2016 Programme
Event #31
Alessandro Dal Lago, Serena Giordano, Ex Voto
Graffiti, tags and murals: when art extends to walls
Graffiti, tags and murals are spreading throughout the world. Some – like the volunteers of “aestheticism”, the defenders of the candor of walls and mural cleanliness – would like to erase them. But there are also those who want to protect them, and even remove them for their market value. What are the stakes in this battle? What is the difference between street art and contemporary art and what is the nature of contemporary battles on graffiti? What emerges is a broadening of art's boundaries and particularly the will of subjects who had previously been unable to speak their opinion and take control of the aesthetics of their city, or to express their protest or simple irony. The graffiti war turns out to be the artistic version of an old conflict around the issue: who owns the city?
has taught Sociology of culture in Milan, Bologna, Genoa and abroad. He has written essays on art with S. Giordano, including L’artista e il potere (il Mulino, 2014) and Graffiti. Arte e ordine pubblico (il Mulino, 2016), as well as the books Clic! Grillo, Casaleggio e la demagogia elettronica (Cronopio, 2013), I benpensanti (Il Melangolo, 2014) and the novel Le avventure di Ismail (Il Melangolo, 2015).
is a “madonnaro”: since 2010 he has worked in Rome reinterpreting the Marian icon to update it to urban culture.
works as an illustrator and videoartist. She is a teacher at the Fine Arts Academy of Palermo. She has published the books Fuori cornice. L’arte oltre l’arte (Einaudi 2008); Disimparare l’arte. Manuale di antididattica (2012), Mercanti d’aura (con A. Dal Lago, 2006), L’artista e il potere (2014), Graffiti. Arte e ordine pubblico (con A. Dal Lago, 2016), all published by Il Mulino.
Event #7
Alberto Mantovani
Immunity and the brain: a dialogue between two chief systems. From memory to vaccines.
Event #8Approfonditamente
Simona Argentieri, Stefano Gastaldi, Giovanna Montinari
New males: as teenagers, in couples, as fathers
Event #10
Ramak Fazel, Giorgio Vasta, Michele Lupi
Across the American deserts: a voyage through 20th century collective imagination
Event #15Approfonditamente
Paolo Boccara, Paola Carbone, Giuseppe Riefolo
The analyst at the movies: thinking by images
Event #25Approfonditamente
Paolo Cornaglia Ferraris, Giorgio Gazzolo, Nicola Gomirato, Gianvito Martino, Luca Pani, Enrico Valtellina
Asperger Talk Show
Event #30
Bruno Arpaia, Alessandro Zaccuri
The memory of space. The rubble of climate and rubbish in our homes
Event #31Approfonditamente
Alessandro Dal Lago, Serena Giordano, Ex Voto
Graffiti, tags and murals: when art extends to walls
Event #38
Paolo Rumiz, Alessandro Scillitani
The voice of the road. Words, sounds and images gathered along via Appia
