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AN ARTISTIC JOURNEY WITH UNDER-18 YOUNG CITIZENS AS PROTAGONISTS TO CREATE THE FIRST RURAL ART PARK ON CONFISCATED LAND IN PUGLIA<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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PROJECT<\/strong><\/h3>\n

XFARM Land Art is a project promoted by the Qualcosa di Diverso cooperative to create the first Rural Art Park<\/span> on land confiscated from the mafia in Puglia, actively involving young citizensunder 18 as co-authors of collective site-specific works of Rural Art \u2013 Land Art. The aim is to open up the spaces of XFarm \u2013 the confiscated property \u2013 to the community and create an artistic pathway as an attraction for citizens and visitors in the name of the economy of beauty and legality.<\/span> <\/p>\n

By exploring and studying the morphological characteristics of the territory, the agro-environmental conditions, the history of the confiscated property, memory and commitment, and the alternatives provided by the civil economy to the mafia economy, the project aims to stimulate collective thinking on this cultural and symbolic dimension of confiscated properties as common goods.
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THE WORKSHOPS<\/strong><\/h3>\n

In collaboration with Pigment Workroom<\/a>, Xfarm offered young people aged between 14 and 17 from secondary schools in the province of Brindisi a series of four workshops structured around the agricultural seasons, led by a multidisciplinary team of artists, curators, experts in art education, sociologists, ecologists, economists, anti-Mafia activists and farmers. <\/p>\n

The young participants were guided through the various creative stages \u2013 inspiration, imagination, study and design, narration \u2013 until they produced a contribution, an artistic act. Each phase involves the use of artistic languages and tools that interpret the typical processes of the agricultural season, as well as natural materials present in the landscape (wood, branches, pruning residues, raw earth, foliage, etc.), aiming to connect artistic and cultural disciplines with agronomic, ecological, social, economic, and historical ones. <\/p>\n

THE OBJECTIVES<\/strong><\/h3>\n

PROMOTING EDUCATION ON LEGALITY<\/b><\/h4>\n

without rhetoric, through involvement and activism, engaging young people in the challenging, a concrete and visionary process of creating the first Rural Art Park on confiscated property in Puglia.<\/span><\/p>\n

PROMOTE MULTIDISCIPLINARITY<\/b><\/h4>\n

between agriculture, ecology, art and social issues, stimulating awareness among young participants on the need of \u201cterritorial\u201d civil economy as a real alternative to crime and as possible models that can respond effectively to economic and social crisis.<\/p>\n

ARTISTICALLY AND SOCIALLY \u201cINFRASTRUCTURING\u201d<\/strong><\/h4>\n

a long-abandoned confiscated property to raise awareness within the local community and improve its attractiveness to the public as a common good.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space]

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\n\t\t[vc_column_text]The first Autumn workshop took place from November to December 2022 with the participation of visual artist and environmental engineer Andrea Conte \u2013 known as Andreco<\/a> \u2013 specialized in environmental sustainability and resource management in challenging climatic conditions. Bringing the inspiration of his multidisciplinary project Climate Art Project<\/a>, he guided the young participants in designing the first artwork of the Rural Artistic Park: THE GREEN CLASSROOMS \u2013 two concentric circles of new plants forming a green theater, a place for gathering, socializing, ecological and cultural training. <\/p>\n

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During the workshops, managed by the project partner Pigment Workroom, the fundamental stages of creating a work of art were studied: analysis of history, ecosystem, problems, needs, and resources of the site; study of the meaning, significance, and feasibility of the work; communication and interaction with the public. The young participants were then actively involved in site surveys and in imagining the artistic installations in relation to XFarm\u2019s spaces, materials, and resources, gathering ideas and data in a psycho-map. <\/p>\n

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Starting with an in-depth exploration of land art, public art, and \u2018Nature as Art\u2019 as a reflection on the relationship between the environment, humans, art, and politics, three main lines of work were identified, alternating theoretical and practical activities: education to legality and anti-mafia, and regeneration of a confiscated property; agroecology and permaculture; project design and communication.<\/p>\n

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