Presentation of the volume “Sottotraccia alla luce del sole”, edited by Diego Mantoan and Claudio Gulli – published by Fondazione Palazzo Butera, 2024. Graphic design by Caterina Virzì and artistic contribution by Laura Pitingaro. A study day & conversations with the Palermo artistic context.
In collaboration with:
Department of Humanities, University of Palermo; Mediascape PhD Program, Academy of Fine Arts of Palermo; and Fondazione Palazzo Butera.
Funded by: European Union, NextGenerationEU.
THE BOOK
The pages of “Sottotraccia alla luce del sole” preserve the memory of four conversations held at Palazzo Butera in February 2024, involving many of the non-institutional protagonists of Palermo’s creative renaissance. Over the last decade, these figures have contributed to reshaping the city’s artistic image.
Designed as a moment of self-analysis on the role and challenges of the Palermo artistic milieu, the debate unfolds along four thematic axes that shed light on the urban environment, considering the growing international artistic attention the city has received.
- The first conversation explores the public marks left by Palermo’s creative shift, seen as a form of writing that interprets the city’s spirit.
- The second focuses on the daily actions carried out by the artistic community, which has chosen the city as its urban and social field of intervention.
- The third examines regenerative spaces that individual artists or collectives have reclaimed to propose new ways of revitalizing the urban geography.
- The fourth addresses the cyclical nature of virtuous artistic interventions aimed at fostering autonomous ecosystems.
“Sottotraccia alla luce del sole. Il contesto artistico nella rinascita di Palermo”
Edited by Diego Mantoan and Claudio Gulli
Published by Edizioni Palazzo Butera, Palermo 2024
Graphic design by Caterina Virzì
Artistic contribution by Laura Pitingaro
Editorial assistance by Annalena Schlüchter
Printed in January 2025 by Officine Grafiche
ISBN 978 1234 567897
With contributions from:
Claudio Gulli | Maria Rosa Sossai | Giulia Crisci | Diego Mantoan
In collaboration with:
Department of Humanities, University of Palermo
Fondazione Palazzo Butera, Francesca & Massimo Valsecchi Collection
Funded by:
European Union, NextGenerationEU, as part of the EUROSTART Project
The book includes contributions from:
GIUSEPPE ARICI | CLAUDIO ARESTIVO | L’ASCENSORE | DARIO BISSO | GIUSEPPE BUCARO | FLORINDA CERRITO | IRENE COPPOLA | GIULIA CRISCI | ELISABETTA DI STEFANO | PAOLO FALCONE | STEFANIA GALEGATI | VINCENZA GAROFALO | EMILIA GUARINO | CLAUDIO GULLI | ANDREA INZERILLO | ANDREA KANTOS | VALERIA MAGGIORE | DIEGO MANTOAN | ANDREA MASU | MARCO MONDINO | IGNAZIO MORTELLARO | UMBERTO PEZZINO RAO | LAURA PITINGARO | GIOVANNI RIZZUTO | MARIA ROSA SOSSAI | SALVATORE TEDESCO
PROGRAM
Thursday, February 27, 2025
15:00–15:30 | Welcome & Conversation I
“Above and Below: A Book is a Promise”
- DIEGO MANTOAN | University of Palermo
- CLAUDIO GULLI | Fondazione Palazzo Butera
- MARIA ROSA SOSSAI | Museo Civico di Castelbuono
- GIULIA CRISCI | IUAV University of Venice
- ROSARIO PERRICONE | Academy of Fine Arts of Palermo
15:30–16:45 | Conversation II
“Palermo from Outside and Outside Palermo”
- BIANCA BOZZEDA | Kultur Ensemble – Goethe Institut Palermo
- JUAN CARLOS RECHE | Instituto Cervantes Palermo
- LINA ISSA | Independent Artist
- REDA BERRADI | Piazzetta Speciale
- CHIARA GIUBILARO | University of Palermo
- GIANLUCA CANGEMI | Almendra Music
- Moderator: GIULIA CRISCI
16:45–18:00 | Conversation III
“Telling Our Story Without Being Told”
- GIULIA MONROY | studiomoy
- GIORGIO MEGA | Fondazione Studio Rizoma
- CRISTINA ALGA | Ecomuseo Mare Memoria Viva
- FLORA PITROLO | Nuova Orfeo
- ATERRATERRA | Fabio Aranzulla & Luca Cinquemani
- Moderator: MARIA ROSA SOSSAI
18:00–18:30 | Final Debate
The book is fully available in Open Access on the IRIS portal of UNIPA.