Diogene is delighted to announce that the winner of the third edition of DIOGENE_urbanbivouac is the Belgian Nico Dockx (Ekeren -BE- 1974).

The panel of experts has appreciated his artistic path and his proposed guidelines for the residency’s project, as well as his personal way of collecting experiences and knowledge through an interdisciplinary and processual approach. The small self-contained module - the Bivouac - is made up of a disused tram carriage set on an abandoned section of track at the corner between Corso Regio Parco and Corso Verona in Turin. View Larger Map

Between October and  November Nico Dockx will experience a particular method of interaction with the urban environment and its community. Dockx will develop the project Rotonda fluttuante, he will go forth from Antwerp with the artist Pol Matthè, Helena Sidiropoulos and Jochem Vanden Ecker , all together will build up a work group that will grow up in the city involving some students from Antwerp and Turin academy of art.

Diogene’s group will organize a series of residency’s side events, in collaboration with other Turin organizations and a final Open studio moment in which the artist will be open to discussion with the audience.

The selection was carried out by a panel consisting of the creators of the Diogene project (Donato Canosa, Ludovica Carbotta, Andrea Caretto, Manuele Cerutti, Sara Enrico, Davide Gennarino, Luca Luciano, Laura Pugno, Andrea Respino, Raffaella Spagna, Monica Taverniti, Cosimo Veneziano). Diogene association has received more than 200 applications for the participation to the third edition of the residency.