17/2/2000
SOLVER
Base, Firenze
Mostra / Performance di Marco Fusinato e John Nixon.
Marco FUSINATO (1964) e John NIXON (1949) sono due tra gli artisti australiani più conosciuti ed apprezzati in campo internazionale.
Vivono in città diverse: Melbourne e Sydney ma da anni portano avanti assieme alle loro personali ricerche artistiche nell'ambito della pittura monocroma, un progetto musicale comune: SOLVER.
Solver é dunque un gruppo di due artisti, in cui le esperienze e pratiche visive sconfinano nell'ambito sonoro e musicale e viceversa, e si fonda sull'interesse comune per lo spirito punk e la metodologia D.I.Y.
A causa della distanza geografica Solver non esegue prove. Le idee per le registrazioni sono elaborate e decise per telefono e vengono realizzate quando gli artisti si incontrano in una stessa città e si basano su idee e progetti limitati alla singola occasione.
Il loro lavoro si manifesta in performances musicali, in forma discografica con l'etichetta FREEWAYSOUND (dove rivolgono una particolare attenzione alla strumentazione rock e al free/noise) ed anche in una attività editoriale, attraverso la pubblicazione di AXE, una rivista musicale della quale sono già apparsi19 numeri.
La mostra e la performance a BASE di Fusinato e Nixon hanno dunque un carattere di eccezionalità , infatti è la prima volta, qui a FIRENZE che gli artisti realizzano un progetto comune in Europa, dove peraltro espongono individualmente con regolarità , (attualmente in Olanda, Germania e Svizzera).
Assieme ad una serie di opere pittoriche, dove in quelle di Fusinato domina il rosso, (colore associato all'azione e alla idea di energia), in quelle di Nixon, legate al suo progetto EPW (Experimental Painting Workshop), emerge l'arancione, gli artisti realizzeranno una performance per due chitarre ed amplificatori, e saranno presentate e documentate tutte le produzioni della loro complessa ricerca.
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ENGLISH VERSION
Is the sonic collaboration of Marco Fusinato and John Nixon.
"SOLVER is a guitar based experimental I free noise group evolving from the art practices of John Nixon and Marco Fusinato.
Due to geographical distance, ( Nixon / Sydney, Fusinato / Melbourne) SOLVER does not rehearse. Ideas for the recordings are discussed over the telephone.
Recordings are done when either are in town in various locations and are limited to a group of ideas which are developed during that session.
Guitars and amplifiers are driven at maximum with no regard to the tuning or quality of instruments. Noise extracted from the guitar / amplifier set up is by chance.
The impetus for SOLVER has come from a shared interest in the spirit prevalent in punk and the D.I.Y. methodology. This attitude is an integral part of Nixon and Fusinato's overall practice."
SOLVER have released five 7" singles (two under the name SCALA) and one CD ("XYZ"):
Other collaborations include:
FREEWAYSOUND: A label established which focuses on free/noise/experimental music with an emphasis on rock instrumentation. The label exists within the framework of the rock alternative underground. It is distributed by: Metamkine (France); Kraak - 3 (Belgium); Drunken Fish / Revolver (U.S.A.); Corpus Hermeticum (New Zealand); Synaestehesia (Australia).
AXE: Is a specialized rock music journal, edited and published by Marco Fusinato and John Nixon. Each issue focuses on one group or a particular aspect of that group. There have been 19 issues to date.
The work of Marco Fusinato (Melbourne, 1964) is situated within the crossover between monochrome painting and improvised music (from a rock idiom). His practice involves the continued production of red paintings. The singular use of this color is for its association with energy and action. The paintings are produced as quickly as possible with no regard to any technical virtuosity or formal aspects of the craft. Fusinato's work is not about the rhetoric of abstraction but an existential engagement with reality. The paintings are produced in a free-form improvised manner with whatever is available and is economically viable. This overall logic is the crux of his musical output.
Fusinato's sonic explorations comprise of improvised electric guitar recordings within a conceptual framework. The sonic equivalent of ideas that inform his visual practice on a primary level.
John Nixon (Sidney, 1949) project, EPW (Experimental Painting Workshop) is defined overall by is general ad-hoc approach to the making of art both in the expedient production of the paintings and in finding the various materials for the support.
EPW: Orange is a sub group of the EPW, using a variety of orange colors. EPW can be seen as a single monochromatic project comprised of a number of parts. Other colors (black, silver, dark blue, green, red, etc) are also used in the secondary format of two color geometric painting, but orange is always the pre-dominant color. The materials are the same as the EPW: masonite, felt, cardboard, plywood, etc.
OPENING: FRIDAY FEBRUARY 18th, AT 6.00 PM, PERFORMANCE AT 8.00 PM
from Tuesday to Saturday, 5.00 PM to 8.00 PM
In collaboration with Fondazione Teseco per l'Arte / Pisa
VIA SAN NICCOLÃ’ 18R / 50125 FIRENZE
E - mail: BASE18r@hotmail.com