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Surrounded by the green of the Piedmontese countryside, in Agrate Conturbia – a small town of 1,500 inhabitants 30 km from Novara – the restored spaces of an old farmhouse have been transformed into a place dedicated to artistic expression and artists.
A place with multiple souls, CASCINA I.D.E.A. consists of large exhibition spaces in domestic and non-domestic environments, a residence for artists and a sculpture park: a mosaic of environments designed with the sole aim of offering artists the opportunity to experiment in total freedom.
This project replaces that of Cascina Maria, the artist's residence born in 2017 and recently completed, which in a former rural residence hosted artists including Igshaan Adams, Francesco Arena, Riccardo Beretta, Christiane Löhr and Eva Kot'átková.
Cascina I.D.E.A. is therefore born as its evolution, in 2020, as an opportunity for pure experimentation, in the desire to dissolve the boundaries between disciplines and to host experiments of land art. Rural spaces want to bring back artists en plein air, offering a valid alternative to hangars or white cubes, because today more than ever a rediscovered relationship with nature can provide new stimuli and give life to shapes with new meanings.

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I.D.E.A. 2022
artist in residence: june / september 2021

Daiga Grantina

  • TBC, 2022. Ink on wood, 92x233x5 cm. Courtesy of the artist and Emalin, London. Photo Ludovica Mangini.

  • TBC, 2022. Wood, ink, fabric, silicone, 50x52x5 cm. Courtesy of the artist and Emalin, London. Photo Ludovica Mangini.

  • TBC, 2022. Wood, ink, fabric, silicone, 50x52x5 cm. Courtesy of the artist and Emalin, London. Photo Ludovica Mangini.

  • TBC, 2022. Wood, ink, aluminium string, 40x103x2 cm. Courtesy of the artist and Emalin, London. Photo Ludovica Mangini.

  • TBC, 2022. Wood, ink, fabric, 47x35x2 cm. Courtesy of the artist and Emalin, London. Photo Ludovica Mangini.

  • TBC, 2022. Wood, ink, fabric, silicone, 34x33x11 cm. Courtesy of the artist and Emalin, London. Photo Ludovica Mangini.

  • TBC, 2022. Wood, ink, fabric, silicone, 37x35x10 cm. Courtesy of the artist and Emalin, London. Photo Ludovica Mangini.

end of residence exhibition: october / december 2022

Daiga Grantina

To-water-striders

opening: october 1 - 2 2022 / 11AM to 7PM

CASCINA I.D.E.A.
Via Guglielmo Marconi 26
Agrate Conturbia (NO)
Visits by appointment by writing to elsa@nicolettarusconi.com

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