Project Proposal Residency is an artist residency project.
The purpose of the project is to give hospitality to Italian and international artists for a short/medium period and offer them accommodation and relations aimed to develop artistic researches both practical and theoretical. The residency is conceived as a meeting and work place where share ideas and experiences. The artists in residence will be asked to work on a project proposal which will be produced during their staying and to share it with The Blank. The project proposal will be presented at the conclusion of the residency during the Open Studio day.
From 8 april to 18 may The Blank Residency hosts Christian Fogarolli (Trento, 1983) and Jan Keasbach.
CHRISTIAN FOGAROLLI / STATEMENT AND BIOGRAPHY
The path and the work of Christian Fogarolli are characterized by a strong interest in the individual and collective identity systems, investigated through different perspectives and through frequent archival research. The artworks can be contextualized within a study on image and object perception in relation to subjectivity, probing ties with the abnormality and deviance. They pose questions about the abundance of images that we have and the use we offer them. The path and the work of Christian Fogarolli are characterized by a strong interest in the individual and collective identity systems, investigated through different perspectives and through frequent archival research. The artworks can be contextualized within a study on image and object perception in relation to subjectivity, probing ties with the abnormality and deviance. They pose questions about the abundance of images that we have and the use we offer them.
Christian Fogarolli was born in Trento in 1983. He obtained in 2010 the Master Inside the image: study, diagnosis and restoration of antique, modern and contemporary paintings at the University of Verona and graduated the following year in Management and Conservation of Cultural Heritage. He has exhibited in solo shows and group exhibitions in Italy and abroad. Christian Fogarolli was born in Trento in 1983. He obtained in 2010 the Master Inside the image: study, diagnosis and restoration of antique, modern and contemporary paintings at the University of Verona and graduated the following year in Management and Conservation of Cultural Heritage. He has exhibited in solo shows and group exhibitions in Italy and abroad.
In 2012 he was selected for dOCUMENTA (13) for the research project Lost identities, exhibited in The Worldly House; in 2013 he exhibited in La Magnifica Ossessione at the Mart in Rovereto. His works are in private and public collections including the Maison Rouge Antoine de Galbert in Paris, the AGI Collection and the Benetton Foundation.
JAN KAESBACH / STATEMENT AND BIOGRAPHY
Jan Kaesbach lives and works in Frankfurt. Recently he has finished his studies in Fine Art at the Ruskin, University of Oxford with distinction, being top of his year. As a student he showed his work at the University Club, Oxford; The Other Art Fair, London; MOLT Gallery, St Anne’s College among other places. He was an Assistant to the artists/photographers Justin Coombes and Tom Hunter. Completing his studies he was awarded the Kevin Slingsby price and selected for the Plaform Graduate Scheme. In July 2013 he participated in the Deutsche Börse Residency Program at Frankfurter Kunstverein, Germany. In Dec 2013 he was shortlisted for an artist scholarship by the City of Frankfurt, decision pending.