The Embassy of Italy and The Italian Cultural Institute, Jakarta
proudly present

Artist talk

Artist : Marco Cassani
Moderator : Astrid Honold

“INDISCIPLINATO”

“Presented through a carefully orchestrated series of actions, including a photoshoot that echoes Brancusi’s studio or using the ‘art production’ of a village’s ‘madman’, Indisciplinato reveals the possibility of questioning once again the state of the arts, but this time within a context far from the comfort zone of conceptual art. In other words, it is important to stress the fact that Marco Cassani has developed this radical and conceptual body of work within the context of Indonesia, a country whose dynamic and vibrant art scene is still rooted in certain understandings and conventions of what it means (or is supposed to mean) to be an artist today.”
“Like Cerberus, the animal guarding the gates of the underworld in Greek mythology, Marco Cassani’s practice consists of three heads: his practice as artist, his role as Lucie Fontaine’s employee − regarding the unique program he developed at her Balinese branch Kayu − and, last but not least, his position as founder and CEO of VAPRICO (Value Prism Corporation), an art project organized like a venture that aims to highlight particularities of mankind, collecting ready-mades as a form of intellectual multitude and as artistic creation. Omni-tasking, schizophrenic and full of contradictions, this position brings a myriad of possibilities: Questioning not only the understanding what is means to be an artist today − it also triggers a larger discourse about the lack of distinction between labor and leisure (the very base of cultural production) while reaching its most paradoxical and therefore contemporary state only through positions similar to that of Cassani.

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