SHANNON EBNER
RESPONDS TO
RE-MATERIALIZATION OF LANGUAGE: 1978–2022
Free, RSVP required
Limited capacity
RESPONDS TO
RE-MATERIALIZATION OF LANGUAGE: 1978–2022
Free, RSVP required
Limited capacity
Friday,
November 1, 2024
6:30pm
Doors open
7pm
Event begins
November 1, 2024
6:30pm
Doors open
7pm
Event begins
Materializzazione del linguaggio, curated by artist and poet Mirella Bentivoglio, took place in 1978 as part of the 38th Venice Biennale. The show included 90 international female artists, poets, and collectives engaged in the relationship between women and language. Their works expressed a transgressive identity of radical rejection of patriarchal language, both poetically and critically.
Re-Materialization of Language: 1978-2022, curated by Cristiana Perrella and Andrea Viliani with Vittoria Pavesi, took place in 2022 at the Fondazione Antonio Dalle Nogare in Bolzano. It was a re-make of Bentivoglio's seminal exhibition and also included contemporary artists.
The catalogue, designed by Irma Boom and published by Nero Editions in 2024, brings together the research from both shows with a wide selection of artworks and documents.
Re-Materialization of Language: 1978-2022, curated by Cristiana Perrella and Andrea Viliani with Vittoria Pavesi, took place in 2022 at the Fondazione Antonio Dalle Nogare in Bolzano. It was a re-make of Bentivoglio's seminal exhibition and also included contemporary artists.
The catalogue, designed by Irma Boom and published by Nero Editions in 2024, brings together the research from both shows with a wide selection of artworks and documents.
As an artist whose work explores the visual, material, and temporal circumstances of language, Shannon Ebner is curious about this re-staged exhibition and the book that accompanies it.
“I see many different types of visual and verbal social formations in the catalogue,” she says, “some of which are so abstracted and asemantic that they disregulate our conventional notions of normative communication systems.”
Shannon responds by preparing some questions for the curator Cristiana Perrella and by showing related research of her own.
Supported by the Directorate-General for Contemporary Creativity of the Italian Ministry of Culture under the Italian Council program (12th edition, 2023).
“I see many different types of visual and verbal social formations in the catalogue,” she says, “some of which are so abstracted and asemantic that they disregulate our conventional notions of normative communication systems.”
Shannon responds by preparing some questions for the curator Cristiana Perrella and by showing related research of her own.
Supported by the Directorate-General for Contemporary Creativity of the Italian Ministry of Culture under the Italian Council program (12th edition, 2023).
Cover of Re-Materialization of Language 1978–2022, edited by Cristiana Perrella, Andrea Viliani with Vittoria Pavesi, Nero Editions, 2024. Graphic design by Irma Boom Office.
Shannon Ebner,
NOISE IS NOISE, 2024
14 x 14 inches
Pigment print
Edmond Jabès, in Greg Kerr's Exile, Non-Belonging and Statelessness in Grangaud, Jabès, Lubin and Luca: No man’s language (UCL Press, London, 2021)
Shannon Ebner (b. 1971, USA) has had solo exhibitions at the Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University, Palo Alto; Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami; Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; LAX<>Art, Los Angeles; and MoMA PS1. She is currently chairperson of the Photography Department at Pratt Institute where she is also the series editor for Pounds Per Image (PPI), a Pratt Photography Imprint that is co-published by Dancing Foxes Press. Ebner’s upcoming solo exhibition takes place at kaufmann repetto (NY/Milan) in January.
Cristiana Perrella (b. 1965, Italy) is an independent curator, art critic, and Artistic Director of the Milano Design Film Festival. She has directed the Luigi Pecci Center for Contemporary Art, Prato, as well as the Contemporary Arts Program of the British School at Rome. She founded and curated SACS- Sportello arte contemporanea della Sicilia for RISO, Museum of Contemporary Art of Sicily, Palermo and curated the Art + Science project of the Marino Golinelli Foundation, Bologna. She teaches at the San Raffaele University, Milan.
Due to the age and character of the building, the space is not optimized for ADA accessibility and is located up a single flight of 20 stairs with handrails. If you have questions about access, please contact us in advance of the event, and we will make every effort to accommodate you.
