The Superpowers of Culture and Good Relationships
We are a “society of conflict.”
Conflict is a universal human experience; at any time and latitude. Different forms of violence and war are examples of destructive ways of managing conflict.
Conflicts with oneself or with others often over silly matters: between family members, between employers and employees, between colleagues, between neighbors, between those that propose a change and those that resist it, generational conflicts, religious conflicts, conflicts between two or more countries, conflicts between humans and nature and ecosystems, conflicts between humans and non-humans: such as ideas, atmospheric agents, data, technologies, artificial intelligence.
The great challenge of our time, then, is the ability to know how to mediate, conciliate, compose, and build a more robust culture of peace, collaboration, and respect.
The great antidote to conflict, the real super power, is the ability to build and maintain good relationships. Scientists from around the world confirm that good relationships help people live longer, cope better with stress, have healthier habits and a greater resistance to disease.
In the year that Agrigento will be Capital of Italian Culture, the fourth edition of Countless Cities, Farm Cultural Park's Biennial of World Cities, intends to take inspiration from cities around the world to promote projects, strategies, and actions that can build a legacy of lasting “relationships of value” and trigger radical economic, social, and cultural transformations.
The fourth edition of Countless Cities intends to explore the following topics:
Culture Always
Culture as an engine for the development of human beings and a tool for change: to take care of and enhance common goods, to make existing rights real and effective, to recognize new ones, and to take people left behind by the hand.
Healthy Cities
The relationship between the urban environment and health: by promoting those international good practices that, with different approaches related to green areas, mobility, social cohesion, culture or sport, focus on improving the health of citizens.
Cities & Soft Power
An increasingly important role is being given to the concept of “soft power,” which involves not only cities but also companies, museums, universities, religious denominations and other institutions of civil society, to propose culture and values.
"Varanasi: A Journey into the Infinite"
Agrigento, Villa Genuardi, OPENING December 14th at 7:00 PM
Curated by Farm Cultural Park, with a photographic reportage by Andrea Marcheggiani and a video contribution by Salvatore Izzo, the exhibition will offer a visual and sensory journey through one of the world’s oldest and most mysterious cities.
Varanasi, also known as Benares, is a unique center of spirituality and culture, where the sacred and prayer mark the most important moments of the day and the life of all the faithful. Visitors will be guided through an immersive experience that unveils the city in its contrasts: from the lively narrow streets, to the temples, to the ghats along the Ganges River, and the sacred ceremonies and daily cremations. The exhibition invites reflection on the essence of a city that, as the title suggests, seems to escape the bounds of time and the limits of the finite.
The project is financed by the Sicilian Region and realized in collaboration with the Municipality of Agrigento, the Valley of the Temples Archaeological Park, the Sicilian Heritage Department of Agrigento, and the Municipality of Aragona.
New Cities, built from scratch:
ASTANA - FOREST CITY - NUSANTARA - SONGDO - THE LINE
Aragona Auditorium Incompiuto OPENING December 15th at 12 PM
Un nuovo Padiglione di Countless Cities 2025, la Biennale delle Città del Mondo, giunta alla sua quarta edizione é dedicato alle Città di nuova fondazione di diverse parti del mondo.
Curata da Analogique e Farm Cultural Park, questo progetto espositivo per Agrigento Capitale 2025 è finanziato dalla Regione Siciliana e realizzato in collaborazione con il Comune di Agrigento, il Parco della Valle dei Templi e la Soprintendenza dei Beni Culturali e il Comune di Aragona.
Ogni città rappresenta una risposta visionaria ai problemi urbani contemporanei, dalle tecnologie smart city di Songdo, alla verticalità radicale di The Line in Arabia Saudita. Attraverso installazioni, video e immagini, il Padiglione svela le promesse e le sfide di queste utopie urbane, interrogandosi su quanto siano davvero sostenibili e inclusivi i loro modelli di sviluppo.
La mostra, ospitata all'interno di un'opera pubblica incompiuta da trent’anni ad Aragona, invita i visitatori a riflettere su come le città costruite da zero potrebbero rappresentare il futuro o rischiare di trasformarsi in distopie sociali e ambientali. Sarà un'opportunità unica per esplorare i lati più nascosti di questi progetti avveniristici e chiedersi: come possiamo costruire città che siano davvero a misura d’uomo?
"Bordeaux, city of water. A city resulting from the reclamation of marshlands. A major port center for colonial and slave trade in the 18th century. The more recent tourism expansion. A place of flows and relationships."
Luca Lotti
"Where I come from, your zip code determines your destiny. And women like me are not supposed to run for Congress."
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Bronx NY
“The Nazareth pavilion as part of cultural regeneration approach will contribute to bring the oppressed voice of the marginalized city together with its unheard story and unseen social and urban fabric to the world”. Razan Zoubi Zeidani
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Tutto inizia con un'idea. Forse vuoi lanciare un'attività. Forse vuoi trasformare un hobby in qualcosa di più.
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Tutto inizia con un'idea. Forse vuoi lanciare un'attività. Forse vuoi trasformare un hobby in qualcosa di più.
