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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 12px Helvetica">The D’Ars Studio presents</DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 12px Helvetica">XXV Oscar Signorini Prize -
Robotic Art</DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 12px Helvetica">curated by Cristina Trivellin and
Martina Coletti</DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 12px Helvetica">Proclamation of the winner and
exhibition of the selected projects</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 12px Helvetica">Tuesday December 16, 2008,
18:00-23:00 CET</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 12px Helvetica">Via Sant’Agnese 12/8, Milan</DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 12px Helvetica">The Prize was established in 1884
in memory of the D’Ars founder, Oscar Signorini (1910-1980), and every
year is dedicated to young artists (under 35).</DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 12px Helvetica">This XXV edition of the Prize is
focused on robotic art, that is the use of robotic technologies in the arts. The
Prize yearly proposes a competition aimed at understanding and spreading topics
which are strictly connected to the contemporary culture and society.</DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 12px Helvetica">The Prize aims at raising a
reflection on contemporary topics through the main viewpoint of contemporary
arts, in their newest, most emblematic and international forms. This is the
reason why the Oscar Signorini Prize on robotic art has an international jury
with <SPAN style="FONT: 12px Arial">renowned</SPAN> theoreticians and artists,
who indicated two young artists each. The jurors are Pier Luigi Capucci, Eduardo
Kac, Riccardo Notte, Luigi Pagliarini, Laura Sansavini, Pavel Smetana and Franco
Torriani.</DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 12px Helvetica">The selected artists are: Adelin
Schweitzer (France), Paula Gaetano (Argentina), Haakon Faste (USA), Shih-Chieh
Huang (Taiwan), Niklas Roy (Germany), Ximo Lizana (Spain), Garnet Hertz
(Canada), Nemo Gould (USA), Ulrich Emanuel Andel e Christian Gutzers
(Germany).</DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 12px Helvetica">The exhibition of the three first
projects (renderings and illustrations of the works) will take place on Tuesday
December 16 at 19 CET in the D’Ars Studio, and by that date the name of the
winner will be communicated. The winner will also have a solo exhibition at the
D’Ars Studio in 2009.</DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 12px Helvetica">The exhibition of the three first
projects will also be the chance to hommage a pioneer of the robotic art in
Italy, Luigi Pagliarini, who will show an essay of his work. The exhibition will
be open until Monday December 22 2008.</DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 12px Helvetica">Timing: Monday to Thursday 15:30
to 19:00; Friday 17:00 to 19:00. Saturday and Sunday closed.</DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 12px Helvetica">Information:</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 12px Helvetica">Tel.: +39 (0) 860290 - (0)2
86450302</DIV>
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