Containerart

ContainerArt was a travelling public art event and exhibition project, which used shipping containers to display works of contemporary art from 2005-2012. The containers displayed different works of art in each location and at each event. As a form of installation and place-based art, ContainerArt was part of an emerging practice of re-purposing shipping containers in urban environments and shipping container art. ContainerArt began in Italy and was produced by the Associazione Culturale ContainerArt. The Associazione Culturale ContainerArt was an Italian non-profit association headed by Ronald Lewis Facchinetti. Facchinetti's curatorial philosophy was described in his book "Beauty Inside", and was primarily concerned with helping the viewer achieve the "aesthetic experience" while isolated inside a container and in front of the work of art. Later, ContainerArt also operated as an international franchise with partners in various countries, including Brazil, China, Canada and Israel. The international partners developed and curated their local shipping container art exhibits with support from ContainerArt, but with independent themes and goals. Events in both Sao Paulo and New York City focused on video art installations inside the containers. ContainerArt events usually lasted for 10 days during which the container was open to the public.…

ContainerArt was a travelling public art event and exhibition project, which used shipping containers to display works of contemporary art from 2005-2012. The containers displayed different works of art in each location and at each event. As a form of installation and place-based art, ContainerArt was part of an emerging practice of re-purposing shipping containers in urban environments and shipping container art. ContainerArt began in Italy and was produced by the Associazione Culturale ContainerArt. The Associazione Culturale ContainerArt was an Italian non-profit association headed by Ronald Lewis Facchinetti. Facchinetti's curatorial philosophy was described in his book "Beauty Inside", and was primarily concerned with helping the viewer achieve the "aesthetic experience" while isolated inside a container and in front of the work of art. Later, ContainerArt also operated as an international franchise with partners in various countries, including Brazil, China, Canada and Israel. The international partners developed and curated their local shipping container art exhibits with support from ContainerArt, but with independent themes and goals. Events in both Sao Paulo and New York City focused on video art installations inside the containers. ContainerArt events usually lasted for 10 days during which the container was open to the public. Containers were placed in streets and public parks. Maps were distributed so that visitors could explore neighbourhoods and places through art. ContainerArt also placed "bStrogs" or street blogs outside the open containers. Computers connected to the internet were sometimes used to comment on the work. ContainerArt also made use of Bluetooth technologies to communicate information on the works and events to the phones of passers-by. ==References== ==External links==

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