It has passed unscathed through the centuries, adapting to users and technologies, but always remaining very democratic in its use and above all in its consumption. The book retains its fascination: on the one hand, it is the precious custodian of knowledge and content, while on the other, it is the supreme source of information… Find out more
Thanks to the successful joint action that has existed for some time between RUFA and Romaeuropa Festival, next 25th February there will be two important streaming initiatives: at 7 pm there will be a talk with the artist Robert Henke and the lecturer Caterina Tomeo, in the dual role of art historian and coordinator of… Find out more
The fourth edition of “Lydia”, the call for artists entitled to the memory of the sculptor Lydia Silvestri, organized by the Fondazione Il Lazzaretto, expires on 22nd February. Lydia” is open to artists under 35 years of age residing in Italy with proposals of ideas for an original work of art, without limits to techniques, formats… Find out more
The cultural association TWM Factory promotes a contest for the reuse of discarded objects, aimed at artists and designers aged between 16 and 34 years, living in the Lazio region, for the creation of a work of art to be exhibited in the permanent exhibition of Roma Smistamento. The theme of reuse stands in contrast… Find out more
On January 28th, the Zeugma Collective launched the “Landscape2021” project: a call for sound and video artists that is part of the activities aimed at rebuilding a fertile ground in a moment of musical and cultural “standstill” caused by the pandemic. The experience intends to demonstrate that Zeugma is not a meteor of good intentions,… Find out more
For the International Year of Sound 2020-2021, the Institute of Cultural Heritage Sciences of the National Research Council (ISPC-CNR), directed by Costanza Miliani, has organized the webinar “SONIC HERITAGE: Sound and Multisensory Interactions in Immersive Virtual Reality and Cultural Heritage”. The experience, curated by Angela Bellia and Eva Pietroni, will take place on Wednesday 3… Find out more
Isidro Ferrer discovered visual communication thanks to his apprenticeship in the famous Peret studio, from which he drew some of the elements that would later define his unmistakable style. At the end of the 1980s, he began to emerge on the graphic design scene and distinguished himself on a national level thanks to numerous awards… Find out more
The curator, Beatrice Levorato, and artists Stefano Tenti and Federica Griesi told about the exhibition in a live talk streamed from RUFA Space on Friday, February 12 at 11:00 am. Testimony of a thought that returns to the primitive, an essential consequence of the current historical moment. Stefano Tenti and Federica Griesi come together… Find out more
The RIFF Awards – Rome Independent Film Festival is an international independent film festival that aims to promote contemporary works produced in the current year. The event takes place in Rome between the end of November and the beginning of December and presents about 100 works in absolute preview, divided into 13 sections: first and… Find out more
The association Quasi Quadro, in collaboration with the municipality, has announced the fourth edition of the artistic competition of exhibition at the space of the former railway workshop located in Barge (Cn) entitled “Air Land 4.0_ Nature Technology Energy”. The call is aimed purely at young artists or still in training in their academic career… Find out more
“Domani Qui Oggi” is the exhibition curated by Ilaria Gianni as part of the 2020 Quadrennial, which brings together the work of 10 young artists selected in the Italian Fine Arts Academies by the AccadeMibact prize, an initiative promoted by the General Directorate for Contemporary Creativity of the Ministry for Cultural Heritage and Activities. What… Find out more
The competition for the creation of the logo for the candidacy of Saluzzo and Terre del Monviso as Italian Capital of Culture 2024 is reserved for creatives under 28 years of age. The logo – symbol/logotype to which a payoff must be added – must express and represent in a simple, direct and immediate way… Find out more
The Foodicons International Competition is an international crowdsourcing competition that invites designers to develop a shared, open source, royalty-free iconographic language related to food, which will be shown at the 2021 United Nations Food Systems Summit. The competition is supported by The Lexicon, Adobe, The Noun Project and AIGA as well as Cumulus, the international… Find out more
The Erasmus+ call for proposals is back. From today you can apply for an exciting experience of study and research thesis abroad in the academic year 2021/2022, in one of the RUFA Partner Universities. Erasmus represents a great opportunity for educational and professional growth. There are all the most interesting European cities in terms of… Find out more
Anusc Castiglioni, an independent artist, was the protagonist of the masterclass, of the Master of Fine Arts degree course, entitled “Kamishibai: construction of installations – shadow performances”. The students, who participated in this series of meetings that took place from 18 to 22 January, began their project by drawing the outlines of their shadows and… Find out more
The second edition of the Video Essay Film Festival (VEFF) will be one of the main proposals of cinema at MAXXI and will be held in the second half of June. VEFF is organized by the Department of History, Anthropology, Religions, Art, Performing Arts (SARAS) of the Sapienza University of Rome, the Fondazione Cinema per Roma… Find out more