The theme of the investigation conducted by this edition of the workshop, in keeping with a praxis that has become established over the previous years, is identified by a title that contains two words in a reciprocal relationship.
The combination of the two words in the formula “Imaginative Rituals”, finally, suggests a recurring ability to stimulate the imagination through the exercise of practices, actions and gestures useful to create particular, specific conditions.
Can design, in general, be the expression of a ritual praxis useful to invoke particular visions or to stimulate the appearance of a sequence of images that can be interpreted in keeping with a certain sense of narration, though in an abstract way? What requirements should or could a designed object have in order to be considered compatible with or necessary in the exercise of a given ritual behavior? What type of values could it embody? What categories of emotions could it stimulate? What new rituals – in keeping with which liturgies – could be practiced through these objects?
Participants
Reha Hitesh Salvi, Joshi Jyothna, Noemi Laghezza, Lidia Spina, Michal Kolberg, Giorgia Curtabbi, Andrea Olivero, Elisa Piras, He Wei, Snehal Mehta, Paola Rassa, Livia Tagliaferri, Elisabetta Azzalini, Vittoria Bosso, Elena Forte, Clara Grassotti, Callia Ann Amer, Giorgia Ferrero, Andrea Reggiani, Andrea Nesta, Matteo Ercole, Emilia D’Orazio, Enza Brunero, Valentina Gaido.
