Brillo | Artist’s Thought. International Fest ival of Philosophy of Contemporary Art

[Giuliano Torrengo]

On October 31st and November 1st 2008, within the events of Torino
World Design Capital 2008, the first edition of Brillo | Pensiero
d'artista. Festival Internazionale d'Arte contemporanea (Brillo |
Artist’s Thought. International Festival of Philosophy of
Contemporary Art) will take place. The Festival is organized by
“Labont” of the Philosophy Department – University of Torino, and
by Merz Fundation, in collaboration with Olga Gambari.

The aim of Brillo is meeting the natural request of explanation that
is felt before most of contemporary artworks. World-renowned
philosophers, exhibitions curators, art historians, designers and
cognitive scientists will discuss about the elusive nature of
contemporary art. Among the others Arthur C. Danto, Semir Zeki,
Roberto Casati, Maurizio Ferraris, Matteo Pericoli, Adriano Design.

The first edition of Brillo will be featuring the world famous
American Artist Matthew Barney, who is presenting at the Merz
Foundation a site specific exhibition, and will be – for the first
time in Italy – the protagonist in a public debate with Arthur C.
Danto, philosopher and art critic of The Nation, and Richard Flood,
Chief Curator of the New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York.

31 October 2008

Friday Morning

Fixed Ideas: Art and Mind

• 10.00 Semir Zeki (University College London)
 discussion

• 11.00 Art and Vision: John Kulvicki (Dartmouth College, New
Hampshire) and Roberto Casati (Institut Nicod, Paris)
 discussion

Friday Afternoon

Matthew Barney
Contemporary Mythologies

15.30 Talking Restraint: Matthew Barney, a public dialogue with

 Arthur C. Danto (Columbia University, NY)
 Richard Flood (New Museum of Contemporary Art, NY)

 discussion

• 18.00 Aperitif

1 November 2008

The Secrets of the Objects: Philosophy and Design

Saturday Morning

• 10.00 Philosophy of Objects: Maurizio Ferraris (University of
Turin) e
Francesca Rigotti (University of Lugano)
 discussion

• 11.30 Matteo Pericoli (New York/Turin)
 discussion

Saturday Afternoon

• 16.00 Creativity and Design: Vittorio Marchis (Polytechnic Institut
of
Turin), e Flaviano Celaschi (Polytechnic Institut of Turin)
 discussion

• 17.30 Adriano Design (Turin)

• 19.00 Aperitif

Special tanks to the technical sponsors:
Colomer Sedie, Ribes Informatica, Golden Palace, Residence du Parc,
Fnac, Lab10100, Ferrarelle, Martini
Special thanks also to Holly Dickstein, for her kind collaboration

Essential Infos

Title Brillo | Pensiero d’artista.
Festival Internazionale di Filosofia dell’Arte Contemporanea

Dates 31st October – 1st November 2008

Press Conference 27th October 2008, 17.30 – @ FNAC,
via Roma 56, Torino

Place Fondazione Merz, via Limone 24, 10141
Torino

Time 10 - 19

Entrance No Fee

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