GIVING MY BACK TO THE NIGHT I HEARD YOU
LYING TO A GIANT
First Giant
Solo Exhibition and Live Performances by
Davide Balliano
Curated by Jovana Stokić
10 Feb–19 March 2011
A haunting conversation with a
Catholic priest and full-time exorcist
at the Vatican in Rome is one of the
inspirations for Italian artist Davide
Balliano, whose powerful works explore
the darker sides of the human soul.
OPENING RECEPTION:
Wednesday, 9 February 2011, 6–8pm
DATES: 10 Feb–19 March 2011
HOURS: Tuesday–Saturday 12–6pm
Live Performances by Davide Balliano
March 3, 6-9 pm
March 4, 6-9 pm
March 5, 5-8 pm
Location One is pleased to present Davide
Balliano’s first solo show in New York and
has commissioned a new installation from
the artist for the occasion.
In his latest exhibition "Giving My Back
to the Night..." Davide Balliano uses the
myth of Ulysses blinding the Cyclops
Polyphemus as a starting point for his
representation of the five phases of sleep
which he calls the "ancestral fight
against the obscure void that blinds us
every night". Through dark and poetic
combinations of performance, drawing,
installation, video and photography,
Balliano explores his ongoing interest in
the human mind and its fragile structures
and contradictions.
As a special addition to the exhibition,
Balliano will perform live on three dates
in March.
Born in Turin, Italy in 1983, Davide
Balliano has presented his work
internationally, including the Kitakyushu
Biennial (Japan) and the Vienna Biennale
(Austria), and is featured in the
permanent collection of the Museum of
Contemporary Photography of Cinisello
Balsamo (Milan). Other exhibitions include
Artist Space and PS1 Contemporary Art
Center in New York, The Watermill Center
in South Hamptons, Plymouth Art Center in
Great Britain. His portfolio has been
recently exhibited in the Archive of Via
Farini for the event "No Souls For Sale"
at the Tate Modern Gallery in London. He
is one of the winners of the AOL 25 for 25
Award 2010. Balliano lives and works in
New York. Website:
http://www.davideballiano.com
Jovana Stokić is the curator of
performance art at Location One where, in
Marina Abramovic Studio, she supports the
growth of performance art by promoting the
works of emerging artists on the
international scale, organizing and
collaborating on events using a network of
people converging at Location One. It
shows the commitment to experimentation
across all art forms and points to recent
efforts to return performance art to its
central position within the gallery
system. Performances, public panels and
discussions promote and seek critical
discourses on contemporary performance art
practice and related issues.
ABOUT LOCATION ONE
Based in the Soho arts district of New
York, Location One is an independent,
non-profit organization dedicated to
fostering new forms of creative expression
and cultural exchange through exhibitions,
residencies, performances, public lectures
and workshops. Traditionally focused on
technological experimentation and new
media, Location One's residencies and
programs have favored social and political
discourse and dialogue, and acted as a
catalyst for collaborations. With a unique
environment providing individualized
training, support, and guidance to each
artist, as well as exposure for their
creations and collaborations, Location One
continues to nurture the spirit of
experimentation that it considers the
cornerstone of its mission.
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