The jury

Expert jury ↓

Michele Zini
Architect and designer, partner in ZPZ PARTNERS, a firm that focuses on planning, architecture, design and research. He has been teaching at the Faculty of Design of the Milan Polytechnic since 1998. He has done research with DARC (Department of Architecture) and collaborated with the educational institution Reggio Children.
“The project is part of a series of interventions that strengthen the identity of the area. The place has a very strong historical memory and to think of reshaping the urban fabric in a more modern and contemporary sense, through actions of this kind, is not easy. I think that with the B.ART call, the right balance has been found. This is definitely a very positive aspect, as is the involvement of the Territory Jury, which, in my opinion, has nurtured people’s sense of affection and belonging.”

Marianna Vecellio
Art historian, graduated from La Sapienza University in Rome with a thesis on contemporary sculpture. Since 2007 she has worked at the Castello di Rivoli Museum of Contemporary Art, where she has curated several solo and group exhibitions. She collaborates with numerous magazines including Flash Art, Mousse Magazine, Velvet, Rodeo and Elle.
“A smart initiative, because it provided for participation, a working table and debate with the area, helping it to understand the useful criteria for the selection of artworks. I also believe in the positive impact on the neighborhood and the potential of such a well-done and structured project. Art, in my opinion, helps to understand things differently, so it could be a tool, or rather a useful expedient for the construction of important reflections.”

Giuseppe Serra
Architect, manager of the Urbanization area of the City of Turin, responsible for urban transformation and urban renewal projects. In recent years he has been a speaker at conferences, seminars and workshops on the topics of urban redevelopment and urban design.
“It was an interesting experience, which will have important media repercussions and will strengthen, even more, the recognition of the Barriera di Milano neighborhood. It was an intervention that saw the participation of the inhabitants and various representatives of the area, who were actively involved in choosing the winner and the works that will be created on the thirteen walls put out to tender. An innovative as well as constructive way of evaluation for all the protagonists of this initiative.”

Giorgio Camuffo
Graphic designer, art director and cultural organizer, he is the founder of CamuffoLab, a design team and creative laboratory. From 2006 to 2009, he was director of the Degree Course in Visual and Multimedia Communications at the IUAV University of Venice and has been involved in the promotion of visual communications and graphic design for years, in collaboration with prestigious national cultural institutions.
“The B.ART call is a project of great value for its artistic and communicative scope. It is an important opportunity for the area and for all the artists, graphic artists and designers who have chosen to participate. Evaluating eighty-five proposals was a great responsibility, but the heterogeneity of the members of the Jury of Experts made it possible to select the four finalist works with serenity. Also interesting and new was the idea of also involving the Territory Jury, in which different emotions and experiences were compared to give a new face to Barriera di Milano and the city of Turin.”

Germano Tagliasacchi
Freelance architect involved in environmental redevelopment. Among his various experiences, the color plan of Turin and the circuit of the royal residences of Piedmont. He has been director of the non-profit Contrada Torino Foundation since 2008.
“I took part in the Jury of Experts to replace architect Joseph Grima who, for family reasons, was unable to participate in the work of the day on July 15.
As far as the call for entries is concerned, I think one of its strengths was, surely, to offer an artist the opportunity to contaminate an entire neighborhood with her style and her mark. It is art that lives with the territory and will also enter our daily life, thanks to the choice of declining on everyday objects the works of the winning artist.”

 

Local jury ↓

Composed of members from representative categories of the Barriera di Milano area: representatives of the properties that have made their facades available, residents, entrepreneurs, schools, students, associations, as well as District 6 and the Urban Barriera di Milano Committee.

President of the Jury: Luca Cianfriglia
Jurors: Antonini Annunziata, Barbieri Onofrio, Bonardi Claudia, Borio Roberta, Cantavenera Adriano, Capra Vincenzo, Carretta Roberto, Castiglione Virginia, Chiampi Mario, Cielo Celestina, Colombino Marco, Conticelli Nadia, Fruscione Carmelo, Gagliano Sonia, Guerra Mariachiara, Indelicato Monica, Licciardi Fabio, Lopane Marco,  Maccario Cristina, Marzetto Maria Teresa, Mussano Paolo, Passarotto Alessandro, Popolo Valeria,  Ronconi Susanna, Sacchettino Paola, Tosi Liviana, Troiano Elisa, Vigilante Gabriele, Zito Rocco