Artisti per Frescobaldi

The Prize was established in 2012. It was an initiative of director Tiziana Frescobaldi and consistent with the traditional support towards the arts of the Frescobaldi Family. Every year three artists are invited to interpret one of Marquis Frescobaldi’s six Tuscan estates. This also entails a portrayal of the Frescobaldi family, Tuscany and Italian culture - as curator Ludovico Pratesi stated while introducing the Prize. 
The three artists who were invited to the 2018 edition were Sonia Kacem and Claudia Comte– both Switzerland - and the Italian Francesco Arena. We met them while they were exploring CastelGiocondo, the Montalcino estate of the Frescobaldi family. As we walked among the vineyards enjoying the Tuscan landscape and stepped down into the wine cellars to taste a glass of superb Montalcino with Tiziana Frescobaldi, the artists talked about wine while searching inspiration for the work they would submit for the Prize. 
On the website dedicated to the “Artisti per Frescobaldi” Prize, beside the presentation video, there are three short video-portrait of the artists and a video-report through the rooms of CastelGiocondo mansion that host the Permanent Collection of “Artisti per Frescobaldi” award, opened on October 24th 2017. The nine works inside the Collection are the results of the past editions of the prize (2012, 2014, 2016). The artists are: Elisa Sighicelli, Ra Di Martino, Giovanni Ozzola, Jorinde Voigt, Michelle Sailstorfer, Yuri Ancarani, Matthew Brannon, Patrizio Di Massimo e Eric Wesley.

Credits

Written by Alessandra Galletta

Shooting and editing: Andrea Giannone

Year: 2018

Length: 01'25"

Production: LaGalla23