Cultural Supplement
Michelangelo Pistoletto presents “Arte Povera at Cittadellarte”
December saw the publication of the 37th issue of DocBi's annual bulletin, which this year has a monographic nature and for the second time is dedicated to the theme of collecting. The book "Studi e ricerche sul Biellese" (Studies and researches on the Biellese territory) also features an unpublished contribution by Michelangelo Pistoletto. Here is the text by the Biellese artist on Cittadellarte’s Arte Povera collection.
Michelangelo Pistoletto, 12/01/2023
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Making war for peace is like …
Paolo Naldini, director of Cittadellarte, proposes a reflection on Michele Santoro's programme “Forbidden Peace”, analysing its contents and points of debate and then highlighting a series of parallels between the presenter's considerations and those that emerged in his own previous editorial on the Russian-Ukrainian crisis. “We might ask: why is it forbidden?,” Naldini said in reference to peace and to the name of the show, “I think the main and simple reason is that someone might realise that there is a way to stop the war, and that is to make peace”.
Paolo Naldini, 06/05/2022
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The first global war and the only solution
"We are witnessing a terrible battle in the Donbass and the way is paved towards a spiral leading to the apocalypse [...]. According to Sachs, the food crisis is already under way: between three and four billion people will suffer from severe food shortages. Half of the Earth's population will have no food. Taking one third of the grain supplies off the market, such is the contribution of Russia and Ukraine, is a condition that cannot be sustained". Francesco Monico, director of Accademia Unidee, offers our Journal a series of reflections on the Russian-Ukrainian crisis and on the consequences that the conflict may trigger at political and social levels on a global scale. Here is his editorial.
Francesco Monico, 02/05/2022
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The rennet of dreams
Paolo Naldini, director of Cittadellarte, proposes an editorial on the Venice Bienniale: “Having imagination in power”, he says, “is not enough, just as the power of imagination is not enough: we also need a good dose of practices, methods, prototypes and their actual results. The instances and ideas that inhabit the worlds that this Biennale invites us to (re)discover, not only seem to me to be fully valid, but I believe it would be appropriate for them to form the basis of any contemporary cultural operation committed to tackling the epochal challenges we are facing. So, fine. But in the Bienniales I would like to see, and which we need, there should be, in my opinion, much more. So what is missing in this milk of dreams? The rennet, the enzyme that makes dreams precipitate and gives them substance”.
Paolo Naldini, 27/04/2022
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