Città vs Campagna

Co-ordinated by Lorenza Baroncelli, Triennale Milano’s Artistic Director, the meeting’s speakers will include: Stefano Boeri, Triennale Milano President, and Giovanna Melandri, President of Maxxi, who will look at the rebirth of the villages theme; Domenico De Masi, sociologist, who will speak of the way the pandemic is transforming the world of work; Ezio Manzini, design for sustainability scholar, who will consider the 15-minute city concept; and Luca Bergamo, Rome Councillor for Culture, and Tommaso Sacchi, Florence Councillor for Culture who will analyse the changes taking place in the historic city centres. An extract from the film Omelia contadina (Peasant Omelia) by Alice Rohrwacher and JR will be screened at the opening of the meeting. Its director, Alice Rohrwacher, will describe the way the film was conceived as cinematic action designed to stave off the disappearance of thousands of years of farming culture. Furthermore, part of the event will be devoted to constructing a reference bibliography for the city-village relationship, with writers Sarah Gainsforth, Roberta Petronio and Roberto Staglianò introducing their books.