ALT(ering) + SHIFT(ing) + COMM(uning): Protocinema

Tuesday, June 1, 2021

ALT(ering) + SHIFT(ing) + COMM(uning) welcomes Mari Spirito of Protocinema for a conversation on cross-cultural and multi-site curating.

Based in Istanbul and New York, Protocinema commissions and presents site-aware art around the world by producing critical installations accessible to everyone. Protocinema evokes empathy towards the understanding of difference across regions through exhibitions, commissions, public programing, and mentorship. Founded in 2011 by Mari Spirito, Protocinema is a nonprofit organization free of ‘brick and mortar.’ Its programming sites vary to respond both to global concerns and changing conditions on the ground.

Mari Spirito is Executive Director and Curator of Protocinema. From 2013 to 2018 she programmed the Conversations program for both Art Basel and Art Basel Miami Beach. Spirito served as International Advisory Committee Member for the Inaugural High Line Plinth Commissions, New York, 2017. She was Curator and Director of Alt Art Space, Bomonti, Istanbul from 2015 to 2017; Advisor to the 2nd Mardin Biennial, Turkey, 2012; and Director of 303 Gallery New York from 2000 to 2012. She is on the Board of PARTICIPANT INC, New York, and holds a BFA from Massachusetts College of Art, Boston.

www.protocinema.org