Thursday 18 Aprilat 4.00pmin the conference room of the Cremonese Philodrammatic Societywithin the scope of the activity ofUniversity of the Third Age and Free Time “Luigi Grende” APS, Giorgio Mantovani will speak on the topic: “In Cremona: works that are useful and not considered as such and works that are useless and only useful for someone”.
If the needs of citizens are not listened to and there is no culture of participation, it is difficult for a public administrator, even a good and expert one, to be able to make appropriate choices for the City.
As he wrote Vittorio Gregotti, “the connection between artistic practice and politics as a doctrine of social dialogue seems to have dissolved”and it is a paradox that the planning of the city is no longer a matter linked to the community of citizens.
Today, operators, both public and private, should have the necessary attention to start a real dialogue with the technicians in charge of the planning and development of the City. This would avoid the creation of works that are unnecessary and useful only for someone and neglect the creation of works that are useful to the community and not considered as such.
Identifying the useful and useless works of a city involves a very complex and difficult subjective analysis, but let’s try.
