Yuri Ancarani (IT)
Aranci*Mantra, 2007
19:00
Crates of tidily arranged citrus fruits on the back of a van, a street seller and the monotonous singsong of the driver, are familiar sounds in the theatrical backdrop of this unusual night-time tour on the outskirts of Ravenna. A fixed monocular transmits the constant, static image of the back of the vehicle backed by the moving backdrop of the never-changing landscape, these are the typical features of this kind of road-movie: the bartering and the spontaneity of the dialogues seem to offer us a slice of daily life. In reality, the repetitive style removes this distinctly, becoming a sort of abstract concept, far away from any social elements or implications.
[Andrea Bruciati]
Biography
Yuri Ancarani was born in Ravenna (IT) in 1972. He studied at the Fine Arts Academy of Milan and graduated 1995. Currently he lives between Ravenna and Milan. He teaches “Video Art” at the New Academy of Fine Arts in Milan (NABA).
Solo shows
2007
Baal (essay by Milovan Farronato), Fuori mi-art 07, Spazio Base B, n.o. gallery, Milan
2004
Yuri Ancarani / Laura Henno, curated by Luigi Fassi, Galleria Francesca Aversa, Perugia
Yuri Ancarani, curated by Maria Rita Bentini and Serena Simoni, Villa Serena, Bologna
2003
No Border”, curated by Maria Rita Bentini and Serena Simoni, MAR, Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Santa Maria delle Croci, Ravenna, Cinema Jolly, Ravenna.
Group Exhibitions
2007
Albedo, a new prospective in Italian moving images, curated by Andrea Bruciati
Teatro Junghans, Venice
XII international media art biennial wro 07, Wroclaw, Poland
Never ending cinema/cinema infinito, a cura di Barbara Mattei e zimmerfrei, Cinema Lumiere, Bologna
2006
Quelli del sud, Catodica 2006 / Lipanjepuntin Artecontemporanea, Trieste
generacomunicazioni.tv, curated by Mario Gorni, Casa Masaccio, San Giovanni Valdarno
Termometri, curated by Mario Gorni, d'a spazio d'arte, Empoli
Videoreport italia 04_05, curated by Andrea Bruciati, Monfalcone, gc.ac-galleria comunale d'arte contemporanea
“Never ending cinema/cinema infinito”, curated by Barbara Mattei e zimmerfrei, Trento, galleria civica
Double happiness, Trento, galleria civica, ex italcementi
Video in vitro, curated by Andrea Bruciati, galleria medusa, Capodistria
Videotheka, Kunsthalle, Vienna
Media 06, curated by Mario Gorni, Bologna, Galleria Accursio
2005
Gemine muse, museum of byzantine culture, Thessaloniki
Mediterraneo / artinformazione n.e.w.s 2005, curated by Paolo Antognoli, Alessandro Romanini, fortezza della brunella, aulla
Diverse attitudini, curated by Mario Gorni, villa delle rose, Bologna
Acse’, curated by andrea bruciati, villa delle rose, Bologna
Pandemic festival, cantieri la ginestra, Montevarchi
2004
Al limite, curated by Gabi Scardi, museo pav, barghidda, Sassari
Empowerment / cantiere italia, curated by Marco Scotini, Museo di villa croce e villa bombrin
Keep’n touch, progetto spazio aperto, gam bologna, aereoporto g. Marconi, bologna
Making movie, curated by luigi fassi, francosoffiantino artecontemporanea, Torino
2003
Ram - mostre di artisti ravennati 2003, curated by maria rita bentini, santa maria delle croci, ravenna, sala san giovanni, riolo terme, palazzo sforza, cotignola, cinema gulliver, alfonsine
Lido adriano, photographich project
note metropolitane, curated by riccarda mandrini, pavia
Adriati c/o, curated by Marco Antonini, centro sociale spartaco, Ravenna
2001
Glob, la torre di babele, curated by sandra solimano, museo di villa croce, Genova
Biennale delle arti e delle scienze del mediterraneo, curated by a. Iovino, Palazzo Vanvitelli, Mercato s.severino
2000
Homo ludens, curated by F. Acevedo, Buenos Aires, m.a.m.b.a. Museo
d’Arte Contemporanea Buenos Aires
Homo ludens, curated by F. Acevedo, Centro Culturale Parco di Spagna,
Santa Fe
Auguri Monica, insediamento provvisorio, curated by di Marco Scotini, with S.
Boccalini, S. Fadda, P. Almeoni, Galleria Bordone, Milan