- Luna Nera
Luna Nera is a collaborative group of international artists who make
site-specific art works. Members of Luna Nera have exhibited in a number of venues ranging from disused buildings toTate Britain .The organisation was founded in 1997 to create works in response to significant urban sites which have fallen into dereliction.Some places that Luna Nera have worked in include:The huge former Midland Grand Hotel at
St Pancras Station ,London designed in theGothic style bySir George Gilbert Scott and built in 1868-72. The former Drawing Offices ofHarland and Wolff ,Belfast , once the largest shipyard in the world, where theRMS Titanic was designed and built.Buildings formerly belonging to the Russian Navy, onKronstadt naval base,Saint Petersburg Russia .The Old Colosseum Theatre inDalston , east London. This now-derelict structure was a circus space and music hall and one of the first cinemas in London. A late 19th century factory complex inObershoeneweide EastBerlin , in the vast former industrial area built byPeter Behrens forAEG (This contradicts other parts of Wikipedia showing Peter Behrens first working for AEG in 1907). The whole district fell into economic ruin after 1989.Artists involved with Luna Nera are the group's founders
Gillian McIver , [Sandrine Albert] , Valentina Floris, and also Hilary Powell,Julian Ronnefeldt , Ben Foot. Other artists who work with Luna Nera include Chris Singer, Leo Konigsberg, Nazir Tanbouli,Lennie Lee , Derek Szteliga, Agnes Domke. Luna Nera has a related group based inBarcelona and co-operates with group Dirizhable in Russia and Factory-Berlin in Berlin.Luna Nera is concerned with exploring the conjunction of theory and practice in site-specific/site-responsive work, through a series of projects that also include text, talks and workshops. The group's members are active in writing, debating and presenting critical discourse about site specific art and site response in art.
External links
* [http://www.luna-nera.com Luna Nera website]
* [http://www.art-site.org.uk Artsite: e-book on site specific art ]
* [http://www.bak.spc.org/colosseum/luna/contents.html Colosseum]
* [http://www.straddle3.net/context/03/en/2004_04_27.html Info]
* [http://www.situ.org.uk/luna/current.html Luna nera]
* [http://www.netlondon.com/Museums_and_Galleries/ Galleries/Galleries.137321.html Net london]
* [http://www.luna-nera.co.uk/thederelictsensation/trostp.htm Derelict Sensation]
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