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Università delle Idee is a research centre where creative ideas come to life and are promoted. It aims at achieving an interaction between the arts and the other humanities, scientific and social disciplines. UNIDEE Università delle Idee is founded on a statement that was made by the artist Michelangelo Pistoletto: "Art is the most sensitive and comprehensive expression of human thought. The time has come for the artist to take the responsibility of connecting every other human activity. From economy to politics, from science to religion, from education to behaviour. In brief, all the components of our social structure." (manifesto, Progetto Arte 1994) The spirit of UNIDEE has its basis in this premise. A vast container of human thoughts, a laboratory which places the concept of creativity at the centre of a pursuit that wishes to include the various humanities, scientific and social sectors. Its aim is to lead to a responsible transformation of society. Our main intent is to respond to the deep-rooted contradictions caused by the opposition between the exponential growth of technological and economic-financial systems - what we call "progress" - and the "regression" induced by the tragic degradation of our planet to which we must add the inhuman physical and moral poverty that envelops most of the world population. Oddly enough, this occurs at a time when we should, on the other hand, have reached a mature responsibility throughout the planet. UNIDEE tries to respond to the needs that are emerging on all the levels of the social structure and commits itself to a project that can produce important steps towards the concept of "civil society". UNIDEE's purpose is to gather all the possible creative forces and concentrate them on a central theme: global civil society. UNIDEE is dedicated in particular to propositive minds, capable of proposing projects and suggesting innovative solutions also in the collective situations. This concerns all the aspects of our everyday life: from the practical objects of common use to the complex components of our physical habitat and mental habitus. UNIDEE serves as a laboratory that conducts a personal research and an internal production, but also as an international mediator collecting projects that could constitute new formative models for the different branches of the social structure. To reach this aim UNIDEE is open to utopian projects, and offers to propose them to those who are willing to perceive them and possibly actualise them. Università delle Idee is composed of three main lines of study: Habitus Concerning all the aspects of human thought. Its different expressions and the disciplines used to express itself: spirituality, philosophy as well as science, anthropology, economy, politics and communication. Abito All the aspects related to the body. Its relationship with the world that surrounds it and the way it expresses itself: theatre, performance, fashion but also nourishment and behaviour. Abitare All the aspects of architecture: from the creation of design objects to city planning and world habitat. SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE Giuliano Della Pergola, Professor of Urban and Rural Sociology, Polytechnic of Milan Trond Berg Eriksen, Professor of History of Ideas, University of Oslo Alanna Heiss, Director of the PS1 Museum, New York Edelbert Köb, Assistant director of the Academy of Arts, Vienna; director of the KUB, Bregenz. Henrich Kreutz, Professor of Sociology, University of Nuremberg Ervin Laszlo, Expert in Philosophy of Systems and General Theory of Evolution, President of the "Club of Budapest", Montescudaio (Pisa) Michel Maffesoli, Professor of Sociology and Director of the Research Institute of the Imaginary, Sorbonne, Paris Massimo Melotti, Management consultant and head of communications at the Castello di Rivoli Contemporary Arts Museum, Turin Elisabeth Samsonow, Head of the Sacred Arts Institute, Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna Walter Santagata, Professor of Public Finance, faculty of Political Sciences, Università degli Studi of Turin Janwillem Schrofer, President of the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam Elisabeth Schweeger, Director of the Munich Marstall Theatre Harald Szeeman, Historian of the arts and artistic director of the Biennale di Venezia 1999 / 2001 Denis Zacharopoulos, Historian of the Arts, Athens UNIVERSITA' DELLE IDEE UNIDEE offers a significant specialisation course to students and graduates coming from different university backgrounds. The growing interest in the research and development of IDEAS on all levels of the social context is not perceived by UNIDEE in generic terms. It is perceived as need for creative contribution in every field of human activity, following the specific direction previously mentioned in the introduction. Consequently, UNIDEE offers each course participant a unique experience not be found in any other academic or university program. Activities are, in fact, based on the application and use of imagination in the chosen profession, and they all aim at a responsible social transformation. Moreover, art students and young artists will have the opportunity of introducing their creative work to larger shares of the social context. The residents will live and work in the buildings of Cittadellarte, a remarkable architectural example of industrial archaeology. Apart from attending courses, workshops, public meetings and exhibitions, they will also share the behavioural experience of living within a collective community. Regulations UNIDEE programs are directed by Michelangelo Pistoletto and are based on his multidisciplinary experience. The 2001 course for students in residence consists of seminars held by members of the Scientific Committee of Università delle Idee and by experts and eminent figures of the various humanities, economical, political, artistic and social disciplines. Each day will be divided into a theoretical part and into a practical part, that will be dedicated to the development and actualisation of individual and group projects. These projects shall be gradually proposed both by the participants (residents and experts) and by non-residents (Projects by invitation). The UNIDEE in-residence activities are carried out on two levels: the first is the level of physical space which includes Cittadellarte and its surroundings. The second, is the level of virtual space and includes the international means of communication, in particular Internet. The residents actively take part in the scheduled events at Cittadellarte: exhibitions, conventions, performances, workshops. UNIDEE in residence takes place over a period of three months: from 1 to 31 July, and from 1 September to 31 October 2001. The official language is English At the end of the course, each resident shall be presented with a certificate of attendance. Participants who miss out on more than 20% of the scheduled activities shall not be entitled to the above-mentioned document. The projects elaborated during the residence will be presented to the public. Admission Committee The projects and material received shall be judged and selected by an international jury that will then proceed to assigning the seats, in compliance with the aims mentioned in the introduction. Terms of Participation For the year 2001, twenty seats will be assigned. To take part in the selection, candidates must send their ideas, projects and documentation of the activities they have carried out in their field. The application must include: 1. The participation form that must be filled in and signed. 2. Brief description of a project that complies with the premises of Università delle Idee, mentioned in the introduction. (2 sheets) 3. Any additional documentation regarding the project or the applicants' activity in general (drawings, photographs, videosŠ) The material must reach us by 31 March 2001. Please write "UNIDEE in residence" both on the envelope and in the cover. The results of the selection shall be communicated after 10 May 2001. A total amount of Lire 18 million (Euro 9300) has been calculated for each student for three months residence. Lire 15 million (Euro 7750) of that sum shall be covered by Fondazione Pistoletto scholarships and by other public and private organisations. The remaining Lire 3 million (Euro 1550) are at the students' expense, who will have the opportunity of finding sponsors to cover their part. The fee includes: * seminars for the entire 3 month period * Workshop attendance * technical and didactic support materials * participation to the activities of Cittadellarte * board and lodging in the seat of the Fondazione. Applications must be sent to: UNIDEE in Residence Cittadellarte - Fondazione Pistoletto Via Serralunga, 27 13900 Biella - Italia tel. +39 015 28400 fax +39 015 2522540 email unidee@cittadellarte.it Internet www.cittadellarte.it ---------------------------------------------------------- # rohrpost -- deutschsprachige Mailingliste fuer Medien- und Netzkultur # Info: majordomo@mikrolisten.de; msg: info rohrpost # kommerzielle Verwertung nur mit Erlaubnis der AutorInnen # Entsubskribieren: majordomo@mikrolisten.de, msg: unsubscribe rohrpost # Kontakt: owner-rohrpost@mikrolisten.de -- http://www.mikro.org/rohrpost