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Notes from the President
Dear members and friends of AIMC,
I am pleased to take this opportunity to inform you about the latest updates related to upcoming AIMC events.
1. RavennaMosaico, Opere dal Mondo- Architettura e Mosaico Contests
RavennaMosaico First International Contemporary Mosaic Festival, 4th Edition
October 10 – November 8, 2015
http://www.ravennamosaico.it/eng/Home
On the 11th and 12th of June, 2015, at the meeting hall in Palazzo Rasponi dalle Teste in Piazza Kennedy (Ravenna), the committee met to select the works which will compete in the “Works from the World” and “Mosaic and Architecture” sections during the RavennaMosaico Festival. The committee was composed of Maria Rita Bentini, Rosetta Berardi, Silvia Colizzi, Linda Kniffitz, Maria Grazia Marini, Felice Nittolo, Almuth Schöps and Nikos Tolis.
I would like to thank all of our AIMC members for the high number of participants (111 candidates for the “Works of the World” section and 6 for the “Mosaic and Architecture” section). I especially appreciate the high artistic quality of the submitted works; it was considered the best group so far, compared with previous editions. This made the final selection of those to be exhibited, extremely difficult.
For the exhibition “Works from the World”, the works of the following members have been selected:
| Surname |
Name |
Title |
| ABD EL SALAM |
SAFAA |
Composition |
| AMI |
KAREN |
Aya |
| APPERT LIGONNET |
ANIK CHAIMA |
Heron |
| ARCHIMANDRITOU |
ANNIE |
Codex |
| BACKER |
HARRIET |
Flowering Crist |
| BELACCHI |
SERGIO |
Lacerto contaminato |
| BOGDANOVA |
KINA |
Piccione |
| CAPOL |
MONIKA |
La donna di Samburu |
| CLEEREN |
HUGO |
African Portrait - after Buste de Femme by Picasso |
| CONTOGIORGI |
CATHERINE |
The Palette |
| DANELUTTI |
SILVIA |
D'ambra |
| DAWOUD |
MAHER |
Astronomy news or Virtual Relations |
| DENKER |
THOMAS |
Sabbia Ionica |
| DEORO |
ORODE' |
Il Profumo |
| DROSTLE |
GARY |
Shrapnel 1914-War is a gun with a worker at each end |
| DUBOVSKAYA |
TANYA |
Upward Movement |
| GOODWIN M. |
ELAINE |
To be or not to be (Pentaptych) |
| ILIEV |
ILIYA IVANOV |
Venezia |
| IOANNIDOU |
MATO |
Faistos |
| JAE HEE |
KIM |
Have sweet dreams Mong (2001-2015) |
| KANAPICKAITE' |
AISTE |
Around |
| KEREN |
NIRIT |
Ichi - Enso |
| KESSEL |
JOANNA |
(In)visible cities: dusk |
| KII |
TOYOHARU |
Accento |
| KING |
SONIA |
Coded Message: Illuminated |
| KLITSI |
ARTEMIS |
Manifesto Greco |
| KRACIK STORKANOVA |
MAGDALENA |
Slunecni Zare (Ray of sun) |
| KUTH |
BRITTA |
La bordure |
| LA FERLA |
LUIGI |
Niente si sa, tutto si immagina |
| LAURENT |
MARIE ODILE |
La Poule aux oeufs d'or musifs |
| LOPEZ |
ANNE CECILE |
Nous, éléments |
| MARKIDIS |
MIKELIS |
Palm Tree |
| MITERAN |
CLEMENT |
Michel Houellebecq |
| MOUNTZOURIS |
KOSTAS |
Haiku of Basho |
| ORTEGA |
ILIANA |
Homenaye a Guayasamin (omaggio a Guayasamin) |
| PICCOLI |
DEMETRIO (DEME3O) |
Untitled |
| POMA - MOLITERNO |
ANDREA - MELISSA |
Phascolarctos Cinereus |
| POP STEFANIJA |
BILJANA |
Ephemeral Triptych |
| SOLLINGER |
JOHN |
Of Eden |
| SPAHI |
SUZANNE |
Dream & Reality |
| TOLLEMETO |
FERNANDA |
Colata Lavica |
The committee regretfully decided not to proceed with the ”Mosaic and Architecture” section, after careful consideration of the few photographic projects presented, due to the lack of suitable material for the preparation of a photographic exhibition.
I extend my personal regret with regard to works not selected. This can be compensated by the opportunity given to all AIMC members to present their work at the international exhibition, which will take place from May 18-22, 2016 during the next International AIMC Congress in Spilimbergo.
2. XV International AIMC Congress:
May 18 - 21, 2016 Spilimbergo - Italy
The specific details for participants concerning accommodations, the associated costs, and means of arrival and departure to and from the Congress events are in the final phase of preparation and will be communicated soon.
For now, you may contact the organizers at the following email address for more information: info@scuolamosaicistifriuli.it
Please click here for the Congress program.
3. Premio AIMC Studenti (PAS) AIMC PRIZE FOR STUDENTS
The submission for the PAS competition for young students is still open. The deadline for submitting proposals is July 31, 2015. The interest expressed and the applications received so far guarantee the success of this initiative, promoted for the first time by our Association.
Participation is free of any fees. Please click here for details concerning the PAS contest.
We look forward to your joining in these special events!
Nikos Tolis
AIMC President
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BIBLIOMOSAICO
Libri d’artista in tessere musive
August 8 - September 8, 2015
Festival Internazionale del Mosaico, Obernai, Francia
Artists involved: Karen Ami - Henry Noël Aubry - Gérard Brand - Sara Calfapietra – Silvia Casavecchia - Silvana Costa - Sophie Drouin - Giovanna Galli - Néstor Garramone - Sue Giannotti - Samantha Holmes - Pamela Irving - Sonia King - Toyoharu Kii - Artemis Klitsi - Pavlos Mavromatidis - Luciana Notturni - Matteo Randi - Sabine Schuele - Giovanna Tinnirello Sammito - Nikos Tolis - Stefano Mazzotti - Julie Richey - Verdiano Marzi - Matylde Trawcescka - Kazumi Kurihara - Kina Bogdanova - Felice Nittolo - Giuliano Babini - Valeria Ercolani - Arianna Gallo - Renée Malaval - Mélanie Lanoë - Atsou Suzumura - Elisa Simoni - Salvatore Sebaste - Teresa Pollidoro - Fernanda Tollemeto - Silvia Naddeo - Luca Barberini.
This exhibition is the brainchild of Bibliomosaico Rosetta Berardi, whose intention is to stimulate a reflection on the form of the book, on the representation of an object "book", which begs to be watched and read; a book "no book"; a "book object"; a book that despite having lost its content of words, has gained its own specific conceptual meaning of open work. It is an exercise in creativity which communicates, through the language of the mosaic, its own free expressive independence. This is not the book that becomes a work, but work that becomes or recalls the book.
-submitted by Artemis Klitsi
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Marco De Luca
Materia & luce
June 21 - October 17, 2015
Opened Saturday, June 20, 2015
L e g r a n di m o s t r e n e i Sa s s i
Matera
Roch churches - Sasso Barisano
Madonna delle Virtù and San Nicola dei Greci
Invitation here.
-submitted by Marco De Luca
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Felice Nittolo
Felice Nittolo - Guest of Honor
at the 7th Biennale of Contemporary Mosaic Obernai
August 8 - September 6, 2015
Opening Saturday, August 8, at 11:00 a.m.
Cour Athic, Obernai, France
".... And for the love of mosaic, for the love of the poetry of the mosaics of Ravenna in particular, forty-five years ago, Felice Nittolo left his hometown Capriglia Irpina, Naples, to settle in the capital of mosaic and become a Ravennato, where the mosaic continued to seduce him, until it swallowed him completely. As some accede to religion, Felice Nittolo acceded to mosaic; mosaic has become his life. He teaches mosaic at the Art Institute. He writes about mosaic. He publishes papers on mosaic sharing his findings on the origins of the resurgence of mosaic in the last century in Ravenna and also publishes the only works available covering the great 20th Century masters of mosaic in Ravenna. He is curator of exhibitions in Ravenna where he opened the NiArt Gallery, Piazza Anastagi. NiArt Gallery is a place that - through many events - gave visibility to young artists who came from all over the world to study in Ravenna with the "After" project, which evolved from 1991 to 2001.
For the breadth of his work, for the relevance of his approach, Felice Nittolo is a singular artist. "Singularity is subversive," wrote Edmond Jabès. An artist who chooses the language of mosaic can be subversive? Or is the mosaic subversive by nature, because each tessera exists only for its singularity, its uniqueness, its difference in shape, cut, nature, inclination, and light compared to its neighbor one, and each element transmits its uniqueness to the whole? " . . . - Renee Malaval
See full invitation here.
-submitted by Felice Nittolo
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Toyoharu Kii
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-submitted by Toyoharu Kii
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Andamento
June 5 - August 2, 2015
Bundoora Homestead Art Centre, Melbourne, Australia
- Rachel Bremner
- Cetta Pilati
- Bev Plowman
- Mikiah Nguyen (Orsoni 2014 Grand Prize winner)
- Donna Broadbent
Curator: Fiona Tettman
Andamento brings together five artists who work in the mosaic medium. Each of these artists uses ancient techniques together with traditional and non-traditional materials to reveal the andamento: the rhythm and visual flow of the work. The mosaic medium is tactile and emotive, with each piece of tesserae cut and placed by hand. As the process evolves, elements are imprinted with ideas, emotions and deliberations. The investment of the artist’s personality and the intimate connection it forms with the viewer makes these works unique.
Full invitation here.
-submitted by Fiona Tettman
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Iule Amado-Fischgrund
1er Festival de mosaïque contemporaine en Nivernais
du 1 er au 16 août 2015
à la chapelle de Corbelin
La Chapelle Saint André, 58210, France
Iule AMADO-FISCHGRUND est marraine de cette exposition, organisée par l'association “L'Art en Eclats” avec 58 exposants
Cet évènement comprendra une exposition d'oeuvres, la réalisation d'une fresque, des ateliers et démonstrations, des conférences et du troc de matériaux.
-submitted by Iule Amado-Fischgrund
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Annie Archimandritou
Contemporary Mosaic
Solo Exhibition
June 15 - August 30, 2015
Dante Fusion Restaurant, Larissa, Greece
For more information see: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Dante-Fusion-Eatery-and-Bar/1579701342263800?fref=ts
-submitted by Annie Archimandritou
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Scuola Mosaicisti del Friuli
Dear AIMC Members,
We are pleased to invite you to the exhibition “Mosaico&Mosaici” 2015 at the Friuli School of Mosaic.
-submitted by Scuola Mosaicisti del Friuii
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Edda Mally
"Mosaic as Contemporary Art”
Touring Exhibition
Acaya Castle (Lecce), Italy
The exhibition at Acaya Castle (opened July 2nd-) is the 8th showing of the Touring Exhibition which began after the XIV AIMC International Congress in Vienna and has thus far been shown in many sites in various countries.
Click here for more news.
-submitted by Edda Mally
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Maher Dawoud
 CAN YOU SEE?
May 9 – November 22, 2015
Biennale di Venezia 2015
Egyptian Pavilion
The word PEACE is a mosaic of 5 letters built in a space of 19 meters wide, 8 meters deep and 2.5 meters high. Walking through this mosaic of letters, one cannot see the word PEACE without looking from high above. The visitor will walk through this mosaic of letters without really recognising the whole scene of the word PEACE that he is moving through. Just like everyday life, one is so closely engaged in his particular problem that he/she does not see the “bigger picture”. Similar to mosaic art in general, one can only see the beauty of the mosaic art when seen from afar. This art installation represents a conceptual contemporary mosaic setting using material such as grass, wood and interactive augmented reality to convey the message of PEACE.
-submitted by Maher Dawoud
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