ORESTE

Oreste Zero and Oreste One were presented at Paliano in the summers of 1997 and 1998. The title itself, manifestly without any specific references, underlines  the desire not to focus on art in an institutional way. The spontaneous characteristic of our acts and the relationship between art and its “enjoyer” have been questioned in a radical fashion, cancelling any differentiation and inviting both the public at large and the artists involved to work together. The balance between artistic undertaking and its circulation is a forgone conclusion, and in the open organisation of these meetings there is a new kind of cohesion among the artists.  The community thus defined is fostered from the lowest levels and in these low levels, in the day to day routine, these interventions, which generate a continuous matching rich in stimuli, are rooted. The weight of the present artistic situation  in Italy and its related closing in on itself are openly contested,  in a critical and enlightened manner with special reference to those institutions which are totally unaware of the range and significance of these new subjects.

Partecipants:

Oreste 0 (1997): Cesare Pietroiusti,  Salvatore Falci, Claudia Colasanti, Bruna Esposito, Giancarlo Norese, Anteo Radovan, Luca Vitone.

Oreste 1 (1998): Lorenzo Benedetti, Anteo Radovan, Sabrina Torelli, Cesare Pietroiusti, Pino Boresta, Claudia Colasanti, Salvatore Falci, Pino Modica, Luca Vitone, Cesare Viel, Sabrina Mezzaqui, Andrea Sperni