Piero Simondo
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Piero Simondo is an Italian
artist
Piero was born in Cosio di Arroscia
, Liguria
, Italy
.
In Alba
, Piedmont, Italy
, with Asger Jorn
and Giuseppe Pinot Gallizio he founded the Laboratory of immaginiste experiences as part of the International Movement for an Imaginist Bauhaus
(IMIB).
He edited Eristica the magazine published by IMIB and September 1956 he organised the First World-wide Conference of the Free Artists, with Jorn, Gallizio and Elena Verrone. He married Verrone two years later. At the Cultural Union of Turin he helped put on a demonstration unitary urbanism
in December 1956.
In the summer of 1957 he took a holiday in his house in Cosio d' Arroscia. Here, with Michèle Bernstein
, Guy Debord
, Pinot Gallizio, Asger Jorn, Walter Olmo
, Ralph Rumney
and Elena Verrone the Situationist International was founded on July 28. Following a row with Debord, he left the organisation with Olmo and Verrone.
In 1962 he founded in Turin the CIRA (International Center for an Institute of Artistic Research) with the purpose to expand the proposals of the Alba Laboratory.
From 1968 he continued with his own artistic activity.
From 1972 to 1996 Simondo worked at the University of Turin
where he organised experimental activities at the Institute of Pedagogy. He held the chair of Methodology and Didactics of the Audovisual Medium .
Publications by Simondo include:
Italy
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artist
Piero was born in Cosio di Arroscia
Cosio di Arroscia
Cosio di Arroscia is a comune in the Province of Imperia in the Italian region Liguria, located about 100 km southwest of Genoa and about 25 km northwest of Imperia. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 283 and an area of 40.6 km²...
, Liguria
Liguria
Liguria is a coastal region of north-western Italy, the third smallest of the Italian regions. Its capital is Genoa. It is a popular region with tourists for its beautiful beaches, picturesque little towns, and good food.-Geography:...
, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
.
In Alba
Alba
Alba is the Scottish Gaelic name for Scotland. It is cognate to Alba in Irish and Nalbin in Manx, the two other Goidelic Insular Celtic languages, as well as similar words in the Brythonic Insular Celtic languages of Cornish and Welsh also meaning Scotland.- Etymology :The term first appears in...
, Piedmont, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
, with Asger Jorn
Asger Jorn
Asger Oluf Jorn was a Danish painter, sculptor, ceramic artist, and author. He was a founding member of the avant-garde movement COBRA and the Situationist International...
and Giuseppe Pinot Gallizio he founded the Laboratory of immaginiste experiences as part of the International Movement for an Imaginist Bauhaus
International Movement for an Imaginist Bauhaus
The International Movement for an Imaginist Bauhaus was a small European avant-garde artistic tendency that arose out of the breakup of COBRA, and was initiated by contact between former COBRA member Asger Jorn and Enrico Baj and Sergio Dangelo of the Nuclear Art Movement.-Timeline:*December 1953:...
(IMIB).
He edited Eristica the magazine published by IMIB and September 1956 he organised the First World-wide Conference of the Free Artists, with Jorn, Gallizio and Elena Verrone. He married Verrone two years later. At the Cultural Union of Turin he helped put on a demonstration unitary urbanism
Unitary Urbanism
Unitary urbanism was the critique of status quo urbanism employed by the Lettrist International and then further developed by the Situationist International between approximately 1953 and 1960....
in December 1956.
In the summer of 1957 he took a holiday in his house in Cosio d' Arroscia. Here, with Michèle Bernstein
Michèle Bernstein
Michèle Bernstein is a French novelist and critic, most usually remembered as a member of the Situationist International from its foundation in 1957 until 1967, and as the wife of its most prominent member, Guy Debord.-Early years:...
, Guy Debord
Guy Debord
Guy Ernest Debord was a French Marxist theorist, writer, filmmaker, member of the Letterist International, founder of a Letterist faction, and founding member of the Situationist International . He was also briefly a member of Socialisme ou Barbarie.-Early Life:Guy Debord was born in Paris in 1931...
, Pinot Gallizio, Asger Jorn, Walter Olmo
Walter Olmo
Walter Olmo is an Italian musician and composer. In 1957 he wrote Towards a Conception of Musical Experimentation ....
, Ralph Rumney
Ralph Rumney
Ralph Rumney was an English artist, born in Newcastle Upon Tyne.In 1957 lifelong conscientious objector Rumney was one of the co-founders of the London Psychogeographical Association. This organization was, along with COBRA and the Lettrist International, involved in the formation of the...
and Elena Verrone the Situationist International was founded on July 28. Following a row with Debord, he left the organisation with Olmo and Verrone.
In 1962 he founded in Turin the CIRA (International Center for an Institute of Artistic Research) with the purpose to expand the proposals of the Alba Laboratory.
From 1968 he continued with his own artistic activity.
From 1972 to 1996 Simondo worked at the University of Turin
University of Turin
The University of Turin is a university in the city of Turin in the Piedmont region of north-western Italy...
where he organised experimental activities at the Institute of Pedagogy. He held the chair of Methodology and Didactics of the Audovisual Medium .
Publications by Simondo include:
- Ars vetus, ars modernorum, SEI, Turin 1971
- What were the experiences of the Alba Laboratory, Libreria Editrice Sileno, Opuscola, Genoa 1986
- The Laboratory as Situation, Tirrenia Stampatori, Turin 1987
- The colour of colours, La Nuova Italia, Florence 1990
- Jorn in Italy. The Years of the imaginiste Bauhaus, F.lli Pozzo editori, Turin 1997