Allan Kaprow
Artists' Research Laboratory (III CSAV)
3–24 July 1997
"Allan Kaprow decided to split the three weeks of the course at the
former St. Francis curch into two parts: two weeks of workshop under the
ever-watchful guidance of the artist, allowing each student, in the
third week, to work alone on his or her own project (to be presented in
the end-of-course-exhibition). There were also private tutorials with
the visiting professor. The first two weeks of workshop were
characterized by unbashed childlike enjoyment, as primary sentiments
found their physical expression: partecipants toyed with objects,
crashed into each other, were crashed into, even slapped. They knelt
before each other in a state of absolute passiveness, trusting, creating
minimal experiences, potential containers of every possible encounter
with things and people."
(Angela Vettese)
Director
Annie Ratti
Curators
Giacinto di Pietrantonio
Angela Vettese
Coordinator
Anna Daneri