FONDAZIONE ANTONIO RATTI

The # # # CSAV - Artists’ Research Laboratory, art poetics politics drew to a close with the Aperto exhibition, where the participant artists displayed the works they produced during the residency.

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Il # # # CSAV - Artists’ Research Laboratory, art poetics politics si è chiuso con la mostra Aperto, dove gli artisti partecipanti hanno esposto le loro opere realizzate durante lo svolgimento della residenza.

1. Ayham Ghraowi, Tell Walid I think I found the Beasts, 2026
2. Paolo Barti, Postcards from the Hanging, 2026
3. Paolo Barti, Recurring Refrain, 2026
4. Nicolas Linnert, Ospedaletto, Ossuccio, 2026
5. Christine Dahlerup, Practice Project after Christine Kozlov 1966, 2026
6. Oleksandra Horobets, The Louder a Dog Barks, the Easier it is to Recognize that it is a Dog and Not a Donkey or a Goat!, 2026
7. Charles de Agustin, Chorus Conditioned, 2026
8. Deon Feng, Vintage Chinese Silk Woven Portrait of Mao Zedong, 2026

The # # # CSAV - Artists’ Research Laboratory, art poetics politics drew to a close with the Aperto exhibition, where the participant artists displayed the works they produced during the residency.

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Il # # # CSAV - Artists’ Research Laboratory, art poetics politics si è chiuso con la mostra Aperto, dove gli artisti partecipanti hanno esposto le loro opere realizzate durante lo svolgimento della residenza.

1. Margherita Silvestro, Εἰρήνη. Primo studio iconografico, 2026
2. Murat Adash, Apparitions, 2026
3. Murat Adash, Correspondance (Darkness), 2025
4. Oleksandra Horobets, Untitled, 2026
5. Mae Smith, 1 Phone Call, 45 Minutes, 8 Like’s, 43 Uh’s, 38 Sort of’s, 12 You Know’s, 31 I Mean’s, 2026
6. Deon Feng, O, 2026
7. Julia Znoj, After a Blinding Light (Mooned), 2026

Some pictures of the third week of the # # # CSAV - Artists’ Research Laboratory, with the visit to Fondazione Antonio Ratti’s textile collection, the workshops with Michael Newman and Filiep Tacq, and the visit to Palazzo Terragni in Como.

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Alcune immagini della terza settimana del # # # CSAV - Artists’ Research Laboratory, con la visita alla collezione tessile della Fondazione Antonio Ratti, gli workshops con Michael Newman e Filiep Tacq, e la visita a Palazzo Terragni a Como.

Some pictures from the second week of the # # # CSAV - Artists’ Research Laboratory, art poetic politics with Gregg Bordowitz.

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Alcune immagini della seconda settimana del # # # CSAV - Artists’ Research Laboratory, art poetic politics con Gregg Bordowitz.

Ph. Luca Bianco

On Tuesday, July 14th, Gregg Bordowitz, visiting artist of the # # # CSAV - Artists’ Research Laboratory, presented his performance “Where Feelings Arise: A Talk” at Teatro Sociale in Como, where he showed examples of visual art, played music, read poetry and discussed ideas related to process philosophy.
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Martedì 14 luglio, Gregg Bordowitz, visiting artist del # # # CSAV - Artists’ Research Laboratory, ha presentato la sua performance “Where Feelings Arise: A Talk” al Teatro Sociale di Como, dove ha mostrato esempi di arte visiva, riprodotto musica, letto poesie e discusso idee relative alla filosofia come processo.

On Tuesday, July 14th, Michael Newman held the talk “…a constellation, perhaps…”: indecision and contingency in the poetics of art after Mallarmé at Fondazione Antonio Ratti. In the talk, he explored the theme of poetics and art after Mallarmé, expanding on the subject of the three-part exhibition he curated at Large Glass in 2024.
Full talk available on the website of Fondazione Antonio Ratti.
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Martedì 14 luglio, Michael Newman ha tenuto il talk “…a constellation, perhaps…”: indecision and contingency in the poetics of art after Mallarmé presso Fondazione Antonio Ratti. Nel suo talk, ha esplorato il tema della poetica e dell’arte dopo Mallarmé, approfondendo l’argomento della mostra in tre parti da lui curata presso Large Glass nel 2024.
Il talk completo è disponibile sul sito della Fondazione Antonio Ratti.

Some images from Aperto of Saturday 04.07.2026, where the participant artists of the # # # CSAV - Artists’ Research Laboratory have displayed their works inside the spaces of the Foundation. | Alcune immagini da Aperto di sabato 04.07.2026, dove gli artisti partecipanti al # # # CSAV - Artists’ Research Laboratory hanno esposto le loro opere all’interno degli spazi della Fondazione.

1. Nicolas Linnert, Jericoacoara, 2023; Nicolas Linnert, Strands, 2024; Julia Znoj, Dereal Cat Perspective, 2025
2. Deon Feng, Passe Par Tout, 2026
3. Paolo Barti, Tambourine Strikes, 2026
4. Charles de Agustin, Funding Body, 2025
5. Christine Dahlerup, You Sequence, 2026
6. Kmar Douagi, No Title, 2026
7. Ayham Ghraowi, Walk Cycles, 2025
8. Margherita Silvestro, ENCANTAR, 2026

Some images from Aperto of Saturday 04.07.2026, where the participant artists of the # # # CSAV - Artists’ Research Laboratory have displayed their works inside the spaces of the Foundation. | Alcune immagini da Aperto di sabato 04.07.2026, dove gli artisti partecipanti al # # # CSAV - Artists’ Research Laboratory hanno esposto le loro opere all’interno degli spazi della Fondazione.

1. Murat Adash, Spectral Figures, 2023
2. Mae Smith, Does dim Ile yma i geffyl / There is no Room here for a Horse, 2026
3. Oleksandra Horobets, МЕНІ СТРАШНО МАЛЮВАТИ МАМУ* I am afraid to draw my Mother*, 2023
4. Julia Znoj, Dereal Cat Perspective, 2025

“…a constellation, perhaps…”: indecision and contingency in the poetics of art after Mallarmé
A talk by Michael Newman | Un talk di Michael Newman

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In his talk, Michael Newman will explore the theme of poetics and art after Mallarmé, expanding on the subject of the three-part exhibition he curated at Large Glass in 2024. The lecture will examine how Mallarmé’s radical transformation of poetics has been taken up and reinterpreted by artists to the present day, tracing a lineage that continues to shape contemporary artistic practice. Newman will also reflect on the notion of a poetics of curating.
The event will be held in English.

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Nel suo intervento, Michael Newman esplorerà il tema della poetica e dell’arte dopo Mallarmé, approfondendo la mostra in tre parti che ha curato a Large Glass nel 2024. La conferenza esaminerà come la radicale trasformazione della poetica operata da Mallarmé
sia stata raccolta e reinterpretata dagli artisti fino ai giorni nostri, tracciando una genealogia che continua a plasmare la pratica artistica contemporanea. Newman rifletterà inoltre sulla nozione di poetica della cura.
L’evento si terrà in lingua inglese.

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Tuesday July 14, 2026, at 6 p.m. | Martedì 14 luglio 2026, ore 18.00
Fondazione Antonio Ratti, Villa Sucota
Free entry. Info: | Ingresso libero. Per informazioni: [email protected]

Saturday 04.07.2026 Gregg Bordowitz held his talk “art poetics politics”, part of the public programme of the # # # CSAV - Artists’ Research Laboratory.
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Sabato 04.07.2026 Gregg Bordowitz ha tenuto il suo talk “art poetics politics”, parte del programma del # # # CSAV - Artists’ Research Laboratory.

Ph. Luca Bianco