Re-search, Re-enactment, Re-design, Re-programmed Art

Kinetic and programmed art has been a trend of contemporary arts that flourished in the 1950s and 1960s. Kinetic artworks often incorporated technology, at that time still immature, and involved the audience in the production of visual, sound, and somatic effects. Gruppo T was the pioneering group at the forefront of this groundbreaking vision of art as reproducible, participatory, and interactive. Through an action research project and the methodological tool of reenactment, a group of researchers, designers, and artists has proposed an alternative way to conserve Gruppo T artworks. The project ‘Re-programmed Art: An Open Manifesto’ originated from the ephemeral and experimental features, as well as fragility, of the works by Gruppo T — that is, from the difficulties of practice, conservation, technology, and market that have confined them for far too long to the margins of mainstream art history. We conceive reenactment not just a mere restaging but as re-designing, re-thinking, updating, and re-programming a series of works by Gruppo T.Serena Cangiano, Davide Fornari, and Azalea Seratoni, ‘Re-search, Re-enactment, Re-design, Re-programmed Art’, in Over and Over and Over Again: Reenactment Strategies in Contemporary Arts and Theory, ed. by Cristina Baldacci, Clio Nicastro, and Arianna Sforzini, Re-, 21 (Berlin: ICI Berlin Press, 2022), pp. 141-50 <https://doi.org/10.37050/ci-21_15

Cure Ribelli. Tecnologie aperte per una cura come bene comune

Cure Ribelli è una pubblicazione che nasce dalle attività di ricerca e disseminazione svolte da WeMake nell’ambito del progetto Digital Social Innovation for Europe, un programma supportato dalla Commissione Europea che punta a rafforzare la rete di organizzazioni che propongono l’utilizzo delle tecnologie con una prospettiva mirata all’impatto positivo sulla società. I concetti chiave del paradigma dell’innovazione sociale digitale gravitano intorno a termini quali codici e dati aperti, co-progettazione, collaborazione, impatto sociale. Dal gennaio 2018 abbiamo riflettuto e ci siamo confrontate sulla declinazione di tali concetti nell’ambito della cura e della salute a partire da una mappatura del contesto e da un percorso formativo informale che ha coinvolto cittadini, referenti politici, professionisti e istituzioni. Che cosa significa sviluppare un’innovazione dal basso guidata dalla comunità e fondata sui beni comuni, in un settore impreparato al crescente invecchiamento della popolazione, governata da burocrazie obsolete, e che è limitata da tecnologie proprietarie e procedure verticistiche? Abbiamo cercato di rispondere a queste domande attraverso sette articoli e sette pratiche progettuali che danno concretamente forma ad altri e nuovi modi di fare cura e occuparsi della salute sfruttando il potenziale emancipatorio delle tecnologie digitali. Nell’ambito di questa ricerca, abbiamo voluto definire questi altri modi “ribelli” poiché spesso nascono da forti esigenze personali delle persone direttamente interessate che, nella maggior parte dei casi, agiscono senza chiedere il permesso di mercati e istituzioni, per provocarli al fine di farli cambiare o per sopperire alle carenze di chi dovrebbe ma non innova, con cura, il settore della salute

Rebelling with Care.:Exploring open technologies for commoning healthcare

The publication Rebelling with Care is the result of the research and dissemination activities carried out by WeMake within the framework of DSI for Europe, a project supported by the European Commission to reinforce the network of organizations using technologies to make a positive impact on society. The DSI paradigm revolves around key concepts such as open codes and data, co-design, collaboration and social impact. Since January 2018, we have reflected upon the traction these terms could have specifically in the field of health and care practices, starting with a map of the current DSI ecosystem and an informal learning journey that has involved citizens, policy-makers, professionals and institutions. What does it mean to develop bottom-up innovation, which is community-driven and built upon the commons, in a sector that is struggling to meet the needs of a growing and aging society, that is ruled by obsolete bureaucracies, and that is limited by proprietary technologies and top-down procedures? We have tried to answer these questions through seven articles and seven practices that show in concrete terms the contours of the emerging and diverse new modalities of dealing with the health and care challenges of today by leveraging the empowering potential of digital technologies. In the context of this research, we came to define these different modalities, which often emerge from the strong personal needs of the people directly impacted by a specific condition, as “rebel practices”. This is because in the vast majority of cases, these practices simultaneously operate outside a market logic without asking for the full permission of official institutions, with the purpose of provoking them to change or filling the gap left by who do not innovate, with due care, in the fields of health and care provisions

Visualising open communities. Guidelines from three case studies

One of the most interesting and promising phenomena of the last years is the emergence of social innovation initiatives, a loose and world-wide movement of people, projects and organisations that are addressing social challenges in fields like healthcare, education, employment, democratic participation, migration and the environment. We especially consider to be very promising those initiatives that are based around communities that adopts digital platforms, develop digital solutions and are open in their processes and results. The importance of online open communities in developing and scaling social innovations could then lead to an improved and broader understanding of the dynamics of social innovations and online platforms. The article aims at improving the knowledge about the use of graphical visualisations for understanding open communities, which data sources and formats are available and which ones are missing for this task, which are the main design requirements and strategies for this task, and which are the common elements in existing ongoing experiences in visualising open communities

Modifiable risk factors associated with bronchiolitis

Background: We sought to clarify possibly modifiable risk factors related to pollution responsible for acute bronchiolitis in hospitalized infants. Methods: For this observational study, we recruited 213 consecutive infants with bronchiolitis (cases: median age: 2 months; age range: 0.5-12 months; boys: 55.4%) and 213 children aged <3 years (controls: median age: 12 months; age range: 0.5-36 months; boys: 54.5%) with a negative medical history for lower respiratory tract diseases hospitalized at 'Sapienza' University Rome and IRCCS Bambino Gesù Hospital. Infants' parents completed a standardized 53-item questionnaire seeking information on social-demographic and clinical characteristics, indoor pollution, eating habits and outdoor air pollution. Multivariate logistic regression analyses were run to assess the independent effect of risk factors, accounting for confounders and effect modifiers. Results: In the 213 hospitalized infants the questionnaire identified the following risk factors for acute bronchiolitis: breastfeeding 3/43 months (OR: 2.1, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.2-3.6), presence of older siblings (OR: 2.8, 95% CI: 1.7-4.7), 3/44 cohabitants (OR: 1.5, 95% CI: 1.1-2.1), and using seed oil for cooking (OR: 1.7, 95% CI: 1.2-2.6). Having renovated their home in the past 12 months and concurrently being exposed daily to smoking, involving more than 11 cigarettes and two or more smoking cohabitants, were more frequent factors in cases than in controls (p = 0.021 and 0.05), whereas self-estimated proximity to road and traffic was similar in the two groups. Conclusions: We identified several risk factors for acute bronchiolitis related to indoor and outdoor pollution, including inhaling cooking oil fumes. Having this information would help public health authorities draw up effective preventive measures - for example, teach mothers to avoid handling their child when they have a cold and eliminate exposure to second-hand tobacco smoke

Cure Ribelli. Tecnologie aperte per una cura come bene comune.

Cure Ribelli è una pubblicazione che nasce dalle attività di ricerca e disseminazione svolte da WeMake nell’ambito del progetto Digital Social Innovation for Europe, un programma supportato dalla Commissione Europea che punta a rafforzare la rete di organizzazioni che propongono l’utilizzo delle tecnologie con una prospettiva mirata all’impatto positivo sulla società. I concetti chiave del paradigma dell’innovazione sociale digitale gravitano intorno a termini quali codici e dati aperti, co-progettazione, collaborazione, impatto sociale. Dal gennaio 2018 abbiamo riflettuto e ci siamo confrontate sulla declinazione di tali concetti nell’ambito della cura e della salute a partire da una mappatura del contesto e da un percorso formativo informale che ha coinvolto cittadini, referenti politici, professionisti e istituzioni. Che cosa significa sviluppare un’innovazione dal basso guidata dalla comunità e fondata sui beni comuni, in un settore impreparato al crescente invecchiamento della popolazione, governata da burocrazie obsolete, e che è limitata da tecnologie proprietarie e procedure verticistiche? Abbiamo cercato di rispondere a queste domande attraverso sette articoli e sette pratiche progettuali che danno concretamente forma ad altri e nuovi modi di fare cura e occuparsi della salute sfruttando il potenziale emancipatorio delle tecnologie digitali. Nell’ambito di questa ricerca, abbiamo voluto definire questi altri modi “ribelli” poiché spesso nascono da forti esigenze personali delle persone direttamente interessate che, nella maggior parte dei casi, agiscono senza chiedere il permesso di mercati e istituzioni, per provocarli al fine di farli cambiare o per sopperire alle carenze di chi dovrebbe ma non innova, con cura, il settore della salute

Re-enactment as method ::how to overcome programmed and kinetic art obsolescence

Over the last two decades, multiple initiatives of transdisciplinary collaboration across art, science, and technology have seen the light of day. Why, by whom, and under what circumstances are such initiatives promoted? What does their experimental character look like - and what can be learned, epistemologically and institutionally, from probing the multiple practices of "art/science" at work? In answer to the questions raised, Practicing Art/Science contrasts topical positions and insightful case studies, ranging from the detailed investigation of "art at the nanoscale" to the material analysis of Leonardo’s Mona Lisa and its cracked smile. In so doing, this volume brings to bear the "practice turn" in science and technology studies on the empirical investigation of multifaceted experimentation across contemporary art, science, and technology in situ. Against the background of current discourse on "artistic research," the introduction not only explains the particular relevance of the "practice turn" in STS to tackle the interdisciplinary task at hand, but offers also a timely survey of varying strands of artistic experimentation. In bringing together ground-breaking studies from internationally renowned scholars and upcoming researchers in sociology, art theory and artistic practice, as well as history and philosophy of science, Practicing Art/Science will be essential reading for practitioners and professionals in said fields, as well as postgraduate students and representatives of higher education and research policy more broadly

Reprogrammed art, a bridge between the history of interactive art and maker culture

Bridging art and innovation, this book invites readers into the processes of artists, curators, cultural producers and historians who are working within new contexts that run parallel to or against the phenomenon of ‘maker culture’. The book is a fascinating and compelling resource for those interested in critical and interdisciplinary modes of practice that combine arts, technology and making. It presents international case studies that interrogate perceived distinctions between sites of artistic and economic production by brokering new ways of working between them. It also discusses the synergies and dissonances between art and maker culture, analyses the social and collaborative impact of maker spaces and reflects upon the ethos of the hackathon within the fabric of a media lab’s working practices. Art Hack Practice: Critical Intersections of Art, Innovation and the Maker Movement is essential reading for courses in art, design, new media, computer science, media studies and mass communications as well as those working to bring new forms of programming to museums, cultural venues, commercial venture and interdisciplinary academic research centres