DI ANTONIO SPANEDDA

Sketch of the artwork

ANTONIO SPANEDDA

A relational artist, he graduated in Sculpture and earned a Ph.D. in Art and Anthropology of the Sacred at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts in Milan. He is an expert in cultural business projects and relational art.

In 1996, he founded Gruppo Argilla, a collective bringing together numerous artists, organizing art performances in various Italian cities and collaborating with Stalker Teatro in Turin and Cittadellarte founded by Michelangelo Pistoletto. He has participated in numerous video art festivals and exhibitions, showcasing his work in Rome alongside artists such as Vettor Pisani, Giosetta Fioroni, Fabio Mauri, and Luca Maria Patella.

Between 2002 and 2004, he developed a series of works in aluminum and steel using innovative technological processes. Among his major works are Un Uomo Giusto for the Church of the Sacred Face in Milan and Ambone, Casa della Parola, presented at the Venice Biennale in 2005 and now permanently exhibited at the Church of San Lio in Venice.

In 2010, he launched the artistic project IOTIAMO, focused on Universal Love, and in 2012, together with the project’s ambassadors, he founded ACC, a cultural association dedicated to promoting culture through art.
In 2015, he created Capsula del Tempo, a laboratory for children designed as an artistic experiment to travel into the future. In 2018, he worked in Munich on FRAU, a relational art project dedicated to the feminine side of the world.

Since 2019, together with Stefano Francoli, he has developed the projects Tramedimpresa, Art Does Good for Business, and Art and Business, where art intertwines with corporate training and communication. In recent years, he has carried out numerous site-specific relational art projects for businesses and institutions, combining creativity, identity, and participation.

MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE

The Message in a Bottle project emerged as a natural evolution of the experiences of IOAMOILMARE, continuing the reflection on humanity’s relationship with the sea, the traces we leave on the environment, and the hidden value in discarded materials.
Each bottle, made with plastic recovered from the sea and the environment, contains not only fragments of plastic embedded in resin but also a powerful message: “There is still life.”
This message for the future invites reflection on the impact of our actions on the planet and the possibility of change. The bottles are no longer simple containers; they become fragments of memory and symbols of a new awareness.

For information: spanedda.it

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