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Milano, 22 June 2021

CAMPOSTABILE IN CORNELLO DEI TASSO

We're approaching the opening of the second edition of Una Boccata d’Arte, a contemporary art project spread all over , in all of its regions that, from 26 June to 26 September 2021, promotes the meeting of contemporary art with the historical and artistic beauty of the the most evocative villages in Italy.

Una Boccata d'Arte is a project by Fondazione Elpis, in collaboration with Galleria Continua, and the participation of Threes Productions, that gives full creative freedom to the artist and allows the use of any artistic media, exploring various themes that dialogue in a convincing way with the villages.

The twenty villages, selected each year on the basis of: less than 5000 inhabitants; the presence of an active cultural scene; and a capacity for family- run artisanal, commercial and hospitality industries, welcome twenty site specific artworks created by emerging and established artists, all of whom have been invited by the Fondazione Elpis and Galleria Continua.

LOMBARDY Cornello del Tasso is the village that will host the exhibition Mercatorum by the artistic duo CAMPOSTABILE.

The opening will be held on Saturday 26 June at 3pm at Ruderi della casa Tasso, Località Cornello dei Tasso, 24010 Camerata Cornello (BG).

«Mercatorum is a overalapping of things and experiences that finds itself in an agreement of exchange between nature and human needs. The encounter between landscape and passage requires us to think about our physical, historical and ethical position today and our technological abilities that give us the illusion of dominating what is around us». CAMPOSTABILE for Una Boccata d’Arte 2021.

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TEXT BY MATTHEW NOBLE Cornello is located along the Via Mercatorum, the oldest road that connected Val Brembana with Valtellina in the Middle Ages. Seat of an important market until the end of the 16th century with the construction of the new road, the Priula, Cornello became an important center of commercial exchanges, a passage of people and goods. It owes its name to the ancient Tasso family who managed the imperial post offices of the Habsburgs and the Papal State. CAMPOSTABILE wanted to create an installation that would recall the history of the village, right inside the ruins of the ancient residence of the Tasso family, of which only the foundations, some walls and an arch remain. A series of sculptures made by using casts, 3D scanning and local green sandstone dust, alternate with waterproof fabrics in a gradual game of unveiling. Sculptural objects, products that the merchants carry with them, are fossils that restore to us traces of the past. Geography has always imposed limits and opportunities on us, forced passages and borders that in a fraction of limited space, compared to the size of the planet, affect the lives of thousands of people over enormous distances.

THE ARTISTS CAMPOSTABILE started in 2012. Made up of Mario Campo (Alcamo, 1987) and Lorena Stabile (Alcamo, 1989), they were established through their first exhibition in Palermo, in the A project space. In their installations, they create a personal visual dictionary by abandoning the recognition of the individual elements to leave room for the arbitrariness of the gesture, which juxtaposes and assembles the material. They often hybridize their language with technology, design and cooking. Winners of the Piazza Largo Venezuela Monument Competition in 2019, among their most recent exhibitions are: ‘Unfurniture’, Zimei Foundation, in 2020 and ‘Liber Fare’, Museum of Sign and Writing, in 2018. For more info: www.campostabile.com.

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THE VILLAGE Cornello dei Tasso is a medieval village in . With only 20 residents, it is part of the municipality of Camerata Cornello in Valle Brembana, in the province of , which is 32 km away. Perched on a cliff that can only be accessed by pedestrians via the centuries-old Via Mercatorum, it is the native land of the Tasso family, known all over the world for the poetic talents of Torquato Tasso, as well as for the entrepreneurial skills of the various descendants of the family, who established themselves as postal couriers. The Tasso family managed the imperial post of the Habsburgs, revolutionizing the system of news transmission north of the Alps.

FONDAZIONE ELPIS Established in 2020 by Marina Nissim, entrepreneur and contemporary art collector, has as its purpose the valorization and promotion of expressive forms of contemporary art and creativity, particularly with regard to education and social utility. Fondazione Elpis especially focuses on supporting young and emerging artists, from different countries and cultures, whose talent deserves a greater opportunity for visibility and support. The exhibition space, currently being renovated, will open to public in spring 2022, in the heart of Milano.

GALLERIA CONTINUA Contemporary art gallery established in 1990 by Mario Cristiani, Lorenzo Fiaschi and Maurizio Rigillo, today to date it has seven locations around the world: in 1990 opens in San Gimignano, little Tuscan village; in 2004 in Beijing, in 798 district; in 2007 at Les Moulins, in the Parisian countryside; in 2015 in La Habana, Cuba; in 2020 in Rome, into The St. Regis Rome, and in São Paulo, Brazil. In January 2021 opens a new exhibition space in Paris, in Le Marais district.

THREES PRODUCTIONS A curatorial team and creative agency based in Milano, concentrates its practice on projects that intersect sound, art and landscape. In the second edition of Una Boccata d’Arte 2021, Threes will curate the exhibitions by Camille Norment in Santa Gertrude, Francesco Cavaliere in Vallo di Nero and Polisonum in Gesualdo. [email protected] [email protected] www.unaboccatadarte.it un progetto di in collaborazione con

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CAMPOSTABILE IN CORNELLO DEI TASSO

CAMPOSTABILE Mercatorum from 26.06 to 26.09.2021 Opening 26.06, 3pm Ruderi della casa Tasso, Località Cornello dei Tasso, 24010 Camerata Cornello (BG).

Wednesday-Sunday, free entrance (max 10 people) 10-12am, 2-6pm: Mercatorum (2021), 16 elements (variable dimensions), fabric, wooden structure, resin, sandstone dust, environmental dimensions.

* in the months of July and August, the installation will also be open on Tuesdays, at the same hours.

To book your visit: [email protected] [email protected] Tel. +39 03454 3479

Press Maddalena Bonicelli | [email protected] | +39 335 685 7707

Acknowledgments: Il di Camerata Cornello, la Regione Lombardia, il Museo dei Tasso e della Storia Postale, l'artigiano Livio Caiulo, la Cava - Pietra di Orobica s.r.l., La tana dei Tasso, Vinoir.

Comune di Uno tra i Borghi più Museo dei Tasso e della Con il Patrocinio di Camerata Cornello belli d'Italia Storia Postale

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