BIKINI
IS AN ISLAND, A SPACE, A
COMMUNITY WHICH INVITES EMERGING
ARTISTS TO WORK IN AN EMPOWERING
AND BEAUTIFUL ENVIRONMENT. BIKINI
ART RESIDENCY IS CONCEIVED AS AN
EXCHANGE BETWEEN ITS COMMUNITY
AND THE HOSTED ARTIST. BIKINI
BUILDS RELATIONS WITH LOCAL AND
INTERNATIONAL INFLUENCES IN ORDER
TO SHARE, FACILITATE AND PROMOTE
ARTISTIC CREATION. VISUAL ARTISTS,
PERFORMING ARTISTS, WRITERS,
CREATORS ARE GIVEN A STUDIO FOR A
PERIOD OF TIME AND A BUDGET
DEFINED ACCORDING TO PROJECTS.
EACH RESIDENCY IS DOCUMENTED.
BIKINI ART RESIDENCY WAS FOUNDED IN 2016. BIKINI IS A SELF-FUNDED,
ARTISTS-RUN ART RESIDENCY PROGRAM, WHICH SUPPORTS THE PRODUCTION OF
CONTEMPORARY ART. THE RESIDENCY IS SITUATED ON LAKE COMO AND HOSTS
INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS.
EACH ARTIST IN RESIDENCE HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO MIX WITH BOTH FRIENDS
OF THE PROGRAM AND THE LOCAL COMMUNITY OF ARTISTS, CREATIVES AND
THINKERS IN A SERIES OF EVENTS AND COLLABORATIONS.THROUGHOUT THE
DURATION OF EACH RESIDENCY, THE WORK AND THE CREATIVE PROCESSES ARE
DOCUMENTED AND EXHIBITED.
AT BIKINI WE GET OUR HANDS DIRTY TO SERVE OUR GOAL. WE HAVE AN
EXPERIMENTAL, GUERILLA APPROACH APPLIED TO THE CREATIVE INDUSTRIES,
ALWAYS OPERATING WITH A FUN-FOR-PURPOSE ATTITUDE.
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BIBI MANAVI
BIBI’S AESTHETIC IS INSPIRED BY AN ITINERANT EXISTENCE BETWEEN IRAN AND
EUROPE. HER WORK EMBODIES A REFLECTION ON THE CULTURAL DIVERSITY OF
A GLOBALISED WORLD. BIBI’S INTERDISCIPLINARY PRACTICE SPREADS ACROSS
STILL AND MOVING IMAGES, SCULPTURE AND DRAWING. SHE INVESTIGATES
THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN HER DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTS FOCUSING ON
GEOMETRIES; ANCIENT PERSIAN ARCHITECTURES BECOME
THE PATTERNS OF TODAY’S VISUAL CULTURE.
BIBI RECEIVED HER BA IN FINE ARTS FROM CENTRAL SAINT MARTINS IN LONDON
WHERE SHE HAS EXHIBITED HER WORK NUMEROUS TIMES SINCE 2013. SHE
EXHIBITED HER WORKS IN PARIS AT JARDIN D’ARTOIS 2016 AND GALERIE NIKKI
DIANA MARQUARDT 2010. BIBI’S WORK CAN BE FOUND IN SEVERAL PRIVATE
COLLECTIONS IN FRANCE, UK AND IRAN.
HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=LWBVN84WMOK
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IN SEARCH OF ONE
‘IN SEARCH OF ONE’ IS A VIDEO PIECE THAT ENGAGES WITH ELEMENTS OF THE HUMAN BODY,
FOCUSING ON THE SYMBOLISM OF WOMEN’S HAIR. BECAUSE THE HAIR HAS MEMORY, IT IS ITSELF
A RETROSPECTIVE CALENDAR. KEEPING TRACK OF EVERYTHING YOU DO DURING A LIFE TIME AND
DEFINING WHO YOU ARE. BY SHAVING THEM OFF THROUGH A LOOP OF REPEATED MOVEMENTS,
AN ACT OF LIBERATION OR ACCEPTANCE OF ONE’S MEMORY IS PERFORMED.
HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=IULYCTJIBCG
ÉTUDE PHOTOGRAPHIQUE
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SCROLLS
‘SCROLLS’ SHOW A SYSTEM OF ARCHIVING HER ARTISTIC PROCESS. A THREE-YEAR PROJECT
OF LIFE-SIZE SKETCHBOOKS. THEIR FORMAT INVITES THE VIEWER TO UNSCROLL AND
NAVIGATE BETWEEN SEVERAL LAYERS OF DOCUMENTATION,
GOING BACK TO THE GENESIS OF THE PROJECTS.
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ESCAPIST MEASURES
‘ESCAPIST MEASURES’ ARE A SERIES OF INSTALLATIONS THAT TAKE ROUTE IN SACRED PERSIAN
GEOMETRY. THE MIRROR WORK REINSTATES A NEW VISUAL SET AROUND THE VIEWER AND ITS
SPATIAL SURROUNDINGS, DISSOLVING THE IMAGES REFLECTED. ONE’S REFLECTIONS EXPAND,
THEREFORE ONE DOES NOT SEE HIMSELF AS AN ENTITY BUT AS ATOMISED FRACTIONS
OF THE WHOLE.
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BIBI’S RESIDENCY AT BIKINI IS AN EXPLORATION OF STRAIGHT AND CURVED LINES FOUND
IN WOOD GRAINS AND TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS. ELABORATING FROM THE VAULTED SHAPE
ORNAMENTATIONS ‘MUQARNAS’, WHICH WERE USED IN PERSIAN ARCHITECTURE FOR CENTURIES,
HER WORK HERE WILL CONSIST OF MIRROR INSTALLATIONS, TENSILE STRUCTURES AND WOODEN
SCULPTURES.