Rubén D’Hers is an artist who examines stationary noises from the domestic environment in the context of music, sound installations and painting. In doing so, he tries to discover the potential of such found musical material.
Tuli Mekondjo works with a variety of media and materials, including embroidery, photo transfer, resin and mahangu, a staple food in Namibia. Mekondjo uses photographic archives from colonial and wartime as a basis for her artistic practice.
Monai de Paula Antunes is an artistic researcher, transmission artist, and radio-maker. Her focus is on the areas of communication and complexity, as well as their material, spatial and political interrelations.
Sergio Zevallos is a multidisciplinary artist addressing issues of transcultural identity, gender, and the relationship between the individual and power, or between intimacy and institutionality.
in collaboration Landscape Architecture Department - University of Florence
The workshop Giardino Opera Aperta will be held from November 21 to 22 with the participation of Mathieu Gontier and François Vadepied, French landscape architects who founded the Wagon Landscaping studio. First and second-year undergraduate students will be involved in some exercises in reading and reinventing the Villa Romana garden.
21 November 2024
09.45 – 10.00 Opening of the workshop, welcome, Elena Agudio (Director Villa Romana)
10.00 – 10.15 Un workshop come innesco di una esercitazione progettuale, Anna Lambertini (DiDA/Unifi)
10.15 – 10.30 Learning from Wagon Landscaping, Cristina Setti (DiDA/Unifi)
10.30 – 11.15 Masterclass, Mathieu Gontier e François Vadepied (Wagon Landscaping, Parigi)
11.15 – 11.30 Break
11.30 – 11.45 Sul sistema degli spazi aperti storici e del paesaggio dell’Oltrarno, Tessa Matteini (DiDA/Unifi)
11.45 – 12.00 Il giardino di Villa Romana come tessera di una rete ecologica, Gherardo Chirici (DAGRI/Unifi)
12.00 – 13.15 Sul giardino di Villa Romana come opera aperta, reflections and discussions with participants
13.15 – 14.15 Lunch break
14.15 – 16.45 In giardino. Esercizi di lettura paesaggistica con Mathieu Gontier and François Vadepied.
17.00 – 18.00 Villa Romana Knowledge Sharing Session, Dario Cortese (OrtoForesta - Leading Soil Garden)
22 November 2024
Morning at Villa Romana
09.30 – 13.30 In giardino/Sul giardino with Mathieu Gontier and François Vadepied
13.30 – 14.30 Lunch break
Afternoon at Dida, Santa Teresa aula 401
16.30 – 18.30 Closing workshop with Mathieu Gontier e François Vadepied.
Participants Elena Agudio, Anna Lambertini, Filippo Piva, Cristina Setti, Antonella Valentini.
