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RiccardoArenaStudio
ARCHITECTURE OF VISION
Semantics of Imagination & Spatialization Thinking
Workshops - Seminars
OVERVIEW
Over the years, I carried out visual and theoretical research projects across different countries and cultures, which has led me to experiment with and develop educational programmes, seminars, and workshops that have become fundamental parts of my artistic practise.
These activities are meant as tools for imaginative research to stimulate interdisciplinary discussions on visual culture and foster a deeper comprehension of the cognitive pathways involved in the formation of an one's mental landscapes as well as the essential role of creative activity as a process of knowledge.
The work method is designed to create a framework through theoretical sessions, lectures, practical tasks, and group conversations, with the aim of investigating the semantics of imagination from a symbolic, philosophical, and physiological perspective.
Visual reflection tools such as spatial thinking, mind diagrams, and conceptual maps are used to reveal both the intuitive and intellectual processes involved in the creative act, to investigate the mediating potential of images, and to improve the intelligence of body gestures.
COLLABORATIONS
BRERA FINE ARTS ACADEMY, Milan / NETHERLANDS FILM ACADEMY, Amsterdam / VIAFARINI, Milan / BOLOGNA ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS, Bologna / DIMITRI SCHOOL, Verscio / HOCHSCHULE DER KÜNSTE BERN (HKB), Bern / LA MANUFACTURE LAUSANNE, Lausanne / ZÜRCHER HOCHSCHULE DER KÜNSTE (ZHDK), Zurich / UNAM - Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México / VERONA ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS, Verona / UNIVERSIDAD IBEROAMERICANA, Puebla / ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS G.B. TIEPOLO, Udine / FONDAZIONE FELTRINELLI, Milan / MONTEVERITÀ, Ascona / UNIVERSITY OF FINE ART & DESIGN OF ADDIS ABABA, Addis Ababa / TUMO - CENTER FOR CREATIVE TECHNOLOGIES, Yerevan / PAV, Torino / MAGA - MUSEO ARTE GALLARATE, Gallarate / TUMO - CENTER FOR CREATIVE TECHNOLOGIES, Yerevan / GALLERIA MILANO, Milan / MATERA CAPITAL OF CULTURE 2019, Matera / FATTI DI CULTURA, Mantova / LIBRERIA BODONI - SPAZIO B, Torino / STANDARDS, Milan / KOOSHK, Teheran / P.I.A., Lecce / M8 ECOMUSEO NIGUARDA, Milan / MiBACT, Rome
KEYWORDS
Dreamscape / Active Imagination / Visual-Spatial thinking / Cognitive & Creative Process / Physicalization / Cosmograms / Labyrinth & Maze / Mundus Imaginalis / Art of Diagram / Mental & Conceptual Maps / Cartographies of Gesture / Nooshpere / Divination & Synchronicity / Symbolic Language / Correspondence & Analogy / Pathosformeln / Nonverbal Storytelling / Geography of Imagination / Dance with the System / Memory Theatre / Amplification Method / Mindscape / Philosophy of Sign / Rhizome / Epistemology of Complexity / Serendipity / Trachtig / Fictional Narratives / Geosophy / Architecture of Vision / Art as Research / Epistemology of Complexity / Serendipity / Co-learning / Planomenon / Mantic Practices / ExTempore / Cynefin Method / Knots Grammar / Psychogeography / Coreography of Thought / Visual Knowledge / Guided Imagery / Semantic of Trace / Cultural Ecology / Stratification & Composition / The Art of Waving / Inner Atlas / Teomama / Tridimensional Reasoning / Schemata / Movement Visualization / Aesthetics of the Archive / Orientation / Cognitive Figures / Foundation Rituals / Ephemeral Networks
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