Fondazione Antonio Ratti

Gregg Bordowitz

art poetics politics

Artists' Research Laboratory (XXX CSAV)
1–24 July 2026

Exhibition, There: a Feeling, 2025, Photo: Kruhm Studio

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Words are gestures are images are letters in artists’ ongoing transdisciplinary projects. The​ ​common definition​ ​of​ ​Poetics often limits​ ​the​ ​plural​ ​noun to​ ​poetry,​ ​but​ ​the methods​ ​of​ ​writing poetry​ ​can​ ​be​ ​applied to​ ​any​ ​discipline.​ Poetics ​describe the way we put stuff together. We​ ​utter ​the​ ​worlds​ ​we​ ​inhabit.​ ​The​ ​way​ ​we author​ ​our​ ​world​ ​is​ ​a​ ​matter​ ​of​ ​Poetics.

We​ ​will​ ​face​ ​tough​ ​questions​ ​and​ ​research​ ​alternative​ ​histories​ ​of​ ​thought. We​ ​will​ ​foster​ ​an​ ​atmosphere​ ​of​ ​fearless​ ​experimentation​ ​grounded​ ​in​ ​a​ ​shared​ ​commitment​ ​to constructive,​ ​generative​ ​methods​ ​and​ ​principles.​ ​Art​ ​is​ ​a​ ​special​ ​laboratory​ ​for​ ​fabulous​ ​conjecture about​ ​the​ ​very​ ​real​ ​problems​ ​of​ ​governance​ ​that​ ​shape​ ​our​ ​daily​ ​lives.

Download the letter to Applicants from Gregg Bordowitz

Director
Annie Ratti

Associate Director
Lorenzo Benedetti
Gregorio Magnani

The Laboratory will take place from 1 to 24 July 2026

Invited artist

Gregg Bordowitz’s art includes video, installation, performance, poetry, and prints—different modalities—all organized around the artist's central commitment to writing as an activity of thought manifesting in many forms.

​Recent Exhibitions in 2025 include: This is Not a Love Song, the Brick, Los Angeles, February 2nd — March 22nd, 2025, There: a Feeling, Camden Art Centre, January 17th — March 23rd, 2025, Dort: Ein Gefühl, Bonner Kunstverien, September 21st, 2024 - February 2, 2025. In 2018, a major retrospective of his work, Gregg Bordowitz: I Wanna Be Well, was organized by the Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery, Reed College, in 2018 and subsequently presented at MoMA PS1 and the Art Institute of Chicago.

Bordowitz is the author of The AIDS Crisis is Ridiculous and Other Writings, 1986–2003 (MIT press, 2004), Genera Idea: Image Virus (Afterall, 2010), Volition (Printed Matter, 2010), Glenn Ligon: Untitled: (I am a Man) (Afterall,2018), Some Styles of Masculinity, (Triple Canopy, 2021).

In the 1980s, his creative practice was focused on responding to the AIDS crisis. He organized and documented a number of protests against government inaction and advocated for health education and harm reduction as a member of the groundbreaking AIDS activist group ACT UP. He also served as a founding member of the 1980s video/film collectives Testing the Limits and Diva TV.

The artist is represented by Corbett vs Dempsey (Chicago)

Open Call

The open call for the XXX CSAV will be available until January 15th h 12 AM CET.
To apply, you will be required to upload your CV, portfolio and a cover letter.

Apply via the only form HERE

The application and laboratory are free of charge

For any further question please contact us at csav@fondazioneratti.org

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