MODO is a cultural association born in Brussels in the studios of the artists Serena Fineschi, Alessandro Scarabello and Laura Viale.
It is a place of daily practice, as well as a place aimed at stimulating, enriching and renewing the dialogue on the centrality and importance of artwork.
Through targeted events, MODO fosters open discussions in which guests reflect upon selected works of art, focusing on their meaning and place in today's perpetual panorama of instant images.
Common Fields is a collaborative project by Laura Viale and Sevie Tsampalla.
In medieval times, common fields were communal pastures where every farmer from a village was allowed to graze his animals. In contemporary urban contexts, commons are spaces that shape the city through processes of sharing, cooperation, based on collective decision making and horizontal relations.
Inspired by such spaces and bringing together Laura Viale’s artistic and Sevie Tsampalla’s curatorial methodologies, which share an interest in working in public space, the project aims to mapping, co-creating and re-imagining the city of Brussels.
The project "a due". Arte Contemporanea in Italia e Belgio ("in twos". Contemporary Art in Italy and Belgium), conceived and curated by Laura Viale, took place at the Italian Cultural Institute of Brussels from November 2015 to March 2018.
It originated from an invitation to Viale to exhibit her work in the Institute, which the artist extended to some of her Italian colleagues with Belgian connections, asking each one to invite a Belgian to create a relationship of affinity or contrast. The project was developed with the critic contribution of the art historian Maria Elena Minuto.
"a due" involved artists coming from different experiences and generations in a series of "dialogical exhibitions": Davide Bertocchi and Joris Van de Moortel, Enrico Gaido and Freek Wambacq, Margherita Moscardini and Futurefarmers, Laura Viale and Stijn Cole, Raffaella Crispino and Hans Demeulenaere, Alberto Scodro and Paul De Vree, Serena Fineschi with Alessandro Scarabello and Hans Op de Beeck.
A book on the project was published in 2018 by Prinp Editore, Turin.