NEWS

THE FESTIVAL. MUSEUM OF CIVILIZATIONS AND TRADITIONS OF ROME

| by Susanna Cati | The Museum of Civilizations, located in the EUR district of Rome in two symmetrical buildings—Il Palazzo delle Scienze and Il Museo delle Civiltà e delle Tradizioni—is a complex institution. The museum itinerary of the Palazzo delle Arti e Tradizioni Popolari Italiane is currently divided into three interconnected thematic sections. The first section describes various religious ceremonies and includes scale models of shoulder-borne processional structures or their original monumental versions. Next are the rooms dedicated to transport, festivals, games, and open-air performances. The second section displays everything related to domestic living, while the third explores various trades, from craftsmanship to maritime, agricultural, and pastoral work. Visiting…

THE WEAVING OF INTELLIGENCES: THREADS, ALGORITHMS, AND QUANTUM WORLDS

| by Eleonora Giglione | There is a silent yet tenacious bond between the art of weaving and the world of computation. An ancient thread that spans centuries and technologies, capable of linking the manual intuition of weavers with the abstraction of the most sophisticated machines. From mechanical looms to punched cards, from visual algorithms to neural bending and quantum computers, thought becomes weave, interlace, variation. In this journey through patterns, logics, and languages, we rediscover the symbolic roots of programming and open up a new space for imagining intelligence as an expanded form of creation. Among the pioneers in the history of computer science, Heinz Zemanek holds a unique…

LOUISE BOURGEOIS: BETWEEN THREAD AND MEMORY, THE STORY OF AN ANCIENT CHILD

| by Eleonora Giglione | “I am not what I am, I am what I do with my hands”, Louise Bourgeois “Cloth Lullaby – The Woven Life of Louise Bourgeois” is an illustrated book for children and adults alike. And yet, both child and adult at the same time is also the soul it portrays: Louise Bourgeois, weaver of memory and matter, of threads and thoughts, of wounds and mending. To take these pages as a starting point to narrate such a complex and intense figure carries deep meaning. Fabric and weaving are not only at the core of her art but the very rhythm of her thought: at times…

ARTISTS

INTERVIEW WITH ALVARO DIEGO GOMEZ CAMPUZANO

| by Barbara Pavan | Alvaro Diego Gomez Campuzano was born in Bogotá in 1956 and graduated in Architecture and Landscape from Javeriana University in the same city in 1978. Since then, he has embarked on a continuous artistic journey that has led him to exhibit in international exhibitions and institutional venues in various countries.…
MICHAEL SYLVAN ROBINSON

Michael Sylvan Robinson’s art and queer activism are expressed through the innovative use of textile collage and text-based art techniques. Their process begins with the selection of textiles characterized by intricate patterns, which are then reassembled into complex textile collages, densely worked with machine and hand stitching, as well as bead applications. Originally a costume…
JACQUELINE SURDELL

| by Maria Rosaria Roseo | Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois (USA), where she currently lives and works, Jacqueline Surdell is a young woman of many talents—first a professional athlete and later an artist, with a background from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where she earned her Master of Fine Arts…