Sammy Stein
Sammy Stein is a visual artist and cartoonist. He has participated in numerous international exhibitions and fairs (Musée d'art moderne de la ville de Paris, New York Art Book Fair, Tokyo Art Book Fair...). He is a co-founder of the magazine "Collection," dedicated to design and visual arts, and the comic anthology "Lagon."
His favored fields of research are publishing and artistic installations. In his books and zines, Stein combines the exploration of spaces and time. He has created guided tours, biographies of invented artists and artists, and narratives that unfold on different temporal levels. His installations are a natural extension of his editorial work, complementing and accompanying his explorations of peculiar places and his tales of lives on the margins.
> cargocollective.com/sammystein
His favored fields of research are publishing and artistic installations. In his books and zines, Stein combines the exploration of spaces and time. He has created guided tours, biographies of invented artists and artists, and narratives that unfold on different temporal levels. His installations are a natural extension of his editorial work, complementing and accompanying his explorations of peculiar places and his tales of lives on the margins.
> cargocollective.com/sammystein
Exhibition
18 Nov 2023 - 8 Dec 2023
Exhibition
26 Nov 2023 - 2 Dec 2023
Quartiere S. Stefano - Sala Prof. Marco Biagi
From Here to here
with Emilio Varrà, Sammy Stein, Manuele Fior
To reflect on the ways in which contemporary comics represent spaces, it may be useful to look backward. Manuele Fior and Sammy Stein, for whom architecture is a core element of drawing, retrace the history of the comics language to understand what has changed in space and in the way we draw it.
Incontro in italiano e francese, con traduzione consecutiva.
Entry: libero
Duration: 1h15
Sponsored by Institut Français Italia.
MAMbo Museo d'Arte Moderna di Bologna - Sala conferenze
Vibrant Matter
with Sammy Stein, Alessio Trabacchini
In her book Vibrant Matter, philosopher Jane Bennett extends the concept of vitality beyond humanity. Her theory does not contemplate the idea of the human at the center of an inert world, but finds vitality in artificial matter, decaying organisms, all those things that are not commonly considered subjects. Some aspects of this theory of life can be found in Sammy Stein's art. The setting of his stories are often full of ruins and glassy, metallic or artificial matter that look more alive than the humans who supposedly created it. Stein talks about his way of understanding and making comics, from the drawn page to the materiality of his installations.
The talk will be in Italian and French.
Entry: libero
Duration: 1h30
Sponsored by Musei Civici Bologna | MAMbo, Institut Français Italia.
Quartiere S. Stefano - Sala Prof. Marco Biagi
Round table
Here?with Jérôme Dubois, Marijpol -, Erik Svetoft, Sammy Stein, Lisa Mouchet
The artists of A occhi aperti's main exhibition discuss how and why they chose to represent different ways of living in their comics.
The talk will be in English.
Entry: libero
Duration: 1h30
Sponsored by Institut Français Italia, Goethe-Institut, Swedish Arts Council.