The department of Industrial Arts & Design of the IUAV in Venice, together at the aMAZE cultural lab in Milan offer a moment of reflection in collaboration with the Venice Biennale.

An experimental and multi-disciplinary debate on “case study” cities (Istanbul, Beirut, Nicosia, Tel Aviv, Alexandria, Barcelona and Venice), on contemporary perceptions of the city, as well as on the theme of new territories. Migratory flows of people, cultures and economies. The writing on the walls of contemporary city-territories, open maps with multiple meanings between their emotional, geographical, historical and social layers.

International seminar; publishing and journalistic presentations; conferences and video projections, visual materials, on the subject Atlante Mediterraneo. New City-Territories. Check out the program.

In collaboration with international universities and institutions:

Platform Garanti, Istanbul; Artos Foundation, Nicosia; Gudran Association for Art and Development, Alexandria; Ashkal Alwan Association, Beirut; Can Xalant Cultural Center, Matarò/Barcelona; Transit Project, Barcelona; Goldsmiths University of London, Department of Visual Cultures; Barcelona University, Metropolis-Post Graduate Program in Architecture and Urban Culture; Alexandria University, Department of Visual Art and Architecture; Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem University; University of Cyprus, Department of Social and Political Sciences.

With the support: Anna Lindh Foundation, Alexandria; European Cultural Foundation, Amsterdam

INFO:

IUAV Università di Venezia

DADI - Dipartimento Arti Disegno Industriale

Dorsoduro 2206 - ex convento delle Terese

30123 Venezia

tel +39 0412571330     fax +39 041257139 

dadi@iuav.it   - www.iuav.it   

MAST - Museo Arte Sociale e Territoriale

aMAZElab

Via Cola Montano 8

20159 Milano

tel/fax +39 02 6071623

info@amaze.it  - www.amaze.it