PISTOIA, medieval city, conceals a contemporary fervour. Are you curious to discover all the places that create this particular geometric shape on the city map? Then follow us on our urban exploration, in search of independent spaces born to share contemporary art and creativity, in the Italian Capital of Culture 2017! * Text & Map by Ilenia Vecchio | Graphic by Michele Moricci * #CCTravellers2017
SEETIES A column open to everyone’s contribution and born with the intention of telling female protagonists of past and contemporary History through the places of our cities. #PLACEStoseeWOMENtoknow
PRATO e Val di Bisenzio, tra storia e arte contemporanea, in una serie di eventi con tour e mostre… (ed un workshop speciale). Ecco cosa è stato TAI 2017. Alla prossima edizione! 🙂
EUROPE Dozens of migrants climb onto an overcrowded truck. Their goal: to escape to Europe. When they arrive after an exhausting journey, another brutal reality awaits them: the European treatment of refugees. A short film directed by Fabio Friedli.
PISTOIA We won’t tell you where they are, but you will have to play, like kids, touring the city to discover these and maybe other details…
PRATO “In Val di Bisenzio c’è un’astronave. L’ha usata Luca per andare su Marte e salvare la sua ragazza. Peccato che la sua ragazza-androide, una volta tornata in vita, gli abbia sparato in faccia. Sono Luca e Patrizio del collettivo John Snellinberg a mostrarmela mentre dorme in un garage sotto una coperta, in attesa del prossimo volo interplanetario.” Un’altra storia (vera) di Chiara Grondana, un altro viaggio per i confini della città. #CCTravellers2016
PISTOIA and its local culture in a video about the feeling of worship, tradition and the fragility of human life. A (true) story by Niamh Farrelly & Christian Charles. #CCTravellers2017
PISTOIA e la Musica. Un viaggio a tre tappe: un festival Jazz nel borgo di Serravalle; un museo di percussioni da tutto il mondo, con una collezione che vanta strumenti suonati da musicisti come Puccini e Verdi fino ai The Rolling Stones; e poi un laboratorio di arte sonora dove si inventano strumenti per tutti, anche per chi non sa suonare, e tra i quali spicca un tamburo che imita perfettamente le onde del Mar Mediterraneo. Ecco il racconto di Eleonora Tricarico, ovvero TricaricOvunque! • #CCTravellers2017
PISTOIA “In the tropical Butterfly House in the gardens of Villa Garzoni there is a piranha. I stand staring for a few moments at the fish with the deadpan face, shimmering reddish yellow scales and huge eyes. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a piranha at such close range.” Continue reading this (true) story by Nora Nadjarian | #CCTravellers2017
PISTOIA “The noise of the wheels on the still-warm tile of the patio woke my companions up; it was past 2 AM when I reached the plant nursery and the flat surrounded by yuccas, exhausted from a long car drive and wandering around in the middle of nowhere. Pistoia and its asleep villas seemed to be a lookout checking for strangers like me; I rushed in with no other expectation than a good night of sleep and here they were, waiting for me.” Continue reading this (true) story by Marie Beckrich | illustration: Tom Treadway | #CCTravellers2017
PRATO When the city was invaded by the Lego-CCTravellers2016! 🙂
GENOVA, Sestri Levante. “Non stava. Lui camminava, avanti e indietro sul pontile reso ristorante. Tutto era avvolto dal mare, lui per primo. (…)”
