Premio Maretti Party NightSCENARIO

The success of an event is ruled by multiple factors.

First are clearly the protagonists and the interest that can arouse. It is then the right organization. Very important is knowing how to choose suitable locations and public.

All this certainly did not lack the Maretti Prize Party Night held Friday 13 April at the Oratory of the Passion of the Basilica of Saint Ambrose in Milan.

stars of the evening were the artist Giuseppe Stampone with his installation "Play", winner of the last edition of Maretti Prize, and Pierre Sarkozy (in arte dj Mosey, son of the French Prime Minister) who she performed using a work of contemporary art and mixing pop with techno and electronic music. Installing Stampone fact - made up of five black coffins - is actually a set of speakers!

But first things first. Stampone conceived "Play" as a work traveling. The installation is started from Liverpool where the five coffins are served to spread the American anthem and then it landed in Italy, Museo Pecci, where the opportunity for the same coffins have instead released the anthem of Mameli. Come a dire: a work of changing traveling, a part that does not seem important (it is not visible!), yet it is substantial.

Una curiosità: to allow their music, the work required to enter a coin! And for those who do not believe that the work is fully functional, here is some technical data: creata nel 2010, It is an interactive installation consisting of five speakers from 1000 watt, each two meters long, complete with software and digital console.

Why join the work of Stampone the rising star of music Pierre Sarkozy? The intent was to create a top-contamination between different cultural and different modes of expression levels. An experiment that has been successful, in our opinion.

In 2011 Stampone's work was in the Maretti Prize winning first prize. this award, named in memory of the artist Valerio Riva, He held every two years and is dedicated to Italian or artists residing in Italy for at least five years and that are beyond the 35 years of age. The winning artist, with the curator who selected him (in the case of Stampone it was Raffaele Gavarro), won very prestigious opportunity, or to publish a monograph on his work. The award formula also provides each edition homage to a historic Italian artist that you want to bring out. edition 2011 Stampone won by the homage was done to Michele Zaza.

This beautiful and original evening was wanted by Valerio Riva Foundation not only to make a tribute to the winner once again 2011, but also to announce the new edition of Maretti Award and will be the fourth to be held in March 2013 in the exhibition rooms of the Pan di Napoli. The tribute to the artist to be rediscovered time will be dedicated to Gino Marotta.

Even through this evening, the organizers wanted to emphasize their strong and continued commitment to disseminate modern art and contemporary Italian, following a precise and now outlined path. The Award is in fact becoming an important reference point in the national and international art scene.

The atmosphere of the evening was all a crescendo. A decisively contribute was also the location of charm, and the cocktails served on the porch of the cloister: two sommelier of the "Casale del Giglio" Cantine were served a range of white wines, rosé e rossi, accompanied by a rich and tasty selection of pralines and chocolates signed Tancredi and Alberto Alemagna, award-winning Milanese masters winners among others Prize Agrifood Club Golosario 2011. as we said, a success is decreed by many individual excellence!

It not missed even a little 'of suspense given very disturbed by the arrival of Pierre Sarkozy: his six bodyguards did not want to do it get out because there were many journalists and photographers (as is known, the father is struggling with the presidential elections). The moment of impasse was ended by alienating everyone except an authorized photographer.

Despite the rain had accompanied throughout the evening, They have spoken about 600 guests including notables and famous in the art world, of fashion, the show and the jet set, including Marta Marzotto, Marta Brivio Sforza, Mita De Benedetti, Umberta Gusalli Beretta, Manlio Armellini and Armida, Piero Addis (Culture responsible for the Lombardy Region), Federico latch (known collector), Alessandra De Marco, Roberto Alessi, Paolo Veronese and the entrepreneur Adriano Teso.