Just under three weeks to go until Rebecca Ilett and I embark on our travels (with many thanks to a-n for a grant!) and a chance to introduce our first host, artist Elisa Vladilo who lives and works in Trieste, Italy.
We first met Elisa when she came to Cambridge in 2014 for Art Language Location and we have kept in touch ever since.
Elisa’s work has a wonderful colourful optimism to it and is rooted in community and place, so we’re looking forward to some great conversations with some of her friends and contacts when we visit.
Check out Elisa’s website at http://www.elisavladilo.it, and in the meantime here is Elisa to say a few words…
Hallo!
It’s really a great pleasure for me to be part of this project; thank you very much for involving me!
Thinking about the project to exchange contacts with Robert Good and Rebecca Ilett, I’ll begin by saying that it’s a great opportunity for the artists and curators involved, because this kind of situation creates moments to enrich our personal knowledge and to get deeper into the meanings of the artworks. The event Art Language Location in Cambridge, run by Robert and Rebecca, is also a great moment for such exchanges.
We are going to visit in Trieste, Klagenfurt (Austria), Celje (Slovenia) and some artists, curators and spaces which represent the local situation with a specific reference to art and public space.
Till soon!
Ciao
Elisa
