DE_ZER Vol. 4

The DEberlusconiZER is proud to announce DE_ZER Vol. 4,
the fourth of a series of exhibitions in which some contemporary
artists are invited to give a new meaning to the informational space
“liberated” from the unwieldy presence of the Italian Prime Minister.
After three group shows (DE_ZER Vol. 1, DE_ZER Vol. 2 and DE_ZER Vol. 3), the DEberlusconiZER will host two solo shows, in order to allow a better understanding of two very peculiar projects: La Merde, by Luca Bolognesi (May 27 – June 5, 2011) and Always on My Mind, by Salvatore Iaconesi (June 6 – June 15, 2011).
Both the works – very different in
terms of content and inspiration – challenge the technological and
conceptual infrastructure provided by the DEberlusconiZER.
Ironically playing with the workings and intentions of the project, Luca
Bolognesi chose to refuse submitting any alternative content to the
original images and texts. The level interposed between the censored
content and the spectator is transparent, images and texts are still the
ones the DEberlusconiZER wanted to set us free from. The
program becomes a celibatory machine that fails its target. The caption
you are reading, with the work's title and explanation, becomes the only
way to identify the work itself. And yet, the title La merde
(according to the artist, provided by an online text generator in its
French release) proves that Bolognesi's contribution is far for being
nihilistic, defeatist and polemical against the possibilities provided
by its host body. Whatever it's meaning is, and despite its
invisibility, La Merde ends up creating a strong, unprecedented association between images.

After Bolognesi's inexorable void, the DEberlusconiZER will host Iaconesi's lavish filling. Sneer and scatology can be found as well in Always on My Mind,
a work that we are not going to describe here in order to let you enjoy
the biting taste of the surprise we had when we first tested it. Save
the date: June 6, 2011.
The DEberlusconiZER is a web
tool that replaces the images and words related to the Italian Prime
Minister. The software subverts the media machine created by one of the
most controversial figures in Italian politics by reclaiming the space
devoted to him and using it for new porpuses.
The DEberlusconiZER is a project by Elisa Giardina Papa, Fabrizio Giardina Papa, Giovanni Salerno and Floriano Lapolla.

The artists have been selected and invited by art critic Domenico Quaranta.
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www.de-zer.com