many possible cities
February 21-22-23 2020
Manifattura Tabacchi
What does the future hold for cities?
The third edition of Many Possible Cities, a festival from Manifattura Tabacchi on urban regeneration, represents an ideal place to present and discuss the latest ideas and concepts around the future of cities, and how to transform them into concrete actions.
Three days of talks, workshops and exhibitions to stimulate the minds of those who are imagining and planning the city of tomorrow, exploring ideas that look at art, the temporary use of spaces, and green thinking.
More than twenty international guests will speak about the challenges of urban regeneration and their vision for its future, speaking about their own experiences and offering real-world examples of how diversity can drive transformation for the city of the future.
The interviews and talks at Many Possible Cities are also available in live streaming on manifatturatabacchi.com and radiopapesse.org.
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Many Possible Cities
Programme
Friday 21 February
From 10am to 6pm
Art Project | Ponte
Foundation of the Bridge. Bring your Bridge and we set up the exhibition together.
A project by Andreas Angelidakis, curated by NERO Editions e Fabio Quaranta, with the collaboration of Archivio Personale.
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h 4.30 pm
Exhibition | NIB2019 Opening
Curated by abp architetti, fernweh architettura, ND Studio & Studio TOTALE
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h 5:30 pm
Exhibition | Portafortuna Opening
1 year of TOAST Project Space
Curated by Stefano Giuri, Alessandra Fredianelli, Martina Aiazzi Mancini
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h 5:45 pm
Guided Tour | Portafortuna
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h 6:30 pm
Art project | Ponte Opening
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h 8 pm
Talk | Art as a means of acting, relating and reflecting on spaces undergoing processes of regeneration
Andreas Angelidakis, Andrea Bartoli (Farm Cultural Park), Cristiana Perrella (Centro per l’arte contemporanea Luigi Pecci), Ippolito Pestellini Laparelli (architect and curator).
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h 10 pm
Live Electronic Jam Session | Bosconi Gang Band
Official presentation of ‘Big Mob at Manifattura Tabacchi’ from label Bosconi Records in co-production with Manifattura Tabacchi. With artists, DJs and producers: Dukwa, Ennio Colaci, Fabio della Torre, Herva, Mass Prod, Rufus, and The Clover (Antonio Pecori, Andrea Giachetti).
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Saturday 22 February
From 10 am to 6 pm
Art Project | Ponte
Structure of the Bridge. We study the bridges and we vote.
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From 10 am to 10 pm
Exhibithion | Portafortuna
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Exhibithion | NIB2019 (until 8 pm)
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From 11 am to 4 pm
Lab | Bee 9
Urban beekeeping by Stefano Pignatelli
h 12 pm
Guided tour | Portafortuna
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h 3 pm
Talk | Global Tools 1973–1975: When education coincides with life
With the authors Valerio Borgonuovo & Silvia Franceschini. Moderates Caterina Taurelli Salimbeni (MIM – Made in Manifattura)
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h 4:30 pm
Workshop | Cultural regeneration: instructions for use
Curated by BASE Milano (Nicolò Bini, Giulia Cugnasca, Angelica Villa)
Introduce Tommaso Sacchi, Deputy-Mayor for Culture, Fashion & Design of the Municipality of Florence
With Michelangelo Giombini (Manifattura Tabacchi, Florence), Linda Di Pietro (Indisciplinarte, Terni), Anna Romani (Kilowatt, Bologna), Andrea Capaldi (Mare Culturale Urbano, Milan), Salvatore Marmolaro (The Student Hotel, Florence), Alessandra Stanghini (CasermArcheologica, Sansepolcro), Andrea Rapisardi (Impact Hub, Florence)
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h 7 pm
Talk | From Spaces to Places: strategies for the adaptive reuse of buildings and spaces
With Kendall Tichner (Industry City, New York), Johan Nicolas (La Friche la Belle de Mai, Marseille), Adam Thorpe (UAL – Central Saint Martins, Design Against Crime, London). Moderates Marco Tognetti (LAMA – Developing change)
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h 6 pm & 8 pm (2 screenings)
Cinema Programme | New York Metamorphosis
Curated by Emmanuel Lefrant (Light Cone, Paris)
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Sunday 23 February
From 10 am to 6pm
Exhibithion | Portafortuna
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Exhibithion | NIB2019
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From 11 am to 4 pm
Lab | Bee 9
Urban beekeeping by Stefano Pignatelli
h 4 pm
Talk | The future of cities through resilience, adaptation and access
With Indy Johar (Dark Matters Labs), Riccardo Valentini (IPCC – Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change). Moderates Gregory Eve (greenApes)
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From 5 pm to 6 pm
Art project | Ponte
Crossing the Bridge, a celebration. We count the votes, announce the winners and discuss.
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Throughout the duration of the festival
Read | Many Possible Books
Curated by Todo Modo
In the Libri e-lettrici area at B9, a careful selection of books and magazines to enlighten us about the changes the city has seen.
It’s possible that a book is a brick.
But houses are made out of bricks. Many houses become a city.
Cities are made out of books.
Out of many books.
Taste | Birre Urbane
Curated by Birra BVS
At the BVS Tap Room in B9 there will be beer tasting sessions accompanied by the history of urban breweries in Florence, which produced beers here in the 18th and 19th centuries.
LIVE BROADCASTING
As we imagine the future of our cities, let’s begin by listening to the voices of those who try to deconstruct and resignify them.
live broadcasting programme
Radio Papesse will be curating a three-day live broadcast from Manifattura Tabacchi, to start answering some of the most urgent questions that blossom along the way of urban regenerators and cultural practitioners seeking a balance between independence and sustainability. Many Possible Cities‘ talks will be aired on radiopapesse.org and its studio will be hosting numerous guests, artists, architects and cultural workers. As we imagine the future(s) of our cities, let’s begin by listening to the voices of those who try to deconstruct and resignify them.
bee 9 lab
Urban beehives
An educational workshop which takes in a visit to the urban beehives at Manifattura Tabacchi, guided by Manifattura’s beekeeper.
Saturday 22 & Sunday 22, from 11 am to 4 pm (30 minutes sessions).
Free entry
Curated by Stefano Pignatelli
many possible books
Books & magazines
In the Libri e-lettrici area at B9, a careful selection of books and magazines to enlighten us about the changes the city has seen.
It’s possible that a book is a brick.
But houses are made out of bricks.
Many houses become a city.
Cities are made out of books.
Out of many books.
Curated by Todo Modo
birre urbane
Tasting & History
At the BVS Tap Room in B9 there will be beer tasting sessions accompanied by the history of urban breweries in Florence, which produced beers here in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Cutared by Birrificio Valdarno Superiore