Presentation of the volume “In praise of penumbra”

Wednesday 24 April 2024at 6.30pmat the Rogers Stationin Riva Grumula 14, in Trieste, the presentation of the volume will take place “In praise of penumbra“, Architectural Design 04 (vol 93, 2023).

They will talk:

Agostino De Rosa, Alessio Bortot, Fancesco Bergamo, Guest editors
Paul O Robinson, toauthor, in dialogue with:
Giovanni Fraziano, full professor of architectural composition, senior researcher University of Trieste
Thomas Bisiani, architect, researcher University of Trieste
Adriano Venudo, architect/landscape designer, researcher University of Trieste

The penumbra can be defined as an intermediate transition zone between light and shadow. It therefore indicates a liminal area in which many events can occur. They may not be clear or well defined when they occur, but they do prefigure unexpected processes. The penumbra is therefore that space, physical and imaginary, where everything is possible: it is the place of the uncanny, where presence and/or absence can produce wonder or horror.

The issue of AD edited by Agostino De Rosa, Alessio Bortot and Francesco Bergamo aims to address the presence of this archetype in the world of contemporary creativity, investigating the ways in which it permeates different expressive forms – from critical theory to architectural drawing, from design and from design to photography, from scenography to art – and exploring how today’s creativity is a reflection of the dramatic but electrifying historical period in which we find ourselves.