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The Colosseum Theater in Turin has provided the artist with the facade on Via Bidone. From Tokyo, where he participated in a major public art project, Zedz, one of the most prestigious street artists on the international scene, arrives in Turin, from Square23, for his first staff in Italy, supported by Ceres, in collaboration with INWARD ESTRATTO CRITICAL TEXT OF PIETRO RIVASI Zedz's path begins with writing, which represents his first contact with art around the mid-1980s, and since then his research focuses on 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. The translation of writing to architecture, in particular, is one of the main nodes of the Dutch artist's career, which in this field has also made important collaborations through 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 himself likes to define "studies", describes a world where two-dimensional lines and patterns generate volumes overlapping in a play of transparency, perspective, net cuts and complete forms, subtle or thick lines; 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 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. INFO Square 23, via San Massimo 45, Turin "Tokyo to Torino", Zedz staff 2 July - 20 September 2015 Opening times: by appointment Opening: Thursday 2 July, from 6 pm Sponsored by: Ceres With the collaboration of Inward - Observatory on 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 !!!