VideoWords is the fifth special project by Magmart. And it comes at a particular time, at the turn of the covid19 pandemic, which will undoubtedly mark a global cultural change - for better or for worse we still don't know.
With this new project, the focus is this time on words. Twenty-eight words, mostly antinomical to each other, which represent as many aspects of life, emotions and human expectations. 28 international artists, therefore, are called to interpret these words - what they represent - trying to weave a dialogue with the public.

As visually represented also in the project logo, the intention is to pierce the viewer's eye so that he sees everything he usually doesn't see - and perhaps he doesn't want to see. Just like in the opening scene of the surrealist 'Un chien andalou', and with the same ambition. The challenge, as always, is in the hands of the artists who take it up. Who have collected it with enthusiasm, creating a series of beautiful videos.

Enrico Tomaselli
Magmart Festival Art Director
love
birth
utopia
oppression
war
happiness
space
thought
chastity
overcrowding
desire
madness
innocence
light
hate
death
dystopia
freedom
peace
sadness
time
eros
isolation
indifference
slowness
wisdom
sin
darkness
Adrian Regnier Chavez [ Mexico ]
Alexandra Mitlyanskaya [ Russian Federation ]
Anabela Costa [ France ]
Donya Hajizadeh [ Iran ]
Eija Temisevä [ Finland ]
Eli Souaiby [ Lebanon ]
Ezra Wube [ Ethiopia ]
Francesca Fini [ Italy ]
Guli Silberstein [ United Kingdom ]
Harvey Goldman [ United States ]
Hernando Urrutia [ Portugal ]
Igor Imhoff [ Italy ]
Isabel Pérez del Pulgar [ Spain ]
Izabella Retkowska [ Poland ]
Jean-Michel Rolland [ France ]
Juan Alonso [ Colombia ]
Marta Daeuble [ France ]
Michel Pavlou [ Norway ]
Nelton Pellenz [ Brazil ]
Paolo Bandinu [ Italy ]
Recep Akar [ Turkey ]
Salvatore Insana [ Italy ]
Suso Phizer [ United States ]
Tatiana Antoshina [ Russian Federation ]
Tom Sajewski [ Poland ]
Viviane Riberaigua [ France ]
Úrsula San Cristóbal [ Spain ]
Ülo Pikkov [ Estonia ]

Nikos Akridis, Rachel Lonsdale and Cristiana Bottigella [hARTslane | London, UK]

Urlike Riebel [Institut für Alles Mögliche | London, UK]

Max Presneill [Torrance Art Museum | Torrance, CA, USA]

2021/05/07-14-21 hARTslane Gallery | London, UK

2021/06/06-12-13-26-27 Institut für Alles Mögliche | Berlin, Germany

2021/09/-2021/12/04 Torrance Art Museum | Torrance, USA

For any question, contact us at tomaselli.director @ magmart.it

VideoWords is a Magmart project.

Magmart is an international video art festival, since 2005, and now in its twelfth edition.
Along the last years, organized four other international special projects:
100x100=900 (2013)
F.I.V.E.Feelings International Videoart Experience (2015)
Foods (2017))
Bodies (2019