Architecture&Anthropocene

The exhibition at Triennale Milano 'Gae Aulenti (1927 – 2012)' is accompanied by a podcast series that explores her impact on architecture and design, and her legacy. The podcast, hosted by British design critic and author, Alice Rawsthorn, traces the evolution of Gae Aulenti through the voices of friends, curators and international architects who knew her personally or through her work. The five episodes focus on different aspects of her relationship with architecture, design, art and performance during the course of her career.

"Pittura italiana oggi" è un podcast, scritto e condotto da Tiziano Scarpa, creato in occasione dell'omonima mostra che racchiude 120 opere di artisti italiani contemporanei.

Sei un essere alieno caduto sulla terra che finisce in una mostra di pittura. Che cosa vedi? Tanti rettangoli. Focus sugli artisti Andrea Chiesi, Stanislao Di Giugno, Sofia Silva.

C'è un tema principale in un dipinto? E ci sono dei dettagli nascosti in disaccordo con quel tema? A caccia di dettagli nell'arte da Paolo Veronese a Kazimir Malevič, con focus sugli artisti contemporanei Maria Morganti, Chiara Enzo, Rudy Cremonini.

Passa di qui qualcuno che non è d'accordo su come viviamo. E ce lo mostra con un'immagine. Ecco, questa è l'arte, è anticonformismo. Focus sugli artisti Emilio Gola, Nicola Samorì, Luca Bertolo.

Ci sono dipinti che sembrano fotografie stampate, e altri in cui si vedono i colpi di pennello. Tu cosa preferisci, l'illusione dell'immagine o la materia di cui è fatta? Focus sugli artisti Lorenza Boisi, Thomas Braida, Nicola Verlato, Michele Tocca.

Siamo abituati a vedere storie dappertutto. Anche quando sono raccontate con un'unica immagine. Focus sugli artisti Iva Lulashi, Francesco De Grandi, Alice Faloretti, Alessandro Bazan, Paola Angelini.

È possibile oggi far ridere o commuovere con un'opera d'arte? Focus sugli artisti Gabriele Picco, Roberto di Pinto, Francesca Banchelli, Vera Portatadino.

Chi ha detto che la pittura è piatta? Certe volte esce dalla parete, ti avvolge e ti divora. Focus sugli artisti Giuliana Rosso, Alice Visentin.

Lo scrittore Gianni Biondillo racconta il suo Gabriele Basilico, il grande fotografo milanese, in occasione della mostra "Gabriele Basilico. Le mie città" di Triennale Milano.

Chi era Basilico prima di diventare un grande fotografo? La laurea in architettura, la scoperta della fotografia, il Basilico meno conosciuto e più inaspettato, un fotografo itinerante, veloce, una fotografia piena di gente, “abitata”, ironica.

La svolta. Dietro una richiesta di mappatura della città in trasformazione, Basilico scopre una Milano come nessuno aveva visto prima, e intuisce il suo talento: lo sguardo fermo, il tempo necessario per la messa a fuoco, la presenza dello spazio palpitante.

Basilico nel 1984: l'esperienza, unica nel suo genere, della rilettura del “nuovo” paesaggio italiano. Un gran tour che cambia il nostro immaginario. Per Basilico è l'occasione di un incontro con i migliori fotografi della sua generazione, a partire da Luigi Ghirri.

L'incarico prestigioso che viene dalla Délégation à l'Aménagement du Territoire et à l'Action Régionale fa di Basilico un autore internazionale. Il tema della sua ricerca diventa il paesaggio.

Shangai, Rio de Janeiro, ma su tutte, Beirut, dove torna di continuo. Basilico è alla ricerca delle differenze e delle continuità nelle grandi metropoli del mondo. Il bianco e nero non basta più. Il colore irrompe nelle sue fotografie, per moltiplicare la complessità dello sguardo.

Milano nel XXI secolo è una città che si è rimessa in moto, trasformando ancora una volta il suo volto urbano. Porta Nuova diventa per Basilico il laboratorio perfetto per raccontare l'ennesimo mutamento della città da lui sempre amata.

Dopo un excursus sul percorso di Mangiarotti nella progettazione automobilistica, la sua carriera come anti-star viene riscoperta alla luce del sobrio pragmatismo milanese che l'ha contrassegnata.

Una visita nello studio-officina dell'Angelo Mangiarotti designer, tra tradizione e avanguardia, funzionalità e armonia, materia e solitudine.

Un tour di Milano e dintorni alla scoperta delle opere di Mangiarotti. Una passeggiata tra i complessi residenziali del Quartiere Feltre e di San Siro, e la chiesa di Nostra Signora della Misericordia a Baranzate.

Dagli anni sessanta con Renzo Piano agli ottanta con la progettazione del passante ferroviario di Milano, i tratti distintivi del processo creativo di Angelo Mangiarotti uniscono fabbriche che somigliano a templi greci, prefabbricati e un'ideale di architettura anonima.

Chi è Angelo Mangiarotti? La vita dell'architetto e designer milanese tra i tumulti della guerra, gli anni a Chicago e gli incontri con Walter Gropius, Le Corbusier, Frank Lloyd Wright e Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.

Mangiare Mangiarotti - Trailer by Since 1923, Triennale Milano is an international institution which organises exhibitions and events about design, architecture, visual arts and theatre.

The last episode of From the Moon 2, turns the inquiry from all that is unknown to observe what might constitute the real world. The episode sees the participation of Francis Kéré and one half of design duo Formafantasma.

The sixth episode of season 2 of From the Moon, Gaming the Unknown, sees the group of artists and designers involved in the Triennale Game Collection vol. 2 in conversation with the host of the podcast, David Plaisant, and the curator of the game collection, Pietro Righi Riva.

The fifth episode of season 2 of From the Moon attempts to consider what might be called the ‘tradition of the unknown'. There is, in fact, a vast – perhaps timeless – tradition of inquiry into the unknown and this episode delves into it using as a starting point the exhibition, presented in the context of Unknown Uknowns, La tradizione del nuovo.

The fourth episode of season 2 of From the Moon looks at a vital part of knowledge when it comes to understanding both the surface of our own planet, or indeed any part of the universe. From the Mississippi Delta in Louisiana to an icy moon of the distant planet Saturn, the episode goes to see how geography and design, as well as art and science fuse to create the maps we often take for granted.

Fact vs Fiction sees the host of the podcast, David Plaisant, converse with research-driven design and art studio Nonhuman Nonsense about its project Planetary Personhood. A Universal Declaration of Martian Rights.

The second episode of season 2 of From the Moon ventures into the great unknown, delving into three installations currently exhibited at Triennale Milano. Although all very different, together they help to see the speculative, investigative and cultural scope of the unknown unknowns theme. In Into the Great Unknown, David Plaisant, host of the podcast, converses with Colin Koop, design partner in SOM (Skidmore, Owings & Merrill); Susanna Hertrich, artist; and Ani Liu, artist.

The episode tackles one of the main themes of the 23rd Triennale Milano International Exhibition, gravity, through its emotional and more physical implications. Interviews with artists Julijonas Urbonas, Bosco Sodi, and Camilo Oliveira of design agency Space Caviar.

From the Moon 2 is the podcast series created by Triennale Milano with journalist David Plaisant, to explore the themes and artists of the 23rd International Exhibition "Unknown Unknowns. An Introduction to Mysteries".

With Joseph Grima, Sharmaine Lovegrove, Giorgia Lupi, Matthew Claudel. — Looking to the future near and distant we ask if there are reasons to be hopeful. Can innovation and the harnessing of human potential give us hope? In an age of activism and renewed social awareness is it even enough to passively talk about hope? — Hosted by David Plaisant — All the conversations were recorded in November and December 2020

With Ben Ware, Tom Hughes, Tiago Rodrigues, Anne Laudisoit, Emanuele Coccia, Katie Mack, Marta Boffito. — Not as bleak and fatalistic as it may sound, we imagine a utopia or dystopia (depending on how you look at it) : the world without humans, and the very final stages of the universe beyond that. Speaking to two philosophers, a biologist, a theatre director, an ecologist, an HIV AIDS specialist and more besides; this is the most interdisciplinary and thought-provoking episode yet. — Hosted by David Plaisant — All the conversations were recorded in November and December 2020

With James Carpenter, Mia Fineman, Katie Mack, Ivana Müller, Paolo Nespoli. — In this episode we are going to reverse the telescope, and instead focusing our gaze on our home planet, we are going to stay on Earth and look out into space; taking this opportunity to look at our imaginary host, the Moon, and far beyond that too. — Hosted by David Plaisant

With Ricky Burdett, Angela Rui, Joni Baboci, Hou Hanru. From space the planet lights up at night as humankind switches on, emits, consumes, and sleeps. We look at what those lights might tell us, and what the darkness reveals too.

With Hangama Amiri, Rabih Mroué, Thyago Nogueira, Ippolito Pestellini Laparelli. From demarcations in the Amazon to data front lines on our smartphones and under the oceans, we look at the visible and invisible frontiers that continue to affect billions of people. Hosted by David Plaisant

With Andres Jaque, Nico Daswani, Hou Hanru, Anupama Kundoo, Kandis Williams. We look at the divisions that run through our societies, from race to wealth. The information age has shone a light on a world that is more divided than ever. Maybe a new culture is the only hope of survival? Hosted by David Plaisant

With Stefano Boeri, Ersilia Vaudo, Paola Antonelli, Formafantasma, Andrés Jaque, Legacy Russell We take stock of the planet’s environment, both natural and manmade. Can we still talk of an Anthropocene Era? What is the planet’s culture as seen from the Moon? What is culture beyond the pandemic? – From the Moon the Earth seems to be a serenely beautiful sphere of blues, greens and whirling white clouds. From the moon, is where we can finally step back and look at the state of our planet; from the extinction and destruction being caused by climate change to the interlinked conflict and crises that is effecting our population. This podcast will look at Planet Earth as if we are broadcasting from the Moon, the distance allowing us to make sense of the immense beauty that sometimes coexists, but that can often disappear when faced with such grave challenges. Seven episodes of From the Moon will try and unpack the state of the planet via different, distinct topics that interweave and complement the XXIII Triennale theme. Bringing together the fields of design, innovation, science, art, philosophy and more besides, conversations broadcast From the Moon will offer solutions and warnings, they should inspire and critique in equal measure. The 2020 pandemic is of course present in all our consciousness, and rather than addressing this as its own topic or episode it has to be taken as a subtext of the whole podcast series. Some episodes will have particular resonance when it comes to assessing the impact and consequences of the Covid-19 crisis. HOSTED BY DAVID PLAISANT – David Plaisant is a freelance journalist and writer based in Italy. He began his career in London, where he worked in architecture and design advocacy groups and then as a design writer and radio producer for multimedia brand Monocle.

Triennale Milano has been working for some time on a series of in-depth analyses of its programmes in podcast form. From the Moon is part of this project and will accompany the public towards the opening of the International Exhibition. The series, which will be in English, consists of seven episodes, in which leading names from the world of culture and science will discuss some of the key issues facing the world today. Hosted by David Plaisant

“Committed, passionate, ingenious, resourceful, elegant and utterly uncompromising, Enzo Mari is one of the most fascinating designers of our time.” Stefano Boeri, President of Triennale Milano, remembers his long-term friendship with Enzo Mari in conversation with Alice Rawsthorn and Hans Ulrich Obrist.

“Committed, passionate, ingenious, resourceful, elegant and utterly uncompromising, Enzo Mari is one of the most fascinating designers of our time.” Marva Griffin, Founder and Curator of SaloneSatellite and Director of Salone del Mobile’s International Press Office, discusses Mari’s role as an “outsider” of the design world with Alice Rawsthorn.

“Committed, passionate, ingenious, resourceful, elegant and utterly uncompromising, Enzo Mari is one of the most fascinating designers of our time.” Design duo Formafantasma explains the influence Enzo Mari had on their ongoing research about the “implication of production” in design processes.

“Committed, passionate, ingenious, resourceful, elegant and utterly uncompromising, Enzo Mari is one of the most fascinating designers of our time.” Design curator Paola Antonelli and Alice Rawsthorn discuss Mari’s influence on today’s understanding of design: from his project of the Milanese Panettoni to the masterpiece Proposta per un’Autoprogettazione.

“Committed, passionate, ingenious, resourceful, elegant and utterly uncompromising, Enzo Mari is one of the most fascinating designers of our time.” Series host Alice Rawsthorn sits down with London-based designer Martino Gamper, who remembers his uncompromising master Enzo Mari.

“Committed, passionate, ingenious, resourceful, elegant and utterly uncompromising, Enzo Mari is one of the most fascinating designers of our time.” Series host Alice Rawsthorn sits down with the curator of the Enzo Mari retrospective at Triennale Milano to discuss how he approaches an exhibition about “the many faces of Mari”.

“Committed, passionate, ingenious, resourceful, elegant and utterly uncompromising, Enzo Mari is one of the most fascinating designers of our time.” Design critic and writer Alice Rawsthorn collaborates with Hans Ulrich Obrist, curator of the Triennale Milano’s Enzo Mari retrospective, on Enzo Mari Costellazione: a podcast in which Mari’s friends and collaborators share their memories and observations of the designer. Architect Stefano Boeri describes him as “a constellation”. Curator Paola Antonelli sees him as “the conscience of Italian design”. While designer Martino Gamper remembers Enzo Mari as having “insulted me in a way that I’ve never been insulted by another designer.” Marva Griffin Wilshire, founder and creator of Salone Satelline, defines him as “an outsider” whilst design duo Formafantasma unfolds the influence Enzo Mari had on their work about the “implication of production” in design processes. As Hans Ulrich Obrist discusses with Alice Rawsthorn: “the exhibition is an exhibition about the many Maris”. Enzo Mari Costellazione is brought to you by Triennale Milano Host: Alice Rawsthorn Sound editing and recording: Spiritland Productions Produced by Marco Martello and Martina Corbella

David Plaisant sits with James Binning who founded in 2010, together with a 16 to 20 partners, Assemble, a multidisciplinary collective that tries to address the typical disconnect between the public and the process by which places are made.

Journalist David Plaisant meets with the rising star of Mexican architecture Tatiana Bilbao, founder of the Tatiana Bilbao Estudio in her native Mexico City in 2004. Image Los Terrenos / Tatiana Bilbao. Photo Rory Gardiner

In this episode David Plaisant meets with thinker Ricky Burdett, professor of Urban Studies at the London School of Economics and Political Science and director of Urban Age project which he founded in 2005. At the end of 2018 Burdett launched “Shaping Cities in an Urban Age” the third in the Urban Age series of publications published by Phaidon.

David Plaisant meets with renowned Japanese architect Shigeru Ban, who was awarded the Pritzker prize in 2014 and discuss his approach to architecture.

David sits down with Bernie Krause, author, bio-acoustician, speaker, natural sound artist, to discuss his life’s work in sound.

David Plaisant meets with Eyal Weizman, British Israeli architect and founder of Forensic Architecture to discuss the inevitable politicization of his work and how we shouldn’t distinguish between the effects of conflict and natural disasters.