Marco Giordano – Conjunctive Tissue

‘Conjunctive Tissue’ è un progetto dell’artista Marco Giordano, che mette in discussione il rapporto tra la proprietà e la paternità dei suoi lavori, mentre ne investiga la liminarità linguistica.

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Conjunctive Tissue is a nomadic project by artist Marco Giordano, questioning the relationships between ownership and authorship while investigating liminality of language. It takes its cue from both conjunctive words – links between one or more phrases of equal grammatical rank, and tissue or organic matter that meshes and forms structure.

The project space KaOZ (Manifesta12 Collateral Event) has invited artist Marco Giordano to spend two weeks exploring Palermo and its idioms, to foster a new formulation of his itinerant research. Following the experiences of linguistic and aesthetic crossovers in UK, the artist will present in Palermo a time-based textile installation, unfolding from the main facade of KaOZ. The black letters sewed on the white banner compose the lines of poetry echoing the notion of interstitium. Conceived as the contiguous fluid-filled space existing between two actions, the interstice is a "third" space of non-knowledge. Drawing continuity between the inside of the building and the outside of Kalsa neighbourhood, the banner functions as interval arising at the juncture of intimate and public gesture.

The contact will occur through the materiality of the artwork, which functions as connective between the artist and the viewer. The banner is (in)organic matter that meshes and forms the relationship. On one hand, Conjunctive Tissue presents Marco Giordano’s latest research with reference to spatial interventions. On the other hand, it distances itself from a cyclical configuration. It must be seen as un-site-specific experiment to be boundlessly shared in time and space. In Marco Giordano’s research, what really matters is the process, conceived as the act of being here and now. In Conjunctive Tissues, the transformational quality of language is the cue to investigate human exchange. As the language is a fluid system consisting in development, maintenance, and regeneration, so relationships – both human and organic – stand on equilibrium made of precarious conjunctions.

Conjunctive Tissue is curated by Giulia Colletti and it is part of KaOZ Public Programme (Manifesta12 Collateral Event). The exhibition is kindly supported by DimoraOZ, GulloFilati, CreativeWear Hub, ProAV.

Marco Giordano (Italy, 1988) is a visual artist who lives and works in Glasgow. Recent solo exhibitions include Pathetic Fallacy, Il Colorificio, Milan, Italy; Self-fulfilling-ego, Jupiter Artland, Edinburgh, UK; Cutis, Project Room, Glasgow, UK. Group exhibitions include That’s IT MAMbo, Bologna, I Scream, You Scream, We all Scream for Ice Cream, Fondazione Baruchello, Rome, Italy; The Gap Between the Fridge and the Cooker, The Modern Institute, Glasgow, UK.

www.giordanomarco.com

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‘Conjunctive Tissue’ è un progetto dell'artista Marco Giordano, che mette in discussione il rapporto tra la proprietà e la paternità dei suoi lavori, mentre ne investiga la liminarità linguistica. Originariamente concepito in residenza artistica presso il Center for Contemporary Art di Glasgow, e successivamente presentato negli spazi pubblici della Civic Room di Glasgow e nell’intimità della Lily Brooke Gallery di Londra, ‘Conjunctive Tissue’ sarà presentato a Palermo dal 20 luglio al 20 agosto 2018. Lo spazio progetto KaOZ (Manifesta12 Collateral) ha invitato l'artista Marco Giordano a trascorrere due settimane esplorando la città Palermo, per promuovere una nuova formulazione della sua ricerca itinerante. L'artista presenterà nella cornice di Piazza Magione un'installazione tessile, dispiegata dalla facciata principale di KaOZ. Le lettere nere cucite sul tessuto bianco dell'ampio banner realizzato da Giordano compongono i versi di una poesia, che riecheggia la nozione di "interstizio". Concepito come momento tra due azioni, l'interstizio è un "terzo" spazio di non-conoscenza, che in questo caso traccia una continuità tra l'interno della galleria e l'esterno del quartiere della Kalsa. Il lavoro di Marco Giordano funge quindi da intervallo tra gesto intimo e pubblico, divenendo materia organica sulla quale intessere la relazione tra artista e spettatore."Conjunctive Tissue" è curato da Giulia Colletti e fa parte del programma espositivo di KaOZ (Manifesta Biennial Collateral Event). La mostra è gentilmente supportata da Dimora OZ, Gullo Filati, CreativeWear Project, e ProAV.