Michele Porcu
architect and curator
In 2014 Michele Porcu founded with Mary Zurigo
Z.E.A. Zone di Esplorazione Artistica,
a group of research and a critical/curatorial programme
in contemporary art, architecture and design
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Projects:
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June 2024 - April 2025
Z.E.A. was engaged by Fondazione Prada to provide cross-functional consultancy for the Preserving the Brain: A Call to Action project, specifically regarding the organization of thematic meetings, the design and management of visits to the architecture and works on display at the Milan venue, for visitors with Parkinson's, Multiple Sclerosis, Alzheimer's, ALS and Huntington's disease and their families, and more generally for accessibility and inclusion.​​
alzhalarte
an art and design programme with activities in the museums for people living with dementia and their caregivers.
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progetto alzhalarte has been awarded the
17th-18th November 2014
Z.E.A. at Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venezia
Studio Visit
10th>31st August 2014
Z.E.A. at Expo Gate
A contemporary art programme
curated by Michele Porcu and Mary Zurigo,
conceived within the events of quantomais
Expo Gate, Milano​​​​​
10th>22th August 2014
Z.E.A.#01 |Ordo Coelestis
Audiovisual installation by Massimiliano Viel (audio) and Fabio Volpi a.k.a dies_ (visuals)
Videoprojection on 8 screens, audio on 8 channels
The video projection shows a portion of the celestial vault, that is dominated by the Perseus constellation and is involved in a process according which the stars are progressively trapped by an imaginary web up to the point of being wrapped in a luminous cocoon of energy.
The audio stream is realized by the sonification of the 20 most visible stars whitin Perseus constellation, according which position and luminosity are translated in sound as a sort of a sounding planetary.​
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>>> WATCH the video of the installation
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25th>31th August 2014
Z.E.A.#02 |La subida al Quemado
A lecture, videoinstallation "1502" and a workshop with mexican artist Berlin based Gabriel Rossell Santillán.
With the collaboration of Consulado de Mexico en Milán.
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27th August 2014
Z.E.A.#03 |Inventare Paesaggi Sociali
In collaboration with PAV Parco Arte Vivente:
lectures, exhibition and performance with works by Piero Gilardi and a workshop with french artist Emmanuel Louisgrand.
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