Canedicoda is a visual, sound and graphic artist based in Milan. He started performing in the punk group With Love at the age of 15; by now has actively performed under various aliases and with bands throughout the world. Currently part of WW, Lago Morto, Nastro Mortal and solo as Ottaven. With the name Canedicoda in 2003 he gave life to a project extending through graphics, music and fashion, conceived and realized exclusively by hand: from designs to unique or limited-edition silkscreen prints on paper or cloth, to projects linked to music or to t-shirt and garment realizations. Canedicoda has developed a rich artistic universe, changing yet always immediately recognizable, producing personal t-shirt collections and graphics for 8mm Records, Von Archives, Dumb Skateboards, Bastard, Marsèll and conceiving the image of Netmage 2007 as well as the set design of 3 editions of Live Arts Week/Gianni Peng. As Ottaven, his solo project, he has released a variety of cd-r's and audio cassettes, as well as performing in a number of clubs, squats, basements and festivals of every type throughout Europe.
Canedicoda Processo al Mochi/The size of a green pea: Ursula
Andrew
Swimming at Isola delle Rose
Aggressive Quadrotor on a Blue Barrel
Bunpiity Bump
Joe 4
installation, première, production Xing/Live Arts Week
concept, collection and craft Canedicoda
co-producted by Marsèll and Xing
Processo al Mochi/The size of a green pea is the name of the video-garden that houses a collection of efflorescent pieces - delicate or monstrous – collected from YouTube over the years by Canedicoda. Presenting, for the first time, a selection of Favourites from his vast archive, Canedicoda opens his offline and temporary surfing club at MAMbo, 6 days organized into themes (Ursula, Andrew, Swimming at Isola dell Rose, Aggressive Quadrotor on a Blue Barrel, Bunpiity Bump, Joe 4) and installed as a platform built with detritus. Processo al Mochi/The size of a green pea offers a look, individual and collective, focused and at the same time, multiple in nature. “It's curious how video content can tell us about very specific moments and at the same time be examples of mediocrity or a current group mentality. The general belief. The language of the mother and the eye of the father. I have used various research methods: simple keywords, dates, synonyms, names of people, actions, adjectives or I've gone directly to the source. There, where the videos are 'born', when they’ve just been uploaded and haven’t yet received views, I observed the moment in which the videos were uploaded.”