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.
Radio Papesse
Radio Papesse is an online audio archive devoted to contemporary art; it is a place for the documentation and the articulation of a critical discourse around the visual arts and at the same time it...
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...
Aspra.mente
Aspra.mente originated in 2006 from the idea of "work in progress", intended as the conception of interdisciplinary projects which develop over time. The work which arises is often the product of an in-depth preliminary research connected to the socio-cultural context of the...
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...
Twenty14
Twenty14 is a cultural organization born in Milano in 2014 with the aim of increase the dialogue between contemporary visual arts. A curatorial duo and gallery space working on selected exhibition projects, cultural events production, communication, education and art consulting.
IDENSITAT
IDENSITAT is an arts project investigating ways of impacting upon the public sphere through creative proposals related to place and territory in their spatial, temporal and social dimensions. IDENSITAT has been in continuous transformation to become a complex system,...
SPAZIO Y
An independent place dedicated to research and experimentation in the contemporary context, it is a meeting and exchange point for artists and operators in the cultural sector, invited from time to time to interact with the physical and historical social context where the art...
Surplace
Surplace artspace is an independent working space that promotes contemporary art and artistic techniques, blurring the boundaries of the stereotypical roles of the artist, the administrator, the critic, the art gallery manager etc.. The work of art is the core of this...
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