Giardini Pensili performing arts ensemble and space was created in Rimini, Italy, in 1985 as an art project based on the collaboration between artists, technicians, theorists and is directed by Roberto Paci Dalò. The space hosts residencies for artists and researchers, concerts, performances, books’ presentations. Usmaradio is one of the main partners of the space. Giardini Pensili is also an archive documenting over three decades of art and technology projects created worldwide. Giardini Pensili presents its productions in such places as Ars Electronica Linz, Budapest Autumn Festival, MaerzMusik Berlin, Wien Modern, Charlottenborg Copenhagen, Venice Biennale. Locarno Film Festival, Museum Moderner Kunst Vienna, ZKM Karlsruhe, Western Front Vancouver, REC Festival Reggio Emilia, and more. In parallel with the theatrical and musical works, Giardini Pensili has carried out numerous radio projects produced by the main European radio stations. Border breaking collaborations include: musicians Kronos Quartet, Robert Lippok, Stefano Scodanibbio, Scanner, Alvin Curran, Tom Cora, Philip Jeck, Mouse on Mars, Llorenç Barber, David Moss, Terry Riley, Jon Rose, Amelia Cuni, Werner Durand, Peter Courtemanche; philosophers Giorgio Agamben; visual artists Robert Adrian X, Maurizio Cattelan, Hermann Nitsch, Oreste Zevola, Paolo Rosa; architects Stefano Boeri and 5+1; photographers Guido Guidi, Roberto Masotti; dancers Caterina Sagna, Barbara Martinini, Adriana Borriello; designers Leonardo Sonnoli, Paolo Tassinari, Stefano Tonti ; poets and writers Predrag Matvejevic’, Levon Zekiyan, Gabriele Frasca, Patrizia Valduga, Yehuda Amichai, Samih al-Qasim, Lello Voce, Elisa Biagini, Mariangela Gualtieri, Tonino Guerra, Jolanda Insana, Tommaso Ottonieri, Piergiorgio Odifreddi, Tiziano Scarpa, Patrizia Valduga, Sara Ventroni, Franco Buffoni. Actors Rita Maffei, Moni Ovadia, Roberto Latini, Arnoldo Foà, Umberto Orsini, Franco Branciaroli, Silvio Orlando, Marcello Sambati, Enzo Moscato, Massimo Popolizio, Sandro Lombardi, Anna Bonaiuto, a.o.

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