Within the scope of the temporary installation project of the artwork in Piazza del Duomo in Prato SHY, it fits Le Città del Futuro, a series of online meetings promoted by the Municipality of Prato e from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts in Tuscany, conceived and organised by the Arte Continua Association. I webinar si terranno con cadenza mensile – per i sette mesi che l’opera di Gormley resterà installata nella piazza – ponendo al centro della discussione e tra loro in relazione tematiche quali l’arte, la tecnologia, la responsabilità sociale, la circolarità, la forestazione, la ruralizzazione e la rigenerazione urbana.
In a world that is constantly evolving but increasingly constrained by urgent ecological issues (from pollution to global warming, overpopulation, and pandemics), let's not forget that we can rely on once unimaginable technological possibilities: fast and smart connectivity, circularity, and recycling.
Starting from these considerations Le Città del Futuro It is proposed to facilitate dialogue between artists from the international community and public administrators, entrepreneurs, economists, directors of cultural institutions, urban planners, scientists, computer scientists, and other authoritative figures of our time. A series of meetings, to understand what role contemporary art can play as a stimulus and, at the same time, as a tool, to give substance to an idea of the city of the future that is socially responsible and mindful and respectful of other forms of life on the planet, sensitive to the different communities that live in it and to future generations who will be able to live and enjoy it, open to using all technologies that allow for energy saving, for all generations and for the sense and pleasure of living there.
The series of meetings will kick off on Saturday 30 January 2021. On the subject of “Industrial District” The artist Loris Cecchini, Francesco Marini, representing Confindustria Toscana Nord Association, Eliano Lodesani, Councillor of Banca Fideuram spa, Lorenzo Bini Smaghi, President of the Foundation for Contemporary Arts in Tuscany, and Mario Cristiani, President of the Arte Continua Association, will be participating. Benedetta Squittieri, Councillor for Economic Development of the Municipality of Prato, will moderate the meeting.
The upcoming webinars, available live on the social media channels of Città di Prato, Associazione Arte Continua, and the Luigi Pecci Centre for Contemporary Art, will take place on the last Saturday of each month. Among the speakers will be some of the most prominent figures in the contemporary art scene, including Tomas Saraceno, David Tremlett, Tobias Rehberger, Daniel Buren, and Cai Guo-Qiang. The series of talks will conclude in July with Antony Gormley, hopefully in person. The detailed programme is attached.
