In 2003 on the theme of re-opening the history and attention on material culture, I conceived, as an artist, “Eco e Narciso”, a nomadic socially engaged art programme sponsored by the Provincia di Torino, curated by myself involving co-curators and international artists who generated – from the dialogue with material culture (through eco-museums, in other words, centres of cultural interpretation of the territory), local government administrations, the new generations (regarding the themes of belonging), workers, farmers and migrants – participatory processes of reflection and site-issue-specific artworks in relation with the context.

“Eco e Narciso” launched in 2004 a project called LAP (Permanent Artistic Laboratory) with local administrators and the community to compare art, local development and transformation of the territory.

In 2011 “Eco e Narciso” has undertaken a path of evolution called Sette Piccoli Cieli (Seven Little Skies), combining contemporary creativity, theory, practice, and education. It is addressed to ‘communities of practice’. Working from an analysis focused on identifying and investigating key topical themes in the construction of inclusive, sustainable public space, it has come to highlight situations that bear the same relation to those themes that artistic activity does to civil engagement. Citizenship, labour, legality, new production and sharing technology, intercultural dialogue, public space and environment are themes that can be taken as the starting point for examining and interpreting social and economic changes and fostering productivity and cultural action through art, by encouraging contact, dialogue and exchange among communities, artists and experts in various fields.

From 2014 to 2015 “Eco e Narciso” collaborated at Stupinigi Fertileproject with the aim to enhance the rural identity of the historic area of Stupinigi.

Eco e Narciso has been part of RESÒ the international art residency programme promoted by Foundation for Modern and Contemporary Art CRT, Turin.

The Eco e Narciso programme has matured thanks to the engagement of practitioners, artists, co-curators, local community, partners and networks. Among them: Francesco Barocco, Andrea Botto, Elisabetta Benassi, Daniela Cascella, Castello di Rivoli, Cristiano de Majo, Gianluca e Massimiliano De Serio, John Duncan, Fondazione Pistoletto, Martino Gamper, Luigi Gariglio, Goldsmiths – University of London, Jacob Kirkegaard, Nick Laessing, Armin Linke, Marzia Migliora, Stefano Mirti, Sandrine Nicoletta, Antonio Pascale, Cesare Pietroiusti, Paolo Piscitelli, Scuola Holden, Sergio Risaliti, Steve Roden, Royal College of Art, Studio Marc, Anna Scalfi Eghenter, Tiziano Scarpa, Antonio Scurati, Elisa Sighicelli, Beto Shwafaty, Enzo Umbaca, Luca Vitone, Dario Voltolini.

The visual identity was curated by Lorem