March 2026
Presentation Wednesday April 1st, 6.30 pm,
Ecologia letteraria e altri scritti di ecocritica, by Serenella Iovino, published by Edizioni Ambiente. With Serenella Iovino
We humans are animals that tell stories, and culture is the result of our evolution. Novels, works of art, and music are not abstract “spiritual” elements disconnected from our physicality, but rather a feature of the material life of our species.
We need an imagination that helps us break out of our species boundaries, an imagination that recognizes and gives voice to the whole world that we consider “other” but which is instea
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March 2026
Presentation Thursday, April 2nd, 7 pm,
Il designer senza qualità, by Silvio Lorusso, published by Krisis Publishing. Silvio Lorusso in dialogue with Stefano Cipolla
Design is optimistic by nature: it seeks to solve problems and, in doing so, create preferable conditions. Yet, the thinking behind it abounds with expressions of skepticism, dissatisfaction, and even resentment. Rather than being dismissed as anomalies, can these “sad passions” shed light on the blind spots of the discipline? Can disillusionment represent something more than mere disappointment? Can it, for example, translate into an emotional method for bringing dysfunctions and contradictions to light? Th
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March 2026
Presentation Wednesday, April 8th, 7 pm,
Il Senso Sottile. Lo spazio e il tempo nella fotografia di Guido Guidi, by Cristina Musiani. Published by Quinlan. Cristina Musiani in dialogue with Chiara Capodici
Cristina Musiani’s essay is inspired by Le Corbusier’s thinking on the cognitive aspects of the gaze and architecture as a visual device that relates to space, key themes in Guido Guidi’s photography. Through three interviews, which conclude the three chapters of the book, the research is supported by Guidi’s own voice, giving primary importance to his thinking. The starting point is the idea of an architectural frame associated with the id
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