“XYdigitale" is an active and dynamic container of accredited information, selected in the belief that the deepening of knowledge is based on intelligent comparison between different disciplines. It is the right place to exchange ideas concerning the new frontiers of project design, the relationship between graphic science and the multiple fields of knowledge and the connections between visual studies and cognitive processes. Not only a publishing project, then, but a cultural initiative aimed to weave interests and skills.
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Not for profit: the role of universities in open science
Trento | 25 October, 2018
Written by Giovanna A. MassariThe conference at the University of Trento is held as part of the Open Access Week 2018. It is an opportunity to reflect on the progress taken in the last twenty years by the movement on open access to the… -
The 18th International Conference on Geometry and Graphics
Milano | 3-7 agosto, 2018
Written by Fabio LuceOn the occasion of the fortieth anniversary of the first conference held in Vancouver in Canada in 1978, the 18th International Geometry and Graphics Conference will take place this year, from 3 to 7 August 2018 at the Politecnico di…
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Human Habitat. Landscapes of the Anthropocene
Trento | dal 12-06-2021 al 28-02-2022
Written by Anna MaragnoWe have recently stepped into a new geological epoch: the Anthropocene, the era in which human beings, through their actions, transform the physiognomy of places in order to survive and prosper. The result of the… -
Case Milanesi 1923-1973. Immagini di una città
Milan | from 10-24-2018 to 01-06-2019
Written by Fabio LuceThe exhibition, curated by Orsina Simona Pierini and Alessandro Isastia, former authors of the volume Case Milanesi 1923-1973 (Ulrico Hoepli Editore) and sponsored by FAI-Fondo Ambiente Italiano, is an opportunity to discover a selection of…
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Emilia Corradi, Giulia Setti (a cura di)
Giangiacomo D’Ardia. Progetti di architettura 1967-2017
Written by Roberto de RubertisAttraversano il tempo le DIACRONIE di Giangiacomo D’Ardia (Giangi per gli amici), quel tempo lungo che pervade le sue appassionate visioni d’architettura, ma anche il tempo di chi ricorda, o impara, le forme concepite in… -
P. Belardi, A. Cirafici, A. di Luggo, E. Dotto, F. Gay, F. Maggio, F. Quici (edited by)
Visualità
Written by Fabio QuiciThe proceedings of the seventh and final meeting of the international seminars "Ideas for Representation", which were launched in 2007, collected critical thoughts on the theme of visuality. The entire cycle of encounters was intended…
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Alessandro Goppion
Imagine with your hands
Interview by Roberto de RubertisThe long image critical reflection that Alexander Goppion, creator of fascinating exhibition equipment in museums and in the most prestigious galleries in the world, offers us at XY is quite provoking. It is a provocation because, without preamble, he emphasizes the intrusiveness that the visual culture today shows in contemporary civilization. Moreover addressing us, committed to supporting the important role of images in the development of thought. Goppion puts us on guard against the growing domination of seeing above doing; domain, which he says is not all that efficient, sometimes it is considered lesser by the artisan, truly operative in…
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Gianni's music
Letter from Roberto de Rubertis - 8 febbraio 2023Gianni passed away a short time ago, but his constant good humour and the personal willingness he offered to everyone are still vividly impressed upon my mind as the result of the courage he could… -
Ripartire da Atene
Letter from Ruggero Pierantoni - 6 luglio 2015Ci ho pensato su: non è così folle come crediamo. Perfettamente gratis andiamo ad Atene. Sono convinto che tutti noi possiamo andare ad Atene, starci due o tre giorni e tornare a casa: senza alcun…
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In principio era la linea. “Storia dell’arte in Europa” di Decio Gioseffi
Written by Cristiana VolpiTuesday 19 September 2023, at 3:00-5:00 PM, Auditorium Palazzo Prodi - Department of Humanities, via Tommaso Gar 14, Trento In 2022, three decades after its initial composition, an unprecedented and visionary exploration of the history of art in Europe was published in the ‘I libri di XY’ series. Curated by Decio Gioseffi, a distinguished art historian renowned for his particular specialization in perspective, this work represents a comprehensive analysis of the entire evolutionary spectrum of Western art, starting from its relationship with the legacy of Antiquity and exchanges with Near Eastern art, and culminating in the excellences that shaped and… -
Presentation of the volume 'Art History in Europe' by Decio Gioseffi
Written by Cristiana VolpiOn Monday 13th February 23 the boardroom in the Region Building in Trieste, Friuli Venezia Giulia, held the presentation of the volume Art History in Europe by Decio Gioseffi, published by Il Poligrafo and Trento University in the series I libri di XY, with Società di Minerva and Trieste Contemporanea. The lecturers attending were Valerio Terraroli, professor of History of Art Criticism at Verona University, and Nicoletta Zanni, former professor of History of Art Criticism at Trieste University and supervisor of the volume with Giuliana Carbi Jesurum. Among the numerous projects to celebrate the hundredth anniversary of Decio Gioseffi’s birth…
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International Society for Geometry and Graphics
www.isgg.net/
Written by Fabio LuceThe International Society for Geometry and Graphics is an academic association of scholars from all over the world who deal with geometry and graphics related to architecture, engineering and design. The main areas of interest are theoretical research, from foundations to masters, geometric applications in the real world, from scientific… -
Fondazione Lucio Saffaro
www.fondazioneluciosaffaro.it/
Written by Cristina PellegattaLa Fondazione, nata per volontà dell’artista nel 1999, un anno dopo la sua scomparsa, oltre alla conservazione e catalogazione delle opere artistiche e letterarie, si prefigge la loro valorizzazione culturale, con la promozione di mostre, convegni e pubblicazioni relative ai diversi lavori di Lucio Saffaro. La Fondazione ha recentemente prodotto…
