Federica Giardini launches 'Rubriche d’aria' podcast on air privatization

Federica Giardini inaugurates the podcast series 'Rubriche d’aria' on the platform On Air, produced by the Livorno-based collective Carico Massimo (founded in 2012). The weekly podcast, curated by Juan Pablo Macias and Alessandra Poggianti, features voices of artists, philosophers, curators, historians, and scientists reflecting on air as a sociocultural commons. Giardini's episode draws from Luce Irigaray's 'L'oblio dell'aria' to discuss air privatization, linking particulate matter levels to virus transmission. She coins the term 'atmomensori' (after Irigaray's 'agrimensori' from Michel Soutter's film 'Les arpenteurs') and references Piero Manzoni's 'Artist's Shit' and Marco D'Eramo's 'Dominio' on selling pure air. Giardini, a philosopher with a degree from the University of Pisa, has worked on philosophy-psychoanalysis intersections, corporeal intersubjectivity, and political philosophy using difference as an operator. The series is supported by Regione Toscana, Comune di Livorno, and Centro per l’arte contemporanea Luigi Pecci di Prato. Selected episodes will be broadcast on Artribune.