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Just Between Friends Children’s Consignment and Little Busy Bodies, Inc. Team Up To Reach More American Moms and Help Them Save Money and Keep Kids Healthy

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Tulsa, Oklahoma (PRWEB) September 09, 2011

Just Between Friends(JBF), the nations leading maternity and childrens consignment sales event franchise, today announced they are partnering with Little Busy Bodies, Inc., makers of Boogie Wipes and Saline Soothers Nose Wipes on a two year cross marketing initiative. Both growing companies have found that creating strategic partnerships with complementary businesses and services allows them to reach out to new markets, without the traditional costs associated with breaking into a new market. Just Between Friends has a goal to help families save money and Boogie Wipes works to keep kids healthy so the partnerhip was a natural fit.

“Boogie Wipes help moms wipe out the pain and frustration associated with little ones, said Shannon Wilburn, president of Just Between Friends Franchise Systems, Inc. Just Between Friends helps wipe out the fiscal pain and financial frustration associated with outfitting and raising little ones. To us, we are serving the same moms and they could all benefit by knowing about both companies. Now, we can do twice as much marketing without having to drain our advertising resources in order to so.

The newly formed partnership will create ongoing cross-promotional opportunities for both companies via advertising, customer networking, speaking engagements and other marketing programs through 2012.

We are very excited to be entering into this partnership with Just Between Friends, said Julie Pickens, CEO of Little Busy Bodies, Inc. Aligning ourselves with respected companies that reach our same demographic allows us to broaden our customer reach and truly deepen our consumer relationships.

Just Between Friends franchisees typically have two sales events a year, one in the fall and one in the spring. Each franchise is locally-owned. Families sign-up as consignors and sell their new and gently-used childrens items. Consignors sell clothing, toys, furniture, baby gear, books, electronics and much more and earn up to 70 percent. Families shop and save between 50 and 90 percent off of retail.

ABOUT JUST BETWEEN FRIENDS

In 1997, Just Between Friends was created in a living room in Tulsa, Oklahoma when President Shannon Wilburn, a mother of two young children, and her friend Daven Tackett hosted a sale, while inviting 17 friends to be consigners. Promoted only in their neighborhood, the gross sales reached approximately $ 2,000. Thats when the idea caught on. Each season, a new, larger event was held. In 2003, Wilburn and Tackett formed Just Between Friends Franchise Systems, Inc., and began developing and selling franchises. Wilburn is now the sole owner of the franchise system which currently has 115 franchises in 24 states. JBF has received national attention on several national television shows including: ABC News, Good Morning America, CNN, Headline News, Inside Edition and CNBCs The Big Idea. They have also been featured in The Seattle Times, St. Louis Post Dispatch, Sacramento Bee, LA Times, Daily Oklahoman as well popular websites sheknows.com and Disney website family.com and broadcast outlets in dozens of cities across the country including Dallas, Houston, Minneapolis, San Francisco, Denver and Seattle.

ABOUT BOOGIE WIPES

Mindee Doney and Julie Pickens developed the first-ever saline nose wipe called Boogie Wipes

SutiSoft Announces New Release of SutiTalk, its Online Collaboration Solution to Improve Collaboration Between Employees and Customers

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Los Altos, CA (PRWEB) June 12, 2012

SutiSoft Inc., a trusted provider of Software as a Service (SaaS) and enterprise solutions, announces a new release of SutiTalk 2.2, its online collaboration solution for effective communication between company employees and customers.

SutiTalk improves communication, product quality, customer satisfaction and streamlines business processes; while reducing the number of helpdesk calls.

The new release provides company administrators the ability to control customer access to their helpdesk and grant access only through invitation. Invited customers can perform all activities in the helpdesk. New customers can be invited by sending email invitations, importing existing Gmail & Yahoo contacts or by importing a .csv file.

SutiTalk is available in multiple versions: Free, Professional, Corporate, Enterprise and Unlimited. Pricing starts at $ 99/ 30 Days for 10 representatives. Visit http://www.sutitalk.com for more pricing and more information.

About SutiSoft Inc

SutiSoft Inc. is a privately held company founded by N.D. Reddy, a successful Entrepreneur with over 30 years of experience in both the Hardware and Software industry as a Founder, and CEO. The Company’s leading edge enterprise/SaaS application software products range from business productivity solutions such as Electronic Signature, Expense Management, Document Control Systems, Governance, Risk and Compliance, Security Solutions and others. The company’s products are developed using Java, Flex, HTML 5, AJAX and other cutting-edge technologies which allow SutiSoft to retain its core values which are Simple, Scalable, Secured, and Seamless. Headquartered in Los Altos, California USA, SutiSoft has offices in Northern California, India, Germany and Japan. Additional information is available at http://www.sutisoft.com.







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At Trump National Golf Club, Personal Greetings from Donald Trump Capped A Deal between Tri Tax Franchises and Power Media Group, Inc.

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Santa Clarita, CA (PRWEB) November 19, 2008

Latino-owned entrepreneur companies – Tri Tax Franchise, Power Media Group Inc. and Success Masters by Design-Ivan Lomeli – celebrated their commitment to launch a strategic advertising campaign focused on Hispanic consumers and business owners across the United States amid a backdrop of gorgeous views of the Pacific Ocean at The Trump National Golf in Palos Verdes, Calif., and topped off by personal greetings from owner Donald Trump.

“Seeing Mr. Trump at our table, greeting us with his brilliant smile, was an affirmation of our joint venture,” commented Patricia Gracia, Power Media Group Inc. president.

The Ad agency and its various studies on the Hispanic market attracted and ultimately landed an agreement with Carlos Marquez, Tri-Tax founder and CEO.

Marquez appointed Power Media Group Inc. – led by Tony Gracia, CEO, and Patricia Gracia, president – to attract new customers to Tri Tax current franchises concentrated mainly in California, the #1 Hispanic market. According to Marquez, “The Tri Tax Franchise mission is to build on a foundation of excellence and offer Latino business persons the security of a proven franchise in their hands. Tri Tax Franchise will continue providing opportunities for people to own their businesses. This is an exciting time to become an innovative entrepreneur. The tax preparation industry provides a stable and solid source of revenue that is unaffected by economic change.”

“If someone is looking for a business in a stable industry with fast growth that will provide long-term security and unlimited potential, Tri Tax Franchise is the one,” commented Marquez. “Becoming a member of the Tri Tax Franchise afford anyone the chance to achieve their dreams.”

Marquez and the Gracias discussed a commitment to act as exclusive business developers in projected Hispanic growth markets going forward.

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According to U.S. Hispanic Media Markets, 2000-2007, advertisers spent an estimated $ 3.09 billion in 2004 to market their products and services to U.S. Hispanics, an 11 percent increase from the previous year. The boost comes amid an explosive increase in the U.S. Hispanic population and surging purchasing power that has advertisers jockeying for a larger share of this relatively untapped market.

Hispanic buying power was estimated to run just over $ 860 billion in 2007, an 8 percent increase from 2006. The Hispanic community buying power, fueled by immigration and population growth, will top all minority groups for purchasing power at almost $ 1.2 trillion by 2011.

By 2020, the Hispanic population is expected to reach 70 million and by 2050 one in four Americans will be Hispanic.

“The record Latino voter turnout for the 2008 elections has reshaped the political landscape in America,” stated LULAC National President Rosa Rosales. “The Latino vote proved decisive in the key battleground states of Virginia, New Mexico, Colorado, Nevada, Ohio, Indiana and Florida.”

ABOUT TRI TAX FRANCHISE CEO AND FOUNDER CARLOS MARQUEZ (http://www.incometaxcash.com (seminar landing page), http://www.exitocontritax.com (Spanish landing page))

Carlos Marquez opened his first Tri Tax office while in Jr. High School. After accompanying his parents to have their tax return prepared, he was amazed at the long line of people – mostly Hispanics – that where waiting. Not being of age to secure employment, he assisted his friends and relatives with their tax returns. The first Tri Tax location was born in San Pedro, Calif.; the following year the office was relocated to Wilmington, Calif. Building a volume of 100 clients a day, during the peak of the season, he expanded and opened additional locations. Over the last 15 years, Tri Tax has transformed its business model and introduced systems that address many of the challenges that those in the tax industry face.

Tri Tax provides powerful electronic tax preparation software, strategic marketing plans, training programs and seasoned individuals with decades of experience in the tax industry. Find out more about how Tri Tax can help at http://www.tritaxfranchise.com.

ABOUT POWER MEDIA GROUP INC. (PMG)

According to the Daily News, seven years ago Patricia Gracia launched an advertising agency in her San Fernando Valley apartment with nothing more than a computer, a fax and a telephone. Today, Gracia’s Power Media Group is a multimillion-dollar enterprise that specializes in creating Spanish language campaigns for high-profile clients seeking to reach the booming Hispanic market.

In July, 2008, President Patricia Gracia and CEO Tony Gracia were honored as the winner of the Latin Business Association Sol Awards 2008 in recognition of and appreciation for exemplary commitment to the Latino business community through PMG’s leadership and service. Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Mike Antonovich and U.S. Congressman Buck McKeon commended Power Media Group for its work.

PMG qualified earlier in 2008 under very strict SBA guidelines for a Small Business Administration (SBA) real estate loan, and the company purchased its 11,000 square-foot commercial building as a new home for clients in the City of Santa Clarita. Clients which have retained PMG include among others Universal Music Latin, Vivendi Visual Entertainment, NYX Cosmetics, Xenon Pictures, Creativa Interiors-Primor, The Perfume Club, AB Underwear, Costamar Travel Intl., New Concepts, Success Masters by Design, and Laboratorios Mallo. Learn more by visiting http://www.powermediagroup.com.

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Just Between Friends Fort Worth -Texas Largest Childrens and Maternity Consignment Sale Booms in Recovering Economy – Thousands to Attend

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Fort Worth, TX (PRWEB) February 17, 2011

Just Between Friends Fort Worth semi-annual children’s and maternity consignment sale, held at the Will Rogers Memorial Center in Fort Worth March 1-7, 2011, features a colossal collection of name brand and boutique childrens spring and summer clothing, baby equipment, toys, and cribs. A portion of the sale proceeds as well as the unsold items are donated to local charitable organizations. These charities are Community Enrichment Centers Open Arms Program, Teen Lifeline, and Fort Worth Metro.

WHEN: Pre-Sale Events: (By invitation and for media only)

Tuesday, March 1st 7.00pm 11.00pm

Wednesday, March 2nd – 4.00pm 10.00pm

Public Events:

Thursday, March 3rd – 9.00am 5.00pm Prime Time Shopping Day

Friday, March 4th 10.00am 7.00pm

Saturday, March 5th 10.00am 7.00pm

Sunday, March 6th 1.00pm 7.00pm 25% off sale day

Monday, March 7th – 9.00am 7.00pm 50% off sale day

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Just Between Friends Franchise Systems Inc. Sells Its 95th Franchise

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Tulsa, OK (Vocus) July 2, 2009

Just Between Friends (JBF), the nation’s leading maternity and children’s consignment sales event franchise, has announced that it has sold its 95th franchise, as moms across the country are embracing the consignment concept during this recession.

“Last August, we had 61 franchises across the country. In less than one year we have nearly doubled in size and we attribute much of that growth to the recession as more families across the country search for ways to save money and earn money and are turning to Just Between Friends to help. Many of our new franchise owners are women who have left the corporate world and see JBF as a great business opportunity. Others are families who are opening a franchise as an investment in their future,” explains Shannon Wilburn, President and co-founder of Just Between Friends.

Just Between Friends Franchises are also reporting an increase in sales – some as high as 40 percent – with the average increase hitting 25 percent, as families across the U.S. search for ways to save money. It is part of a national trend. The National Association of Resale Shops reports that sales at second hand shops are up 30 percent nationwide.

“Consigning fills several economic necessities in the lives of American families,” said Daven Tackett, vice president of JBF and mother of two teen daughters, “Even higher income families are looking for ways to save during these uncertain times. Just Between Friends also offers tens of thousands of families the opportunity to earn money, by selling new and gently used items. Our consignors tag their own items and set their own price and can earn up to 75 percent of the sale price.”

Just Between Friends is an unusual business model in that franchise owners have 2 or 3 big sales events a year – one in the fall and one in the spring. Local families sign up as consignors and sell their new and gently used children’s and maternity items. Consignors set prices for their own items and earn up to 75 percent of the sales while the local franchise owners provide the venue and promote the sale. Consignors receive their check within two weeks of the event. In 2008, gross sales across the country topped 6.8 million and in 2009, sales are projected to top 10 million.

Just Between Friends was founded in 1997 in a living room in Tulsa, Oklahoma when President Shannon Wilburn was a mom of two young children. She and her friend Daven Tackett hosted a sale, invited 20 friends to be consignors and promoted it in their neighborhood. Their gross sales were about $ 2,000. The idea caught on and grew each season in Tulsa. In 2003, they formed Just Between Friends Franchise Systems, Inc. and began selling franchises. As of July 1, 2009, they have 95 franchises in 20 states with 10 more under development. They have received national attention on several national television shows including ABC News, Good Morning America, Inside Edition and CNBC’s The Big Idea and recently taped a segment for CNN News. They have also been featured in The Seattle Times, Sacramento Bee, LA Times, Daily Oklahoman and broadcast outlets in dozens of cities across the country including Dallas, Houston, Minneapolis, Denver and Seattle.

For more information on Just Between Friends, visit http://www.jbfsale.com or contact Diane White at 918-794-3555 or by email at DianeWhite (at) jbfsale (dot) com.

Media Kit – http://jbfsale.com/files/JBFMediaKit0209.pdf

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Recession Relief for Back-to-School with Just Between Friends

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Denver, CO (Vocus) July 8, 2009

With the jobless rate at an all time high and the recession affecting families across the country, many are searching for ways to save. Just Between Friends (JBF) is helping thousands of families throughout the Denver region make ends meet. With four local events, families are able to earn some cash quickly while also saving money on everything they need for their families.

Just Between Friends is the largest ‘kids’ gear and resale event’ in the Denver area and the moms who run these events are getting ready for their biggest fall event ever, with huge discounts for shoppers. JBF also gives families the chance to earn money, by selling the items their children have outgrown.

There are four JBF events in the Denver metro area, kicking off August 7th.

JBF-Broomfield/Westminster

DoctorsHealthPress.com Lends its Support to New Research Showing Link Between Stress and Breast Cancer

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Boston, MA (PRWEB) March 31, 2012

The Doctors Health Press, a publisher of various natural health newsletters, books and reports, including the popular online Doctors Health Press e-Bulletin, is lending its support to a new health breakthrough from Florida that has shown that managing stress can have enormous benefits for women diagnosed with breast cancer.

As reported in Doctors Health Press e-Bulletin on Wednesday, March 28, 2012 (http://www.doctorshealthpress.com/cancer-articles/breast-cancer/the-link-between-stress-and-a-specific-cancer), researchers found that stress management can affect the processes that promote tumors at a cellular level. It is one of the first studies to link psychological treatments with having effects on genes in cancer patients.

The stress management program affects which genes in the cells of the immune system are turned on and off. This may provide better recovery during treatment for breast cancer. Women were able to psychologically adapt better to the whole notion of undergoing cancer treatment. And there were physical changes that showed women recovered better.

The Doctors Health Press e-Bulletin article reports that this study showed that tackling stress helps support cancer treatment and most importantly promote recovery over the first year. Past research has shown that during times of adversity, a person’s nervous and endocrine system sends signals to the immune system, which defends one from disease. In response, the body activates specific genes inside immune cells called white blood cells.

For women in the program, researchers say that their bodies were producing more molecules associated with a healthy immune system. At the same time, genes responsible for the production of substances linked to cancer progression were shut down more.

The Doctors Health Press e-Bulletin article further mentioned that the program in question was 10 weeks of combined relaxation, imagery, and deep breathing, along with cognitive behavior therapy. These are hallmarks of meditation and stress relief. They are designed to help patients reduce bodily tension, change the way they deal with stressful thoughts, decrease negative moods, and improve their interpersonal communication skills.

(SOURCE: Behavioral Stress Management Reverses Anxiety-Related Leukocyte Transcriptional Dynamics,” Biological Psychiatry, published online Mar. 18, 2012.)

Doctors Health Press e-Bulletin is a daily e-letter providing natural health news with a focus on natural healing through foods, herbs and other breakthrough health alternative treatments. For more information on Doctors Health Press, visit http://www.doctorshealthpress.com.

Victor Marchione, MD is the Chairman of the Doctors Health Press Editorial Board. He is also the editor of The Food Doctor and has released a new video revealing 12 fighting foods to help virtually all of your current health problems. To see the video, visit http://www.doctorshealthpress.com/12-fighting-foods.

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Recession Relief for Back-to-School with Just Between Friends

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Colorado Springs, CO (Vocus) August 15, 2009

With the jobless rate at an all time high and the recession affecting families across the country, many are searching for ways to save. Just Between Friends (JBF) is helping thousands of families throughout the Colorado Springs region make ends meet. With one local event, families are able to earn some cash quickly while also saving money on everything they need for their families.

Just Between Friends is the largest children’s and maternity consignment event in Colorado Springs and is getting ready for its biggest fall event ever, with huge discounts for shoppers. JBF also gives families the chance to earn money, by selling the items their children have outgrown.

Just Between Friends is accepting consignors through August 17th and the event opens to the public on August 21st.

JBF-Colorado Springs

SCI Torque 4 Strengthens Lead and Sales Collaboration Between OEM and Dealers

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Toronto, Ontario (PRWEB) September 11, 2009

SCI Ltd., today announced that automotive companies and their independent dealer networks can now have single-source visibility across their entire marketing and sales process. Using SCI’s proven solution, Torque 4.0, automotive enterprises can create sales reporting and marketing effectiveness analytics at all levels of the organization. This new version of software is an advanced lead consolidation and management Software as a Service (Saas) solution for the Automotive industry.

Improved visibility pinpoints opportunities for better field operations alignment, effective first responses to potential customers and substantial closing rates improvement, which ultimately provides “the missing link” for collaboration in handling prospective sales within a franchised system.

Auto Industry Problem – Patchwork approach to Internet leads

Traditionally the auto sector has attempted to build, manage and deploy online marketing and sales activities through a patchwork of internal and 3rd party solutions, which require significant resources to sustain, coordinate, and administer. Subsequently, OEMs and dealers have suffered from delays in customer response times, sales and marketing cost overruns, online functionality shortfalls and delivery failures.

“Improving the on line customer experience is achieved by radically improving the interplay between the manufacturer, its marketing agency and the dealers. This is not easy,” said Chris Cawston, President and CEO of SCI Ltd. “We built Torque to bridge the gulf between the independent dealers and their manufacturers with ‘truth in analysis’ and connected marketing and lead management processes in mind. In doing so, SCI has assisted OEMs and its agencies to achieve significant and meaningful improvements increases in sales.”

SCI Torque Version 4 features and enhancements

A streamlined, integrated lead process that coordinates the efforts of the OEM, its dealers, and associated marketing agencies, while enabling variable customer lead treatment based on inputs such as source, type, characteristics, customer scores, channel, brand and vehicle of interest eliminates risk, reduces costs and resource requirements and delivers dramatic improvements to OEM’s and dealers. This provides all players in the retail process (OEM, Dealers, Agencies) with a strong competitive advantage and provides prospective customers with a superior shopping experience.

Improve customer response and contact

With approximately 85% of vehicle purchase decisions starting online, consumers that don’t receive timely and prescriptive answers to their questions will defect. Rapid response to customer leads is the first step in establishing a high quality customer experience and it is key in building and retaining loyalty. Torque 4 provides dealers and OEMs with the tools to quickly provide a tailored, customer centric response to leads in order to increase sales and to improve the customer purchase experience.

Personalization of customer response and contact

Torque 4 provides a data rich view of the customer, which encompasses sales and ownership history, household information and customer demographics, enabling dealers to provide a personalized response to that customer.

Detailed Analytics allows iterative dealer improvement

A key value proposition is the ability to drive continuous improvement of the enterprise sales process, through a comprehensive understanding of ‘what works’ and ‘what doesn’t’. By virtue of having control and visibility across the entire marketing and sales process, SCI Torque is able to provide reporting and analytics at all levels to drive and communicate continuous improvements.

Closer examination of marketing and advertising spend

Torque 4 allows OEMs to closely examine and assess all marketing program spending in one consolidated tool (regardless of Agency involved), and understand the true effectiveness of that spend – marketing spend linked to leads generated, linked to dealer response, linked to close rate. Automotive marketing professionals can manage multiple agencies, integrate disparate marketing processes (e.g., web banner ads, OEM web sites, events, and publications). It also enables a comprehensive, holistic view of program spend, lead generation, and sales rates.

About SCI

SCI is the market leader in retail process solutions for the automotive retail channel, through the current offering of lead consolidation, delivery, lead and lifecycle management products. The Company currently supports in excess of 6500 automotive dealers in the United States and Canada. Based on a “SaaS” (Software- as-a-Service) model, SCI’s enterprise retail process management solutions significantly improve automotive retail channel effectiveness helping to increase the sale of new and used vehicles, service, parts and accessories as well as customer retention, across an OEM enterprise and its network of dealers. More information on SCI can be found on http://www.scitorque.com.

For more information, or to arrange a product demonstration, contact:

Kathryn Schwab

PRceptive Communications Inc.

(M) 613-858-4407

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David Claerbout at MART; perception shifts between analogue and digital, and between photographic and video art in Rovereto, Italy

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Rovereto, Italy (PRWEB) October 27, 2012

The MART – Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto (Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Trento and Rovereto, Italy) presents the first personal exhibition to be dedicated in Italy to the Belgian video artist David Claerbout (Kortrijk, Belgium, 1969).

The exhibition curated by Saretto Cincinelli opens on October 26, 2012 and closes on January 13, 2013, offering the Italian public the opportunity to explore the artistic production of one of the most innovative international artists to work with moving images. In recent years, David Claerbout’s work has been the object of a series of important personal shows (Centre Pompidou, Paris, 2007; De Pont Museum for Contemporary Art, Netherlands, 2009; Wiels, Brussels; San Francisco Museum of Art, 2011; Secession, Vienna; Parasol Unit Foundation for Contemporary Art, London, 2012) and international exhibitions focusing on the interest shown by contemporary artists in the dimension of time in cinema and video.

Designed in close collaboration with the artist, the exhibition offers for the first time in Italy an important overview of Claerbout’s video-installations. His works explore that status of the image in its double nature of image-time and image-movement. MART aims to introduce the Italian public to a form of research that makes it possible to understand how digital media can be used in a way that is not simply spectacular while opening to new perceptive, aesthetic and conceptual horizons for the contemporary vision. David Claerbout does not present time in the image but rather the time of the image. The artist literally brings us face to face with the matter of perception, and this generates a plurality of paradoxes disturbing the observer’s normal vision, inviting him to open his eyes.

The exhibition layout by architect Pedro Sousa changed completely the natural hierarchy of the spaces at the first floor of the museum, creating a total environment in which works and architecture appear totally integrated to the point that it’s hard to establish if it’s the artwork that modulates the space, or the space which has been prepared to receive it.

The work of David Claerbout reveals itself as a continued calling into question of the mental frameworks with which we perceive the combination of space and time. In each work, the artist helps us understand how a certain culture of technical images has definitively changed with the development of digital processing, opening up to new perceptive, aesthetic and conceptual horizons, enabling video to establish itself as a space of infinite hybridisation and overlapping, in which the filmic and photographic find a new complicity and possibility of dialogue. Through David Claerbout’s works we can understand to what point the latest technologies have enabled us to go beyond the visual categories of the last century, freeing the photographic from photography and the filmic from cinematography.

Among the works of David Claerbout on show at MART in Rovereto, Bordeaux Piece (2004), which shows an action repeated almost identically over a period of time that instead transforms itself silently from dawn to night in its monumental duration. More than a deconstruction of a narrative situation, this is a sort of temporal enchantment that, unnoticed, shifts the stress from the duration of the event to the event of the duration; Sections of Happy Moment (2007), fixes the multiplicity of the points of view in an expanded instant, interminably stretching the time of its duration and making us perceive the spatial simultaneity as a temporal progression; Riverside (2009), like many of the works of David Claerbout, plays with the observers preconceived expectations to shows two events taking place in a single place but evidently at different times as though they were taking place at the same time; The American Room (2009-2010), in which imperceptible and extremely sophisticated interventions tend to call into doubt the authority of photographic fixity, filmic movement and spatial distance, producing within the observer a sensation of being able to move freely within the congealed time of a photograph; The Quiet Shore (2011), with its enchantment of an instant, reveals the artist interest for what we might define the threshold of vision, a threshold that seems to thrust the image and narrative back to the stage of its being introduced, when it still seems able to maintain intact all of its potential.

The personal exhibition of David Claerbout at MART in Rovereto opens on October 26, 2012, at the same time of the exhibition La Magnifica Ossessione (The Magnificent Obsession) #magnificentobsession), and will be open to the public in Rovereto until January 13, 2013. More information on David Claerbout at MART in Rovereto is available at the MART website http://english.mart.trento.it/davidclaerbout. Further news and updates on David Claerbout exhibition at MART Rovereto will be available on Twitter following the hashtag #martclaerbout and MART Twitter account @mart_museum.

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David Claerbout

Born in 1969 in Belgium, David Claerbout dedicated himself mainly to video since 1996. The video artist currently lives and works in Antwerp and Berlin and his research concentrates on the temporal dialogue between photography and video. Since his earliest works, such as Untitled (Single-Channel View) (1998- 2000), Claerbout destructures both narrative normally attributable to video and instantaneousness normally ascribable to photography, binding the two media together and digitally reprocessing what were initially created as analogical images. One of the most internationally well-known artists of his generation, few of his works have been screened in Italy (The Algiers Sections of a Happy Moment and The American Room). Some of Claerbouts most recent personal exhibitions include: Centre Pompidou (Paris, 2007), MoMA San Francisco (2011), Parasol Unit (London, 2012) and Secession (Vienna, 2012). Works by David Claerbout are included in the permanent collections of Centre Pompidou, ARC Musee d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich, Hamburger Bahnhof in Berlin, and MoMA San Francisco.

MART – Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto

MART – Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto (Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Trento and Rovereto, Italy) celebrates its first 10 years of activity featuring several exhibitions, performance and interventions; among others, those from Hermann Nitsch, David Claerbout, Paco Cao, Emilio Isgro’, Liliana Moro, Christian Fogarolli, Paolo Meoni, and the year-long exhibition “La Magnifica Ossessione” (The Magnificent Obsession). The 2012-13 calendar of MART is available online at the MART website http://www.mart.tn.it.

Press Office MART

Corso Bettini, 43 – 38068 Rovereto (Trento, Italy)

Head of Communication: Flavia Fossa Margutti

Press Office contacts: Luca Melchionna / Clementina Rizzi

Email: press(at)mart.trento.it

Tel: (+39) 0464 454.124 / 127