The Independent is the research project dedicated to independent thinking and practice promoted by MAXXI – the National Museum of XXI Century Arts in Rome. Conceived in 2014 by Hou Hanru, the project is curated by Giulia Ferracci and Elena Motisi with research support from Simone Ciglia and the contribution of Aria Spinelli.
Independents
Independent Groups and Spaces
Independents presents the online mapping of independent entities. Generated in 2014 through an open call, since 2019 it has been extended thanks to the support of a series of contributors who propose each year a selection of the most innovative groups and spaces on the independent scene.
The Blank Contemporary Art
The Blank Bergamo Contemporary Art is a non-profit cultural association established in Bergamo in 2010 in order to spread and develop passion and curiosity for contemporary art. “The Blank”, literally a space to be filled, is intended as a place of encounter for Bergamo’s...
Emma
Emma is a self-organised collaborative and curatorial organisation for artistic and cultural practices, which encourages dialogue and exploration in the arts. It creates learning and residential opportunities for artists and other cultural producers through diverse forms of...
Kunstverein (Milano)
Kunstverein (Milano) is an experimental curatorial platform for exhibitions, research and production of contemporary visual art. Part of a network of sister organisations with Kunstvereins in Amsterdam, New York and Toronto, and is founded and co-directed by Katia Anguelova,...
K-Gold Temporary Gallery
K-Gold Temporary Gallery is a non-profit nomadic platform for contemporary art that was founded in 2014 in the Greek island of Lesvos by Nicolas Vamvouklis. It focuses on collaborative approaches to cultural production within its locality and beyond by activating alternative...
viadellafucina16 condominium-museum
viadellafucina16 is a new artist-in-residence programme taking place in a condominium, in the heart of the historical district of Porta Palazzo in Turin, Italy. Through an international open call for multidisciplinary proposals, artists are invited to do residencies at the...
VIAINDUSTRIAE
VIAINDUSTRIAE is a non-profit cultural association and architects collective, born in 2005 to manage and "perform" an archive of modern and contemporary art private collection. Then it activates a series of specific projects with the artists seeking to involve them with...
Diogene
Diogene was founded in Turin in 2007 as an artistic self-identity group of people working together to create a place for reflecting and exchanging ideas concerning the issues and means of contemporary art practice. Its main projects are 'Bivaccourbano_R', an international...
Current
CURRENT is a platform started by artists and curators. It is based in an independent space in Milan, a place for experimentation and exhibition of contemporary forms of creation. CURRENT is an artist-run space open to collaborations with other Italian and international artistic...
The Wall The wall è lo spazio fisico nel museo MAXXI dedicato a The Independent. La parete del foyer Carlo Scarpa è affidata periodicamente a una selezione di realtà indipendenti che presentano, in una configurazione sempre nuova, uno statement sulla propria identità.
Garibaldi Journal
Garibaldi is The Independent’s online magazine. Active since 2017 with a fluid editorial team that for every issue involves intellectuals, critics or contemporary thinkers and/or an independent group. Garibaldi investigates – through a multiple gaze – themes and geographical contexts of the independent practices.
NESXT
On the occasion of the MAXXI event, this issue of Garibaldi will be co-edited by NESXT – Independent Art Network. NESXT, which was born in Turin in 2016, is a festival, an observatory and a network devoted to the Italian independent scene, and has been a partner of THE INDEPENDENT since 2017. The space for in-depth analysis provided by the Journal will see NESXT introduce itself through its own manifesto and an interview to Artistic Director Olga Gambari, proposing a reflection on the roots and philosophical statute of independence.
edited by NESXT, Elena Motisi and Simone Ciglia
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Soft autonomy
Pietro GaglianòIdeal self-management. Groups of artists in the ‘70s
Alessandra PioselliManifesto NESXT
Glossary of independence
NESXTInterview to Olga Gambari (NESXT)
Simone Ciglia