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Edition 4

Mario Merz Prize IV edition

Fondazione Merz announces finalists for the Mario Merz Prize, 4th Edition – Art

Yto Barrada (France/Morocco), Paolo Cirio (Italy), Christina Forrer (Switzerland), Anne Hardy (UK), Koo Jeong A (Korea), and He Xiangyu (China) are the artists selected by this year’s jury composed of Beatrice Merz (President, Fondazione Merz); Claudia Gioia (Independent Curator), and Samuel Gross (Special Project Manager Musée d’Art et d’Histoire, Geneva).

In late Spring 2022 Fondazione Merz will present a group exhibition of the shortlisted artists in Turin. The winner, who will be announced in September 2022, will be commissioned to produce a new site-specific solo exhibition at the Foundation in 2023.

Fondazione Merz announces finalists for the Mario Merz Prize, 4th Edition – Music

In the Music Section, the five shortlisted composers are: Katherine Balch (USA), William Dougherty (USA), Farzia Fallah (Iran), Füsun Köksal (Turkey), and Claudia Jane Scroccaro (Italy).

The winning composer in the music category will be commissioned to make and perform a new musical score in 2023.

The music jury is composed of: Gianluca Cangemi (music composer, record producer, A&R), Luisella Molina (General director Orchestra Sinfonica Milan University) and Philip Samartzis (Sound-designer and Professor at Melbourne University).