Artworks by Filippo Michelangelo Ceredi and Alexandre Liberato
28 - 29 June 2024
Casa de Música tuCanto, Berlin Neukölln
in the frame of 48 Stunden Neukölln Art Festival
Urban silence is experienced by Ceredi and Liberato as a state of mind that allows them to abstract from the frenzy of everyday life and contemplate the city through different eyes. Urban sounds are an integral part of the diversity and freedom of living in a city, and both artists accept and incorporate them into their practice. Whether through Ceredi's blurred or sometimes soundless videos or Liberato's subliminal photographs of construction sites throughout the city, this exhibition aims to show artworks that engage with urban sounds but go beyond them, finding silences that allow us to enter a state of contemplation. This way of being present is both the consequence and the origin of a new sensibility that rethinks our way of belonging and interacting in society.
Ceredi's "Meditation" series was realized in Berlin and its surroundings, on wandering days, alone through urban landscapes and green paths. They belong to a time of reflection, when life and death had to find a form of being together. The encounter with Samaquias Lorta's sound production is a fundamental element for the development of this audiovisual research. Silence and contemplative states were a common frame for the realization of the Meditations, a way to expand time and find peace of mind.
Liberato relates urban silence to a state of inner calm that allows us to abstract the characteristic sounds of the city, reaching a state of subliminal silence that allows us to contemplate urban life as a way of regenerating the old while building the new. The photographic project on urban construction sites and the fabric screens that surround them captures this state of mind and is a metaphor for the work of nurturing cities, as well as those of us who inhabit them.
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Filippo Michelangelo Ceredi is an Italian interdisciplinary artist based in Berlin. His research is focusing on historic memory and the re-generation of emotional connections between personal and collective spheres. His works were presented in Biennale Teatro, Centrale Fies, Santarcangelo Festival and other performance festivals in Europe. Filippo Michelangelo first meets sound artist Samaquias Lorta in the frame of the performative projects by Choreosmography. Samaquias is an interdisciplinary artist delving into resilience and perseverance shaped by trauma, particularly exploring mental health, migration, and identity. Composition includes DIY instruments, feedback systems and graphic notation. Samaquias’ recent productions include OnSite Festival Grünewald, Rundfunk Symphony Orchestra, and Manifest: IO.
Alexandre Liberato (*1981, Lisbon) is a Portuguese visual artist currently based in Berlin. He holds a BA (Hons) in Architecture from the Technical University of Lisbon (2005) and attended CREART Labs in Barcelona (2017). Liberato has exhibited his work regularly in Berlin at KINDL - Center for Contemporary Art, Hošek Contemporary, 48 Stunden Neukölln, Projektraum 145 and at his Studio/Gallery. Additionally, his work has been showcased at KONVENT.ZERO in Barcelona and the Thessaloniki Queer Art Festival. Liberato’s project focuses on geometry and the body, creating an abstract inclusive space to exist, to contemplate the sublime – a sensibility that touches everyone equally, transforming them from within. Through his work, he seeks a conscious emancipation of masculinity from outdated toxic paradigms.