Sajan Vazhakaparambil Kolavan Kalyanikutty Mani is an artist whose practice interrogates the intersections of performance, archives, and Dalit consciousness. A central theme in his work is the reverberation of ancestral voices, critically engaging with the weight of colonial history and its contemporary manifestations.
Elia Nurvista is an artist whose practice critically engages with food politics to examine power structures, social hierarchies, and economic inequalities. Through a diverse range of mediums—including workshops, study groups, publications, site-specific works, performances, video, and installations—she explores the social and political implications of food systems, addressing broader issues such as ecology, gender, class, and geopolitics.
Chaveli Sifre is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice explores healing traditions, the hierarchy of the senses, botany, and the belief systems that shape them. Through installations, sculptures, paintings, and participatory performances, she investigates the intersections of science, spirituality, ritual, and healing modalities, seeking to recover their long-lost connections.
Raul Walch is a visual artist whose practice is driven by political and ecological engagement. After studying Sculpture at Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weißensee, he completed his studies in the class of Olafur Eliasson at UdK, Berlin, and was later a fellow at the Institut für Raumexperimente. His work often takes the form of sails, mobiles, kites, and flags, created through collaborative and performative processes.
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.