Christian Caliandro's Diary on Acting Traps and Urban Regeneration

Christian Caliandro's diary entries from June 10–14, 2019, explore the concept of 'acting traps' through sensory workshops with children in Taranto. Activities include comparing industrial and natural strawberries, touching shapes of eggplants and lemons with eyes closed, and tasting wild versus industrial loquats. Caliandro reflects on authority, hypocrisy in Italian culture (citing Marco Bellocchio's 'Il Traditore' and Tommaso Buscetta), and the infinite forms of rice grains. On June 14, he quotes Dino Borri on urban regeneration, contrasting industrial cities like Liverpool and Manchester with memorable ones like Naples, Palermo, Seville, and Istanbul. He argues that genuine cultural regeneration must be spontaneous, not imposed from above, citing the example of Kyuss in Palm Springs. The diary is part of a series titled 'Trappole dell’acting' and references Alessandro Bulgini's 'Casetta rossa in Città Vecchia' in Taranto.