Artomatic07's kick-off was quite the party. As it is common in openings, art is offered more as a backdrop to the entertainment than as the main course of the meeting. However, this is not necessarily something bad at all. And yet, it is true that Back to Work. both with friends as well as with strangers, did rather well, and provoked quite a broad reaction. But this is neither the occasion to talk about that proposal nor the time to elaborate that the key virtue of Artomatic is to generate conversations, participations, and proposals, or the time to offer a more critical perspective around its inner mechanisms and outside projection. In time I hope to get to these topics. Now probably is the time to speak about some of the exhibited art.

Artomatic is prepared to roll this Friday April 13 with Back to Work installed and ready. All are invited to visit the exhibition. If you have trouble attending the opening, Artomatic will be open for 5 weeks and there will be plenty of events and performances. Cinco de Mayo and the closing night look particularly party ready.

Back to Work is an urban portrait taken in the space of a year. A portrait made of people walking on a commute to and from work.

About Back to Work:

"A contemporary atlas..."
MAVI VILLATORO, filmmaker and art director