There are Hans Ulrich Obrist and Salvatore Peluso, Fulvia Carnevale and Ippolito Pestellini Laparelli, Marco Sammicheli and Nicolas Bellavance-Lecompte: the intelligentsia of the world of design that appeals, attracts and intrigues, seems to have laid the table for a summer of inspirational exhibitions and performances. The encounters on show in Italy, Europe, and around the world design a very dense yet wide-ranging map. From Castelbuono to London, from Shanghai to Lido di Spina, culture is an experience to be shared not only in traditional institutional places, but also in small towns scattered across the country. House museums, themed clubs, galleries and public spaces are accessible and democratic stages of sharing, where people can meet, swap experiences and produce knowledge.
Salvatore Peluso, curator and independent journalist, reminds us of this with his precise and radical lunge into ecological practices, never disjoined from social issues. And we are reminded of this by Alessandra Covini and Giovanni Bellotti of Studio Ossidiana, with their installation at the Bruges Triennial, a space that lives and changes like a chimera. We are on the verge of a new utopia and the image of a legendary creature supplants the now obsolete concept of organism, a scientific term, tailored to viruses.
Do we really want to try to change the fate of the planet? A good way to do this is to embrace Claire Fontaine’s feminist commitment, support Marinella Senatore’s participatory activism, and practice intangibility as a form of educational experience. Let’s travel in July, we’ll have the opportunity to swap experiences in September. Enjoy the trip and happy holidays.