Sourcing oral histories and female accounts, delving into archives, and mapping sites associated with different forms of mining, exploitation, and confinement, Rossella Biscotti will deepen her research interest into colonial structures of power and management at the turn of the 20th century and the way in which these structures are interwoven with contemporary practices of production and distribution. Expanding on a recently produced body of works that explore the physical and aesthetic properties of rubber—notably its resistance and its resemblance to human skin—the artist aims to research its production process on site. She will conduct archival research on colonial trade, botanical imports, and intensive cultivations in preparation for her field trips to rubber and oil palm plantations in the region.
Belgium
Rossella Biscotti
Belgium
Rossella Biscotti
7 January - 27 March 2020
Rossella Biscotti will deepen her research interest into colonial structures of power and management at the turn of the 20th century.
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Contributors
Artist-in-Residence
Rossella Biscotti
Rossella Biscotti
Artist · NTU CCA Singapore
COUNTRIES OF PRACTICE: Belgium · Netherlands · Germany
The cross-media practice of Rossella Biscotti (b. 1978, Italy/Belgium/Netherlands) cuts across sculpture, performance,sound works, and filmmaking. Stemming from extended research processes, conceptual excavations,personal encounters, interdisciplinary collaborations, and the subtle interrogation of sites and stories,her works encapsulate meticulous stratifications of materials and meanings. She has taken part in majorinternational exhibitions such as Dhaka Art Summit, Bangladesh (2020); 55th Venice Biennale, Italy (2013); 13th Istanbul Biennale, Turkey(2013); dOCUMENTA 13, Kassel, Germany (2012), and Manifesta 9, Belgium (2012). Recent soloexhibitions were held at Witte de With, Rotterdam, Netherlands (2019); Kunsthaus Baselland, Muttenz,Switzerland (2018), and V‚A‚C Foundation, Moscow, Russia (2016). Biscotti received several awards including ACACIA Prize for Contemporary Art (2017) and Mies van der Rohe Stipendium (2013).
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