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THE RECIPE OF DESIRES, 2020 – A project for Children
COROLLA, Waiting for Spring, United during the COVID-19 outbreak, 2020
A world of grief and pain:
flowers bloom
even then
K.Issa
Spring is coming and we can celebrate its arrival by turning the spread of COVID-19 around the globe into a chance to show each other care and kindness, delicate as flowers, united against discriminations and prejudices as a SINGLE human family! Continue reading “COROLLA, Waiting for Spring, United during the COVID-19 outbreak, 2020”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXkEED6hIkY (How to paint a rose, tutorials), 2019
Ashley Rhame’s poem inspired by the exhibition Please, teach me the language of a rose
Please, teach me the language of a rose – solo exhibition, Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, USA
in bloom, 2019
Created in collaboration with Italian musician Fabio R. Lattuca for Giordano’s site-specific installation Please, Teach Me the Language of a Rose, at Taubman Museum of Art, the composition was performed by people aged from two to eighty-seven, who created sounds following the instructions in the catalog below. Continue reading “in bloom, 2019”
SMELLS LIKE CONTENT, 2019 – on going
Fashioned from rose petal “clay,” the ancient medium used originally to make rosaries.The diverse forms were inspired by vases depicted in modernist and contemporary still-life paintings by artists ranging from the French modernists Henri Matisse and Suzanne Valadon to the American Pop artists Roy Lichtenstein and Wayne Thiebaud.The rose-petal vases emit the flower’s odor yet remain empty. Continue reading “SMELLS LIKE CONTENT, 2019 – on going”
Please, teach me the language of a rose, 2019
A woman signals “rose” using the world’s sign languages, followed by her signing the phrase “the sound of a blossoming flower”. Her silent gestures variously suggest touch, smell, taste, sound, communion, opening, or uplift. Continue reading “Please, teach me the language of a rose, 2019”
CHEWING THE TAO, 2019
The edible texts are the result of various translations of the Daodejing, a classical Chinese text, traditionally attributed to Laozi, whose composition dates back to a period between the first and second centuries BC.
THE WALL OF DELICACY (Ode to America), 2019 – on going
Raw and delicate, a rosebuds border fence. A meditative practice. A reflection on ephemeral, beauty, delicacy.
Initially started at The Studios at MASS MoCA, USA, THE WALL OF DELICACY is now a participatory and traveling project.
Would you like to contribute to working together on building a longer, more beautiful rosebuds border wall?
Please, reach me at giuseppinagiordano.info@gmail.com for more information!
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