Leone contini – Visual artist and cultural anthropologist
Cecilia Guida – Academy of fine arts of Bologna, Italy
DOI: 10.12835/ve2017.2-0093
Abstract
The conversation is mainly investigating conceptual and methodological aspects of the artwork The Bank
of the Migrating Germplasm (2016) developed by the artist Leone Contini for the second edition of
the program Connective Residency at Cittadellarte Fondazione Pistoletto (curated by Cecilia Guida and
Juan Sandoval). The bank is built on the relations, the stories and the moments of conviviality and dialogue with local actors, including the temporary guests of the asylum seekers centers near Biella. It’s a paradoxical device, able to record social interactions in the form of foreign seeds from displaced gardens, created by migrants for
migrants, and scattered around Biella and beyond its territory, in many other Italian regions.
Keywords
Experience, Community, Migration, Participatory Art Practice, Anthropology
