aMAZElab spring 2006 aMAZElab spring 2006 : urban installations, art, architecture, design aMAZElab is investigating the key points of territory and society, handling the great themes of changing realities from an artistic point of view. It sets out to create an anthropology of day to day life. It is not a defined space, a container of works, yet it is able to transform the territory into an ongoing workshop-cum-field of action. The city and its inhabitants are openly surveyed from a wide variety of observation points, following the movements of groups and peaking into the folds of urban living, opening up new spaces for discussion. CINEBOX. Omage to Franco Vaccari” Far away, 2005/06 video installation Among the most important conceptual artists and great experimenter of video and new technology in the 70s, Franco Vaccari is well-known for his East-bound trips beyond the curtain, as used to be said before the fall of the wall. For Going Public05 he has produced a video on the Romanian community in Modena (Italy) which gathers around the orthodox church near via Emilia East, and their sentiment of distance from home. The Cine Box is a mobile device for video projections in public spaces, designed by the duo of architects from Poland Medusa Group. Milano, Duomo Central Square Galleria BelVedere from 28th march to 7th may 2006. GREEN ISLAND The urban project involve artists, architects, designers and crafts workshops, which will open their studios, present their projects in the city and create labs for the people. With music in the streets of the Isola neighbourhood and in other public spaces such as the Garibaldi Railway Station. The project aims to create an event on the concept of green spaces in town and interpersonal communication: squares, streets, gardens, stations, waiting areas and temporary green areas in contemporary cities. Milano, Garibaldi Train Station Quartiere Isola, , Sunday 9th April 2006 Projects in collaboration with: Cultural Department, Provincia Milano; Fuori Salone; Museo Alessi; CentoStazioni; Galleria Bel Vedere; Galleria Massimo Minini; Ettore Sottsass; Medusa Group; Archimuse; LABs Isola, Borsieri/Pepe area. Photos (from left to wright): n.1/3/8: public event on train station platform; n. 2: Archimuse installation n. 4/5: Medusa Group installation Table for 2 n.6: ma0 archistudio, project for green areas n. 7/9: Medusa Group project CineBox Info: http://www.amaze.it – info@amaze.it