Richard Demarco, the Italian Connection | Exchanges between Scotland and Italy through Richard Demarco in the European context

理查德·德马科是60年代以来苏格兰和欧洲视觉艺术和戏剧界最具相关性和影响力的人物之一。自他的职业生涯开始以来，通过建立特拉弗斯剧院（1963年），理查德·德马科画廊（1966-1998），后来与德马科欧洲艺术基金会，他在爱丁堡艺术节和边缘艺术节的参与，德马科一直是促进苏格兰欧洲先锋派和促进欧洲文化交流的关键人物。最相关的合作包括博伊斯，阿布拉莫维奇，尼古和坎特。麦克阿瑟& A.沃森2010）意大利的联系尚未被发现，与意大利合作伙伴的开创性作品，展览和交流尚未在更广泛的背景下进行研究和重新评估。对德马科活动的部分调查可能是由于他多年来组织、促进和参与的不同性质的活动的绝对数量，包括展览、表演、戏剧、会议、旅行、讲习班。艺术品和短暂的。Demarco制作并展示了一些最相关的意大利或意大利20世纪世纪艺术家的作品：阿尔贝托·布里、巴伊、基亚里、帕斯卡利、保利尼、库内利斯、夏洛哈、米莫·罗泰拉、梅尔茨、普莱西、萨托雷利、穆拉斯、夸图奇和塔托。合作和交流包括意大利文化界的重要人物，如Palma Bucarelli，Count Panza di Biumo，Maria格洛丽亚Conti Bicocchi，EtileBonito奥利瓦。由于沃森/麦克阿瑟/Shemilt在邓迪大学进行的一个项目，部分摄影档案已经数字化，并通过Demarco数字档案馆在线提供，该项目最初由AHRB/AHRC资助（2002-2008），获得“德马科档案：理查德·德马科与欧洲先锋派之间长达40年的对话”资源增强奖。PI（Shemilt）和档案管理员（Lockhart）之前参与了与Demarco相关的几个项目，这将是新提案的关键促进因素。理查德·德马科：意大利连接将利用恢复的Demarco数字档案（约10，000条记录），并将有机会揭示苏格兰和意大利之间的基本交流，通过理查德德马科在欧洲的背景下。该项目将通过翻译，开创性的历史意大利材料提供给更大的英语观众第一次。该项目旨在追溯关键展览，由Demarco组织的苏格兰和意大利之间的戏剧作品、活动、节目和交流，并评估其对两国文化界的影响，为艺术和戏剧历史学家、学者、评论家、策展人、大学、档案馆、博物馆和国际文化机构的研究人员和从业人员提供有用的资源。1）档案和书目研究2）访问德马科欧洲艺术基金会收藏的广泛记录3）采访德马科和幸存的艺术家，策展人，表演者，导演和动物参与4）分析和重新评估事件，表演和艺术品5）重新发现和偶尔恢复视频和电影艺术品和文件6）与艺术家的研讨会和放映7）起草意大利和Demarco在欧洲背景下的交流年表。研究结果将出版在一本编辑的同行评议的书中，并在国际上征集论文，以激发不同方法和观点的贡献，包括视觉艺术，表演艺术，策展和媒体研究。

Richard Demarco is one of the most relevant and influential figures in the world of visual arts and theatre in Scotland, and Europe since the 60s.Since the beginning of his career, through the foundation of the Traverse Theatre (1963), the Richard Demarco Gallery (1966-1998), and later with the Demarco European Art Foundation, his involvement in the Edinburgh Festival and Fringe Festival, Demarco has been a key player in promoting the European Avant-garde in Scotland and fostering cultural exchanges in Europe. Most relevant collaborations include Beuys, Abramovic, Neagu and Kantor.Although some studies have been conducted regarding the relationships between Demarco and the European Avant-garde (see for example E. McArthur & A. Watson 2010) the Italian connection has not yet been uncovered, and seminal productions, exhibitions and exchanges with Italian partners have not been researched and re-assessed in a wider context. This partial investigation of Demarco's activity is possibly due to the sheer volume of events of differing nature that he has organised, promoted and participated in over the years, including exhibitions, performances, plays, conferences, travels, workshops Furthermore Demarco's archives are composed of an imposing amount of documents, photographs, books, artworks and ephemera.Demarco has produced and shown work from some of the most relevant Italian or Italian based artists of the 20th century: Alberto Burri, Baj, Chiari, Pascali, Paolini, Kounellis, Scialoja, Mimmo Rotella, Merz, Plessi, Sartorelli, Mulas, Quartucci and Tato'. Collaborations and exchanges include Italian cultural key figures such as Palma Bucarelli, the Count Panza di Biumo, Maria Gloria Conti Bicocchi, Achille Bonito Oliva.Part of the photographic archive has been digitised and became available online with the Demarco Digital Archive thanks to a project conducted at University of Dundee by Watson/MacArthur/Shemilt initially funded by the AHRB/AHRC (2002-2008), with a Resource Enhancement Award 'The Demarco Archives: Accessing a 40-Year Dialogue between Richard Demarco and the European Avant-Garde'. The previous involvement in the Team of the PI (Shemilt) and the Archivist (Lockhart) who collaborated in several projects related to Demarco would be a key facilitating element in the new proposal. Richard Demarco: the Italian Connection will capitalise on the recovered Demarco Digital Archive (around 10,000 records) and will give the opportunity to uncover the fundamental exchanges between Scotland and Italy through Richard Demarco in the European context.The project will make available for the first time through translations, seminal historical Italian materials to the larger audience of English speakers.This project aims to retrace the key exhibitions, theatre productions, events, programs and exchanges between Scotland and Italy organised by Demarco and assess their impact on the cultural community in both countries and provide useful sources for art and theatre historians, scholars, critics, curators, researchers and practitioners based in universities, archives, museums and cultural institutions internationally.Research will be undertaken by:1) Archival and bibliographical research2) accessing the extensive records of the Demarco European Art Foundation collection 3) Interviews with Demarco and the surviving artists, curators, performers, directors and animateurs involved4) Analysis & Reassessment of events, performances and artworks5) Rediscovery and occasional recovery of video and film artworks and documentation 6) Workshops and screening with artists7) Drafting of a Chronology of exchanges between Italy and Demarco in the European context.The research findings will be published in an edited, peer-reviewed book with an international call for papers to stimulate contributions from different methodologies and perspectives including Visual Arts, Performing Arts, Curatorial and Media Studies.