Terraforma 2018: Experimental Music and Eco-Sustainability at Villa Arconati

Terraforma, an experimental music festival and eco-sustainable event, returns for its fifth edition from June 29 to July 1 at Villa Arconati in Bollate, Milan. Founder Ruggero Pietromarchi describes it as an unclassifiable community-driven project that blends live music, site-specific installations, and environmental restoration. This year's program includes performances by Felix Thorn with a mechanical sound system in the restored 18th-century labyrinth, a planetarium called Ecstaticstatic, and workshops with tombak master Mohammad Reza Mortazavi. The festival emphasizes zero-impact architecture, with interventions by Fosbury Architecture, Studio Zarcola, and Studio Petrucci, involving students from Politecnico di Milano. Camping is provided by Pop Up Hotel, offering eco-friendly tent suites. Pietromarchi envisions Terraforma as a model for territorial improvement across Italy, focusing on community and sustainability without institutional funding.