June / October 2008 , Cittadellarte, Biella

UNIDEE in residence

WHAT ROLE DOES ART PLAY IN SOCIETY?

Cittadellarte-Fondazione Pistoletto mission is "Producing and inspiring a responsible change in society through creative ideas and projects."
The fundamental theme throughout the activities of Cittadellarte is the relationship between the freedom of art and the ethic of social responsibility. From Michelangelo Pistoletto’s Progetto Arte (1994) to the activities that have taken place at Cittadellarte since 1998, the Pistoletto Foundation places itself in the international setting as a single entity, and this is a result of the combination of Art-Ethics that involve Economy, Education, Politics, Production, Nourishment, Architecture and Ecology. In point of fact, Cittadellarte builds itself around themed offices, known as Uffizi, each one dedicated to furthering research and experimental practices, in order to create a link between artistic creativity and the construction of a shared “common good”.

UNIDEE in Residence, “creativity campus” of Cittadellarte, offers the opportunity to become activators of projects for a Responsible Transformation of Society to artists, curators and managers of socio-cultural projects. Four months of residence at Cittadellarte-Fondazione Pistoletto: workshops, lectures, discussions and collaborative projects.
This programme is developing in direct synergy with the activity at Cittadellarte, interacting with the exhibitions, research and current projects of the different Offices. Specifically in the fields of achitecture and ecology (Architecture Office), sustainable design (Production Office), alternative economies (Economy Office), interculteral dialogue (Politics Office and Love Difference), relations between ecology and creativity (Ecology Office and ReMida project), emotional cuisine (Nourishment Office), art and social change (Art Office) and art spirituality (Spirituality Office).

In the year 2008, 4 artists (Christoph Schwarz, Yolanda de los Bueis, Elisa Marchesini and Sara Vanhee) participated at Unidee in the context of As_Tide.
During the residency the group started the development of the "Untranslatables" project.

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