Videoart and electronic music under Turin's porticoes for urban regeneration

The itinerant creative project Spazio Portici – Percorsi Creativi, conceived by Fondazione Contrada Torino, continues with a video art installation under the porticoes of Via Nizza in Turin, near Porta Nuova station. The initiative aims to revitalize twelve kilometers of arcades through contemporary art, countering degradation and drug dealing. Following a poster art selection for Corso San Martino, the video art component coincides with the eighth edition of the Graphic Days Festival, running until May 14. Curators Karin Gavassa and Roberto Mastroianni have involved artists and collectives including PROJECT-TO (Riccardo Mazza and Laura Pol), Soliman Lopez, Hilario Isola, Enrico Ascoli, Opiemme (also collaborating with Davide Bonatti and Margherita Berardinelli), Daniele Galliano, Stefano Maccarelli, and Sintetica for sound art. The arcades are equipped with nine high-luminosity projectors and twenty sound diffusers, creating interactive audiovisual works themed around NFTs, the Metaverse, and artificial intelligence. Germano Tagliasacchi, Director of Fondazione Contrada Torino, stated that the video art aims to encourage use of the porticoes and connect with the nightlife of San Salvario, while the poster art in Corso San Martino anticipates urban transformations of Piazza XVIII Dicembre.