Containerart

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Containerart is an itinerant public art event. The event uses shipping containers to display works of contemporary art. To date, the events took place in Italy and in some international cities. In Italy events have been held in Bergamo (2005) with 21 contaiers, Varese (2005) with 21 containers, Genova (2007) with 24 containers, Rome (2007) with 14 containers. Internationally they have been held in New York (2006) with 8 containers in co-production with DIVA fair, and in Jerusalem (2007) with 3 containers.

Artists whose project is approved are assigned a container in which to exhibit their work. Past artists whom have exhibited works include:

Alice Medinelli, Anna Maria Finetti, Antonio Mangone, Associazione Tuono, Barbara Heinkel, Belu Simion Fainaru, Camoni-Ferzoco, Carlo Buzzi, Clara Luiselli, Daniela di Gennaro, Davide Ragazzi Elena Cavallo, FerrarioFreres, Giacomo Spazio, Giancarlo Defendi, Gianni Macalli, Gianni Robusti, Giorgio Vicentini, Giovanni Bianchini, Giuliana Bellini, Gruppo Layermatch, Guerra da Camera, In Quiete, Italo Ghilardi, Jean Claude Asquié, Laila Pozzo, Laila Pozzo, Leonard Sherifi Lorenzo Biggi, Luca Lischetti, Luca Scarabelli, Lucio Tosi, Luigi Radici, Maria Amalia Cangiano, Mario Benvenuto, Mattia Paganelli, Mauro Ghiglione, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Miki Tallone, Nicoletta Freti, Holger Salach, P. Riviera/Fondaz. Bosis, Pietro Millefiore, Pino Lia, Reimondo Silvestro,Riccardo Paracchini, Silvio Monti, Stefano Peressini, Vito Carta, Bellanova Cosimo, Dot Dot Dot, Keramik Papier, Grimm Labs, Mazzoni Federico, Nenna Cristina + Elena De Angelis, Niccolini Fabio, Nitro Studio + Ideami, Red Art /Luigi Amato, Sacchetti Franco, Scalera Auronda, Michal Vexler.

The event allows artists to display their project in an unusual context with wide access to the general population of a city. The event lasts for 10 days in each city during which the container is open to the public. Containers are placed in the streets, and in public parks of a city, and maps are distributed so that visitors can explore unusual neighbourhoods and places through art.

The event is produced by the Associazione Cuturale ContainerArt, an Italian non-profit association headed by Ronald Lewis Facchinetti. It is endorsed by cultural organizations including the Circuito per i Giovani Artisti Italiani, Enzimi, Festival Internazionale di Poesia. Artists exhibit for free.