FRIDAS, conceived by Latitudo Art Projects and funded by Erasmus + call, small-scale partnerships in the field of Sport, involves two primary partners:
* The U.S. Primavera Rugby (Italy-Rome)
* The Ragbi Klub Nada (Croatia-Split).
These will be joined by several other partners of national importance which gave the patronage to the project (ABA Roma, CONI, FIR).
The FRIDAS project bridges art and sports to promote inclusion, tackle gender bias, combat discrimination, and address social exclusion, particularly in sports with a history of male dominance like rugby. Through creative and educational activities, the project seeks to engage adolescents from disadvantaged backgrounds, fostering their inclusion in sports.
The project aims to promote Geneder Equality and Inclusion in sport through a collective reflection.
The artist delves into the boundary between reality and fiction, aiming to reveal the limitations of language. John Cascone employs various mediums, from sound to video, to explore the construction of reality and uncover its hidden aspects.
Teaming up with the young rugby players of the FRIDAS project, John Cascone continues to evolve Metamorfica, a project initiated in Rome and transplanted to Lithuania. Through FRIDAS, it seeks to craft a performance that seamlessly transforms the roughness of rugby contact into choreography, bridging the realms of sport and art.
In 2020, during his residency for the European platform Magic Carpets, John Cascone first presented Metamorfica in three forms: video, booklet, and performance. Introducing figure skating into the sports context, the artist used typical skating movements to create a performance based on body awareness.
In 2022, Metamorfica was presented at the Kaunas train station as part of Magic Carpets Landed and involved Lithuanian basketball players from the Zalgiris team. Through adapted fan choruses and basketball movements executed by the team, players explored the fusion of art and sports.
In the FRIDAS project, John Cascone merges artistic and sporting gestures, guiding two rugby teams in workshops and performances to create a transformative experience.
Emphasizing rugby movements through performance art, John Cascone blurs boundaries, transforming masculine contact into moments of knowledge and confrontation.
Guided by John Cascone and movement curator Andrea Pangallo, athletes undergo a collective metamorphosis, blending contemporary language with self-perception.
John Cascone, a History of Contemporary Art graduate, constructs narratives through various media, exploring community imaginaries and expanding reality’s possibilities. As an in-house consultant for Latitudo, he combines art and sport in projects like Magic Carpets Platform, fostering interdisciplinary workshops and performances. Additionally, he teaches art history at a high school.
