2018 Prize "DISABILITY PRIDE. INDEPENDENT LIVING" - Submitted works
BAKEBE ZOLA Fabrice, CON TE SI PUO'_WITH YOU IT IS POSSIBLE, Accademia Albertina di Belle Arti di Torino, IT, SECOND PRIZE FOR STUDENTS ENROLLED IN ITALIAN INSTITUTIONS
WITH YOU IT'S POSSIBLE
Regardless of one's own limitations, everyone possesses enormous potential! Believing in yourself and trusting others can work true "miracles" and challenge every limit!
This short animation illustrates two characters, one blind and one paralyzed, lost in a desert. All...
Read moreRegardless of one's own limitations, everyone possesses enormous potential! Believing in yourself and trusting others can work true "miracles" and challenge every limit!
This short animation illustrates two characters, one blind and one paralyzed, lost in a desert. All...
BERTOLASI Alice, OLTRE IL MARE DI SGUARDI_BEYOND THE EYES, Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera, Milano
Beyond the eyes, peace sits/with lather salt perfume/sweet: soap frame/draped in tears.
Rise again/up!/
In a bud/wooden strength/in a contact lens/the life of the glass.
You/who take in the black/the shadows care/there/two doors, two white rooms:/
beyond,/hold on/is Love.
White lather pai...
Read moreRise again/up!/
In a bud/wooden strength/in a contact lens/the life of the glass.
You/who take in the black/the shadows care/there/two doors, two white rooms:/
beyond,/hold on/is Love.
White lather pai...
CASADIO Luca, GIORDANO Miriana, DISABILITY PRIDE. INDEPENDENT LIVING, Scuola Superiore di Perfezionamento "Scuola del Libo", Urbino, IT, FIRST PRIZE FROM ITALIAN INSTITUTIONS
DISABILITY PRIDE.INDEPENDENT LIFE
One is proud when one perceives the uniqueness of one's own person. The raised arms of the characters is the success in their realization. The work stems from a search for mental and relational debilitation of illustrious men (all affected by Asperger's Syndrome...
Read moreOne is proud when one perceives the uniqueness of one's own person. The raised arms of the characters is the success in their realization. The work stems from a search for mental and relational debilitation of illustrious men (all affected by Asperger's Syndrome...
CASCIA Adelaide, MEDICI Camilla, PUZZLE, Accademia di Belle Arti di Macerata, IT
PUZZLE
The video uses a metaphor in order to demonstrate how communication have no limits in human relationships, because any interaction is possible.
Read moreThe video uses a metaphor in order to demonstrate how communication have no limits in human relationships, because any interaction is possible.
CHIARELLI Magda, FREE YOURSELF, Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera, Milano, IT
FREE YOURSELF
There are different kinds of disabilities, more or less visible from the outside, but all of them are about crossing a real or psychological wall, the disabled person finds more limiting than the so-called “normal people”, so much that they often do not consider that wall a limit: the...
Read moreThere are different kinds of disabilities, more or less visible from the outside, but all of them are about crossing a real or psychological wall, the disabled person finds more limiting than the so-called “normal people”, so much that they often do not consider that wall a limit: the...
CICCONE Bartolomeo, UNTITLED (WASHINGTON SQUARE PARK), Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze, IT
UNTITLED (WASHINGTON SQUARE PARK)
The photograph and the painting depict two lovers while listening to a concert in Washington Square Park in New York in 2011. A couple where her disability (wheelchair) turns symbolically into a point of support for the partner, the disability is experienced spo...
Read moreThe photograph and the painting depict two lovers while listening to a concert in Washington Square Park in New York in 2011. A couple where her disability (wheelchair) turns symbolically into a point of support for the partner, the disability is experienced spo...
D’ANGELO Angelo Pio, MEMORIA_MEMORY, Accademia di Belle Arti, Napoli, IT
MEMORY
It’s an invitation to the contemplation of time that wears the body and the mind. Organic matter goes towards decomposition, what remains is a last fleeting and weak memory.
Material: chalk and clock
Read moreIt’s an invitation to the contemplation of time that wears the body and the mind. Organic matter goes towards decomposition, what remains is a last fleeting and weak memory.
Material: chalk and clock
DA ROLD Alice, RIPIGLINO_CAT'S CRADLE, Accademia di Belle Arti di Ubino, IT, SPECIAL PRIZE OFFERED BY THE AMBITO TERRITORIALE SOCIALE IV DELLA REGIONE MARCHE
CAT’S CRADLE
It does not matter how many fingers you are born with, the important thing is to find a way to communicate with others .
The Hands with 6 finger represents the diversity seen from outside
the hand with only 5 fingers means that the majority makes the standard for the normality but...
Read moreIt does not matter how many fingers you are born with, the important thing is to find a way to communicate with others .
The Hands with 6 finger represents the diversity seen from outside
the hand with only 5 fingers means that the majority makes the standard for the normality but...
FOX Kerry, WE RISE_ CI INNALZIAMO, York St John University, York, UK, SPECIAL PRIZE OFFERED BY THE FIRMS AMICUCCI AND MAINERI
We Rise
Constructed using 19 years of documents detailing my sons’ disabilities, clinical negligence, health, social care, education and bundles from SENDIST tribunals.
‘We Rise’ illustrates navigating a very officious system to ensure my son reaches his goals, his life choices and ultimately hi...
Read moreConstructed using 19 years of documents detailing my sons’ disabilities, clinical negligence, health, social care, education and bundles from SENDIST tribunals.
‘We Rise’ illustrates navigating a very officious system to ensure my son reaches his goals, his life choices and ultimately hi...
FRYETT Chloe, DAY BY DAY_GIORNO PER GIORNO, York St John University, UK, THIRD PRIZE FOR STUDENTS ENROLLED IN BRITISH INSTITUTIONS
DAY BY DAY
These images are a documentation of my Nanna’s life. What she gets up to daily and the things she has to do. She has encountered many difficult times in her life yet she’s still one of the most supporting people I know. Here I wanted to document her and her life.
Read moreThese images are a documentation of my Nanna’s life. What she gets up to daily and the things she has to do. She has encountered many difficult times in her life yet she’s still one of the most supporting people I know. Here I wanted to document her and her life.
GIOVANNETTI Giada, I COLORI DELL'ANIMA_THE COLOURS OF THE SOUL, Accademia di Belle Arti di Frosinone, IT
THE COLOURS OF THE SOUL
This artwork aims to depict the struggle that many people affected by disabilities are obliged to live with. Inside every single one of them there’s a soul though, which requires to be free, independent and which has the power to break the threads of fear.
Read moreThis artwork aims to depict the struggle that many people affected by disabilities are obliged to live with. Inside every single one of them there’s a soul though, which requires to be free, independent and which has the power to break the threads of fear.
HOGARTH Louise, TAKE A SECOND LOOK AT DISABILITY_GUARDA DI NUOVO LA DISABILITA’, York College, York, UK, SECOND PRIZE FOR STUDENTS ENROLLED IN BRITISH INSTITUTIONS
TAKE A SECOND LOOK AT DISABILITY.
I have taken the shape of the ‘perfect’ Greek vase, which is usually decorated with ‘perfect’ Gladiators and purposely altered them to be ‘imperfect’ - I have decorated them with ‘imperfect’ disability images. The viewer has to look closely to spot the difference....
Read moreI have taken the shape of the ‘perfect’ Greek vase, which is usually decorated with ‘perfect’ Gladiators and purposely altered them to be ‘imperfect’ - I have decorated them with ‘imperfect’ disability images. The viewer has to look closely to spot the difference....
KING Francesca, THE INNER AND OUTER EDGES OF SILENCE, York St John University, York, UK, FIRST PRIZE FOR STUDENTS FROM BRITISH INSTITUTIONS
THE INNER AND OUTER EDGES OF SILENCE
As a child I would give no voice to my thoughts for days on end, I consumed myself with rage and refused to look outwards. When I got older I learned to sign BSL to communicate the emotion.
I still retreat to silence, looking for the changes in weather and ...
Read moreAs a child I would give no voice to my thoughts for days on end, I consumed myself with rage and refused to look outwards. When I got older I learned to sign BSL to communicate the emotion.
I still retreat to silence, looking for the changes in weather and ...
MANCINI Michael, LIFE IS A BALL, Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma, IT, THIRD PRIZE FOR STUDENTS ENROLLED IN ITALIAN INSTITUTIONS
LIFE IS A BALL
This artwork is a video piece in virtual reality which animates the Torso del Belvedere, a masterpiece which always owed its charm for its being "missing", interrupted by the action of time. Today, thanks to technology, it "comes back to life" and becomes alive. It suddenly finds ...
Read moreThis artwork is a video piece in virtual reality which animates the Torso del Belvedere, a masterpiece which always owed its charm for its being "missing", interrupted by the action of time. Today, thanks to technology, it "comes back to life" and becomes alive. It suddenly finds ...
MICCIO Rebecca, RENAISSANCE, Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli, IT
RENAISSANCE
Disability is nothing but the wings of a beautiful albatross (as in Baudelaire) which is only to be freed from
His awksiness, flying.
To overcome the limits, free from what forces him, to be oneself in everything and for everything, to hatch, to blossom.
The independence of freedom ...
Read moreDisability is nothing but the wings of a beautiful albatross (as in Baudelaire) which is only to be freed from
His awksiness, flying.
To overcome the limits, free from what forces him, to be oneself in everything and for everything, to hatch, to blossom.
The independence of freedom ...
PASSARELLI Rita, LABILE, Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli, IT
LABILE
The work represents an ear in the act of melting.
"Labile; Intended for rapid disappearance or imminent dissolution "
The work was designed and made of wax (white)
ephemeral and delicate material like our senses, "Labile" therefore speaks to us of the disintegration of the senses in t...
Read moreThe work represents an ear in the act of melting.
"Labile; Intended for rapid disappearance or imminent dissolution "
The work was designed and made of wax (white)
ephemeral and delicate material like our senses, "Labile" therefore speaks to us of the disintegration of the senses in t...
REIDS Max, D.B.O. (Don’t Burn Out), Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia, IT
D.B.O (DON’T BURN OUT)
After two years working as an educational tutor and health assistant for a person with almost a total physical disability, the relationship fell into a "burnout" situation. The print is a hand made silkscreen on a adhesive paper, criticizing the "meme" that f...
Read moreAfter two years working as an educational tutor and health assistant for a person with almost a total physical disability, the relationship fell into a "burnout" situation. The print is a hand made silkscreen on a adhesive paper, criticizing the "meme" that f...
SANTELLI Claudio, INDEPENDENT LIFE, Accademia di Belle Arti di Urbino, IT
INDEPENDENT LIFE IN THE VERTICAL DIMENSION OF THE THIRD PARADISE BY MICHELANGELO PISTOLETTO.
The symbol of the Third Paradise by Michelangelo Pistoletto represents the integration between nature and science.
In this work the two peripheral rings take the form of two archaic wheels and no longer ne...
Read moreThe symbol of the Third Paradise by Michelangelo Pistoletto represents the integration between nature and science.
In this work the two peripheral rings take the form of two archaic wheels and no longer ne...
STEINER Nicolas, THE KING AND THE FOOL, Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera, Milano, IT
THE KING AND THE FOOL
The king and the fool lives in the same place.
While hours pass by slow and overwhelming he waits for the lunch,
than wait for the dinner and then wait to sleep and dream.
The pale yellow and light turquoise keep the mind calm and lucid,
so in this sintetic light and st...
Read moreThe king and the fool lives in the same place.
While hours pass by slow and overwhelming he waits for the lunch,
than wait for the dinner and then wait to sleep and dream.
The pale yellow and light turquoise keep the mind calm and lucid,
so in this sintetic light and st...
ZAGHETTO Sara, HRINGIR, Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera, Milano, IT
HRINGIR
The project consists in a jewels series, created in different alloys, stones, shells and organic material. "Hringir" is an Icelandic word which means "rings", objects that symbolically seal bonds, emphasizing the sharing of the wearer's intentions. The series is inspired by the seascape, wh...
Read moreThe project consists in a jewels series, created in different alloys, stones, shells and organic material. "Hringir" is an Icelandic word which means "rings", objects that symbolically seal bonds, emphasizing the sharing of the wearer's intentions. The series is inspired by the seascape, wh...
ZAMPARELLI Guglielmo, DANCE 2018, Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma, IT, FIRST EQUAL PRIZE FOR STUDENTS FROM ITALIAN INSTITUTIONS
Dance
This work is an exact copy of the work by Matisse called "La Danza" oil on canvas cm. 2.60 x 3.91. Matisse used only three colors, green, blue and red. There are five characters who dance naked on the top of the world, hold hands by forming a circle, only the two in the foreground still ha...
Read moreThis work is an exact copy of the work by Matisse called "La Danza" oil on canvas cm. 2.60 x 3.91. Matisse used only three colors, green, blue and red. There are five characters who dance naked on the top of the world, hold hands by forming a circle, only the two in the foreground still ha...