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Opening Monday 4th June 2018
Fifty years after the great cultural revolution of 1968, the work of the master of photography Bill Owens will be presented for the first time at PHOTO WEEK MILANO. In his series of images Owens documents the rise of student’s protests at the Berkeley University, in the City of San Francisco. RIOTS it's a movement of rebellion, a desire for change and renewal. Using photography as a means of social documentation, the artist realized a real anthropological investigation. The exhibition juxtapose images and video by a new generation of photogeaphers, on the concept of 'contemporary revolutions'.
Curated by Claudia Zanfi / 'Archivio Bill Owens Milano'.
In collaboration with Space H+ and Kolga Tblisi Photo Festival
THURSDAY 31ST MAY 2018
GREEN ISLAND is invited to participate to the Urban Resilience Practices Forum, organized by the Polytechnic of Milan, on the occasion of the Festival of Sustainable Development. The FORUM aims to experiment new trajectories and contaminations between the different forms of knowledge and approaches to resilience. The Forum includes presentation of various practices, moments of reflection, and workshops useful to understand the complexity of the transformation phenomena for the planning of urban and territorial resilience.
THURSDAY 31ST MAY 2018,
SUNDAY 20th MAY 2018
Enter an orchard in the city, admiring the laborious work of the bees, as they fly from one flower to another. It will be possible on Sunday May 20 at the Green Island/ Alveari Urbani area inside the San Faustino Garden. Special 'Top Bar' hives will be placed for the first time in a public area, to safeguard urban biodiversity and sustainable beekeeping. There will also be a small urban orchard (apple, apricot, cherry, plum), plants whose blooms will be useful for the nourishment of the bees. The day includes a workshop on urban beekeeping open to all citizens.
SUNDAY 20th MAY 2018
San Faustino Garden, Zona Ortica, Milano.
Photo by BILL OWENS. 4-14 MAY 2018
Fifty years after the great cultural revolution of 1968, the work of the master of photography Bill Owens will be presented for the first time in Georgia. In his series of B/W images Owens documents the rise of student’s protests at the Berkeley University, in the City of San Francisco. It is a movement of rebellion, a desire for change and renewal. Using photography as a means of social documentation, the artist makes a real anthropological investigation, telling us one of the most important cultural turning point in the world.
Curated by Claudia Zanfi / 'Archivio Bill Owens Milano' For more info read here
4-14 MAY 2018
KOLGA PHOTO FESTIVAL
SATURDAY 28th and SUNDAY 29th APRIL
As part of the renowned exhibition 'NINFEAMUS', dedicated to historical gardens, at the park of Villa Litta Lainate, the new program ALVEARI URBANI will be presented, curated by Atelier del Paesaggio. The proposal ALVEARI URBANI LAINATE it is conceived as a path to raise awareness on pollinators and urban biodiversity, for the city and its citizens.
MONDAY APRIL 9th 10 am- 1 pm
An international seminar at the Milano Politecnico - Lecco, in the context of Urban Design Seminars, coordinated by Prof. Angela Colucci. The meeting is dedicated to the theme of urban regeneration through practices of 'renaturalisation' of cities. Among the various proposed interventions: the limitation of land use; ecosystems for urban services and projects; green infrastructures; green roofs, etc ... Claudia Zanfi will conduct an intervention starting from the experience of GREEN ISLAND, including creativity, biodiversity and participation.
MILANO DESIGN WEEK. MONDAY APRIL 16th and TUESDAY APRIL 17th
Eighteenth edition of GREEN ISLAND!Important anniversary for a pioneering project dedicated to urban and social ecologies. After the success of Urban Bee HIves (awarded with special mention to EXPO in CITY and with the Timberland International Price), this edition presents great news: an urban itinerary that promises to turn the area between Garibaldi Train Station and the Isola District into an urban garden, with artist’s installations, eco-design, handicrafts, botany. The project will create an itinerary marked by ‘green indications’ drawn on the sidewalk, and special projcet dedicated to designers of Sarajevo, supported by images by Cinzia Castagna.
A project by Claudia Zanfi/Atelier del Paesaggio.
Tasting of craft beers flavored with the flowers of Agribirrificio Argenteum (Trento)
22-25th March 2018, 10 am/6 pm
A series of workshops coordinated by the well known professor Richard Ingersoll, are dedicated to the theme of AGRI-CIVISM. Among the various activities proposed: urban gardens, biological swimming pools, rooftop beekeeping, temporary shelters, sustainable mobility, food as resource, ect ...
Claudia Zanfi will conduct a seminar based on her experience of Urban Bee Hives project, together with the students of the International Master in Eco-Design of the Milano Politecnico.
22-25th March 2018, 10 am/6 pm
Edificio Carta, Politecnico University Milano
Sunday 18th March 2018, 2 pm
As a tribute to the Landscape Day (March 14) and the arrival of Spring (March 21), the 'Spring Festival' invites citizens to reflect on the landscape as an identity and artistic value.
In addition the Festival addresses to the younger generations the message that environmental protection is a premise for a conscious use of the territory and a sustainable development.
The event includes the installation of special 'Topbar Hives’ for the protection of pollinating insects, and an educational workshop on urban biodiversity. In collaboration with Legno Urbano, Raul Luraschi, Trame Verdi, Recup, Potere allo Sciame, Greenwood.
Sunday 18th March 2018, 2 pm
Urban Garden San Faustino,
Zona Ortica Milano
Saturday 3rd March 2018, 2 pm
In the frame of the international competition 'Lausanne Jardins' the collective ATELIER DEL PAESAGGIO, co-founded by Claudia Zanfi, has been selected for the final exhibition to display projects and creative proposals for a green area in the public space of the city of Lausanne (CH).
The winners – among more than 400 participants from all over the world - will be announced during the opening, on Saturday 3rd March.
Saturday 3rd March 2018, 2 pm
Openig exhibition and awards
Centre de Congrès, Lausanne