The art of building smart cities
On the opening day of the BNL Media Art Festival, the interdisciplinary roundtable on “Media Art: the New Italian Challenge” will feature a debate on concrete models and projects for sustainable cities, based on the creative use of technology for development.
On Wednesday, April 13, the opening day of the BNL Media Art Festival, seven international experts from different cultures, sectors and countries will address this debate in a round table entitled “Media Art: the New Italian Challenge.”Anna Boccaccio is an institutional relations manager, Alberto Dambruoso, an art critic, Piotr Krajewski is the artistic director of a n important arts and media centre in Poland, Alfonso Molina is an expert in the strategic use of technology for education, Antoni Muntadas, a pioneer in electronic art, Gerfried Stocker managesone of the most important European festivals and Siegfried Zielinski is the founder of studies on the relation between art and technology. These speakers will address innovative strategies to gap the Italian delay in transforming the creative industry into a catalyst for the Italian economy. The round table will be moderated by the artistic director of the BNL Media Art Festival, Valentino Catricalà, as the debate will centre on media art, the drive to combine advanced technology with the great challenges of our age and transforming the cities in which we live.
On Wednesday, April 13, the opening day of the BNL Media Art Festival, seven international experts from different cultures, sectors and countries will address this debate in a round table entitled “Media Art: the New Italian Challenge.”Anna Boccaccio is an institutional relations manager, Alberto Dambruoso, an art critic, Piotr Krajewski is the artistic director of a n important arts and media centre in Poland, Alfonso Molina is an expert in the strategic use of technology for education, Antoni Muntadas, a pioneer in electronic art, Gerfried Stocker managesone of the most important European festivals and Siegfried Zielinski is the founder of studies on the relation between art and technology. These speakers will address innovative strategies to gap the Italian delay in transforming the creative industry into a catalyst for the Italian economy. The round table will be moderated by the artistic director of the BNL Media Art Festival, Valentino Catricalà, as the debate will centre on media art, the drive to combine advanced technology with the great challenges of our age and transforming the cities in which we live.
Speakers
- Alfonso Molina, Scientific Director, Fondazione Mondo Digitale
- Anna Boccaccio, Institutional Relations Director, BNL Group BNP Paribas
- Alberto Dambruoso, Art Critic, founder of “I Martedì Critici”
- Gerfried Stocker, Managing Director, Ars Electronica Linz
- Piotr Krajewski, Co-founder and Artistic Director, WRO Art Center
- Siegfried Zielinski, Founding Rector Academy of Arts & Media Cologne and Rector, University of Arts & Design Karlsruhe
- Antoni Muntadas, Media Artist and Professor at the Venice IUAV Visual Art Laboratory
The challenge launched by this round table will continue throughout the five days of the event, involving schools and youth in this debate. The full programme is available at: bnlmediaartfestival.org
