Data
Oct 28, 2018
Ora
18:15 - 19:30
Posti
150
Con
Alberto Cavalli
Alberto Cavalli
Executive Co-Director, Michelangelo Foundation for Creativity and Craftsmanship, general director for Homo Faber: Crafting a more human future
After graduating in International Political Sciences at the Cattolica University in Milan, and after a Master Class in Communication, Alberto Cavalli starts his career in fashion working for a well-known Milanese PR Agency.
In 2001 he joins the Dolce & Gabbana International Press Office directed by Carla Buzzi, where he works until 2007 as Press Office Manager.
In parallel he keeps a role as researcher at the University and develops a career as journalist, collaborating with numerous magazines.
In 2007 he decides to change his career; he quits PR and is named “Lifestyle and Luxury Goods Correspondent” by Vedomosti, the leading Russian financial newspaper and by its monthly supplement, the Russian “How to spend it” magazine.
In 2007 he joins Franco Cologni, the worldwide-known top manager of high jewellery and fine watch-making, to direct his Italian non-profit Foundation (Fondazione Cologni dei Mestieri d’Arte) dedicated to the promotion and protection of the finest Italian arts and crafts. In his role as General Manager he creates and follows a number of successful projects, from internships aimed at young artisans to the publishing of books and magazines, from academic research to teaching.
In 2009 he co-curates the book “Mestieri d’arte e Made in Italy. Giacimenti culturali da riscoprire”, followed by “Artefici di bellezza” in 2013 and by “Il Valore del mestiere” in 2014, all published by Marsilio Editori.
From 2010 he is a visiting professor at the Creative Academy in Milan, and from 2014 he teaches “Bellezza Italiana” (the code of Italian beauty) at Milan's Politecnico University. In
2016 he is named Executive Co-Director of the Michelangelo Foundation for Creativity and Craftsmanship, a private, non-for-profit institution created in Geneva by Johann Rupert and Franco Cologni, with the aim to promote, protect and perpetuate the métiers d’art of excellence, bridging them into the future.
He is a member of the Centre du Luxe et de la Création in Paris, and of the Cultural Committee of the International Foundation of High Watch-Making in Geneva.
Felice Limosani
Digital Storyteller
Multidisciplinary artist. He works with the idea of breaking down the boundaries between art, design, technology, culture, experience and pure entertainment. These intrinsically connected languages influence and interact with each other. His approach frees these languages from their limits to create something different, a new language that transcends and goes beyond conventionality. His work ranges from art installations to the construction of immersive environments and the curation of experiential exhibitions.
He is a member of the Venice Foundation and the Cultural Scientific Committee of the Matera Foundation, 2019 European Capital of Culture. He creates commissioned works for international brands. His site-specific works have been exhibited at the Louvre in Paris, Miami Art Basel, White Chapel London, Palazzo Vecchio and Palazzo Strozzi Firenze, Triennale of Milan, and the Padiglione Mies Van der Rohe in Barcelona.
It is a particularly interesting historical moment for creative industries that increasingly have to face the intersection between past and future, between new technologies and fine craftsmanship.
Fashion Show Room
With:
Alberto Cavalli, Director Fondazione Cologni, Michelangelo Foundation
Felice Limosani, Digital Storyteller
A particularly fruitful generative process where the digital and material dimensions come into contact and generate new languages, new products and new professions. Two of the most renowned experts in the different fields of reference will discuss and exchange ideas on the future of this approach to the project.
