FEATURING AMY BASSIN

This week we are featuring the artist Amy Bassin and her work "INTERVENTIONS".

In "INTERVENTIONS" Amy takes photos that were taken in one city and places them in another city, exploring what is real and what is perceived.

In this work she is exploring the following questions:

What is contemporary digital art and photography? What is photography? What is real and what is perceived? If we manipulate photographs with digital technology, is it similar or different than 'staging' a scene and photographing it? Is photography that 'documents' the 'world' really a documentation of what exists or is it all in the photographer's manipulation of the tools they are using (the camera and in the developing). Isn't the process completed and the meaning in the eye of the viewer, regardless of the artists intent.

You can read more about the artist HERE.

FEATURING KLAUS MAEHRING

This week we are featuring the artist Klaus Maehring and his work "Nomadic Village". Klaus started off as a photographer, travelling around in a bus that he had equipped to stay on the road forever. Over the years, the bus turned into a centre for nomadic activities. Today, Klaus' work lies between the mediums of photography, photo-performance and the diplomatic mission to create a nomadic network of people.

He says: "On The Road Productions (ORP) exercises an artistic activism, that finds and creates spaces, in which artists can work outside of the walls of existing institutions. ORP fosters projects that aim at finding and expressing independent and original views. Centerpiece is a Steyr-Ikarus bus that has been converted into an atelier-, office- and gallery-space. The Nomadic Village 2009 was an enlarged space of that character, an artist residence with a slight festival character, in which various mobile projects created a microcosm together. The participants brought their own housings, like busses, vans or caravans, that became the structure of the temporary village".

You can read more about Klaus Maehring HERE.

The Nomadic Village 2009 Movie/Compliation will be shown in London, on Saturday 26th of June from 10 - 14 h. Lecture Hall, Free School, Bethnal Green Library

FEATURING ASPRA MENTE

This week Wooloo is featuring the collective "Aspra mente" - composed of members Eva Cenghiaro, Giulia Gabrielli, Gabriella Giuda and Allessandra Saviotti. Aspra mente works with the idea of "work in progress" intended as the conception of interdisciplinary projects which develop over time.

In their own words, the work which arises is often product of an in depth preliminary research connected to the socio-cultural context of the site in which the project is proposed, aiming at directly involving the public and searching for a type of collective responsibilization which renders the artistic act as participatory as possible.

One example of their work is called "Flower Salad". Flower Salad is an horticultural intervention in a public garden space. The artists says:

"Flower Salad, while referencing the aesthetics of gardening, is produced through the participation of the public, which is turn invited to interact with the flowerbed in order to acquire a more aware attitude with respect to communal resources. This interaction is prompted through visual communication: a logo expressing edibility and various aids guiding the use. A website will collect advice on taking care of the flowerbed and suggestions regarding the possible uses of the flowers."

You can see more of their work HERE.