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Davide Bertocchi

Davide Bertocchi

Artiste

www.davidebertocchi.net

Davide Bertocchi a étudié aux Beaux Arts de Bologne puis il a complété son post diplôme aux beaux arts de Nantes sous la direction de Robert Fleck, Stéphanie Moisdon et Philipe Lepeut. En 2000 il est choisi avec 10 autres artistes italiens  pour le « Studio Program » du PS1-MoMa à New York. Il résidera ensuite à la Villa Arson à Nice puis au Pavillon du Palais de Tokyo à Paris et exposera à l’international. Il crée des installations sonores, des vidéos et des sculptures qui font référence aux mythes pseudo-scientifiques comme la disparition de l’énergie ou le mouvement des informations. La musique et le son ont une place importante dans son travail.
  • ALPHA & OMEGA (THE CHICKEN AND EGG
    PROBLEM) - 2009
    CHROMED STAINLESS STEEL
    30 CM DIAMETRE X 5,5 CM
    EDITION OF 10

    A stainless steel hybrid shape incorporating an
    egg and a 12 inch LP.  Referential to the famous painting, the “Sacra
    Conversazione”, by Piero della Francesca, and at the same time, the
    the obsolescence of the vinyl records. As a whole, this sculpture,
    could be a mini-solar system or simply a tautology involving the famous philosophical
    “chicken-or-egg” problem.

    • 1 - Top100 CDs vol.1-2-3-4-5-6
      Top100 CDs vol.1-2-3-4-5-6
    • 2 - Top100 (Magazzino D'Arte Moderna, Rome - installation view - 2007)
      Top100 (Magazzino D'Arte Moderna, Rome - installation view - 2007)
    • 3 - Top100 (close-up)
      Top100 (close-up)
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      1
    • 2 - installation view
      installation view
    Thème : Arts plastiques
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    Thème : Arts plastiques
    • 1 - Asse del Mondo
      Asse del Mondo
    • 2 - Asse del Mondo
      Asse del Mondo
    • 1 - A Means To An End
      A Means To An End
    • 2 - A Means To An End
      A Means To An End

    A MEANS TO AN END - 2008
    ALUMINUM CRUTCHES,
    VINYL RECORDS OF VARIOUS MUSICIANS.
    150 CM X 35 CM X 25 CM

    Crutches with records from bands and musicians
    who committed suicide: Joy Division, Nirvana, Dalida,
    Husker Dü, Iron Butterfly, INXS, The
    Temptations, Canned Heat, Lush, etc.

    • 1 - Der Tod In Florenz
      Der Tod In Florenz
    • 2 - Der Tod In Florenz
      Der Tod In Florenz
    • 3 - Der Tod In Florenz
      Der Tod In Florenz

    DER TOD IN FLORENZ - 2008
    SILK-SCREEN PRINT ON T-SHIRTS
    EDITION OF 100

    A series of T-shirts distributed for
    one year as a "welcome kit" to participants
    of the prestigious artists-in-residence International programme of Villa Romana in Florence, the oldest German art prize.

    Thème : Arts plastiques
    • 1 - Exhaust
      Exhaust
    • 2 - Exhaust
      Exhaust

    EXHAUST - 2009
    SINGLE-CHANNEL VIDEO PROJECTION, SOUND,
    LOOP 9 MIN.36”.

    Several short video extracts from
    YouTube; all are amateur video sound tests for car
    exhaust pipes. The cars are ordinary cars, not “tuning” cars. Amongst the videos is a model for “Bertocchi Mufflers”. This pseudo-biographical but completely arbitrary and self-referential aspect is a recurrent element in the artist’s work. The useless roar of an engine, a polluting, wasteful, and expensive action – the dissipation of energy and how that relates to the existential condition today.

    Thème : Arts plastiques
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      image 2
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      image 1

    LE REGIME - 2009
    PLASTIC STRAW, BLACK BELGIAN MARBLE, MULTICOLOUR ONIX, TRAVERTINE MARBLE,
    RED MARBLE
    40 CM X 30 CM 30 CM

    The word “regime" in French can mean "diet" but more commonly refers to a set of conditions, most often of a political nature. This sculpture consists of 5 primary geometric shapes in 5 different types of marble. The idea came from Brancusi’s sculptures many of which seem to have no beginning
    and no end and include different elements. The 5 objects are not attached to each other, and thus can be freely repositioned like children’s toy blocks. The last element on top, a big “Slim-Fast”-like glass, has a tiny hole where a plastic straw can be inserted. 
    The arbitrary choice of including the straw or not changes the meaning of sculpture to either reference self-induced health regimes, or the more subtle forms of political regimes.

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    USELESS REVOLUTIONS - 2009
    DISCO BALL WITHOUT MIRRORS, ELECTRIC
    MOTOR, SPOT LAMP
    40 CM DIAMETER

    A disco ball, where all the mirrors
    have been patiently taken off by the artist. The ball turns as normal, but it has become a useless object
    floating in space. Once the focal point of any party, its day has passed and its purpose has been altered.  Its visual impact now is perfectly inverted from an object that reflected all light to one where no light can escape its absorption.