A new hospitality format and a creative agency focused on contemporary cultures to stimulate, thanks to art residencies, exhibitions, talks, and events, the encounters between travelers, artists, designers with the town and its inhabitants. SuperOtium wants to convey an image of Naples that could reach beyond the folklore to express the city's cultural richness and innovation thanks to the encounter between artists, creatives, travelers and the city itself with its inhabitants. To reach this goal SuperOtium acts as:
- a creative agency dedicated to contemporary cultures, art, cinema, design and events;
- a space that combines residences for artists, writers, designers and curators, talks, events and exhibitions with accommodation activities, to stimulate the meeting and exchange between inhabitants and travelers;
- an art hotel which, thanks to its residency program for artists and creative talents who wish to find inspiration in Naples and its calendar of cultural events, seeks to become an international reference for travelers, artists, curators, writers and culture lovers;
- a connecting hub between its guests and the city, a place where they can be inspired to create new works, discover what is hiding behind the postcard, and experience the balance of the shifting relationship between tradition and innovation. From 2017 to today SuperOtium has curated its program of residences which among the various has seen the participation of Kensuke Koike, Pietro Gaglianò, Massimo Uberti, Camouflage (Visual Container + Ex-Voto + Tilde), Hypereden, Bianca Felicori (Forgotten Architecture) , Gianluca Panareo (in collaboration with Riot Studio), Nuvola Ravera (in collaboration with Made in Cloister), Blase (in collaboration with ShowDesk), Yasser Almaamoun (in collaboration with the Goethe Institut), Khaled El Mays (in collaboration with Edit Napoli ). SuperOtium has curated the exhibition project of the "Ritorno" exhibition (at the Polo Museale di Santa Maria delle Anime del Purgatorio in Arco) and the "Postcard from Europe" exhibition (at SuperOtium), co-curated the event, part of the agenda of the Cop21 conference with Automat Radio, co-conceived and co-curated the “Trame” project with the costume designer Daniela Ciancio and the Campania Film Commission. SuperOtium has been designing and curating talks, workshops and meetings at his own place in collaboration with other local, national and international organizations. SuperOtium was strongly desired and generated by Nicola Ciancio (author and curator of cultural projects and creative director for events) and Vincenzo Falcione (project manager in the field of Ecology and Environment). Their intention was to give life to an innovative project to enhance Naples’s role as a lively container of art, which it has convincingly played from ancient times to our day; a city which has always been an inspiring muse, a stage and showcase of the world. www.superotium.it
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SuperOtium vuole stimolare una nuova narrazione della città di Napoli attraverso l’incontro fra artisti, creativi, viaggiatori e la stessa città con i suoi abitanti agendo come:
- un’agenzia creativa dedicata alle culture contemporanee, arte, cinema, design e eventi;
- uno spazio che unisce residenze per artisti, scrittori, designer e curatori, incontri, eventi e mostre e attività ricettiva, per stimolare l’incontro e lo scambio fra gli abitanti e i viaggiatori;
- un art hotel che, grazie ad un programma di residenze per artisti, che vogliano farsi inspirare da Napoli, e un calendario di eventi culturali, vuole diventare riferimento a livello internazionale per viaggiatori, artisti, curatori, scrittori ed amanti della cultura;
- un hub di collegamento fra i suoi ospiti e la città per farsi ispirare nella creazione di nuove opere, scoprire cosa si nasconde dietro la cartolina e vivere l’equilibrio di un mutevole rapporto fra tradizione ed innovazione. Dal 2017 ad oggi SuperOtium ha curato il proprio programma di residenze che fra i vari ha visto la partecipazione di Kensuke Koike, Pietro Gaglianò, Massimo Uberti, Camouflage (Visual Container + Ex-Voto + Tilde), Hypereden, Bianca Felicori (Forgotten Architecture), Gianluca Panareo (in collaborazione con Riot Studio), Nuvola Ravera (in collaborazione con Made in Cloister), Blase (in collaborazione con ShowDesk), Yasser Almaamoun (in collaborazione con il Goethe Institut), Khaled El Mays (in collaborazione con Edit Napoli). Ha curato il progetto espositivo della mostra Ritorno (presso il Polo Museale di Santa Maria delle Anime del Purgatorio ad Arco) e l’allestimento della mostra Postcard from Europe (presso SuperOtium), co-curato l’evento , parte dell’agenda della conferenza Cop21 con Automat Radio, co-ideato e co-curato il progetto Trame con la costumista Daniela Ciancio e la Film Commission Campania. SuperOtium nasce dal desiderio di Nicola Ciancio (autore e curatore di progetti culturali e direttore creativo di eventi) e Vincenzo Falcione (project manager nel campo dell’Ecologia e dell’Ambiente) di dar vita a un progetto innovativo che esalti la capacità di Napoli di essere vivo contenitore di arte, quale sua evidente stratificazione dall’antichità ad oggi, musa ispiratrice, palcoscenico e vetrina. www.superotium.it
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