*I can't go to this show, because I'm out of town, but I wish I could. Of all the many industrial ruins in Turin, the "Office of Grand Repair," which used to repair railway engines during the Belle Epoque, was the biggest, most eldritch, and the most scarily ruined.
*Yet they've managed to drag this colossal, tree-eaten heap back to civilization, through the sheer force of music, food and the local culture industry. It's a civic triumph.
ART AND SHOWS
ON 29TH SEPTEMBER
MORODER, SAMUEL, KENTRIDGE, TUTTOFUOCO, HERRERA
ARE ANTICIPATING TO THE PRESS
THE PROJECTS SPECIFICALLY CONCEIVED
FOR THE GREAT INAUGURATION PARTY OF THE NEW OGR OF TURINFriday 29th September, at 12.00 PM, at the new OGR of Turin, in corso Castelfidardo 16/A (Corridoio Nord entrance), the musicians Giorgio Moroder and Samuel, and the artists William Kentridge, Patrick Tuttofuoco and Arturo Herrera are presenting to the press the projects specifically conceived for the “Big Bang”, the inauguration of the recently refurbished Officine Grandi Riparazioni. The former XIX century industrial architecture “cathedral” restored by Fondazione CRT that, starting from next 30th September, will become the new hub for arts, innovation and gourmet food right in the heart of Turin.
The press conference to illustrate the full programme of the admission-free inauguration events featuring 10 international artists will be opened by Giovanni Quaglia (Chairman of Fondazione CRT as well as of OGR) and Massimo Lapucci (General Secretary of Fondazione CRT and General Manager of OGR).
Friday 29th September 2017
PRESS CONFERENCE > h. 12.00 PM
PRESS AND PROFESSIONALS PREVIEW > h. 12.00 PM - 2.00 PMFor organisational needs
RSVP requested within today, Monday 25th September
press@ogrtorino.itNOTICE ONLY FOR PRESS:
Submit your request for accreditation to the evening shows on 30th September, 7th and 14th October by filling in the form at the following link
http://www.ogrtorino.it/pages/accrediti
attaching also YOUR PHOTOGRAPH: a clearance procedure by OGR's press office will follow.___________________________________
OGR IS BIG BANG
The “Big Bang” is the great inauguration party – free and open to anyone, lasting two weeks, from 30th September to 14th October – for the opening of the new OGR of Turin, which are ready to welcome new protagonists and various kinds of audience, with a number of Italy only shows and dedicated projects by 10 international artists.Giorgio Moroder, Elisa, Ghali, Omar Souleyman, Danny L Harle, The Chemical Brothers and the super group Atomic Bomb! (for the occasion featuring Samuel) will appear in turns on the stage for three consecutive Saturdays: 30 th September, 7 th and 14th October. Alongside music, also contemporary art will feature at the Big Bang, with three site-specific projects by three international protagonists of visual arts: William Kentridge, Patrick Tuttofuoco and Arturo Herrera.
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