The theatre of architecture

Hidden within the architecture faculty of the University of Florence, the deconsecrated Santa Verdiana church and cloister (piazza Ghiberti 27) are currently hosting the fourth edition of the architecture and performance-themed festival, “Nel Chiostro delle Geometrie,” running until October 19.

 

Launched in 2014 through a collaboration between the Teatro Studio Krypton and DIDA, the University of Florence Architecture Department, the festival has a full program of workshops, installations, performance art and readings, all adhering to this year’s “SymmetryAsymmetry” theme.

 

With artistic direction from Giancarlo Cauteruccio and scientific direction from Prof. Carlo Terpolilli, the project’s aim is to juxtapose the Renaissance symmetry of Filippo Brunelleschi with the complex asymmetry derived from contemporary art, in order to focus on the relation between architecture, theatre and art.

 

The June 19 inauguration featured a site-specific installation titled “Electric Church: The Voices of Space,” directed by Giancarlo Cauteruccio, which can be visited until June 23.

 

All events are free and open to the public.

Full program:

 

JUNE

 

UNTIL FRI 23 – Church: ELECTRIC CHURCH, the voices of space, environment/installation directed by Giancarlo Cauteruccio , with production by Massimo Bevilacqua, video installation by Alessio Bianciardi, and music research by Anna Giusi Lufrano.

 

FROM THU 22 – 9.15pm – Cloister: BEYOND THE GARDEN, a creation from the students of TEARC, coordinated by André Benaim and Massimo Bevilacqua.

 

THU 29 – 9.15pm – Cloister: ALFREDO PIRRI, ART AND ARCHITECTURE, with the participation of NICOLA DI BATTISTA (presentation of the architectural review Domus)

 

JULY

 

TUE 4 – 9.15pm – Cloister: JOURNEY THROUGH ITALIAN HIGH-ART THEATRE, DARIO EVOLA from the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome: a scenic lesson.

 

THU 6 – 9.15pm – Cloister: ART IN THE URBAN SPACE, a scenic lesson with Alessandra Pioselli, director of ABA in Bergamo, and Paolo Belardi, director of ABA in Perugia.

 

THU 13 – 9.15pm – Cloister: FABIO CAVALLUCCI, MY METHOD. DIALOGUE BETWEEN ART AND SOCIETY: a meeting with the director of the Centro Pecci.

 

FRI 14 – 9.15pm – Cloister: FULVIO CAUTERUCCIO, POETRY AND THE CITY, with the poet Francesco Capaldo

 

THU 27 – 9.15pm – Church: GRUPPO TEMENOS – S.M.I. Concert – performance with multi-instrumentalist Gianfranco De Franco, with choreography by Francesca Valeri and the Gruppo M.U.D., with visual direction by Massimo Bevilacqua.

 

SEPTEMBER

 

THU 7 – 9.15pm – Cloister: MAURIZIO DONADONI, ARCHITECTURE IN THE BODY, recital from the writings of G.K. Koenig.

 

THU 14 – 9.15pm – Cloister: FRANCESCA DELLA MONICA, CONCERT OF VOICE AND SPACE; with accordion by Francesco Gesualdi.

 

MON 18 – 9.15pm – Church: MAURIZIO DE VITA, CINEMA/ARCHITECTURE, piano by Marcello De Vita.

 

FRI 22 – 9.15pm – Church: OHT | OFFICE FOR A HUMAN THEATRE. DELIRIOUS NEW YORK, based on the piece by Rem Koolhaas, with a performance by Filippo Andreatta, Fiora Blasi, Sara Losilla, and Patric Schott.

 

TUE 26 – 9.15pm – Cloister: MARIO CRISTIANI, Galleria Continue no. 27; a journey through contemporary art.

 

OCTOBER

 

THU 5 – 9.15pm – Cloister: PIETRO GAGLIANÒ, BODY-GESTURE-DENIAL; talk and performance

 

WED 11 – 9.15pm – Cloister: ANDRÉ BENAIM, SCENOGRAPHY/ARCHITECTURE, with the exceptional participation of Professor Siro Ferrone

 

TUE 17 – THU 19 – 9.15pm – Cloister: ROBERTO VISCONTI, MOVING A SKY FULL OF LIVE FIGURES; an original piece on Filippo Brunelleschi written by Giancarlo Di Giovine and directed by Giancarlo Cauteruccio.

 

All photographs by Andrea Paoletti of ArtBlog