Giovanni Rendina (1991) is an independent curator. He read drama, art and music studies at Bologna University before studying for his MA in Curating & Collections at the Chelsea College of Art UAL, London (2015–2016). Rendina carried out a year long curatorial traineeship at the Mahler & Lewitt Studios in Spoleto assisting the program curator and directors in all aspects of running the organisation. His professional experience also includes assistant curatorial work at Chelsea Space, London. In 2016 he co-curated the Exhibition Use/User/Used at Zabludowicz Collection, London. In March 2017, he curated the show “A SLUMP” at Gelateria sogni di Ghiaccio, Bologna, inviting the London based artist Andrew Mealor. In July 2017 he curated Mattia Pajè’s Installation “Do you come here often?” In Spoleto supported by the Mahler & LeWitt Studios and part of Viaggiatori sulla Flaminia. His practice focuses on art as “organised leisure”.
Gelateria Sogni di Ghiaccio is an artist run space created and directed by Filippo Marzocchi and Mattia Pajè. It is divided into two separate areas, in which one is dedicated to studio practice and artistic research, while the other one acts as a space for exhibitions, collaborations and discussions. The direction of the project is an extension of Marzocchi and Pajè individual artistic practice. Gelateria Sogni di Ghiaccio is a space dedicated to experimentation and freedom.