Elastic Group Of Artistic Research

Elastic Group of Artistic Research is an Italian/Spanish group of artists established in 1999 by Alexandro Ladaga and Silvia Manteiga. Their work is characterized by strong conceptual aspects that evolve from a deep analysis of the world around them. What stands out in their approach is their use and commentary in relation to technology which has been key to the evolution of their work. They have developed critical interpretations in relation to modernity and to its multiple aspects. As Duchamp stated: “Art makes the public,” so one can see in their work an extreme attention towards the reciprocity of the rapport between the artistic product and the spectator, in which the viewer often becomes thoroughly involved in an interactive relationship in which the video installation transforms the spectator into an integral part of the work of art.
Elastic Group of Artistic Research is internationally recognized for his work in video/installation/public art and conceptual/abstract painting. Recently they have transformed their research from the immaterial image of video to the physicality of matter in the new series of abstract paintings "Tensioni Elastiche” (Elastic Tensions) in which they develop matter in the sense of Aristoteles. ...

The founders of ELASTIC Group of Artistic Research (E.G.A.R.), Alexandro Ladaga & Silvia Manteiga, studied at the University in Rome and Santiago de Compostela. Alexandro has a Doctorate in Aesthetics, and Silvia has doctorate studies in Text Theory and Criticism.

Awards
1° Prize Video art, Festival del Comune di Roma. 2001; Iceland Rewind, Nomination as best film of art, Foreign Film Festival, Ischia, Italy;Finalists D40_4 Contest for young architects and artists for the multimedia space at Museum MAXXI, Rome; Finalists 12a Edizione di ARCIPELAGO Festival Internazionale di Nuove Immagini , Roma 2004;Italian Web Award. 2006; Finalists Celeste Prize 2011.

Selected Exhibitions and Public Video Art

2019
Market Value, Mercatus Liber VVM19 Hamilton House of Contemporary Art, Bristol, UK
2018
Tate Exchange, Liverpool, UK
2017
VVM, Biennale di Venezia
2016
Hyperconnectivity, AMACI (Ass. of Italian Museums of Contemporary Art); Rome Art Week, Rome
Fondation Hippocrène, Villa Mallet-Stevens, Paris
2015
Galleria Anna Marra Contemporanea, Roma
Galleria Riccardo Crespi, Milano
Fondazione Italia-Israele per la Cultura e le Arti, Milano
Museo MUBAQ, L'Aquila
Afterpiece, INSA Art Space, Seoul, Korea
2014
Urban Screen, Riga, European Culture Capital, Latvia
Salone Int. della Comunicazione Visiva, Milano
RAI Museo della Radio e la Televisione, Torino
Disfide contemporanee, Museo Civico di Barletta.
2013
AMACI (Ass. of Italian Museums of Contemporary Art)
LA BANDIERA DEI DUE MONDI, Biennale di Venezia
TEA Centro de Arte Contemporanea, Tenerife, Spain
Mori + Stein Gallery, London
Kulter Gallery, Amsterdam
GARAGE Gallery, San Diego, USA
2012
Week Design, Milano
A.L.I.C.E.'S EYE, Public Video Art, Chiostro di Palazzo Bevilacqua Ariosti, ArteFiera, Bologna
ZET Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Expressive Arts Institute, San Diego, USA
Rich Mix Foundation, L...