archive of materials /
/ ethnographic projects
self governed habitats / fieldworks
[[ in secret dens, thames path+us embassy, london 2024 ]]
in secret dens / riverside walk – us embassy, nine elms london //
solo sonic performance // preview 23 march 2024archival soundscape project // WAF wandsworth arts fringe festival 7-24 june 2024supported by: RCA royal college of art, wandsworth borough councillogistical support: wandsworth borough council, wandsworth arts fringe festival, the alchemist london /future materials RCA /contrado ltd londonconcept and implementation: medina zabofieldwork: thames estuary / riverside path /battersea parkartists involved: medina zabo, ulmus collective (WAF)photography: k.can.hhand-sewn sculptural vest layered with tens of textile petals, organic silk-print, bespoke silicone rubber hood cast from apiculture waste, soundwww.insecretdens.cloud
+ w*rmth, a kula ritual to the sun _ nine iridescent soft sculptures ringed onto elms accompained by two days- long performative installation – specific design, dimensions vary
grafting techniques, korean fabric received as a gift in london, british carded wool, dynamic flower-shaped qr codes _ design for nine elms & WAF 2024
[[ genetica della forma * palazzo collicola arti visive 2022 ]]
all watched over by machines of loving grace, diptych + am i a pink bunny hugger?
galleria d’arte moderna g.carandente, palazzo collicola, april-may 2022
supported by: palazzo collicola arti visivecurator: davide silviolicuratorial texts: davide silvioli, valeria de siero, marco tonelliphoto credits: giulio buchicchioartists involved: antonio barbieri, giulio bensasson, roberto ghezzi, miriam montani, giulia manfredi, bernardo tirabosco, medina zabocatalogue: edizioni kappabit, rome 2023
powder coated sculpted stainless steel / organic living mosaic populated on site by moths /mastic / polyurethane / powder coated metal pedestals / installation, dimensions vary (200 /180 /100*50*100 cm)
organic matter sourced in italy / germany
www.palazzocollicola.it
[[ esercizio di decenza, VOL 1+2, chiesa madonna del pozzo, 2022 ]]
esercizio di decenza, solo installation evolving along a trimester
modifiche allo stato dell’account // performance and opening november 25thvolume 1+2 // evolving installation along a season, chiesa museo madonna del pozzo, spoleto november 2022- 8 january 2023
supported by: studio A87 + opus& light, municipality of spoletologistical support: center chrome firenzeconcept and implementation: medina zabofieldwork: spoleto, chiesa museo madonna del pozzo, museo archeologico di spoleto, londoncurators and authors of texts: valeria de siero, michela becchisphotography massimiliano bacchi/ artist book /9 togo girl model wigs, modeled vintage carpet, metal sculptures, archeological data and debris, light box, bespoke party balloons, dyed carded wool, mixed media
[[ con_tratto di simultaneità, MABOS 2021 ]]
con_tratto di simultaneità, triptych installation
sense residence MABOS 9-21 september 2021oltre cenere, permanent installationfieldwork: parco nazionale della sila/ sila minore (luglio 2021)supported by: MABOS museo d’arte del bosco della silalogistical support: eco villaggio sorbo san basile, local beekeperscurators and authors of texts: angelo gallo, kristele masiello, franciele morroneartistic direction: giuseppe ferrise (MABOS)video and photography: lucy mey, guido mallamacesound design: samuel cerracatalogue: arte e bosco, il secondo catalogo del MABOS, sense 2019-22 galileo editoremirror finish stainless steel, local apiculture waste, solar led lights, mixed media, soilwww.museomabos.com
[[ di_stanza 984 drawings, pilotenkueche leipzig++ castelnuovo fotografia rome 2021 ]]
di_stanza, 984 drawings
festival internazionale di fotografia e arte contemporanea castelnuovo fotografia, rome, october 2021 / site specific design for rocca colonna
supported by: direzione generale creatività contemporanea- MIBAC ministero, municipality of castelnuovo di porto, città metropolitana di romalogistical support: associazione DIECIQUINDICI, tommaso bastianellicurators and authors of texts: elisabetta portoghese, michela becchis, manuela de leonardisfieldwork: leipzig urbanscape, last pandemic lockdown in germany (april 2021)press office: sasha taormina
visual designer: simone d’angelovideography: andrea arena
photography: matilde cencicatalogue: castelnuovo fotografia ed. IX available online here ITA/ENG984 drawings on bespoke manual silk-printing process combining renaissance imprimatura, feral practices and powder glaze on hanhemuhle cotton paper (300 gsm, 20×20 cm ) / fine art photography mounted on a wooden cube
www.castelnuovofotografia.it
[[ language gaps_nobody asks, nobody knows (nobody sees), galerie KUB, leipzig 2021 ]]
triptych “nobody asks, nobody knows (nobody sees)
supported by: pilotenkueche international residencies programvenue support: galerie KUB leipzigcurator and author of texts: joanna glinkowska
visual designer and photography: lukas stafford
artists participating: medina zabo, noah maxeiner, viktoria conzelmann, julianne csapo, maeshelle west-daviessugar cubes installation, brick, heating panels, fine art photography, map coordinates / dimensions vary
note: archival stratification from both past and present narratives in leipzig, developed during a three-month art residency amid saxony’s final pandemic lockdown. the resulting sculptures had been moved to private venues across eastern germany and showcased as posters (without the presence of the artist)
www.pilotenkueche.com // www.galeriekub.de
[[ MOP month of photography, CPAC denver us 2021 ]]
imago lucis series
daniel and fisher tower, denver us, month of photography, reimagining hope show march 2021
www.denvertheatredistrict.com // www.denvermop.org
[[ materia prima, curva pura + boccanera gallery, palazzo laifenthurn, trento 2019 ]]
una apis nulla apis / one bee is no bee
diptych and floor installation
fieldwork: val di non pomari – apple orchards + castello aliprandini (april 2019)supported by: curva pura, boccanera gallerylogistic support and exhibition catalogue: associazione il quadrifoglio, comune di livo, provincia autonoma di trento, regione trentino alto adige, cassa rurale val di non, consorzio dei comuni della provincia di trentoartists participating: arianna bonamore, piotr hanzelewicz, pasquale nero galante, claudio orlandi, ugo piccioni, rosario vicidomini, medina zabo, christian avram, veronica de giovanelli, federico seppicurator and texts: michela becchisphotography and media: melasecca press officeexhibition cataloguestainless steel, byproduct-waste gifted from local beekepers, pure beewax, embedded honey, mastic, wooden pedestal + (floor based) white porcelain artifacts / dimensions vary
www.boccaneragallery.com // www.trentinocultura.it // melaseccapressoffice.it
[[ diversioni, centro della ricerca artistica luigi di sarro, rome, 2019 ]]
erasures mn_25 cu_29 / diversioni mariani_pallante_vicidomini_zabo
centro documentazione artistica luigi di sarro, rome, june-july 2019
supported by: centro della documentazione artistica luigi di sarro romecurator and author of texts: davide silvioliartist book: fabio mariani, priscilla pallante, rosario vicidomini, medina zabophoto credits: priscilla pallante
floor-wall based installation_ hand sculpted copper sheet and reclaimed metal sheets from collapsed shelters, processed daily with chemical additives throughout four months + wall based installation_ steinerian watercolours on cotton paper, mild steel, glass
artist book edition of 20
www.centroluigidisarro.it
[[ F.U.T.U.R.A. treviso 2018 ]]
redundantia (ab/original time) site specific installation and performance/ F.U.T.U.R.A. 3018
year 3018. the human history is frozen by event X _ festival arti sperimentali, treviso porta santi quaranta
fieldwork: local history, porta santi quaranta archictural features, project concept, l.perovich, m.gimbutas (the aborigeal time of dream)supported by: comune di treviso, rete dei festival di treviso/ bando progetto sedici trentaconcept and implementation : medina zaboartists participating: medina zabo, francesca nestericuratorship and technical support: subsculture, rete dei festival della città di trevisophotography: shana carrara2000 hand-made clay balls, aerosol paint, infested honeyframes, purple led lights
[ in my view,
sculpture is a semiotic triangle, whose references continuously
metamorphose by interbeing agency, the organicity of matter and the subjectivity of processes, regardless, as their ultimate end ]
[[ remnants from super-sargasso sea series ]]
remnants from supersargasso sea series (item #4), orange book 2022 artrepreneur new york
// artifacts inspired to charles fort's novel // infested organic mosaic, porcelain, customized firing and glazing process, sgraffito (2019) //
[[ overly didactic, single channel video 9'39, b-video art festival, khodynka gallery, moscow, 2020 ]]
[[ still life_un momento prima trovare_ #tempofermo 16civico pescara 2020 ]]
giulio buchicchio / guido mallamace / tiziana marinelli / massimiliano bacchi / priscilla pallante /shana carrara / k_ah_n / ornella tiberi / tom scringeour
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