Rossella Or and Fabio Sargentini for the occasion.




 

 

Curator: Luca Lo Pinto
Coordinated by Lisa Andreani (curatorial) and Veronica Botta (production)
Exhibitions and Research Assistants: Giulia Caruso, Maria Vittoria Di Sabatino, Alessia Procopio
Art handling: Fabio Pennacchia, Simone Testi
Audiovisual services: STEP srl
Graphic production: SP Systema
Insurance broker: MAG-JLT
Transport: Expotrans

With the support of D-Vision Movie People, Mattatoio, Prender–si cura

Heartfelt thanks to Archivio Claudio Abate, Elettra Pignatelli Carella, Carlo Di Gaeta, Valerio Di Lucente, Ilaria Gianni, Mirko Pelliccia, Mauro Remiddi, Antonella Sbrilli Eletti, Fabio Servadei, Stefano Silvia, Ruggero Pietromarchi, Rai Direzione Teche for the concession of the film material