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Xijing: contemporary Asian art in Venice

Mónica Boixeda Only-Be, Venetian

What happens when you erase the borders between nations? That is, we have no real frontiers: the flow of information around the globe is determined by the geographical location of your participation in the real world and is becoming less important or recognizable. The faces of the world change. A Spainard loses his identity as well as a Pakistani or an Egyptian or a German: the geographical features of the body will dissolve with the next generation and no one will know where we come from, we will all be all patriots of the great network of information, perhaps united but with a lack of races and creeds, maybe… Part of the flow of territories and information declines in real or imaginary cities. The fiction of the city is based on its products and its people, their ability to make everything believable and accurate to produce and consume. But what happens if we create a fictional reality within the virtual world?The Xijing collective proposal presented in the Piazza San Marco, seeks to challenge these strategic building networks of real and fictitious economies, as we have come to believe, or have been led to believe that the degree of likelihood of all there is is accessible when the final part is not. Are the notions of equality likelihood in the East and West? The exhibition is organized by the Xijing Bevilacqua La Masa Foundation and Arthub Asia, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the production of art in Asia. This is the first exhibition devoted to the Xijing art collective, a team of participating artists: Shaoxiong Chen (China), Tsuyoshi Ozawa (Japan)... read more

Rosa Crux, Narsilion and Trobar de Morte in Barcelona

Mónica Boixeda Barcelonian, Only-Be

Rosa Crux can always be relied upon to deliver a top quality, intimate gig, as a French band who stand out for their innovative, investigative approach to music. The art and language of performance are themes which have become an integral part of the group´s unique identity. Rosa Crux was born in 1986, when Olivier Tarabo and Claude Feeny got together for an artistic musical project which could be described as “gothic medieval ritual” – though as it was so much more besides, it is difficult to classify; not least because they make many of the instruments used in their compositions and live shows themselves. Another characteristic of the “Rosa Crux identity” is that their pieces are sung in Latin, and are mainly inspired by ritualistic texts from the 18th century, and myths of cannibalism and alchemy which the band have investigated and decided to put to music, and bring to the public. Though their four albums may seem like few, given how many years the band has been around, they are all complete, rounded works of art; the products of lengthy periods of research. I would highly recommend each and every one of them, and though they may not be to everyone´s tastes and ears, I´d also add that once you hear them, you are either instantly drawn into the magic, and history of the band or not all – there is certainly no middle ground with Rosa Crux. Their Barcelona show is on the 23rd of July – and comes all the more recommended as they will be accompanied by local band Trobar de Morte, who have... read more

Sting in Venice

Mónica Boixeda Only-Be, Venetian

Probably most people don’t even know who is Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner, but this is actually the real name of one of the most famous musicians of all times: Sting. The artist, who was part of the band The Police (which led him to become famous around the world), is touring around the globe presenting his latest production, called “Symphonicities”, and this time comes to Venice to give a concert on the 29th of July. Sting was born in northern England in 1951 and was the bassist and lead singer of The Police, a group that broke up in ´84 and returned for a series of sporadic presentations between 2007 and 2008. Sting is as always doing things related to music and last year released his last studio album, “Symphonicities”. As a member of The Police and also during his solo career, Sting has beaten an incredible sum of 100 million albums and won several awards of all kinds: 16 Grammys and even an Oscar nomination. Sting showed a natural talent for music since he was a kid and already at 8 he was able to play his first songs using a guitar that his uncle had thrown away. As he grew older he started being part of several bands. These bands included: Phoenix Jazzmen, Last Exit and Newcastle Big Band. The highlight came in ´77 when The Police was born, and from that moment the trio began to make history. Sting launched 18 solo albums and still has great success creating productions. More information: http://www.ticketbis.com/entradas-sting-venezia/ev5729 Piazza San Marco: Piazza San Marco, 30100 Venice, Italy MiLK So, if you... read more