BorderBody – Mixing Futures, international art festival of photography, video art and performing art will be held in the prestigious Palazzo Barone Ferrara in Bari (Italy), from the 17 to the 28 of April 2014.

BorderBody exhibitions cycle is conceived as a diffused and nomadic festival in different places of the world. Mixing Futures, the final chapter of this 3-event cycle, explores the future visions of our society, subjected to a process of continuous evolution and cultural hybridization. People, backgrounds, societies, progress and all their inputs creates hybrid identities, modifying each other and being mixed in prospect to shape a better world. Mixing sustainable transport, modern (ICT) communication infrastructure, sustainable economic development, and wise management of natural resources, human, intellectual and social capital, is the key to reach a future better life quality.
More than 30 artists from all-over the world have been selected to take part in the exhibition. A special section of the festival will be dedicated to the Argentinean Contemporary Art, with a selection of video artists curated by the gallerist Laura Haber. Among the invited artists, it will be possible to admire the photographic works of Marko Stamatovic, Serbian artist founder of “FOTORAMA International art photography festival”, one of the most important photo festival of East-Europe. During the opening night there will be the live performance of the American sound artist NK Riot (Los Angeles).
Palazzo Barone Ferrara is a magnificent historic building of XIX century, symbol of importance and progress of the city. Located in the centre of Bari, is the headquarters and exhibition space of Banca Apulia bank.
organizer: International ArtExpo
curator: Luca Curci
press office: It’s LIQUID

exhibition & screening places: Palazzo Barone Ferrara, Corso Vittorio Emanuele II n.102/A, Bari (Italy)
dates: from the 17 to the 28 of April 2014, from 10.00 AM to 01.00 PM and from 03.00 PM to 06.00 PM
opening: April 17, 2014 at 06.00 PM, at Palazzo Barone Ferrara

.featured artist
Marko Stamatovic . Serbia | Sandra Franco . UK | Serap Sabah . Turkey
.video art
Bill Psarras . UK | Donato Arcella . Italy | Mar Garrido . Spain | Mustafa Kula . Turkey | Elda Torres & Patrizio Pampaloni . Italy | Juan Carlos Muñoz-Najar . USA | Michael Nelson . USA | Despina Ikonomopulu . Spain | Juliana Bom-tempo . France | Yusuf Özal Çelik . Turkey | Roberta Cianciola . Italy | Jesus Segura . Spain | Şafak Çatalbaş . Turkey | Lino Ricciardulli . Argentina | Monica Miller . Argentina | Mariana Copello, Atilio Schweizer & Guillermo Soto . Argentina | Nicolás Martella . Argentina
.photography
Rafa Zart . Brazil | Bertram Marstaller . Germany | Maquiamelo . Colombia | Annalisa Lucenti . Italy | Paula Boarta . Romania | TGFN – The Girl From Nowhere . USA | Xavier Blondeau . France | Veronique Lerebours . USA | Heba Serag Eldin . Egypt | Sara Roitman . Ecuador | Brigida Zarcos . Portugal | Sydney Lowe . USA
.performing art
NK Riot . USA (on April 17 2014, at 08.00 PM)

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