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Francesca Melina

is currently a PhD candidate in Sustainable Development and Climate Change at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice / IUSS Pavia. Her research focuses on the role of art as a driver of sustainable development and a generator of commons, combining theoretical and practical approaches within a transdisciplinary perspective.

Gioele Bertin

is a graphic designer, trained in painting and new art technologies at the Academy of Fine Arts. His research intertwines aesthetics, gastronomic practices, and relational processes, with a focus on alternative forms of learning and the construction of new perspectives on inhabiting and place-making.

Elisabetta Magistri
is a performer and researcher in the field of performing arts. Trained in Visual Arts and later graduated in Theatre and Performing Arts at the Iuav University of Venice, her research explores atmospherology, community, and identity, investigating the possibilities and limits of language within contexts that open up both to real space and to the return of dreams and memories.

Employment

Stente: Residual Zones (20.03.2024 - 31.05.2024)
Collaboration with UMA examining urban voids in Umeå through art and architecture. Created a movable gathering space to foster dialogue on residuality, commons, and seasonality. Umeå, Sweden.

Edible Landscapes, Edible Bodies (15.04.2024 - 20.04.2024) Session for ISE Congress combining food, ethnobotany, and activism. Featured participatory walks, lectures, and collective food-making to explore justice and ecological healing. Marrakesh, Morocco.

Thaumanthropos (29.11.2023 - 29.01.2024)
Anthropological and artistic project engaging Tamil Nadu communities to reflect on caste dynamics and environmental challenges. Aimed to foster critical mobilization through participatory art. India.

Dinner Number Three (14.11.2023)
A performative dining event exploring memory, food, and territory. Reinterpreted local ingredients to connect participants with their surroundings and ecological heritage. Biella, Italy.

Castello di Sabbia (02.09.2023)
Created an art installation for “Castello Elettrico,” examining transformation and history within Avetrana Castle’s ancient walls. Puglia, Italy.

Dispensa n°4 Workshop (24.09.2023)
Organized a talk and workshop at Terzo Spazio Zolfo Rosso to present Dispensa n°4. Explored food as memory, focusing on relationships with the non-human. Venice, Italy.

Simbiosi Meta-residency (17.07.2023 - 20.08.2023)
Curator and artist for a collective, interdisciplinary residency during the Piedicavallo Festival. Developed a toolkit for future participatory art residencies. Piedicavallo, Italy.

Frame to Frame (03.12.2022)
Presented an installation exploring artistic interventions in abandoned spaces as part of a residency at Città dell’arte. Biella, Italy.

Poverissima (03.11.2022 - 04.11.2022)
Co-organized a one-day art event during Turin’s Contemporary Art Week. Featured participatory creation and recycling of materials from abandoned spaces. Turin, Italy.

Palazzo Gromolosa Workshop (13.10.2022)
Led a creative workshop for children focusing on cooperation and creativity. Culminated in a final exhibition using non-dominant hand drawing techniques. Biella, Italy.

Pietro Micca Workshop (28.06.2022
Organized a summer camp workshop for children, creating poster art MALOMODO through collaborative techniques and public wall installations. Biella, Italy.

Chiavazza Middle School Workshop (02.05.2022 - 14.05.2022) Facilitated a participatory mural project with middle school students, combining creative learning with masonry art techniques. Biella, Italy.

Il Pescatore di Ginestre (15.04.2022 - 24.05.2022) Developed a community-driven mural reflecting local values in collaboration with Gabicce Mare residents. Gabicce Mare, Italy.

Ethiopia Muralism (31.07.2021 - 01.02.2022)
Runner-up in a muralism competition by ADNAProject and Rome Municipality. Participated in a group exhibition, “Inhabit.” Rome, Italy.

MoaiPress (2020 - 2021)
Co-founded and managed MoaiPress, a cultural platform focusing on public space art in Italy.

Borgo Vittoria Wall Art (07.2021 - 08.2021)
Directed a community-based mural project in Turin, involving local residents and students in collaborative art creation. Turin, Italy.

The Covenant of Europe (10.10.2020)
Created a mural as part of the Myllenium Award-winning project, addressing themes of unity and coexistence. Rome, Italy.

Without Frontiers (31.08.2020)
Painted “Alice in Borderland” for an urban art festival exploring boundary themes. Mantua, Italy.

Restart Festival Murals (13.09.2020)
Created murals exploring themes of nature and identity for festivals in Imola and Turin.

Urban Giants Festival (11.07.2019)
Painted “The Little Silver Fish” for Milan’s Urban Giants Festival, combining environmental themes with urban art. Milan, Italy.

Oculus Project (2019)
Collaborated with INWARD and Amesci on urban art workshops, focusing on youth creativity and sustainable art practices. Padua, Italy.

ForHum Project (2018)
Curated and participated in a six-month residency involving 14 international artists. Created community-focused murals in Cossato. Biella, Italy.

Pubblication

Stone Soup Stone Soup and Other Ways
of Practicing Forms of Conviviality in “MEDITERRANEAN INTERSECTIONS issue 1. Reflections on Art, Cuisine, and Ecology across the Sea”. Curated by Yolenn Farges

Exhibitions

The Two Caves – poster
Biennale’s Architecture (2023)
Forte Marghera. Venice, Italy.

? – painting
Biennale’s Architecture (2020)
Giardini of Biennale, Italian Pavillon. Venice, Italy.

Fritto Misto (2019)
Solo exhibition and mural reflecting on identity through metaphorical food imagery. Biella and Turin, Italy.

MORF (2015)
Solo exhibition. Biella, Italy.

Awards

The Two Caves (20.04.2023 - 31.12.2023)
Poster art acquired by Ca’ Pesaro Gallery, Venice. Initially created for the 2023 Venice Biennale after winning the “Artefici del nostro tempo” competition.

Artisans of Our Time (01.05.2020 - 01.11.2020)
Awarded first prize for “The Identity of the Indiscernibles,” exhibited during Venice Biennale’s Architecture exhibition. Venice, Italy.

Press

Acquolina. Ricettario di sestiere: polpette per Castello
Indipendent pubblication
Venice 2025

Fare Luogo: Edicola galleggiante
Indipendent pubblication
Venice 2025

Pores
Indipendent pubblication
Turin 2023- Ongoing

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