ZEDZ "Tokyo to Torino"

Text of the catalog by: Pietro Rivasi Photo by: Livio Ninni Microsoft has told her story in the video spot "Surface Stories". The Colosseum Theater in Turin has provided the artist with the facade on Via Bidone. From Tokyo, where he participated in a big public art project, Zedz, one of the most renowned street artist on the international scene, arrives in Turin, from Square23, for his first solo show in Italy, supported by Ceres, in collaboration with Inward EXTRACT TEXT CRITICAL oF PIETRO RIVASI Zedz the route starts from the writing, which is his first contact with art in the mid-80s, and since then, his research focuses on the lettering. From the stamp to the three-dimensional representations, Zedz has created a completely new and different subject from all the 3D research carried out by other leading artists with a background in writing. His point of view is based on a three-dimensional static representation that starts from a "orthogonal" view of the geometries that generate the letters, drawing from the tradition of industrial technical design. The letters are treated as architectural structures that can even become "habitable" if they are translated into large installations, simply being images, such as living space plans, or becoming meticulous three-dimensional models of paper, wood or other materials. Tireless experimentator and multidisciplinary artist, Zedz has pursued a coherent research that combines writing, architecture, graphic design, animation and wall painting. Translation from writing to architecture, in particular, is one of the main nodes of the Dutch artist's career, which in this area has created, including through important partnerships, some of his most important and innovative projects. "Tokyo to Torino" is a snapshot of Zedz's current state of research, and the title of the exhibition is an explicit tribute to the fundamental elements of his art: Japan and Italy, his two "second homes", visual repetition of graphic signs, an important feature of his street name that he had significantly influenced evolution and whose effect is made even stronger by the alliteration, and finally the concept of travel / displacement, an indispensable experience for the creative process. The artist, through the works presented, which he likes to call "studies," describes a world where lines and two-dimensional backgrounds generate overlapping volumes in a game of transparencies, perspectives, clean cuts and complete forms, fine lines or thick; the seemingly abstract works immediately refer to a futuristic imagery, and are once again an evolution of lettering research. ZEDZ - BIOGRAPHY First graffiti on the streets, then studies at the Gerrit Rietveld Art Academy in Amsterdam and, after graduation, work as an independent artist / designer looking at the typography for the realization of its three-dimensional abstract objects. "Zedz", his name, is the backbone of his work and comes from the graffiti he has been dedicated since he was a teenager. Today, with his works, Zedz aims to break the boundaries of design, lettering and graffiti. In this respect, we have to read the collaboration with Maurer United Architects, which has led to a series of proposals on the theme "Graffiti / Architecture", and works placed in different cities built with huge 3D pieces that serve as urban furnishings. More than in galleries or walls, Zedz's work can now be admired and hand-handed in large, open public spaces. Its areas of interest are architecture, design, public art, graffiti, plastic models, paper and wood, in an interaction and collaboration between different disciplines. ABOUT Square 23, Via San Massimo 45, Torino "Tokyo to Turin", staff Zedz 2 July to 20 September 2015 Hours: by appointment Opening: Thursday, July 2, 18 pm Sponsored by: Ceres With Inward collaboration - Observatory Urban Creativity T: 334.9980390 - E: info@square23.net Sponsored: Ceres Collaboration with INWARD Graphic by Spacenomore Thank you for your heart !!! at the Colosseum Theater Andrea Spoto and sister, without you the work outside would not have been possible !!!