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Baroni, Vittore, 1956-

 Person

Nationality

Italian

Found in 400 Collections and/or Records:

L'Urlo/3, 1980

 Item — Box Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: Baroni, Vittore: [Barcode: 31858072491123]
Identifier: CC-21699-22110

Mail 4 F.U.N., 2002

 Item — Box 326: [Barcode: 31858073143574]
Identifier: CC-47025-49763
Scope and Contents

Described as "A mail art kit of the Funtastic United Nations" with texts coordinated by Vittore Baroni. This project was "conceived to create a bridge between the most different creative geographical entities and to stimulate cooperation amongst all kinds of imaginary contries and worlds." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2002

Mama Dada, 1980

 Item — Box 324: [Barcode: 31858072490901]
Identifier: CC-21761-22172
Scope and Contents

Duplicates printed on different colored papers. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

[Mask], 1980

 Item — Box Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: Baroni, Vittore: [Barcode: 31858072491123]
Identifier: CC-22219-22641

[Mask], 1980

 Item — Box Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: Baroni, Vittore: [Barcode: 31858072491123]
Identifier: CC-21755-22166

Miniature Obscure, No. 2: Substitute, 1993

 Item — Box 125: [Barcode: 31858072458239]
Identifier: CC-06422-6540
Scope and Contents

The round cardboard case measuring 6.7" in diameter is made from handmade pulp such that bits of fragmented texts appear on its surface. Its lid is perforated in the center. The names of the contributors are printed on two concertinas made from red paper. One of the works has a background of the same word repetively printed in tight grid with two large empty letters, e.g., ER, superimposed = Ersatz (substitute). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

momento mori, 1988

 Item — Box 329: [Barcode: 31858072490950]
Identifier: CC-23192-23630
Scope and Contents The work was based on a copy-art installation by Baroni for the "Ear Nerve" festival in Naples, Italy held in September 1988. Wikipedia: A memento mori (Latin 'remember that you will die is an artistic or symbolic reminder of the inevitability of death. Popular belief says the phrase originated in ancient Rome: as a Roman general was parading through the streets during a victory triumph, standing behind him was his slave, tasked with reminding the general that, although at his peak today, tomorrow he could fall, or "” more likely "” be brought down. The servant is thought to have conveyed this with the warning, "Memento mori.".It is further possible that the servant may have instead advised, "Respice post te! Hominem te esse memento! Memento mori!": "Look behind you! Remember that you are but a man! Remember that you'll die!", as noted by Tertullian in his Apologeticus. The thought came into its own with Christianity,whose strong emphasis on divine judgment, Heaven, Hell, and the...
Dates: 1988