“(D)estructura”, at Cittadellarte a workshop on the future of the new generations As part of the "Belvedere" project involving the Municipality of Candelo and Cittadellarte, a workshop aimed at young people from the province of Biella will be carried out on Thursday 19 May from 3 to 5 pm in the spaces of Fondazione Pistoletto. The activity, which is free, intents to give voice to a target group of students and weave a network of relations able to launch urban interventions and projects as a result of moments of collective debate, contributing to starting a potential improvement of the territory in the short and long term. Redazione, 13/05/2022 Read more
“Learning Archipelago”: three days of talks, workshops and conferences about Biella’s educational community Art, learning, creativity, innovation, new generations. A series of cultural events on these themes has been organised for 12, 13 and 14 May as part of the exhibition-workshop "Biella Città Arcipelago": two book presentations at Biella’s Civic Library proposed in collaboration with the #fuoriluogo festival – "Neo-mutualism. Redesigning competitiveness and welfare from below" by Paolo Venturi and Flaviano Zandonai, and two books from the "Zoe Salvamondo" series by Ruggero Poi –; the workshops for schools "Mestieri in Fiera" curated by Filo da Tessere, held in the spaces of Cittadellarte – Fondazione Pistoletto; the conference "Learning Arcipelago, the Biellese Educating Territory", also at Cittadellarte. Luca Deias, 04/05/2022 Read more
“Art Night”, on Rai 5 a documentary on the history of the Biennale On Friday 22 April, at 9.15 pm, Rai 5 will broadcast a documentary dedicated to the history of the Venice Art Biennale. The feature will also include an interview with Michelangelo Pistoletto focusing on the Biella-born artist's connections with and participations in a number of previous editions of the international exhibition. Redazione, 21/04/2022 Read more
“Care of Oneself and Care of the Other”, a mail art exhibition opens at Cittadellarte From 22 April to 22 May, Fondazione Pistoletto will be hosting the exhibition resulting from a call for proposals by the ASL BI Training and Human Resources Development Service in collaboration with Cittadellarte and Fondazione Bonotto. The exhibition features 2176 works of mail art created by authors of different generations and from all over the world. "Initially - said Vincenzo Alastra, Head of the ASL BI Training Service - our call was addressed to secondary school students only, but with great joy we discovered that the importance of the theme of care also reaches younger as well as older people". Redazione, 20/04/2022 Read more
“Biella Città Arcipelago”, at Cittadellarte a public meeting for a Biella observatory of water The talk on the theme of water, scheduled for Tuesday 12 April at 4pm, will be held in the space of Fondazione Pistoletto housing the exhibition "Biella Città Arcipelago", and will involve twelve speakers from different fields. The conference, organised in collaboration with the project S+T+ARTS4Water, is one of the initiatives proposed by TACT, the winning project of the third edition of the Creative Living Lab call promoted by the General Directorate for Contemporary Creativity of the Ministry of Culture. It will be possible to take part in the meeting in person or remotely: here is how to participate. Luca Deias, 06/04/2022 Read more
“Debate Academy”: when speech meets critical sense under the light of the Third Paradise From 8 to 11 March 2022, during the four days of the Debate Academy, Rebirth/Third Paradise ambassadress Sonia Barale, together with the students of the Baruffi high school in Ceva and Ormea, created an eco-sustainable fabric drape made from recycled PET bottles. The drape represents Michelangelo Pistoletto's trinamic symbol, reinterpreted in an educational and artistic way for the children. “We tried to express the Debate Academy by linking it to Michelangelo Pistoletto’s Rebirth project," said Barale, “as young people can learn to debate in public also through demopractical practices associated to eco-sustainability, art and civic education". Elena Orofino, 31/03/2022 Read more
“Capolavori”, a talk with Michelangelo Pistoletto and Gianna Nannini in Rome Teatro Biblioteca Quarticciolo, in co-production with Zerynthia, presents a cycle of three events combining the exhibition of a work of art with a live reading of the artist's writings, with different participants on each evening. The evening of 4 April will be dedicated to Michelangelo Pistoletto's "Porta rossa – Il Terzo Paradiso" (Red Door – The Third Paradise) and Gianna Nannini's vocal sculpture "Mama". The event, starting at 9 p.m., will be a live talk between the artist from Biella and the singer-songwriter from Siena. Redazione, 30/03/2022 Read more
“Fluviale 2022” a programme curated by Spazio Hydro / better places. At Cittadellarte two days dedicated to the river, with performances, workshops, talks and excursions The first stage of the 2022 programme, scheduled for Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 March, will be centred on the theme of "the river as a common" with a focus on the rights of water bodies. The initiative, which will take place between the spaces of Fondazione Pistoletto and the river Cervo, is part of TACT, the winning project of the public call Creative Living Lab (third edition), promoted by the General Directorate for Contemporary Creativity of the Ministry of Culture. Redazione, 24/03/2022 Read more
