flat pack art to.... is an artistic exchange between different countries that address the artists need for new ways of exhibiting and exporting artworks in the current economic climate. flat pack art to.... proposes to the artists involved to create a series of new artworks with the requisite that can be folded in a flat pack to be sent abroad. The idea of the exchange is to connect contemporary artists and curators from Europe and exhibit newly commissioned work from the artists involved.
flat pack art to.... was initiated by Elizabeth Aro, Cristina Ghetti and Ima Picó, after the success of two similar projects, universal shipping box, an artists exchange that exhibited new artworks in three different countries that fitted into a universally sized ‘pizza’ box and un---fold, a low cost artists exchange that proposed to create a series of new artworks with the requisite that could be folded in an A4 envelope.
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Big Bang is a non-profit making organization that started in 2010 with the aims of diffusing contemporary art, especially amongst the younger generations and preserving cultural heritage such as artistic and intellectual production. This is achieved through artistic exchanges and promotion activities at the national and international level that enable to include the territory in which the association operates into a broader cultural horizon.
black duck is an organisation based in Manchester that undertakes international curatorial projects to promote the work of contemporary artists working in performance, installation, digital media and video.
