Daniele Puppi and Valentina Sumini on Artribune Podcast
In the latest episode of the Artribune podcast 'Contemporaneamente,' hosted by Mariantonietta Firmani, artist Daniele Puppi and architect Valentina Sumini share their insights. Puppi, an alumnus of Rome's Accademia di Belle Arti, has participated in artist residencies across cities like Adelaide, Paris, Seoul, San Francisco, and Saratoga. His notable exhibitions include 'Infrasub' at Fondazione Ado Furlan, 'Ventiventuno' at Magazzino Gallery, 'Respira' at Galleria Borghese, and the 'Gotham Prize' at the Italian Cultural Institute in New York. Sumini, who holds degrees from Politecnico di Torino and a PhD from Politecnico di Milano, leads Italy's inaugural course on 'Architecture for Human Space Exploration' and has contributed to projects like MOOREA and the Moon Village, also winning NASA competitions. The podcast delves into themes of mental spaces, technology, and nurturing children's creativity.
Key facts
- Daniele Puppi and Valentina Sumini are guests on the Artribune podcast 'Contemporaneamente' hosted by Mariantonietta Firmani.
- Puppi graduated from Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma and has held residencies in Adelaide, Paris, Seoul, San Francisco, and Saratoga.
- Puppi's solo exhibitions include 'Infrasub' at Fondazione Ado Furlan, 'Ventiventuno' at Magazzino Gallery, 'Respira' at Galleria Borghese, and 'Gotham Prize' at Istituto Italiano di Cultura in New York.
- Puppi's 'Fatica' series was shown at Galleria Nazionale in Rome, HangarBicocca in Milan, and Melbourne International Arts Festival.
- Sumini is a space architect with a PhD from Politecnico di Milano and Illinois Institute of Technology.
- Sumini is an affiliate researcher at MIT Media Lab and teaches the first Italian course on 'Architecture for Human Space Exploration' at Politecnico di Milano.
- Sumini worked on MOOREA (2009), Moon Village with Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and ESA, and SpaceHuman exoskeleton tested in zero-G in 2019.
- Sumini won NASA RASC-AL competitions (2017, 2018), Mars City Design Competition (2017), and NASA Big Idea Challenge (2019).
Entities
Artists
- Daniele Puppi
- Valentina Sumini
- Mariantonietta Firmani
Institutions
- Artribune
- Parallelo42.it
- Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma
- Fondazione Ado Furlan
- Magazzino Gallery
- Galleria Borghese
- Istituto Italiano di Cultura New York
- Galleria Nazionale Roma
- HangarBicocca
- Melbourne International Arts Festival
- Australian Experimental Art Foundation
- MAXXI
- Politecnico di Torino
- Alta Scuola Politecnica
- Politecnico di Milano
- Illinois Institute of Technology
- MIT Media Lab
- Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
- European Space Agency
- COESIA
- NASA
- Mars City Design
- IASS
Locations
- Roma
- Italia
- Adelaide
- Australia
- Parigi
- Francia
- Seoul
- Corea del Sud
- San Francisco
- Stati Uniti
- Saratoga
- Pordenone
- New York
- Milano
- Melbourne
- Manizales
- Colombia
- Anversa
- Belgio
- Vigo
- Spagna
- Herford
- Germania
- Chicago
- Torino