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PODCAST | Many Possible Cities

PODCAST

Talks and interviews from Many Possible Cities festival.

curated by Radio Papesse

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Many Possible Cities is the a festival from Manifattura Tabacchi on urban regeneration: 3 days of talks, workshops and exhibitions to stimulate the minds of those who are imagining and planning the city of tomorrow, exploring ideas that look at art, the temporary use of spaces, and green thinking.

During Many Possible Cities Radio Papesse will be curating a three-day live broadcast from Manifattura Tabacchi, to start answering some of the most urgent questions that blossom along the way of urban regenerators and cultural practitioners seeking a balance between independence and sustainability.

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Art as a means of acting, relating and reflecting on spaces undergoing processes of regeneration

With Andreas Angelidakis, Andrea Bartoli (Farm Cultural Park), Cristiana Perrella (Centro per l’arte contemporanea Luigi Pecci), Ippolito Pestellini Laparelli (architect and curator)
in english
A meeting of diverse experiences of how art can create new identities and new meanings. Art can be seen as a very real vehicle for rethinking cities and how we can bring new meanings to pre-existing places as it develops new interactions between people and the space, it helps our understanding of the cities where we live and sparks the imagination into thinking about the city we would like to live in.

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Global Tools 1973–1975: When education coincides with life

With Valerio Borgonuovo and Silvia Franceschini, authors of the book. Moderates Caterina Taurelli Salimbeni (MIM – Made in Manifattura)
in italian
The volume Global Tools 1973–1975: When education coincides with life (NERO Editions, Rome 2018) documents the eponymous experience of Radical Design and the multidisciplinary didactic design programme it founded in Florence in 1973. The authors Silvia Franceschini and Valerio Borgonuovo have created a book that is both a commentary and an impressive visual archive that brings together essays by international authors and reproductions of many original documents.

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From Spaces to Places: strategies for the adaptive reuse of buildings and spaces

With Kendall Tichner (Industry City, New York), Johan Nicolas (La Friche la Belle de Mai, Marseille), Adam Thorpe (UAL – Central Saint Martins, Design Against Crime, London). Moderates Marco Tognetti (LAMA – Developing change)
in english
Industry City, a major centre for cultural production in New York, La Friche la Belle de Mai, an ex-tobacco factory in Marseille that has been converted into a multifunctional public space, and Kings Cross, a London borough which has become a new hub for culture and creativity. Comparing urban regeneration strategies put into action in these three international cities.

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The future of cities through resilience, adaptation and access

With Indy Johar (Dark Matters Labs) and Gregory Eve (greenApes).
in english
Our cities are at the forefront of challenges posed by climate change and consequent natural disasters. At the same time, urban areas are the principal sites for experimentation with new solutions, not only in securing spaces and buildings and preparing them for these challenges, but above all in the active contribution that cities can have in the improvement of environmental conditions at a local and global level.

interview

Andrea Bartoli | 10 years of Farm Cultural Park

in italian
Notary since 2000. He is a consultant in strategic planning, feasibility and management of public and private cultural organizations. With Florinda, life partner and accomplice of all his initiatives, in June 2010 they gave birth to Farm Cultural Park, a new generation Cultural Center, winner of numerous awards, including the prestigious award of the American Foundation of the same name Curry Stone Design Prize, as one of the 100 international experiences that have produced the greatest social impact in the world in the last ten years.

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Andreas Angelidakis | PONTE

in english
Andreas Angelidakis describes himself as “an architect who doesn’t build.” Instead he utilizes an artistic voice that switches between the languages of architecture, curating, writing, and the internet. He often speaks about spaces, buildings, and the society that inhabits them, with the exhibition format acting as a vehicle for his ideas and a medium for his artistic practice.

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Kendall Tichner | From Industry City to Los Angeles

in english
With a passion for urban planning and agriculture, Kendall spent 10 years transforming abandoned factories into bustling campuses for creatives and entrepreneurs. She launched Industry City and Mana Contemporary and consults on other urban mega projects, including Ponce City Market and Chelsea Market. She is the founder of the Collision Project, an art platform that facilitates queer and marginalized artists to exhibit large-scale work in public spaces.

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Valerio Borgonuovo and Silvia Franceschini, the Global Tools experience

in italian
The volume Global Tools 1973–1975: When education coincides with life (NERO Editions, Rome 2018) documents the eponymous experience of Radical Design and the multidisciplinary didactic design programme it founded in Florence in 1973. The authors Silvia Franceschini and Valerio Borgonuovo have created a book that is both a commentary and an impressive visual archive that brings together essays by international authors and reproductions of many original documents.

interview

The regeneration project of Manifattura Tabacchi

in italian
Caterina Taurelli Salimbeni and Riccardo Luciani | Art in temporary use of spaces

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