HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO US!

On the 7th of July 2019 the White Page Gallery/s domain was registered and the White Page Gallery/s website went public online.

12 months have passed since we started sharing this journey together and many things happened and more are yet to come soon…

• 25 x White Page Gallery/s online
• 94 x Artists hosted
• 2 x Co-hosted and co-curated shows
• 1 x Biennale
• 1 x Festival
• 2 x Art magazine features
• 2 x Academic paper features
• 1 x Academic class presentation
• 1 x Online virtual tour

All of this was possible thanks to the hosts and the artists who took…

Testo di Anna Utopia Giordano, Zsolt Mesterhazy, Domenico Barra.

White Page Gallery/s è un network artistico decentralizzato e distribuito nato a giugno 2019: si tratta di una rete online per la condivisione artistica composta da artisti, curatori, accademie, festival e operatori culturali che ospitano indipendentemente sul proprio sito web e senza scopo di lucro progetti di altri creativi.

L’esperimento è fondato su una nuova forma di pratica e cultura curatoriale in cui la fruizione dell’arte è re-immaginata grazie ad internet e alle pagine web, e soprattutto all’attiva partecipazione e collaborazione dei partecipanti.

Text by Anna Utopia Giordano, Zsolt Mesterhazy, Domenico Barra.

White Page Gallery/s is a decentralized and distributed art network born in June 2019: it is an online network for artistic sharing composed of artists, curators, academies, festivals and cultural operators who host independently on their website and without the aim of profit art projects made and curated by others.

The experiment is based on a new form of curatorial practice and culture in which the enjoyment of art is re-imagined thanks to the internet and web pages, and especially by active participation and collaboration by the participants.

This is a new culture, concept, methodology. It is a happening and it will shape as it goes and people participate in it.

Introduction. What we believe in.

We need positive stories and counter narratives. Art can inspire new models, new practices, stronger and healthier cultures within the art industry and beyond if we make art about real life. The people getting involved in the White Page Gallery believe in this. We got to offer symbolic reasons to tackle and stand against political agendas and propaganda based on “insularity and parochialism” and the failure of communication, we are very aware…

The best experience in 10+ years working in the mesmerizing world of art it must be teaching. I love it. But I always believed this. It is not just about teaching art, neither art making, art is well bigger than just theories and technics. And there is a part in art, that makes art what it is, that can not be taught but only introduced and lead to.

The most important part is introducing students to ways of thinking, ways of seeing, the possibilities, the dynamics from a personal point of view. Sharing a story. This is what I do…

On the 11th March 2018 I went through a very bad episode on Twitter and today I had to think about it and act upon it and these are the thoughts about what happened to me but could happen and surely happens to many everyday. Someone accused me publicly of “death threats” because a sarcastic tweet. The whole episode started with me suggesting to this person to avoid to shame publicly people and confronting people with offensive and abusive language and this person managed to turn her faults against me and publicly slandering me and trying to put her whole…