The 2015 Vessel / MADA International Curatorial Retreat – OPEN CALL

The 2015 Vessel / MADA International Curatorial Retreat – OPEN CALL

Workshops , Italy, Bari, 09 May 2015
Call for applications: The 2015 Vessel / MADA International Curatorial Retreat May 9-13, 2015 Bari, Italy Applications due January 10, 2015 Vessel and MADA are pleased to announce the 2015...Read all
Socially Engaged Art Practices: New Models of Sustainability in Contemporary Art

Socially Engaged Art Practices: New Models of Sustainability in Contemporary Art

Workshops , Italy, Bari, 11 November 2013
orkshop of social practices is an initiative by Vessel that will take place in Bari from the 11th to 23rd of November at Progetto Mondialità. The project is realized by the Laboratori dal Basso progra...Read all
ICW 2013

ICW 2013

Workshops , Italy, Bari, 03 June 2013
The International Curatorial Workshop, this year at its 3rd edition, will offer fifteen young curators the opportunity to work for three days (3rd to 5th June 2013) with curators and art practitioners...Read all
 Concorso BLUorG under 35 2012 / Lab_Residence

Concorso BLUorG under 35 2012 / Lab_Residence

Prize calls, Italy, Bari, 29 September 2012
Siamo lieti di comunicare sul nostro sito questa importante iniziativa organizzata dal nostro partner BLUorG e che vede nel comitato di selezione le curatrici indipendenti Anna Santomauro e Viviana Ch...Read all
Giant Step 2 – The Centre of the Periphery & The Periphery of the Centre

Giant Step 2 – The Centre of the Periphery & The Periphery of the Centre

Workshops , United Kingdom, County Borough of Conwy, Llandudno, 21 September 2012
Hosted by MOSTYN, this conference looks at the role of institutions within contemporary culture. We bring together artists, curators, creative practitioners and others to discuss and debate how instit...Read all
In Dialogue

In Dialogue

Workshops , United Kingdom, Leicestershire, Loughborough, 30 August 2012
In Dialogue is an International Symposium that will interrogate how artists and researchers use dialogue in practice. In Dialogue will focus on performance, translation, as a methodology and curato...Read all
vessel International Curatorial Workshop 2012

vessel International Curatorial Workshop 2012

Workshops , Italy, Bari, 15 June 2012
June 15 to 17, 2012
 Bari (Apulia, Italy) Originally supported by the Apulia Region, vessel is an independent non-profit space devoted to contemporary art. It functions as a dynamic container...Read all

ICW 2012: selected curators

News, Italy, Bari, 15 June 2012
We are pleased to announce the selection of young curators to attend the vessel International Curatorial Workshop 2012, which will be held in Bari from June 15th to 17th, 2012. Maja Ciric Benjamin...Read all

Giant Step 1: Enter the Artworld? Marginal Establishments, Cooptation and Resistance

News, Italy, Bari, 12 June 2012
vessel is pleased to announce the first Giant Step Symposium will be held Tuesday through Thursday, June 12-14 in Bari. Confirmed speakers: ArtLeaks, The Bureau of Melodramatic Research, Charles Es...Read all

Open Call for Contributions at the first Giant Step symposium

News, Italy, Bari, 12 June 2012
Giant Step 1: Enter the Artworld? Marginal Establishments, Cooptation and Resistance Confirmed speakers: artleaks, Bureau of Melodramatic Studies, Charles Esche, Viktor Misiano, Dan Perjovschi, Fra...Read all
Giant Step – Reading Group II – London

Giant Step – Reading Group II – London

News, United Kingdom, London, 19 May 2012
Hosts: Corina L. Apostol, Viviana Checchia, Vlad Morariu, Anna Santomauro, Francesco Scasciamacchia, Claire Louise Staunton Reading Group II belongs to a series of meetings (talks, reading groups,...Read all

Participant Observations

News, Italy, Bari, 16 March 2012
With Elke Roelant and Anna Santomauro On March 16th vessel presents the research of the artist Elke Roelant at BLUorG gallery. The artist is in Bari to investigate her interest in the Giant Step pr...Read all

Giant Step - Reading Group #1 - Bari

Lectures, Italy, Bari, 12 March 2012
On March 12th, vessel will begin a series of meetings for Giant Step, a project that investigates the current conditions of cultural and artistic production within institutions, as well as the possibi...Read all
Reading Group #1 – Report

Reading Group #1 – Report

News, Italy, Bari, 12 March 2012
The first Reading Group within the Giant Step project was an important step for the work group based in Bari and for all the people involved in the project. The meeting, which took place at BLUorG gal...Read all

Selected artists

News, Italy, Bari, 15 February 2012
We are proud to announce that among the dossier we received at the third call for artists, which closed December 18th 2011, vessel’s Scientific Committee selected the portfolios of the two Apulian art...Read all
Italian Conversation. Art in the age of Berlusconi

Italian Conversation. Art in the age of Berlusconi

Critical texts, Italy, Roma, 03 February 2012
Tomorrow at 5 p.m. at the MAXXI B.A.S.E. Rome the book “Italian Conversation. Art in the Age of Berlusconi” will be presented. The result of the Italian residence of Fucking Good Art that includes in...Read all
Open Call for Internship

Open Call for Internship

News, Italy, Bari, 22 November 2011
vessel is an independent art space based in Bari (Apulia, Italy) offering an internship programme, from 1 to 8 months, for two bright and enthusiastic individuals with an interest in the contemporary...Read all
Autumn Inspiration #1. Let's talk about cultural projects.

Autumn Inspiration #1. Let's talk about cultural projects.

Workshops , Italy, Bari, 11 November 2011
The first vessel’s autumn meeting will be held at ARTcore Gallery, Bari (Italy), on November the 11th, at 5 p.m. Focused on art projects and on the creation of new cultural contexts in marginal are...Read all
Artissima Lido – vessel presents the next season program

Artissima Lido – vessel presents the next season program

News, Italy, Torino, 05 November 2011
Dear friends of vessel, we wait for you on the 5th of November at 4 p.m. in Turin, at the “Libreria NB“, via Bellezia 12/c, where we will present the program of the next season of vessel! Having be...Read all

vessel - Curators of the International Residency

Residences, Italy, Bari, 05 October 2011
Arzu Yayıntaş and Pieter Vermeulen are the first two curators selected for the International Residency Programme. They will join us in May. short bios Arzu Yayıntaş lives...Read all
Network and Synchronization - Viviana Checchia in Bratislava to discuss vessel's experience

Network and Synchronization - Viviana Checchia in Bratislava to discuss vessel's experience

News, Slovakia, Bratislava, 04 October 2011
Viviana Checchia, co-creator and co-editor of vessel with Anna Santomauro, will be in Bratislava on the 4th and 5th of October to participate in the “Network and Synchronization” conference and sympos...Read all
DEFAULT – Masterclass in Residence: On Art, Cities and Regeneration

DEFAULT – Masterclass in Residence: On Art, Cities and Regeneration

News, Italy, Lecce, 19 September 2011
vessel is pleased to announce this very interesting project which shares some of our aims and is organized by our partner RAMDOM Association. CALL FOR ARTISTS Lecce, Italy 21-30 September...Read all

Every institution is situationally dependent

News, Italy, Benevento, 14 August 2011
On August 14th, vessel curator Viviana Checchia as well as vessel curator in residency, Anne-Mette Villumsen met with curator Angela Serino in her hometown of Benevento. After showing the curators the...Read all
Presentation of visiting curator Anne-Mette Villumsen

Presentation of visiting curator Anne-Mette Villumsen

Residences, Italy, Bari, 08 August 2011
Monday 8 August, at 7.00 pm, vessel will present the work of Anne-Mette Villumsen, a young Danish curator who will be hosted at vessel for a short residency. Introduced by Viviana Checchia and Anna...Read all
Presentation of visiting curators Gerd Elise Mørland and Anna Smolak

Presentation of visiting curators Gerd Elise Mørland and Anna Smolak

Residences, Italy, Bari, 21 July 2011
Monday 25 June, at 6.30 pm, vessel will present the third cycle of young international curators in residency: Gerd Elise Mørland (Norway) and Anna Smolak (Poland). Introduced by Viviana Checchia, c...Read all
Redefining South: vessel visits Archiviazioni

Redefining South: vessel visits Archiviazioni

News, Italy, Foggia, 15 July 2011
On July 15th, vessel, with curators Viviana Checchia and Raluca Voinea visited Archiviazioni, a project focused on documentation and dialogue. The project is the result of an idea conceptualized by cu...Read all
BIR - Can we give a new identity to this land?

BIR - Can we give a new identity to this land?

News, Italy, Foggia, 09 July 2011
From July 9th to the 13th, 2011, vessel partnered with the Bari organization, XScape, to provide insight into their project BIR (Borghi in Rete). In the Foggia region, they visited Borgo Segezia, Borg...Read all
Get along with your organization

Get along with your organization

Interviews, Italy, Bari, 06 July 2011
Get along with your organization is an opportunity for exchange and reflection, an opportunity to gather ideas and suggestions. Through sharing of experience and research, participants will discuss th...Read all
Presentation of visiting curators Raluca Voinea and Annette Schemmel

Presentation of visiting curators Raluca Voinea and Annette Schemmel

Residences, Italy, Bari, 22 June 2011
Wednesday 22 June, at 6.30 pm, at vessel spaces, it will be presented the second couple of young international curators in residency at vessel: Raluca Voinea (Romania) e Annette Schemmel (Germany)....Read all
Radical Intention #2 – Milano Open House

Radical Intention #2 – Milano Open House

Residences, Italy, Milano, 07 June 2011
Arzu Yayıntaş & Pieter Vermeulen Curators in Residency: 6 – 8 June 2011 Public Presentation: June 7th 7 pm After Things Can Change Quickly, Radical Intention continues its residenc...Read all
vessel at Radical Intention – Redefinition and Public Art

vessel at Radical Intention – Redefinition and Public Art

News, Italy, Milano, 06 June 2011
vessel visited Milan from the 6th to the 8th of June, hosted by Aria Spinelli from Radical Intention. vessel guest residency curators Arzu Yayintas and Pieter Vermuelen, as well as Viviana Checchia, v...Read all
Neighborhood

Neighborhood

Lectures, Italy, Venezia, 03 June 2011
Friday 3rd June 2011, 6 pm Chiostro SS. Cosma e Damiano, Giudecca – Venice On the occasion of Open Studios – Atelier BML 2011, the Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, in collaboration with Al-bunduqiyy...Read all
vessel International Curatorial Workshop

vessel International Curatorial Workshop

Workshops , Italy, Bari, 28 May 2011
A three day workshop about cultural topology, the dynamism of forms and surfaces in relation to the transitory nature of reality, applicable to Eastern/Western Europe and the Mediterranean area. T...Read all

open call for vessel International Curatorial Workshop

Workshops , Italy, Bari, 28 May 2011
May 28 to 30, 2011 Bari (Apulia, Italy) Supported by Apulia Region, vessel is an independent non profit space devoted to contemporary art; a dynamic container which intends to build an artistic...Read all

vessel - Internship Programme

Residences, Italy, Bari, 03 February 2011
vessel is an indipendent art space based in Bari (Apulia, Italy) who’s starting an internship programme from April 1 to August 31 2011 for two bright and enthusiastic people interested in gaining valu...Read all
vessel has opened its space

vessel has opened its space

News, Italy, Bari, 01 January 1970
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 protagoni...Read all
presentation conference

presentation conference

Interviews, Italy, Bari, 01 January 1970
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, indepe...Read all