DAILY CHRONICLES

December 19, 2022

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HIGHLIGHTS
AND PRESS REVIEW

The two closing days of the Biennale were accompanied by the constant presence of journalists from La Gazzetta del Sud: the waterfront lines, the ten thousand applause, and the determination to continue a project that has the potential to turn intentions into real change, the testimonies of the protagonists, the awards, the awardees, and the passion of the team!

December 18, 2022

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December 17, 2022

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November 27, 2022

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The cities of Cervia and Genoa were awarded for their innovative projects and urban strategies by the mayors of the Metropolitan Cities of Reggio Calabria and Messina, along with awards for architecture, photography, and writing. The closing event of the Biennale dello Stretto will take place on the 17th and 18th at the National Archaeological Museum of Reggio Calabria.

November 26, 2022

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Oriol Capdevila Arus, from MBM Arquitectos, is the international guest at the center of the first day of proceedings of the Biennale dello Stretto in Messina, together with Maria Pina Usai, an architect who has worked on significant regeneration projects through culture.

November 24, 2022

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The second session of the Biennale dello Stretto at the Palacultura in Messina was a 2-day program filled with meetings featuring diverse figures, united by the belief that artistic, architectural, and literary culture can energize communities and relaunch territories within an international vision.

November 19, 2022

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The Anassilaos Cultural Association awarded the Architecture Prize to Alfonso Femia and the Culture Prize to the Biennale dello Stretto.

The award ceremony was reported by La Gazzetta del Sud.

November 18, 2022

ANASSILAOS AWARD CEREMONY

The Anassilaos Cultural Association awarded the Architecture Prize to Alfonso Femia and the Culture Prize to the Biennale dello Stretto.

The awards ceremony took place at the Teatro Cilea in Reggio Calabria, in an intense and emotional setting attended by researchers, philosophers, and public institutions. The event featured a double recognition: the Culture Prize was awarded to the Biennale dello Stretto, conceived by Alfonso Femia and curated together with Francesca Moraci, and devoloped in collaboration with the Order of the Architects of Reggio Calabria and its President Ilario Tassone; the Architecture Prize was awarded to Alfonso Femia for his international design and research career through his Atelier(s).

November 15, 2022

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The Anassilaos Cultural Association awarded the Architecture Prize to Alfonso Femia. The awards ceremony will take place on November 18 at the Teatro Cilea in Reggio Calabria. It will be a double recognition: the Culture Prize has in fact been awarded to the Biennale dello Stretto, conceived by Alfonso Femia and curated together with Francesca Moraci. The Biennale is a cultural project promoted by the Metropolitan Cities of Reggio Calabria and Messina, the Order of Architects of Reggio Calabria in collaboration with the Order of Architects of Messina.

Published today, Tuesday, November 15, in La Gazzetta del Sud.

November 13, 2022

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November 6, 2022

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November 2, 2022

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October 23, 2022

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The Biennale dello Stretto crosses boundaries through photography and cinema, in an article published by La Gazzetta del Sud.

October 16, 2022

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in the regenerated spaces of Forte Batteria Siacci, installations by Calabrian and Sicilian artists interpret the theme of the Biennale dello Stretto, “The three water lines”.
The event, curated by Alfonso Femia and Francesca Moraci, is currently ongoing and will run until December 17.
 

October 5, 2022

LA REPUBBLICA
Trasversal design thinking, supporting administrations, a place that has gained new memory, stereotypes about the South defused in five days.
A richness of intentions and ideas that alone can build the new and most important international Mediterranean infrastructure. 
Thanks to Giuseppe Smorto!

October 5, 2022

LACTV – LA BIENNALE DELLO STRETTO PT.2
WATCH THE VIDEO
LaCapitale Eventi – La Biennale dello Stretto
2a parte su LaCTV
curated by Antonella Inicorbaf

October 5, 2022

LACTV – LA BIENNALE DELLO STRETTO PT.1
WATCH THE VIDEO
LaCapitale Eventi – La Biennale dello Stretto
1a parte su LaCTV
curated by Antonella Inicorbaf

October 5, 2022

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Fifth day of the Biennale dello Stretto.
Innesti culturali per rigenerare il Cultural grafts for territorial regeneration and innovative entrepreneurship.
Final report in La Gazzetta del Sud.

October 4, 2022

FINISSAGE: TOWARDS BIENNALE 2024
Method, approach, and content, visions, future, and “other futures” are the elements shared by the Metropolitan Cities of Reggio Calabria and Messina, the professional Orders of both cities, the universities of the Strait area (the University of Messina and Università Mediterranea of Reggio Calabria), the Regional Interdisciplinary Museum of Messina, and the National Archaeological Museum of Reggio Calabria, together with curators Alfonso Femia and Francesca Moraci, fellow collaborators, partners, supporters, and the entire team of Invisible Mediterranean(s), for the realization of the first extraordinary edition of the Biennale dello Stretto.
And now, while awaiting the November and December events, we are building the permanent laboratory that will lead us toward Biennale dello Stretto 2024!

October 4, 2022

HYDROPOLIS, THE WATER IN SYRACUSE AND LOCRI
Water has shaped architectural and urban planning decisions in the past. It still does today, although in different ways – through both excess and scarcity.
The narrative of water in Sicilian cities, the fascinating story of Ortigia, and the hidden presence of water in Locride.
With Sonia di Giacomo and Elena Trunfio.
Moderated by Michelangelo Pugliese

October 4, 2022

OTHER FUTURES
A trasversal design approach, the energy emerging from the territory, and the future of innovation in the talk with Pasqualino Scaramuzzino, Pietro Franza, Giuseppe Capicotto, Francesca Moraci, Flora Mondello.

October 4, 2022

REALISMO IMMAGINARIO MEDITERRANEO
Wonder, amazement, even disruption: regeneration passes through art, which stimulates a sense of belonging.
And when change is not possible, one must still act by grafting
Attilio Navarra, Valentina Vannicola, Andrea Bartoli, Lillo Giglia, Antonio Presti, Mirella Vinci, Sara Banti.
 

October 4, 2022

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From sustainable action to Mediterranean narratives and the understanding of the Southern Mediterranean through demographic analysis.
In La Gazzetta del Sud, the chronicle of the fourth day.

October 3, 2022

LE VIE DEL MEDITERRANEO
The challenges of the Mediterranean, its infrastructures and ports, demographics, the abandonment of territories, and its potential.
With Mosè Ricci, Bruno Discepolo, Francesca Moraci, Silvano Arcamone, Delio Miotti, Andrea Agostinelli, Gianni Aurino moderated by Alfonso Femia

October 3, 2022

BIOMA MEDITERRANEO
The complexities and challenges of contemporary architecture, the circular economy, and environmental sustainability. Designing with particular attention to the water cycle and climate change. The temperatures and extreme weather events of the past years are an anticipation of what awaits us in the near future. It is a scenario that demands serious design commitment.
With Carmen Santana, Guia Baggi and Alberto Sanna.

October 3, 2022

RACCONTARE IL MEDITERRANEO
The Strait is an additional territory; it cannot be confined within the boundaries of the two regions it belongs to. It is something else.
And if places exist thanks to the people who inhabit them, the Forte Batteria Siacci will be rembered for the Biennale dello Stretto and for the people who inhabited it, because that is now its memory.
Talk with Annarosa Macrì, Gioacchino Criaco, Lelio Bonaccorso moderated by Anna Mallamo.

October 3, 2022

LETTURE A SUD
Reading the South while rebelling against stereotypes. Drawings, impressions, projects, stories, and visions that not only look to the future but also have the ability to interpret a dynamic and forward-looking territory.
With Laura Pavia, Ina Macaione, Davide Vargas, Giuseppe Smorto, Giovanni Multari, Michelangelo Pugliese, moderated by Simona Finessi

October 3, 2022

AGIRE SOSTENIBILE
A commitment to science, innovation, and governance is necessary for the Strait: Sicily and Calabria are frontier territories with a dual character – environmental, due to their geography, and social, due to the migratory flows from Africa to Europe that pass through the Strait area.
Sustainability must be integrated into an approach grounded in awareness and responsibility.
With Andrea Margaritelli, Gaetano Giunta, Maria Elisabetta Biffis, Federica Basile, Michelangelo Pugliese, Luciano Marabello and Silvano Arcamone

October 3, 2022

IL CAFFÈ DELLA BIENNALE
Technical experts and local institutions are engaging in a dialogue on the environmental issues of the Strait, which are essential to giving international momentum to the territories.
The extraordinary richness of sea, sun, and wind that characterizes them contrasts with their almost untapped exploitation.
At the core lies a gap to be addressed: the need to spread a culture of sustainability, and therefore education and awareness among younger generations and citizens.
The Strait is a unique source of energy and can serve as an international inspiration from a scientific perspective.
The Biennale dello Stretto contributes to offering a broad vision, with perspectives on the other shores of the Mediterranean, going beyond the specifities of the Strait area.

October 3, 2022

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Living and inhabiting places: storytelling cannot replace experience.
The third day of the Biennale at the Regional Museum of Messina, featuring the remarkable performance of storyteller Fulvio Cama.

October 2, 2022

LO STRETTO COME POLO DEL DESIGN MEDITERRANEO
Mediterranean design draws nourishment from vernacular tradition. From ceramics to other objects rooted in Sicilian and Calabrian heritage – and beyond the Strait itself – the whole South is deeply connected to its places.
Antonio Aricò, Salvatore Greco, Gianni Di Matteo with Federico Alati discuss about it, moderated by Giorgio Tartaro

October 2, 2022

LO STRETTO COME POLO DEL DESIGN MEDITERRANEO
Italy is made up of 1,300 kilometers of design that create relationships and collective experiences through different routes.
The Biennale is both a moment of gathering and a cultural driver that creates physical connections between places of design. 
Discussion with Giulio Iacchetti,  Luciano Galimberti, Pino Scaglione, Vincenzo Castellana moderated by Giorgio Tartaro

October 2, 2022

LA DIMENSIONE DELL’IMMATERIALE

Where does the dimension of the immaterial lie in a world dominated by the immaterial?
The Southern man either intensifies the concept of belonging or denies it through escape and emigration. The crisis in the relationship with places unfolds within this dimension.
The immaterial is found in the split between places and the reflection on places themselves. Places become words, without being lived or experience.
One cannot do without experience, which physically keeps one’s feet grounded in the present.
Andrea Di Consoli, Mauro Francesco Minervino moderated by Raffaele Cutillo and Gaetano di Gesu. Francesca Agostino participate.

October 2, 2022

DA LOCALE A INTERNAZIONALE: LO STRETTO COME ANTENNA
From local to international: the Strait as an antenna. With a feminine sensitivity Simonetta Cenci, Francesca Moraci, Isa Maggi reflect on the Mediterranean, with a video contribution by Minister Elena Bonetti.
The panel is moderated by journalist Paola Bottero.
 
Complex territories, united precisely by their shared Mediterranean identity. In Genoa, a “lack” (the bridge) has in fact recreated a strong social dimension, reconnecting separated neighborhoods and the city in all its parts.
 
Genoa, in the words of Simonetta Cenci, Councillor for Urban Planning from 2017 to 2022, and Reggio Calabria and Messina in the experience of Francesca Moraci.

October 2, 2022

ABITARE MEDITERRANEO
Breaking urban patterns, reimagining and transforming the Mediterranean from invisible to visible, and building the conditions for inhabiting it. Without forgetting that being Mediterranean means designing with nature, starting from the lines of water.
A discussion with architects Giovanni Multari, Luca Lanini, Francesco Miceli, Francesco Messina and Michele Cannatà moderated by Alfonso Femia

October 2, 2022

L’ESSENZIALE INVISIBILE AGLI OCCHI
The Biennale dello Stretto opens its third day in Messina at the Regional Interdisciplinary Museum, welcomed by museum director Orazio Micali together with Pino Falzea, president of the Order of Architects of Messina.
 
This is followed by the talk “L’essenziale è invisibile agli occh”, moderated by Giuseppe Smorto.
Wind and water – extraordinary resources – are explored in Felice Arena’s fascinating account of the energy that can be generated from sea waves. Alongside invisibility, a defining feature of the Strait is narrated by Fulvio Cama, winner of the traditional Latin sail championship and passionate storyteller of the Strait.
 
“No place has so many myths about wind, water, and fire. No other place has so much energy”.

October 2, 2022

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Second day at the Biennale dello Stretto: the narrative of the exhibition setup, the transformation of Forte Batteria Siacci. Imagination revealing the invisible.

October 1, 2022

CHI FA I LUOGHI
Imagining another city, inventing another way of acting on places. Elena Granata discusses it with Andrea Granelli, Silvia Viviani, Valerio Barberis, Daniele Capitani, Irene Calabrò and Mariangela Cama

October 1, 2022

MOBILITÀ MEDITERRANEA
The digital infrastructure is confronted with the physical infrastructure.
Federico Parolotto with Domenico Battaglia on the complexity of new sustainable mobility.

October 1, 2022

CONNESSIONI MEDITERRANEE
Mediterranean Connections: a discussion with Enrico Pujia, Mims, Dario Lo Bosco, HellenicTrain FS, Mario Mega, Adsp, and Domenico Battaglia, Councillor of Reggio Calabria, moderated by Francesca Moraci on the importance of the Strait and the Mediterranean, which – despite being a small sea – drives vast economic dynamics.
Maritime infrastructure and the blue economy are key drivers of development and growth.

October 1, 2022

MAPPE MEDITERRANEE
Mediterranean maps: this morning at the National Archaeological Museum of Reggio Calabria Luigi Farrauto, co-founder 100km Studio, Lonely Planet author, and Francesco Garofalo, director of Openfabric

October 1, 2022

AWARD CEREMONY CHALLENGE UNDER35
The under-35 architects who won the “Challenge to Action” launched by the Biennale dello Stretto were awarded.
The challenge asked participants to pair a “water word” with a design idea. Fiumana, seabed, and wreck were the words on which the three winning teams built projects rich in evocative meaning.
 
At the National Archaeological Museum of Reggio Calabria, during the second day of the Biennale, the winners were Cinzia Didonna, Jessica Comino and Francesco Lucchesi, Stefania Schirò and Egidio Cutillo

October 1, 2022

IL CAFFÈ DELLA BIENNALE
Il Caffè della Biennale at Villa San Giovanni, Altafiumara Resort, with Giusy Caminiti, Mayor of Villa San Giovanni
Salvatore Fuda, Environmental Councillor for the Metropolitan City of Reggio Calabria, and Giovanni De Luca, mayor of Fiumedinisi

October 1, 2022

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The Biennale dello Stretto at the National Archaeological Museum awarded the winners of the under-35 contest. Maps and cartography were explored in the talk with Luigi Farrauto and Garofalo, before returning to Forte Batteria Siacci to discuss mobility, infrastructure, and…exciting urban experiences!

September 30, 2022

TEATRO IN BIENNALE

Theatre at the Biennale: Short dialogue Ho sognato di morire in guerra e Dio mi ha perdonato…
adaption from “Il deserto dei Tartari” by Dino Buzzati, played by Antonio Greco and Davide Varone

September 30, 2022

PAESAGGI INVISIBILI

The panel “Paesaggi invisibili” with Cristiano Travaglioli, film editor, and Stefano Savona, director and producer, moderated by Emanuela Genovese, “Son of a Pitch”

Invited: Luca Calselli and Dario Biello, architects Ri-Gymnasium

September 30, 2022

LA RICERCA DEL CAMBIAMENTO

The panel “La ricerca del cambiamento” with Livio De Luca, director Cnrs Parigi, and Francesco Cicione, founder Harmonic Innovation Hub Catanzaro, moderated by Giuseppe Smorto, journalist

Invited: Daniele Di Fausto, Founder Venture Thinking

September 30, 2022

SGUARDI

The panel “Sguardi” with the stories of two photographers, Marco Introini, professor Politecnico di Milano and Mantova, and Cédric Dasesson, Sardinian photographer.

Moderated by Gaetano Scarcella and Alfonso Femia

September 30, 2022

ESPERIENZE MEDITERRANEE

Lecture by Marc Barani, architect Gran Prix de France, Nices
in conversation with Alfonso Femia and Francesca Moraci

September 30, 2022

OPENING AND PRESS TOUR
La Biennale dello Stretto: opening with the symbolic opening of the gates of Forte Batteria Siacci and the entrance of the authorities.
At the end of the day, an extraordinary outcome: more than 1,000 registered participants attended the talks and took part in the first day of proceedings. From the Strait to the Word!

September 30, 2022

OPENING
La Biennale dello Stretto: opening with the symbolic opening of the gates of Forte Batteria Siacci and the entrance of the authorities.
At the end of the day, an extraordinary outcome: more than 1,000 registered participants attended the talks and took part in the first day of proceedings. From the Strait to the Word!

September 30, 2022

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The Biennale dello Stretto was inaugurated today: the mayors of Campo Calabro and Reggio Calabria, the Mayor of the Metropolitan City of Messina and the Deputy Mayor of Messina, together with the Vice President of the Calabria Region, opened the proceedings alongside curators Alfonso Femia and Francesca Moraci. International guests, cinema and territory, photography and landscape, digital technologies for architecture, and future projections in the world of business marked the program, with strong participation and great satisfaction.
The Biennale dello Stretto is now a reality!

September 29, 2022

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Waiting for the Biennale dello Stretto, on the eve of the event La Gazzetta del Sud dedicates an in-depth feature to the project, its themes, and the faces and voices that will alternate over the coming days between Campo Calabro, Reggio Calabria and Messina.