Dear All, companions and friends
I am Sergio , an Italian activist - artist , now in California for an artist residency program ( a program of artistic research ) .

I'd like to share with you the idea of my next art project that i'll like activate .
All my artistic research is aimed at highlighting the social, political and econoniche . The way I work is a participatory approach , I'm interested in the creative process to include community , political activists, groups ' marginal , local populations.

My porssimo project is aimed at realizing a video store on the city of Detroit , a city that for several deceni has been the symbol of capitalism, Fordism and unbridled industrialization .
I'd like to extend the project through this email list .
For the realization of the archive, which will then be placed online will be well accepted video in any format, any length , any size, any quality and resolution of images and audio, video, amateur and professional .

Below I attach the statement of my artistic research , the link where you can find some of my work and do not hesitate to contact me for any information.
My email is: utopiaracanati@gmail.com

I apologize for my English , but I trust in the understanding of the content, and you will be very happy to realize this project with all of you .

STATEMENT :
The focus of my work relies on my interest in the social history of man
in relation to the urban  political and architectural environments of human life.
My work probes into those side-elements forgotten by history while focusing on
the relationship between urban landscape and man’s societal development,
between history of architecture and man’s political behaviours.
I  explore the consequences of the polarization of human existence between
forms of conformism and integration, between differentiation and resistance.
I also make remarks on the relationship between individual and collective
memory in contingent history.
My work, which is intimate, albeit not a diary, escapes every narrative purpose
to  prioritize an analytical perspective meant to build a repository of cultural
memory to be drawn upon in terms references and examples to be used in a
critical thinking and re-interpretation of present times.
 Sergio Racanati

LINK:
http://momaps1.org/studio-visit/artist/sergio-racanati

http://www.arthub.it/?action=artista&ida=13&idart=Sergio+Racanati

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=12&ved=0CHgQFjAL&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.premiolum.it%2F&ei=yv5qUrKYMIa0iwK7sIDwAQ&usg=AFQjCNFhj7nBo7wGI5TBvGBRCjzcRUsv8w&sig2=y9yHR9Y1Na9FtC_4zaF2iQ&bvm=bv.55123115,d.cGE


I waiting to hear from you ,
I extend best wishes
Sergio Racanati