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Thursday 14 April, at 6 p.m., Via Guido De Ruggiero n.6 in Bari (Italy) vessel, a new non-profit space dedicated to contemporary art, will be presented.
Viviana Checchia and Anna Santomauro, independent curators and creators of Vessel, will present the project " Motore di Ricerca " and subsequently, open the Vessel to the public.

Following the presentation, there will be an inaugural aperitif where visitors can view the first young artist portfolio selected by the Scientific Committee and territorial research.
In it’s first year, vessel will activate Motore di ricerca, a project which will create a research and documentation center (physical and digital), a residence for international curators, an independent office to support independent design, a project room and a webradio.

The center will collect the portfolios of Apulian artists under 35 years old, through a series of open calls that will be launched via Web every two months. In addition to cataloging artists portfolios, the documentation center will compile a survey of academic research in environmental, historical, linguistic, urban planning, sociological sciences, etc..carried out in universities and leading research institutes in the region in which Vessel has woven a dense network of collaborations.

vessel will be an independent, non-profit space devoted to contemporary art; a dynamic container that intends to build an artistic and social bridge between Apulia and the surrounding areas, Mediterranean, Central and Eastern Europe.
vessel focuses on existing mechanisms in these areas, relating them to each other in order to create new cultural forms.
vessel will create situations in which confrontation, interaction and creative process can facilitate models of knowledge-sharing that are not limited to the enjoyment of art, but consider participation as key for the production of new forms of expression.

The Scientific Committee of vessel is composed of Charles Esche , Ilaria Gianni , Cecilia Guida , Denis Isaia , Viktor Misiano , Mark Petroni , Roberto Pinto along with the curators of Motore di ricerca, Viviana Checchia and Anna Santomauro .

Vessel is a project possible thanks to the generous Principi Attivi 2010 award in addition to the support of Regione Puglia.

Presentation Conference
14 April 2011, 6 p.m.
Via Guido De Ruggiero, 6 - Bari

REPORT

Great participation Thursday, April 14th at the conference for the opening of vessel. In addition to the presence of many journalists, representatives of institutions, artists, curators and protagonists of contemporary art, there was also a large turnout of Bari citizens.
Curators Viviana Checchia and Anna Santomauro, with the aid of the vessel's team, consisting of Andrea Vara, Vincenzo Estremo and Fabio Gnali, presented the project "Motore di Ricerca" to the public. They answered questions about the program, which will be soon published on the website calendar. Among the speakers at the conference was Annibale D'Elia, representative of "Prinicipi Attivi" (Apulia Region). Artists Daniele Guadalupi and Rosa Jijon announced their support for contemporary art projects such as vessel. They announced their willingness to cooperate with vessel and confirmed their presence at some of the activities that THE space is organizing for the upcoming months.