In this part one of our conversation held via Skype in October 2012, art critic and curator Viktor Misiano talks about the value of working without hurry, of dedicating oneself to very well conceived and very responsibly realized projects. He is questioning the hyper-speedy way of working nowadays which, from his point of view, it’s turned to be very counterproductive. He says that in the field of curatorship, artists are often simply receiving an invitation and nothing else. Curators are not curating exhibitions in the etymological sense of this term “cura”, Latin word meaning to be really responsible of, to have care of. The concept of extending the temporality of the curatorial engagement on a project is very up-to-date. But Misiano was insisting on it even before. He refers, for example, to the “Visual Anthropology” workshop that he held in the 90s in collaboration with Russian philosopher Valeri Podoroga and a group of artists. This project was, in fact, five years long.
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Radicate è nato nel 2012, quando strumenti come Skype iniziavano appena a diffondersi.
Fin dall’inizio li abbiamo adottati per mettere in relazione persone e idee in modo diretto e immediato, creando un archivio in continua evoluzione.
Questo avveniva molto prima che piattaforme come Teams o Meet diventassero di uso quotidiano.
L’intenzione era di sfruttare questi strumenti di connessione per esplorare questioni urgenti come migrazioni, trasformazioni tecnologiche, climatiche e geopolitiche, attraverso conversazioni con artisti, curatori, scienziati e ricercatori di tutto il mondo.Radicate è un progetto ideato da Tiziana Casapietra.
Radicate was founded in 2012, when tools like Skype were just beginning to spread.
From the outset, we adopted them to connect people and ideas directly and immediately, creating an ever-evolving archive.
This was happening well before platforms such as Teams or Meet became part of everyday life.
The aim was to use these connection tools to explore urgent issues such as migration, technological, climatic, and geopolitical transformations, through conversations with artists, curators, scientists, and researchers from all over the world.Radicate is a project conceived by Tiziana Casapietra.