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Torino World Design Capital
Torino is the first World Design Capital. For the whole of 2008, the city will be transformed into a model promoting territorial planning. Torino World Design Capital is broken down into four phases to address citizens, businesses, the academic and training world and institutions, in the conviction that design is an instrument of economic, social and cultural development.
Che scatto!
The unconventional spaces of Vice Direzione Generale Gabinetto del Sindaco e Servizi Culturali della Città di Torino (Deputy Managers’ department of Mayor’s office and Cultural Services of the City of Torino) host 40 photographers from Torino and Piemonte. “Che scatto!” (What a shot!) presents authors of all generations, but focusing particularly on the younger ones. Some “foreign” guests have also been invited with their special works.
Il Salotto di Mao
The summer edition of the live-salon presented by Mao, musician and MTV VJ, and dedicated to the emerging Piedmontese artistic panorama has just started. Attended by bands, singer-songwriters, dancers, designers and many other guests, Il Salotto di Mao (Mao’s Salon) is a prestigious as well as eccentric showcase for every creative artist.
Dal cucchiaio alla città
Torino 2008 World Design Capital is offering 52 weeks of more than 180 local, national, and international level events.
Torino - Archiworld Channel – C.so Mortara 46/c
from 18.10.2007 to 30.10.2008
La Città si discute
Torino 2008 World Design Capital is offering 52 weeks of more than 180 local, national, and international level events.
Torino - Different locations
from 01.01.2008 to 31.12.2008
Torino Today Tour
Torino 2008 World Design Capital is offering 52 weeks of more than 180 local, national, and international level events.
Torino - Various locations
from 01.01.2008 to 31.12.2008
If King Kong gets micro
And if, in the age of the multiplex, Torino’s oldest cinema, named after the giant monkey King Kong, turned into a microplex? The answer, difficult to guess, will be clear to everybody starting from 17th January 2008.
A year around the Alps
The section of Club Alpino Italiano (Italian Alpine Club) of Chieri (Province of Torino) is 80 years old and will celebrate with a ring tour around the Alps lasting one year. This tour will touch peaks over 4,000 metres high, 48 refuges and camps, 28 Alpine valleys, 65 passes, 3 nations, 4 cross-border regions, 7 provinces and 85 municipalities.
Ai monti! Ceramiche d'arte 1930-1950
The Museo della Montagna (Museum of the Mountain) in Torino is drawing again from its resources to promote a new interesting exhibition which can be visited until 26th October 2008. The title is “Ai monti! Ceramiche d'arte 1930-1950” (Go to the mountains! Art pottery 1930-1959), a showcase with rare or unobtainable artist pottery, many with alpine subjects, which have made “history” in the Italian house living rooms of the first half of the XX century.
Eco e Narciso
Torino 2008 World Design Capital is offering 52 weeks of more than 180 local, national, and international level events.
Ecomusei - Different locations
from 01.03.2008 to 30.09.2008
Scoprire il design
More than 200 articles of furniture, architectural models, fabrics, saddles, plates and glasses, and photographs and documents from Alexander Von Vegesack’s private collection are on display at the Pinacoteca Agnelli until the 6th of July.
Le porte del Mediterraneo
The Ministry of Culture for the Regione Piemonte is putting forward Le Porte del Mediterraneo (The Gates of the Mediterranean), an ensemble of initiatives inspired by the uniqueness of the Mediterranean, planned for Rivoli and Torino from April to September, 2008.
Mood.
Fluido (River Side room) is hosting a night called Mood., certainly one of the main novelties in Torino clubbing panorama. Focused on electronic music and dedicated to who cannot spend sleepless nights, it stresses the positive and bright atmosphere pervading the musical proposal, DJs, organizers and location.
Good Times!
Every Sunday, from 6:30 p.m. to midnight, Fluido has Good Times! Music and drinks with dj’s Andy and Giorgio Valletta Eclettismo, refinement, and a touch of craziness are the ingredients of this weekly get-together that reaches into the music of the past, the present and the future without any genre or category restrictions.
Passeggiando nel design. Una storia in 80 oggetti
An open-air exhibit, which winds along Via Po and Piazza Vittorio Veneto in Torino, allows citizens to get an up-close look at the world of creating by presenting 80 objects that stand out in the history of design.
I tempi stanno cambiando. How Climate Varies
Present knowledge and future scenarios of the global climactic situation are being presented at the Museo di Scienza in Torino, from the 17th of March to the 31st of October. The show is accompanied by a series of conferences and by a cinema event organized by Cinemambiente.
Bunna Natural Mystic
Bunna, the voice of Italian reggae, will light up the turntable at the Caffé del Progresso in Torino for a live date with the new radio show, which he will host, on Lifegate Radio: Natural Mystic.
Roberto Sambonet - Designer, Grafico, Artista (1924 – 1995)
Torino 2008 World Design Capital is offering 52 weeks of more than 180 local, national, and international level events.
Torino - Palazzo Madama
from 08.04.2008 to 06.07.2008
Teatro Regio: Opera Season 2007-2008
Ten works and five new stagings, the continuation of RegioneInTour, the participation of such prestigious companies as Moscow’s Bol’soj Theater Ballet, and the debut of the Teatro’s new Musical Director, Gianandrea Noseda, will make the Opera Season at the Teatro Regio in Torino one of the nation’s most interesting.
Any designer’s home for 366 days
Torino 2008 World Design Capital is offering 52 weeks of more than 180 local, national, and international level events.
from 24.10.2007 to 24.10.2008
Elisir Gocce d’Arte in Italia
The 5th edition of the cultural routes organized by Museo Accorsi (Accorsi Museum) in Torino to promote the historical-artistic knowledge of Piemonte and Italian territory is taking place from February to November. The itineraries, from the Museum permanent collection to other exhibition sites, are often accompanied by high scientific level conferences.
Trilogia dell’Automobile
In the year of “Torino 2008 World Design Capital”, Trilogia dell’Automobile (Automobile Trilogy) represents for the city a unique witness of one of the most crucial and significant aspects of design history: car engineering, design and manufacturing. At Torino Esposizioni up to December 2008.
The Pure Gilt of Italian Design
For the XXI edition of the Prize, Torino 2008 World Design Capital intends to present the priceless value of the Compasso d'Oro Historical Collection, recently protected as part of Italy's historical artistic heritage.
Fiori & Aromi
From April to October, the Giardino Medievale (Medieval Garden) in Torino will be the romantic setting for a series of courses, guided tours, open air lessons, events, and celebrations. Fiori & Aromi is the ideal opportunity to admire one of the city’s most beautiful gardens during the different seasons of the year.
Olivetti - Una bella società
Torino 2008 World Design Capital is offering 52 weeks of more than 180 local, national, and international level events.
Torino – Società Promotrice delle Belle Arti
from 16.05.2008 to 27.07.2008
Torino Geodesign
Torino 2008 World Design Capital is offering 52 weeks of more than 180 local, national, and international level events.
Torino – Palafuksas
from 24.05.2008 to 13.06.2008
Nicolaj DIULGHEROFF architetto e designer
Torino 2008 World Design Capital is offering 52 weeks of more than 180 local, national, and international level events.
Torino - Galleria d’arte NARCISO
from 30.05.2008 to 26.07.2008
V.I.V.E! Venerdì In Villa Elettronici
For the entire summer, on alternate Fridays, the most innovative musical selections related to electronic dance imagery animate a new electronic party with Xplosiva. Hosted in the suggestive spaces of Villa Capriglio.
La Venaria Reale: invitation to Court
New displays, exhibitions, events and shows for the Summer season of Venaria Reale. Set against the sumptuous backdrop of the Reggia and its gardens, this season is chock full of appointments that will enchant the public by offering a chance to experience the royal location with the same spirit of the era in which it was designed.
PiemonteFeel for the weekend
Choosing what to do on the weekend, when all the Piemonte provinces are chock-full of events, initiatives, and things to do, is certainly not easy. To help make that difficult decision, PiemonteFeel’s editing staff is bringing together, in this section, several ideas on how to best spend the weekend.
Ausencias - Absences
At the Museo Diffuso della Resistenza, della Deportazione, della Guerra, dei Diritti e della Libertà di Torino (Common Museum of the Resistance, Deportation, War, Rights and Liberty of Torino), fourteen photographic stories of Ausencias (absences) are on exhibit, illustrating the tragedy of the desaparecidos through missing characters. From May 28 – September 7, 2008.
Paesaggio ZerO
Getting to know the territory of Torino’s Parco del Po park through works of art: this is the goal of “Paesaggio Zer0”, the first edition of a project that presents environmental installations, video and photographic reportages. A journey to help the public understand variations within a fluvial landscape in constant evolution.
Finalmente una donna
The exhibit at the Museo Nazionale della Montagna (National Mountain Museum) of Torino does not wish to be a feminist demonstration nor a feminist claim, but simply a journey through time, in the pursuit of the feminine condition as seen in the collections of Museomontagna.
Festival delle Colline Torinesi
Dedicated to the reality of European theatre, Torino Creazione Contemporanea,13th Festival delle Colline Torinesi presents six shows created especially for the event. Five shows are making their national debut, three are on stage for the first time in Piemonte and three are making their debuts in Torino for a total of 60 performances.
2.B Form. Da sguardi a forme
Torino 2008 World Design Capital is offering 52 weeks of more than 180 local, national, and international level events.
Torino - NH Santo Stefano Hotel
from 14.06.2008 to 12.07.2008
Vivendo il design
Torino 2008 World Design Capital is offering 52 weeks of more than 180 local, national, and international level events.
Torino – Barriera
from 15.06.2008 to 15.07.2008
Piemonte Torino Design
Torino 2008 World Design Capital is offering 52 weeks of more than 180 local, national, and international level events.
Torino - Palazzo della Regione
from 20.06.2008 to 21.09.2008
Flexibility
Torino 2008 World Design Capital is offering 52 weeks of more than 180 local, national, and international level events.
Torino - Ex-Carceri, “Le Nuove”
from 26.06.2008 to 12.10.2008
L’impossibile accade di rado, ma accade talvolta!
Torino 2008 World Design Capital is offering 52 weeks of more than 180 local, national, and international level events.
Torino - Piazza dei Mestieri
from 01.06.2008 to 31.12.2008
Lavazza Coffee Roots
Torino 2008 World Design Capital is offering 52 weeks of more than 180 local, national, and international level events.
Torino - Piazza San Carlo
from 04.06.2008 to 31.07.2008
Space Morphing. Migliore+Servetto Temporary Architecture
Torino 2008 World Design Capital is offering 52 weeks of more than 180 local, national, and international level events.
Torino - Pinacoteca dell’Accademia Albertina delle Belle Arti
from 11.06.2008 to 19.07.2008
Design e utente: incompatibili?
Torino 2008 World Design Capital propone 52 settimane di appuntamenti per oltre 180 eventi dal respiro internazionale, nazionale e locale.
Torino - Various locations
from 24.06.2008 to 24.09.2008
YOUPrison
Torino 2008 World Design Capital is offering 52 weeks of more than 180 local, national, and international level events.
Torino - Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo
from 12.06.2008 to 12.10.2008
Fabrizio Musa
Torino 2008 World Design Capital is offering 52 weeks of more than 180 local, national, and international level events.
Torino - Transport + 500 ART GARAGE
from 26.06.2008 to 20.07.2008
Lo spazio di un sorriso
Torino 2008 World Design Capital is offering 52 weeks of more than 180 local, national, and international level events.
Torino – Artintown
from 13.06.2008 to 25.07.2008
La Materia del Design
Torino 2008 World Design Capital is offering 52 weeks of more than 180 local, national, and international level events.
Torino - Accademia Albertina di Belle Arti
from 27.06.2008 to 31.07.2008
+&+ exhibit and lounge
Torino 2008 World Design Capital is offering 52 weeks of more than 180 local, national, and international level events.
Torino - Cavallerizza Reale
from 29.06.2008 to 15.07.2008
Michelangelo Architetto
Torino 2008 World Design Capital is offering 52 weeks of more than 180 local, national, and international level events.
Torino - Palazzo Reale
from 28.06.2008 to 03.08.2008
Torino 011| Biografia di una città
Torino 2008 World Design Capital is offering 52 weeks of more than 180 local, national, and international level events.
Torino - Officine Grandi Riparazioni delle Strade Ferrate
dal 29.06.2008 al 12.10.2008
Flex Your Lab
Torino 2008 World Design Capital is offering 52 weeks of more than 180 local, national, and international level events.
from 21.06.2008 to 06.07.2008
Colonia Sonora
A landscape filled with top quality live concerts headed by the return of Deep Purple, the 2008 edition of Colonia Sonora is the soundtrack of a rhythm-filled summer. The exhibit is enhanced by Summer Glamattakk and Dracma Metal Day.
Il gran teatro ceramico. Oropa, Italia, California.
Torino 2008 World Design Capital is offering 52 weeks of more than 180 local, national, and international level events.
Torino - Galleria Soprana MIAAO Museo Internazionale delle Arti Applicate Oggi
from 07.06.2008 to 27.07.2008
BAU+MIAAO
Torino 2008 World Design Capital is offering 52 weeks of more than 180 local, national, and international level events.
Torino - MIAAO Museo Internazionale delle Arti Applicate Oggi
from 07.06.2008 to 27.07.2008
Pedro Cabrita Reis – Mario Merz
Portugese artist Pedro Cabrita Reis’ artistic installation “converses” with several works of art from the Mario Merz collection in the rooms of the Fondazione named after this master of “Arte Povera”. The main themes of this new display are painting, memory, measurement, handiwork immersed in an architectural dimension.
Nespolocinema
The exhibit that proposes many days of projections to discover Nespolo, the film director illustrates how the only things Italian avant garde artists of the 1960’s needed were “a camera in their hand and an idea in their head” to produce experimental artistic cinema.
Itinerari d’Arte in Piemonte
From June to October, about 40 townships will open their doors every Sunday to anyone who wishes to get involved in a “cultural treasure hunt”. A quality circuit created to enhance the historic and artistic legacy of our region.
Gran Tour 2008
A journey into the culture and history of Torino and Piemonte with “Gran Tour”: until November the abundant calendar of events proposes over one hundred itineraries and tours of museums subdivided into four thematic sections: the shape of design, museums and monuments, promenades and itineraries, science and nature.
Reading Park
From June 12th to July 8th, Reading Park brings the communicative strength of “reading” in several cities in Piemonte: Torino, Biella, Avigliana, Susa, Stresa, and Arona. The initiative is a truly brilliant example of how culture can become a departure point in the promotion of tourism in the Piemonte territory.
Bar Linguistico
The idea of creating the first linguistic bar in Italy was conceived to allow a deeper knowledge of different cultures and languages. A place where the integration and development of a cosmopolitan society passes through the meeting and gathering of people who speak, study, or simply love different languages.
Vanchiglia By Night
Ten evenings with theatrical shows, concerts, film screenings, cabaret, dance, clowns and acrobats, magic, and much more will transform one of the popular centers of the Vanchiglia quarter, the pedestrian area of Via Cesare Balboa, called “le cancellate” (“the gated ones”), into a huge, lively open-air stage.
Changing the Change
Torino 2008 World Design Capital is offering 52 weeks of more than 180 local, national, and international level events.
Torino - Different locations
from 10.07.2008 to 12.07.2008
Traffic Torino Free Festival
Torino 2008 World Design Capital is offering 52 weeks of more than 180 local, national, and international level events.
Torino - Parco della Pellerina
from 07.07.2008 to 12.07.2008
Design by Martini
Torino 2008 World Design Capital is offering 52 weeks of more than 180 local, national, and international level events.
Torino - King Kong Microplex
the 10.07.2008
Giudizio Universale
Torino 2008 World Design Capital is offering 52 weeks of more than 180 local, national, and international level events.
Torino - Pista del Lingotto
the 10.07.2008
Barcelona on show in Torino
Torino 2008 World Design Capital is offering 52 weeks of more than 180 local, national, and international level events.
Torino - Porte Palatine
from 25.06.2008 to 30.10.2008
Festival delle Province
The Festival, a national itinerant exhibition dedicated to popular tradition, is focusing its programme in Piemonte from June 28th to August 30th in the provinces of Torino and Cuneo. Popular concerts, Commedia dell’Arte, engagements with classical music and theatrical works are all scheduled.
Sguardi d’Estate
New arrangements, screenings, shows, concerts and encounters beautify three important museum realities: The GAM, the Palazzo Madama and the Borgo Medievale. Sguardi d’Estate is dedicated to a varied public and represents a pleasant initiative for natives as well as tourists spending their summers in the city.
To Be Settimo
The city of Settimo (To) is celebrating its 50th birthday with a summer filled with music and outdoor performances. Concerts on the “Fuori Tutti” exhibit will take turns on the stage set up at the Parco De Gasperi with enjoyable performances by well known cabaret artists and many theatre shows.
XXIII World Congress of Architecture UIA
From June 29 to July 3, 2008, Torino will be the setting of a world event that unites thousands of architects and students every three years to explore a theme involving architecture’s views concerning major current social and cultural issues. The congress is accompanied by a full agenda of events and exhibitions.
Il Pifferaio Magico 2008
“Il Pifferaio Magico” (Pied Piper), in its 14th edition, is scheduled from June 17 – July 17, 2008. It could be considered the natural continuation of the events organised by the Fondazione Teatro Ragazzi e Giovani and the Città di Torino during the winter months.
Traffic Torino Free Festival
Six days of events that are strictly free of admission fee, with excellent guests and new, prestigious collaborations are confirming Traffic among the pearls of Piemonte’s cultural excellence. The fifth edition of the Festival (July 7-12) will evolve around the theme of “Punk”, going beyond the borders of Torino and surpassing the traditional concept of a musical exhibition.
Teatro a Corte
This summer version of the European Theatre Festival will be a jubilation of scenic expression that will bring the Residences of the Royal House of Savoy back to life in a spectacular manner. “Teatro a Corte” is an opportunity for prestigious European theatrical companies to meet. It will be welcoming 34 companies arriving from 10 different countries.
Sul Filo del Circo
From July 1 – 16, 100 big names of contemporary circus are meeting in the Parco le Serre, magically transforming Grugliasco (To) into Italy’s circus capital. 30 shows on the playbill and over 60 candidates from all over the world to participate in the International Competition for Young Artists. “Sul Filo del Circo” is the most anticipated and followed summer festival on the national panorama.
Johnny D & Krakatoa
On Sunday July 6th, the 18th century Villa Capriglio will serve as a backdrop for a sensational electronic music marathon which begins in the afternoon and goes on through the night. Stars of the event: Johnny D and Krakatoa, introduced by Step e Rills and Breezo e Victor.
Music Planet
The festival of Ethno-musical films created by Musica 90 invites the public to place their eyes and lean their ears upon the variegated world of music and peoples, cultures and religions. The 2008 edition will be enhanced by many opportunities to meet authors and musicians.
Torino World Music Meeting
Africa, the Balkans, South America and Italy, hot and multi-ethnic: with the 8th edition of Torino World Music Meeting, music from around the world lands in Parco Stura, to speak to us of people and traditions, but to tell stories of borders and oppression as well.
Anfiteatro e Stelle 2008
Michael Nyman and Richard Galliano are two of the event-names that will be animating the second edition of “Anfiteatro e Stelle”, the musical event that the township of Borgo San Dalmazzo and Associazione Nuvolari Libera Tribù are organising in the open air amphitheatre in Monserrato.
Manti Regali a Corte
In the Galleria Grande at the Reggia di Venaria Reale by architect Filippo Juvara, a new exposition allows the public to admire the capes and ceremonial gowns that once belonged to Maria José of Sassonia-Coburgo Gotha, wife of King Umberto II and Italy’s last queen until November 3, 2008.
Torino d’Estate
The more than 500 appointments with music, cinema, theatre, dance, cabaret, art and entertainment at 360° that come magically out of the large and colourful container of Torino d’Estate toss a breath of fresh air onto the hot summer in the capital of the Piemonte Region. Events scheduled from June to September are spread out through the crucial points of town.
La stanza dei 40 giorni
Promoting the cultural heritage of Piemonte through a travelling show in museums, castles and unconventional places of the Region: this is “La stanza dei 40 giorni”, presented by the Progetto Zoran, an experimental theatre company in Torino. Until November.
Festival Teatri di Confine
The 10th edition of the Festival Teatri di Confine, will be taking place between July and September in four provinces of Piemonte, bringing about seventy shows to a total of 42 towns. The festival, including Italian, European and international companies is pronouncing itself in the sections of Street Theatre and Narrative Theatre, accompanied by many novelties.
