Claudio Beorchia

Claudio Beorchia
1) Għidilna ftit dwarek innifsek.

Jien artist Taljan, noqgħod fir-reġjun tal-Veneto, mhux ‘il bogħod minn Venezja. Jiena artist interdixxiplinarju u li nirreaġixxi għas-sit li spiss jirrikorri għal prattiċi relazzjonali u parteċipattivi.

2) Għidilna ftit dwar il-prattika tal-arti tiegħek u x’jispirak.

L-approċċ interdixxiplinarju tiegħi u l-interess tiegħi f’kuntesti u ambjenti speċifiċi dejjem rabtuni ma’ residenzi tal-arti, speċjalment residenzi li jistiednu lill-artisti jirrelataw ma’ ambjenti uniċi u partikolari. Ir-residenza hija l-mod privileġġat tiegħi ta’ xogħol. M’għandix studio, imma nipprova ngħaddas ruħi f’kuntesti differenti, f’kuntatt ma’ postijiet u nies li jistgħu jistimulaw ideat u jagħtu l-ħajja lil proġetti ġodda. Allura dak li jispirani huwa dak li hemm barra, dak li hemm madwari, l-elementi tal-ambjent u l-komunità li fihom ninteraġixxi.

3) Xi tittama li tikseb bir-residenza tiegħek f’Malta?

Waqt ir-residenza, nixtieq niżviluppa proġett marbut profondament mal-Baħar Mediterran u r-relazzjoni antenati u millennjali li l-bnedmin għandhom mal-baħar.

Malta tinsab fiċ-ċentru ta’ baħar importanti, għani fl-istorja u leġġendarju bħall-Mediterran. Iżda din ix-xbihat tagħha hija pjuttost ‘il bogħod minn żminijiet kontemporanji, li fihom il-baħar huwa mifhum aktar bħala infrastruttura għat-trasport ta’ merkanzija u vjaġġar minn nies, bħala riżors ekonomiku, bħala fruntiera, u bħala sfond għal stampi turistiċi. Illum, dik id-dimensjoni leġġendarja, jibqgħu traċċi kurjużi fl-ismijiet tad-dgħajjes li jaqsmu l-baħar, li jfakkru ħlejjaq mitoloġiċi u forzi naturali, figuri femminili b’saħħithom u sbieħ, għemejjel erojċi u kuraġġużi.

Bis-saħħa tar-residenza, ser nipprova nevoka din ix-xbihat preċiżament mill-ismijiet tad-dgħajjes li jbaħħru l-ilmijiet ta’ Malta waqt il-waqfa tiegħi fil-gżira. U, biex nagħmel dan, se ninvolvi direttament lill-abitanti u lill-komunità, billi nippromwovi għarfien imġedded u kondiviż tar-relazzjoni bejn il-bniedem u l-baħar.

4) Nota bijo qasira dwarek innifsek

Claudio Beorchia huwa artist interdixxiplinarju u li jirreaġixxi għas-sit li spiss jirrikorri għal prattiċi relazzjonali u parteċipattivi. Studja d-Disinn u l-Arti Viżwali fl-Università Iuav ta’ Venezja u kompla l-istudji tiegħu fl-New Media Arts grazzi għal borża ta’ studju fl-Akkademja Brera f’Milan; kiseb id-dottorat fix-Xjenzi tad-Disinn fl-Iskola tad-Dottorat Iuav, li jiffoka fuq id-disinn ta’ sitwazzjonijiet ta’ tagħlim u ambjenti edukattivi.

Ilu attiv mill-2010, wirjiet u proġetti personali jinkludu: “Com sonen aquests llocs?”, Museo Mucbe, Benicarlò, Spanja, 2023; “Characters and Spaces”, Artists Unlimited Gallery, Bielefeld, il-Ġermanja, 2023; “Tell me a river”, Gallerija K18, Maribor, is-Slovenja, 2021; “Signals and Words”, XPO Gallery, Enschede, l-Olanda, 2020; “Between Heaven and Earth”, Mużew tal-Fotografija Kontemporanja, Milan, l-Italja, 2019-2020; “Aurale” Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venezja, 2019. Ix-xogħlijiet tiegħu ġew inklużi f’wirjiet ta’ gruppi f’postijiet bħal: Palazzo della Triennale, Palazzo Reale u Hangar Bicocca f’Milan; Scuderie del Quirinale u Mercati di Traiano f’Ruma.

Huwa ħa sehem f’madwar 30 programm ta’ residenza. Bosta programmi kienu fl-Italja u aktar barra pajjiżu: fl-Istati Uniti, il-Ġermanja, id-Danimarka, l-Olanda, u mbagħad fl-Albanija, l-Bulgarija, ċ-Ċina, l-Finlandja, l-Ġappun, il-Greċja, s-Slovenja, Spanja, l-Ungerija, l-Maċedonja ta’ Fuq.

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Claudio Beorchia

Claudio Beorchia
1) Għidilna ftit dwarek innifsek.

Jien artist Taljan, noqgħod fir-reġjun tal-Veneto, mhux ‘il bogħod minn Venezja. Jiena artist interdixxiplinarju u li nirreaġixxi għas-sit li spiss jirrikorri għal prattiċi relazzjonali u parteċipattivi.

2) Għidilna ftit dwar il-prattika tal-arti tiegħek u x’jispirak.

L-approċċ interdixxiplinarju tiegħi u l-interess tiegħi f’kuntesti u ambjenti speċifiċi dejjem rabtuni ma’ residenzi tal-arti, speċjalment residenzi li jistiednu lill-artisti jirrelataw ma’ ambjenti uniċi u partikolari. Ir-residenza hija l-mod privileġġat tiegħi ta’ xogħol. M’għandix studio, imma nipprova ngħaddas ruħi f’kuntesti differenti, f’kuntatt ma’ postijiet u nies li jistgħu jistimulaw ideat u jagħtu l-ħajja lil proġetti ġodda. Allura dak li jispirani huwa dak li hemm barra, dak li hemm madwari, l-elementi tal-ambjent u l-komunità li fihom ninteraġixxi.

3) Xi tittama li tikseb bir-residenza tiegħek f’Malta?

Waqt ir-residenza, nixtieq niżviluppa proġett marbut profondament mal-Baħar Mediterran u r-relazzjoni antenati u millennjali li l-bnedmin għandhom mal-baħar.

Malta tinsab fiċ-ċentru ta’ baħar importanti, għani fl-istorja u leġġendarju bħall-Mediterran. Iżda din ix-xbihat tagħha hija pjuttost ‘il bogħod minn żminijiet kontemporanji, li fihom il-baħar huwa mifhum aktar bħala infrastruttura għat-trasport ta’ merkanzija u vjaġġar minn nies, bħala riżors ekonomiku, bħala fruntiera, u bħala sfond għal stampi turistiċi. Illum, dik id-dimensjoni leġġendarja, jibqgħu traċċi kurjużi fl-ismijiet tad-dgħajjes li jaqsmu l-baħar, li jfakkru ħlejjaq mitoloġiċi u forzi naturali, figuri femminili b’saħħithom u sbieħ, għemejjel erojċi u kuraġġużi.

Bis-saħħa tar-residenza, ser nipprova nevoka din ix-xbihat preċiżament mill-ismijiet tad-dgħajjes li jbaħħru l-ilmijiet ta’ Malta waqt il-waqfa tiegħi fil-gżira. U, biex nagħmel dan, se ninvolvi direttament lill-abitanti u lill-komunità, billi nippromwovi għarfien imġedded u kondiviż tar-relazzjoni bejn il-bniedem u l-baħar.

4) Nota bijo qasira dwarek innifsek

Claudio Beorchia huwa artist interdixxiplinarju u li jirreaġixxi għas-sit li spiss jirrikorri għal prattiċi relazzjonali u parteċipattivi. Studja d-Disinn u l-Arti Viżwali fl-Università Iuav ta’ Venezja u kompla l-istudji tiegħu fl-New Media Arts grazzi għal borża ta’ studju fl-Akkademja Brera f’Milan; kiseb id-dottorat fix-Xjenzi tad-Disinn fl-Iskola tad-Dottorat Iuav, li jiffoka fuq id-disinn ta’ sitwazzjonijiet ta’ tagħlim u ambjenti edukattivi.

Ilu attiv mill-2010, wirjiet u proġetti personali jinkludu: “Com sonen aquests llocs?”, Museo Mucbe, Benicarlò, Spanja, 2023; “Characters and Spaces”, Artists Unlimited Gallery, Bielefeld, il-Ġermanja, 2023; “Tell me a river”, Gallerija K18, Maribor, is-Slovenja, 2021; “Signals and Words”, XPO Gallery, Enschede, l-Olanda, 2020; “Between Heaven and Earth”, Mużew tal-Fotografija Kontemporanja, Milan, l-Italja, 2019-2020; “Aurale” Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venezja, 2019. Ix-xogħlijiet tiegħu ġew inklużi f’wirjiet ta’ gruppi f’postijiet bħal: Palazzo della Triennale, Palazzo Reale u Hangar Bicocca f’Milan; Scuderie del Quirinale u Mercati di Traiano f’Ruma.

Huwa ħa sehem f’madwar 30 programm ta’ residenza. Bosta programmi kienu fl-Italja u aktar barra pajjiżu: fl-Istati Uniti, il-Ġermanja, id-Danimarka, l-Olanda, u mbagħad fl-Albanija, l-Bulgarija, ċ-Ċina, l-Finlandja, l-Ġappun, il-Greċja, s-Slovenja, Spanja, l-Ungerija, l-Maċedonja ta’ Fuq.

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Claudio Beorchia

Claudio Beorchia

1) Tell us a bit about yourself.

I am an Italian artist, I live in the Veneto region, not far from Venice. I am an interdisciplinary and site-responsive artist who often recurs to relational and participatory practices.

2) Tell us a bit about your art practice and what inspires you.

My interdisciplinary approach and my interest in specific contexts and environments has always linked me to art residencies, especially residencies that invite artists to relate to unique and peculiar environments. The residency is my privileged way of working. I don’t have a studio, but I try to immerse myself in different contexts, in contact with places and people that can stimulate ideas and bring new projects to life. So what inspires me is what is outside, what is around me, the elements of the environment and community in which I interact.

3) What do you hope to achieve with your residency in Malta?

During the residency, I would like to develop a project deeply related to the Mediterranean Sea and the ancestral and millennial relationship that humans have with the sea.

Malta is located at the centre of an important sea, rich in history and legendary as the Mediterranean. But this imagery of it is rather far removed from contemporary times, in which the sea is understood more as an infrastructure for transporting goods and people, as an economic resource, as a border, and as a backdrop for tourist images. Today, of that legendary dimension, traces curiously remain in the names of the boats that cross the sea, recalling mythological creatures and natural forces, powerful and beautiful female figures, heroic and brave deeds.

Thanks to the residency, I will try to evoke this imagery precisely from the names of the boats that ply Malta’s waters during my stay on the island. And, to do so, I will directly involve the inhabitants and the community, promoting a renewed and shared awareness of the relationship between man and the sea.

4) Short bio note about yourself

Claudio Beorchia is an interdisciplinary and site-responsive artist who often recurs to relational and participatory practices. He studied Design and Visual Arts at the Iuav University of Venice and furthered his studies in New Media Arts thanks to a scholarship at the Brera Academy in Milan; he earned his doctorate in Design Sciences at the Iuav Doctoral School, focusing on the design of learning situations and educational environments.

Active since 2010, personal exhibitions and projects include: “Com sonen aquests llocs?”, Museo Mucbe, Benicarlò, Spain, 2023; “Characters and Spaces”, Artists Unlimited Gallery, Bielefeld, Germany, 2023; “Tell me a river”, K18 Gallery, Maribor, Slovenia, 2021; “Signals and Words”, XPO Gallery, Enschede, Netherlands, 2020; “Between Heaven and Earth”, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Milan, Italy, 2019-2020; “Aurale” Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venice, 2019. His works have been included in group exhibitions in venues such as: Palazzo della Triennale, Palazzo Reale and Hangar Bicocca in Milan; Scuderie del Quirinale and Mercati di Traiano in Rome.

He has participated in about 30 residency programs. Many programs have taken place in Italy and more abroad: in the United States, Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands, and then in Albania, Bulgaria, China, Finland, Japan, Greece, Slovenia, Spain, Hungary, North Macedonia.

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