ICI London is thrilled to support Forma and the artistic residency of Gaia Di Lorenzo and Francesca Pionati, who will participate in a two-month residency at FormaHQ.
Throughout the residency, they will delve into their shared interest in alternative pedagogies about aesthetic and epistemic practices and investigations, as a tool for social engagement and intervention. An essential part of the research will focus on how cultural organisations and pedagogical experiments can facilitate long-term value-creation processes within the communities they engage. At the same time, they are interested in questioning and understanding the various modi operandi employed by these organisations to survive within or outside existing institutions.
Their residency at FormaHQ will allow Pionati and Di Lorenzo to bring these common interests into dialogue, with a specific focus on the UK context. The artists will be working towards integrating the research findings into their respective practices while at the same time aiming at the development of future collaborative endeavours.
Open Studios Event
6 – 9 pm
Tuesday 19 November 2024
Free Entry, rsvp@forma.org.uk
FormaHQ, Peveril Garden Studios
140 Great Dover Street
London
SE1 4GW
On Tuesday 19 November, the artists will open up space at FormaHQ for visitors to meet with them and other Forma studio holders to learn more about their practices, and encounter works in progress. During the session, Pionati will share two new filmworks, Di Lorenzo will present a series of new drawings, Daniella Valz Gen will offer a short reading, and Grzegorz Stefanski will screen a video from his Sleepers series.
In Rome, the two artists collaborate through CASTRO, an independent educational program founded in 2018. Gaia Di Lorenzo and Francesca Pionati’s residency has been made possible thanks to generous funding from Lazio Innova and ICI London.
More info HERE
Gaia Di Lorenzo is a Rome-based artist and educator whose work navigates the complex dynamics of collective behaviours and their influence on self-identification processes. Di Lorenzo’s practice often manifests in intricate, multi-layered representations that reflect the fragmented and misleading nature of collective interactions.
Francesca Pionati is an artist and researcher interested in the relationships between politics, legal systems, and the Southern Italian territory. Her work investigates ways in which formal and informal urban architectures and infrastructures retain trauma, as well as strategies of resistance and commoning that emerge in response to institutional violence.
Forma is a contemporary arts organisation that champions ideas and artists who address urgent social and political questions. Through a discursive process, we nurture artists’ creative vision and grow their ambition in order to develop collaborative projects that are career defining and lead to new major opportunities around the world. Forma Arts is a charity and National Portfolio Organisation, supported by the Arts Council England.