From the Mediterranean Sea to the docks of Lake Como. Research, stories and testimonies at the Serra del Grumello to explore the theme of this seventh edition from different perspectives.
Monday September 15
5.30 PM
LOGBOOK of Margherita Cioppi, sailor and mission leader of Tom (All Eyes on the Mediterranean).
In conversation with We Mediterranean, Margherita bears witness to what happens where the maps trace the most lethal and invisible maritime border in the world. Hers is the account of a project that is also a monitoring mission: it is November 11, 2024, when the civilian flotilla Tom sets sail from Lampedusa, heading south. Its goal is to document and bear witness to what is happening, alongside the rescue organizations operating in the Mediterranean. Free entry
Il porto di Como / The Como Harbour (Photo by Nessi, 1865 ca.)
Tuesday, September 16
5.30 PM
THE DISAPPEARED COMO. Cinque casi emblematici di riscrittura del palinsesto storico di Como.
Focus on the exhibition THE DISAPPEARED COMO that stages five urban corings in the disappeared Como, five examples of the historic palimpsest rewritings in the areas of Piazza Duomo, Piazza Cavour, Cortesella-Piazza Perretta, Teatro Sociale-Piazza Verdi, and Stadium-Public Gardens. Matteo and Stefano Moscatelli in dialogue with Fabio Cani. Free entry
Thursday, September 18
5.30 PM
VOCI SULL’ACQUA (VOICES ON WATER), a new chapter in the Paesaggi d'Acqua (Water Landscapes) research project.
VOCI SULL’ACQUA (VOICES ON WATER) is a new chapter in the Paesaggi d'Acqua (Water Landscapes) research project. The context of the research concerns the area of the pre-Alpine lakes north and south of the Alps, where water is the defining element, shaping their identity and landscape continuity beyond political borders and the territorial fragmentation imposed by humankind.
The installation offers an ideal journey into the relationship between water and human beings, narrated through fragments and contributions from experts, and finds its physical expression in the architecture of the boathouse at Villa Sucota. It is a fluid, sensory experience that surpasses the need for images in order to give space to the VOICES. In conversation with Stefano Larotonda, Niccolò Nessi and Francesco Rizzi Muratore. Moderated by Paolo Ferrarini. Free entry
Friday, September 19
5.30 PM
“Tra due catene non interrotte di monti” Darsene: anatomia di un’architettura d’acqua.
Darsene, ‘landscape infrastructures’: architectural links between land and water for inhabited centres, fishermen's houses, gardens and villas, which over three centuries of history have been transformed into buildings of astonishing formal autonomy, constructive and spatial complexity, declined in various architectural languages and styles.
The architect Francesco Pusterla narrates the Darsene of Como Lake in an open dialogue: an architectural treasure rooted in the identity and culture of the Como Lake, entirely rediscovered in its fascinating and mysterious beauty through a research and mapping work of over three years. From the fragments of a forgotten architecture a new perspective on Como Lake and on the Darsene legacy in modern architecture. Moderated by Filippo Galli. Free entry
TALK IN SERRA
Serra del Grumello
Como, via per Cernobbio 11
5.30 PM
free entry