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“Dancing is what we make of falling”: The role of art in times of crisis

At Officine Grandi Riparazioni in Turin, a video exhibition and a public program reposition an art space as a space of debate.

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In a time of social and cultural setback, where several urban scenes tend to reject any perspective of inclusion or intersectionality, involving the other or the deviant, art institutions and art spaces are called to a re-positioning. The answer of Officine Grandi Riparazioni is that “Dancing Is What We Make Of Falling”, a statement on what art can do in times of crisis (quoting poet and researcher Fred Moten).
DIWWMOF is a series of 6 different times crossbreeding visual and video art and a proper public program, framed within a critical view on society and the city by minorities, or by groups suffering a general denial of agency.

Dancing is what we make of falling, images from the exhibition at OGR – Officine Grandi Riparazioni, Turin, 2018 Goldschmied & Chiari, DUMP QUEEN #1, 2008. Courtesy the artists

At Officine Grandi Riparazioni in Turin, a video exhibition and a public program reposition an art space as a space of debate.

Dancing is what we make of falling, images from the exhibition at OGR – Officine Grandi Riparazioni, Turin, 2018 Hardeep Pandhal, A Nightmare on BAME Street, 2018. Courtesy the artist

At Officine Grandi Riparazioni in Turin, a video exhibition and a public program reposition an art space as a space of debate.

Dancing is what we make of falling, images from the exhibition at OGR – Officine Grandi Riparazioni, Turin, 2018 Jacolby Satterwhite, Still from Country Ball 1989-2012, 2012, still. Courtesy the artist and Lundgren Gallery, Palma de Mallorca, Spain.

At Officine Grandi Riparazioni in Turin, a video exhibition and a public program reposition an art space as a space of debate.

Dancing is what we make of falling, images from the exhibition at OGR – Officine Grandi Riparazioni, Turin, 2018 Jacolby Satterwhite, Still from Reifying Desire 3, 2014, still. Courtesy the artist and Lundgren Gallery, Palma de Mallorca Spain

At Officine Grandi Riparazioni in Turin, a video exhibition and a public program reposition an art space as a space of debate.

Dancing is what we make of falling, images from the exhibition at OGR – Officine Grandi Riparazioni, Turin, 2018 Loretta Fahrenholz, Still from Ditch Plain, 2013. Courtesy the artist

At Officine Grandi Riparazioni in Turin, a video exhibition and a public program reposition an art space as a space of debate.

Dancing is what we make of falling, images from the exhibition at OGR – Officine Grandi Riparazioni, Turin, 2018 Tracey Moffat, Still from Lip, 1999. Courtesy the artist and Tyler Rollins Fine Arts, New York.

At Officine Grandi Riparazioni in Turin, a video exhibition and a public program reposition an art space as a space of debate.

Dancing is what we make of falling, images from the exhibition at OGR – Officine Grandi Riparazioni, Turin, 2018 Tracey Moffat, Still from Love, 2003. Courtesy the artist and Tyler Rollins Fine Arts, New York.

At Officine Grandi Riparazioni in Turin, a video exhibition and a public program reposition an art space as a space of debate.

Dancing is what we make of falling, images from the exhibition at OGR – Officine Grandi Riparazioni, Turin, 2018 Tracey Moffat, Still from Doomed, 2007. Courtesy the artist and Tyler Rollins Fine Arts, New York.

At Officine Grandi Riparazioni in Turin, a video exhibition and a public program reposition an art space as a space of debate.

Dancing is what we make of falling, images from the exhibition at OGR – Officine Grandi Riparazioni, Turin, 2018 Roee Rosen, The Dust Channel, 2016, Courtesy l’artista e Galleria Riccardo Crespi, Milano

At Officine Grandi Riparazioni in Turin, a video exhibition and a public program reposition an art space as a space of debate.

Dancing is what we make of falling, images from the exhibition at OGR – Officine Grandi Riparazioni, Turin, 2018 Sonia Boyce and Ain Bayley, Still from Oh Adelaide, 2010. Courtesy the artist and APALAZZOGALLERY

At Officine Grandi Riparazioni in Turin, a video exhibition and a public program reposition an art space as a space of debate.

Dancing is what we make of falling, images from the exhibition at OGR – Officine Grandi Riparazioni, Turin, 2018 “Dancing is what we make of falling”, view of the venue during the event, 2018.

At Officine Grandi Riparazioni in Turin, a video exhibition and a public program reposition an art space as a space of debate.

Dancing is what we make of falling, images from the exhibition at OGR – Officine Grandi Riparazioni, Turin, 2018 “Dancing is what we make of falling”, Performers at The Dark Side Ball, 2018.

At Officine Grandi Riparazioni in Turin, a video exhibition and a public program reposition an art space as a space of debate.

Dancing is what we make of falling, images from the exhibition at OGR – Officine Grandi Riparazioni, Turin, 2018 “Dancing is what we make of falling”, Performers at The Dark Side Ball, 2018.

At Officine Grandi Riparazioni in Turin, a video exhibition and a public program reposition an art space as a space of debate.

Tracey Moffat’s subordinate characters escaping Hollywood dystopias, Jacolby Satterwhite’s CGI utopia made of voguing and familiarity, trans advocacy by Wu Tsang and zombie street crews by Loretta Fahrenholz, the obsession for vac-cleaners by Roee Rosen and the dump-dancing Carmen Miranda by Goldschmid & Chiari, Hardeep Pandhal’s critics to colonialism and Sonia Boyce’s afro-american female bodies: all these critical staments/un-statements combine with contributions expressly conceived for OGR space by more artists, curators, activists and researchers, and a local House hosting its second Ball on site.

Read also: Humanity’s dark side on exhibition at the OGR in Turin. An awareness of a dramatic present and allusions to the disasters of current events permeate the work of three Iranian artists.

As in a prosecution of the exploration ushered 25 years ago by Beatriz Colomina’s “Sexuality and Space”, a crucial role is given by DIWWMOF to a critique of body-space interaction. As stressed by curator Samuele Piazza, “In Satterwhite’s videos a new world comes out following its own physical rules, whereas Fahrenholz’s characters slide against glass buildings in Manhattan or wrecked streets in a post-Sandy Brooklyn, carving out their place like mobile-shot pictures. The work by Pandhal transfigures into an animation the street where the artist grew up in Birmingham.In other cases connection is simply suggested, by city waste in Goldschmied and Chiari’s work, or by refugees’ detention camps in for Roee Rosen. The exhibition space itself tries to  become a safe space within the city, giving a voice to the multiple realties existing on the territory, giving them a chance to interact and reach a wider audience through their collaborations.”

  • Dancing is what we make of falling
  • Officine Grandi Riparazioni
  • Corso Castelfidardo, 22 10128 - Torino
  • 13, 21 , 28, 30 September, 5, 12, 19 October 2018
  • Samuele Piazza, Valentina Lacinio
  • Tracey Moffat, Jacolby Satterwhite, Wu Tsang, Loretta Fahrenholz, Roee Rosen, Hardeep Pandhal Goldschmid & Chiari, Sonia Boyce, Ramona Ponzini, Drifters, Ligia Lewis, Benni Bosetto, Kiki House of Savoia, Dafne Boggeri, TISANA, RPW Watts, Enrico Boccioletti, Irene Dionisio, Lucrezia Calabrò Visconti, Nicoletta Vallorani, Ilenia Caleo
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