Italian Artist Elisa Giardina Papa on US Cultural Policy Under Trump
In 2011, Italian artist and academic Elisa Giardina Papa relocated to the United States to pursue a master's degree in Art and New Media at RISD. Following her studies, she served as an educator at both RISD and Brown University. In January 2017, she embarked on a PhD journey in Film and Media at UC Berkeley. Giardina Papa contrasts the educational systems of the US and Italy, emphasizing significant art centers in New York and Los Angeles, along with academic research in California and the East Coast. She notes cultural decline during Trump's presidency, referencing the 2017 Charlottesville rally, critiques Richard Florida's 'creative class' concept, and points out gentrification in Bushwick and the Mission. In October 2017, she took part in the XVI Quadriennale d'Arte in Rome and also taught in Salemi, Sicily.
Key facts
- Elisa Giardina Papa moved to the US in 2011 for a master's at RISD.
- She taught at RISD and Brown University.
- In January 2017, she started a PhD at UC Berkeley in Film and Media.
- US PhD stipends are about triple those in Italy.
- East Coast universities are more traditional; West Coast more experimental.
- Charlottesville rally and Heather Heyer's murder cited as cultural barbarism under Trump.
- She criticizes Richard Florida's creative class theory as a gentrification guide.
- She participated in the XVI Quadriennale d'Arte in Rome in October 2017.
Entities
Artists
- Elisa Giardina Papa
- Vittorio Sgarbi
- Oliviero Toscani
- Silvia Federici
- Antonio Negri
- Michael Hardt
- Bifo
- Matteo Pasquinelli
Institutions
- Rhode Island School of Design
- Brown University
- UC Berkeley
- Columbia University
- Yale University
- Harvard University
- MIT
- UCLA
- UC Davis
- Concordia University of Montreal
- XVI Quadriennale d'Arte
- Artribune
Locations
- Milan
- Italy
- New York
- San Francisco
- Rhode Island
- Boston
- California
- Charlottesville
- Virginia
- Bushwick
- Brooklyn
- Mission
- Salemi
- Sicily
- Rome