Un playground per barriera
Un Playground per Barriera is a project born out of a collaboration between Graphic Days® and the Scuola Primaria Statale “Gian Enrico Pestalozzi”, with the aim of engaging children, families and the local community through creative activities and shared experiences.
In the weeks leading up to the festival, classes take part in workshops and activities, including one led by the Dutch collective Bomba Design. The programme begins on 14 September with an exhibition curated by Posterheroes at the Pestalozzi School, dedicated to the themes of learning and the importance of making mistakes, and on 15 October with the opening of the exhibition A Modo Loro. What Animals Teach Us, an art installation created and donated to the Scuola dell’Infanzia Teresa Sarti Strada.
The project culminates on Sunday 25 October, from 10.00 to 19.00, on the section of Via Banfo between Via Cervino and Via Valprato, which will be transformed into a playground open to all, featuring exhibitions, workshops, games and free creative activities for children and families.
At 6.00 pm, the day will come alive with a large collective parade, open to everyone and designed as a final moment of gathering, play and sharing. Masks, banners and drawings created during the workshops will be paraded through the streets to the rhythm of the sound compositions created by local young people.
The parade will be accompanied by music produced during Dolci rumori dalla città, a free workshop on sound experimentation and digital sampling aimed at secondary school pupils (aged 10–14). During the session, which will take place on Wednesday 21 October from 4.00 pm to 7.00 pm at the Circolo Anatra Zoppa, 5 Via Courmayeur, participants will learn to use professional software to record and manipulate everyday sounds, transforming traffic, building sites and urban chaos into a genuine electronic composition. No prior musical experience is required; all you need is a curiosity to explore and give the city a new rhythm. The project is organised by Pixel’s Smoothies, in collaboration with Anatra Zoppa, Monstera Futura APS and Graphic Days®.
To take part in the workshop, please call or text 3401505531.
PROGRAMME
Sunday 25 October from 10.00 to 19.00
Posters Out of Place | 10 AM – 11 AM and 3 PM – 4 PM
A workshop to imagine the neighbourhood you’d like to see and turn it into a poster, starting with a screen-printed base to be completed with letters, shapes, textures and collage.
Turn the Card | 10.30 AM and 3 PM
An educational workshop organised by Eduiren, the educational arm of the Iren Group, which invites children to reflect on the future of the planet through a memory game. Through team challenges, dystopian scenarios and desirable futures, participants will discover how small everyday actions and responsible behaviour can help build a better tomorrow. During the activity, visitors will also have the chance to find out about ‘Genera futuro’, Eduiren’s catalogue of new, free educational resources.
The Tribe of Chaos |11 AM – 12 PM and 3 PM – 4 PM
A workshop on making masks using paper, card, colours and geometric shapes. Each mask brings a unique character to life, who becomes part of a large, collective imaginary tribe.
The mark we leave on the world | from 11 AM
A workshop organised by Capitan Tomìn bookshop to create a collective artwork starting with a fingerprint.
What’s on my mind? | from 4 PM
White caps to draw on, write on, colour in and transform into a one-of-a-kind piece. Workshop organised by Capitan Tomìn bookshop.
Reinvented Scraps | 4.30 PM
A workshop on the creative reuse of various fabric scraps to create a personalised composition.
Mini Mega Playkit Space | 10 AM – 7 PM
Shapes and movable structures to combine as you like. Boys and girls can build, move and transform the space, experimenting through free play and imagination.
Cas Holman’s Games | 10 AM – 7 PM
A large construction game comprising planks, wheels, ropes, pulleys and other elements to be assembled as desired.
Drawing without rules | 10 AM – 7 PM
Objects, materials and small devices become tools for drawing, colouring and leaving marks in unusual ways, experimenting with different techniques and new ways of creating.
A neighbourhood full of colour | 10 AM – 7 PM
A large roll of paper laid out on the floor is transformed into a neighbourhood to be coloured in collectively.
The language of connections (Creating without words) | 10 AM – 7 PM
A collective, interactive installation curated by Bomba Studio.