[spectre] DE_ZER Vol. 4

[Domenico Quaranta]

DE_ZER Vol. 4


The DEberlusconiZER is proud to announce DE_ZER Vol. 4, the fourth of  
a series of exhibitions in which some contemporary artists are invited  
to give a new meaning to the informational space “liberated” from the  
unwieldy presence of the Italian Prime Minister.

After three group shows (DE_ZER Vol. 1, DE_ZER Vol. 2 and DE_ZER Vol.  
3), the DEberlusconiZER will host two solo shows, in order to allow a  
better understanding of two very peculiar projects: La Merde, by Luca  
Bolognesi (May 27 – June 5, 2011) and Always on My Mind, by Salvatore  
Iaconesi (June 6 – June 15, 2011).

Both the works – very different in terms of content and inspiration –  
challenge the technological and conceptual infrastructure provided by  
the DEberlusconiZER. Ironically playing with the workings and  
intentions of the project, Luca Bolognesi chose to refuse submitting  
any alternative content to the original images and texts. The level  
interposed between the censored content and the spectator is  
transparent, images and texts are still the ones the DEberlusconiZER  
wanted to set us free from. The program becomes a celibatory machine  
that fails its target. The caption you are reading, with the work's  
title and explanation, becomes the only way to identify the work  
itself. And yet, the title La merde (according to the artist, provided  
by an online text generator in its French release) proves that  
Bolognesi's contribution is far for being nihilistic, defeatist and  
polemical against the possibilities provided by its host body.  
Whatever it's meaning is, and despite its invisibility, La Merde ends  
up creating a strong, unprecedented association between images.

After Bolognesi's inexorable void, the DEberlusconiZER will host  
Iaconesi's lavish filling. Sneer and scatology can be found as well in  
Always on My Mind,  a work that we are not going to describe here in  
order to let you enjoy the biting taste of the surprise we had when we  
first tested it. Save the date: June 6, 2011.

The DEberlusconiZER is a web tool that replaces the images and words  
related to the Italian Prime Minister. The software subverts the media  
machine created by one of the most controversial figures in Italian  
politics by reclaiming the space devoted to him and using it for new  
porpuses.

The DEberlusconiZER is a project by Elisa Giardina Papa, Fabrizio  
Giardina Papa, Giovanni Salerno and Floriano Lapolla.

The artists have been selected and invited by art critic Domenico  
Quaranta.

info at de-zer.com
www.de-zer.com


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Domenico Quaranta

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