OPEN was promoted by the European University Institute and realised in collaboration with the Agenzia del Demanio (State Property Agency), which restored a wing of Palazzo Buontalenti. The volunteers of FAI Delegazione di Firenze welcomed visitors throughout the season, and the art historians of MUS.E led the guided tours. The exhibition was held under the patronage of Regione Toscana and Comune di Firenze.
We are grateful to Fondazione CR Firenze for supporting the exhibition and the Officine d’Orizzonti school programme. Special thanks go to Alberto Tofani, who accompanied the whole project with professionalism and dedication: he advised on the technologies to use, provided the video equipment for the exhibition and all the equipment for the immersive video event in the courtyard on 7, 8 and 9 May, and coordinated its technical side. Six students of the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze took part in the creation of one of the works, Galleria Continua lent works by Berlinde De Bruyckere and co-organised her talk, and AGA Architettura e Gestione also supported the exhibition. The French National Research Agency (ANR) supported the research of Johanna Gautier-Morin and the sound work Fragments of Self.
Glauk Sound, Roopu and Giara Image provided technical support for audio and video. The hospitality of the opening evenings was supported by Ditta Artigianale, Peter in Florence, Badiani, Prinz Beverage & Food, The Social Hub, Montalbano, Pure Stagioni – Ghiottini, La Fonte, Locanda L’Antica Porta di Levante, Lunica, Space Club and Taglietti.
The works were kindly lent by the artists, Fondazione MUSEION (Bolzano), Hauser & Wirth, Galleria Continua, Lombardi-Kargl, Artopia Gallery (Milan) and Ex Elettrofonica (Rome).