Italy

Like any ephemeral event of this magnitude, an exhibition is by its very nature a process that dissipates a great deal of energy, raw materials, and economic resources. While this is clearly necessary to celebrate moments of confrontation and contamination, it is also essential to drastically rethink its horizons. With the aim of transforming consumption into investment and the end into a beginning, SPAZIALE foresees a three-pronged approach: SPAZIALE presenta, an observatory on nine sitespecific actions staged throughout Italy and promoted thanks to the support of the General Directorate for Contemporary Creativity of the Ministry of Culture; SPAZIALE. Everyone Belongs to Everyone Else, which as part of the Padiglione Italia, embodies the formal and theoretical synthesis of processes triggered elsewhere; and, finally, the SPAZIALE platform itself, to be launched after the inauguration as an incremental workshop over an expanded timespan.