[aha] ashartonline

Luca Lo Coco luca a lucalococo.eu
Mar 24 Maggio 2011 10:23:35 CEST 

Ok, hai ragione.
strategicamente però la cosa non funziona, il testo è carino, ma troppo 
lungo.

Direi che si dovrebbe offrire qualcosa di più breve, con poi la possibilità 
di approfondire.
Comunque, al testo che hai gentilmente tradotto aggiungerei questo titolo e 
queste due brevi note iniziali, poi direi che va bene.
"Artista italiano condannato per la sua opera Net.art"

  Flash Art è una delle maggiori riviste italiane d'arte contemporanea; è 
diretta da Giancarlo Politi.

  Luca Lo Coco nasce nel 1985. Dal 2005 si dedica a una ricerca artistica in 
grado di riflettere sull'impatto sociale delle nuove tecnologie.

(il titolo non so, se avete altri suggerimenti... la parola "artista" direi 
che va messa -così come la pesante parola "opera"- per dare enfasi 
all'accaduto, non per autocelebrazione!")

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Il testo breve che mostrerei per primo è:

"Artista italiano condannato per la sua opera Net.art"
Recentemente si è verificato un grave fatto che mette in pericolo la libertà 
d'espressione nel campo dell'arte contemporanea in Italia. Giancarlo Politi, 
direttore di Flash Art -una delle maggiori riviste italiane d'arte 
contemporanea- ha fatto sì che venissero pignorati tutti i mobili della casa 
dove vive il ventiseienne artista palermitano Luca Lo Coco.

Tutto è iniziato nel 2006, quando Lo Coco ha creato l'opera Net.art 
www.ashartonline.com, sito web clone di www.flashartonline.com.

L'artista, tramite il proprio lavoro artistico on-line, impostava una severa 
critica al sistema dell'arte contemporanea in Italia.

Dopo una causa giudiziaria durata quattro anni, nel 2010, Luca Lo Coco viene 
condannato al pagamento delle spese legali. Lo stesso, non essendo 
economicamente in grado di soddisfare il pagamento, subisce in data 
19.05.2011 il pignoramento di tutti i beni presenti nell'appartamento dove 
vive.

L'opera Net.art www.ashartonline.com è posta sequestro, su ordinazione del 
tribunale di Palermo. La multa prevista in caso di mancata osservazione 
dell'oscuramento è pari a 1.500,00 euro al giorno.

Luca Lo Coco

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "roberta buiani" <robb at yorku.ca>
To: "List on artistic activism and net culture" <aha at lists.ecn.org>
Sent: Monday, May 23, 2011 7:18 PM
Subject: Re: [aha] ashartonline


qualcosa che dice cos'e' flash art e chi e' politi
 magari un titolo per attrarre un po' di attenzione e far notare la reazione 
piu' che esagerata.
r

On May 23, 2011, at 3:44 AM, Luca Lo Coco wrote:

> la cosa dei fake mi piace sempre di più...
>
> "2 righe per contestualizzare...", per esempio? a cosa ti riferisci?
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "roberta buiani" <robb at yorku.ca>
> To: "List on artistic activism and net culture" <aha at lists.ecn.org>
> Sent: Monday, May 23, 2011 2:18 AM
> Subject: Re: [aha] ashartonline
>
>
> qui c'e' il tuo testo tradotto. pero' se posso suggerire, forse dovresti 
> aggiungere un paio di righe per contestualizzare il lavoro (e magari 
> possiamo mettere dei link alle pagine che citi).
> a tutti coloro che masticano l'inglese: per favore controllate che la 
> traduzione abbia un senso.
> grazie
>
> rb
>
> ------------
> It was around 2005, when I found myself in one of those not-too-pleasant 
> situations—whose outcome, as soon as they are over, often produces strong 
> creative drives. I decided to buy a couple of contemporary arts magazines 
> to find out who would be today’s Picassos. I was approaching the world of 
> art with the same naïve spirit of a kid entering a park to play with his 
> ball….
>
> As soon as I opened what I thought was the most striking magazine, I was 
> left semi-horrified by the huge amount of pages dedicated to the ads 
> before I was even able to reach the first page really dedicated to the 
> arts. This so-longed page appeared with a title –in capital letters—“Letters 
> to the director.”Next to the title, a bold guy, portrayed in a photo that 
> appeared to mimic one of those commemorative pictures of saints. A 
> delicate purple line framed the picture, reminding me of the vestments of 
> a saddened priest during lent. After reading the first few letters, I 
> realized that I hadn’t found in them anything but the lessons of a bitter 
> teacher who was mercilessly chastising his students.
>
> I decided to keep browsing the magazine. I closed it half an hour later. I 
> had opened it to look for art but I had only found the art market
> At that point, I felt the urge to express my surprise. As a very natural 
> reaction, I decided to project my frustration using the Net. I had no 
> knowledge whatsoever of the medium, so I turned to my friend –a 
> webmaster—for advice. My friend Giulio gave me www.ashartonline.com as a 
> birthday present. I remember that I was so ignorant about HTML programming 
> that in order to help him reproduce the site of the magazine, I handed him 
> a sheet with some measurements in cm (taken form my computer screen):]
>
> Even right now, I don’t know exactly why I decided to create a website to 
> vent my frustrations. My approach was absolutely instinctive: I hadn’t 
> heard of NetArt yet, nor had I heard of any other form of art online. 
> However, I came out with this site, www.ashartonline.com, which was active 
> between January and June. The site had a graphic design that resembled the 
> platform it was imitating. “Ash” was missing two letters only “fl” to 
> become “Flashart.” This was enough though to convey a different meaning 
> brought up by the word “ash” in the domain. www.ashartonline.com was 
> similar to www.flashartonline.com, not the same. A few little differences 
> in the news, some corrections in some articles enacted the criticism. 
> Furermore, there was a forum open to everybody. The project was doing 
> rather well. People subscribing to it were increasing. Among the sections 
> in the forum there was a part dedicated to “Letters to the director part 
> two", a section dedicated to those who had received unpolite replies from 
> the director (in the paper magazine). The replies in this section kept 
> multiplying, until, I think, they really bothered the subject to whom they 
> were addressed. However, what really triggered his reaction was the 
> publication in three weeks of the “ash art diary”, a collection of email 
> addresses of Italian artists, ctitics curators. It was possible to 
> download the list for free. The website received hundreds of downloads in 
> a few minutes.
>
> On 31 July 2007, a bailiff, soaked with 40 C worth of sirocco from 
> Palermo, knocked at my door and handed me a cute pile consisting of dozens 
> of pages sent to me by the lawyers of the “super-director.” The judicial 
> cause was starting. The obfuscation of the site and four-five years of 
> hearings and documents followed. At the end, the final sentence condemned 
> me to pay the legal expenses (The fee requested to make up for the damage 
> was over 200,000 euros!) Since I am not able to satisfy this fee, the 
> “Director” insists that my belongings be confiscated. 18 May 2011 
> everything I own at my current residence were confiscated. My mom and 
> brother want to kick me out.
>
> If I was asked the question: “would you do it again?” I would reply 
> without hesitation “absolutely.” at the end of the day I still believe in 
> the “unadulterated” arts.
>
> Luca Lo Coco
>
>
> On May 22, 2011, at 6:59 PM, roberta buiani wrote:
>
>>
>> On May 22, 2011, at 6:42 PM, Luca Lo Coco wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> p.s: intanto se qualcuno fosse in grado di tradurre in inglese 
>>> l'accaduto e mandarlo sulle altre mailing list internazionali, farebbe 
>>> cosa gradita...
>>
>>
>> stavo proprio facendo la traduzione in inglese per i miei amici :-) 
>> ...appena ho finito vi mando copia e poi si diffonde a piu' non posso
>>
>> stavo pensando a come avevi inizialmente concepito il tuo intervento: 
>> come una critica che colpisce su vari piani (quindi non solo il 
>> famigerato politi, ma anche il sistema delle riviste d'arte stesse). 
>> invece di rivolgere i fake unidirezionalemente, si potrebbero 
>> diversificare facendoli concentrare di volta in volta su diversi aspetti. 
>> quindi sarebbero copie ma non proprio. il tutto chiaramente mantenendo 
>> uno stesso template.
>> sono d'accordo, qui ci vuole molta coordinazione, gente disposta a 
>> collaborare e un po' di gente che ci aiuta a diffondere.
>>
>> rb
>>
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