PRESENTATION | Restoration and Future Use of the Former Mar Mikhaël Station
The Embassy of Italy in Lebanon and the Italian Cultural Institute present to the public the project funded by the Italian Government, through AICS, for the restoration and enhancement of the former Mar Mikhaël railway station area. The event will outline the scope, phases, and expected outcomes of the intervention, with a dedicated focus on […]
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ROUNDTABLE | From the Community Up: Civic-Led Urban Regeneration in Beirut and Beyond
A public conversation bringing together actors from Italian and Lebanese civil society to compare practical approaches to bottom-up urban regeneration: what works, what recurring obstacles are encountered (regulatory, financial, institutional), and how collaboration can unlock light and replicable actions. Topics will include, among others, housing and land policies, public transport and tactical urbanism, governance and […]
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PRINCIPIA | A New Model of Urban Regeneration (from Expo 2015 to MIND)
From the transformation of the Expo Milano 2015 site into MIND – Milano Innovation District: a concrete case of large-scale reconversion, public–private governance and community activation, with lessons applicable to complex contexts. The MIND – Milano Innovation District project was born with the aim of transforming and enhancing the site of Expo Milano 2015, defining […]
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RIGENERA. Resilience in Action | Public Talk
In a fragile yet ceaselessly transforming context such as that of Lebanon, architecture emerges as an indispensable instrument for confronting the manifold challenges of post-conflict reconstruction. The Fondazione Architetti di Reggio Emilia, within the framework of the international activities of the RIGENERA Festival “Plan B” – supported by the Italian Ministry of Culture, Directorate-General for […]
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FABRIZIO OTTAVIUCCI IN CONCERT
In the past century, the innovative drives of musical art have followed two opposing paths: one that can be described as the way of sound, and the other as the way of ideas. In Italy, these two approaches found their respective champions in two great and contrasting masters: Luciano Berio and Giacinto Scelsi. While the […]
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VIOLECTRONIC 900 | VIOLA AND LIVE ELECTRONIC MUSIC CONCERT
DUE TO UNFORSEEN EVENTS, THE CONCERT HAS BEEN CANCELLED “The viola is an instrument with a temper” Luciano Berio The Italian Cultural Institute presents a concert featuring artists Clara Belladone (viola) and Maurilio Cacciatore (live electronic music). An instrument with a temper, and extreme even in its melancholy; a distinctive voice, like the melodic themes […]
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“OTHER SEQUENCES – TRIBUTE TO LUCIANO BERIO” | SYNTAX ENSEMBLE
DUE TO UNFORSEEN EVENTS, THE CONCERT HAS BEEN CANCELLED The Italian Cultural Institute presents a concert by the Syntax Ensemble, featuring Francesco D’Orazio (violin), Clara Belladone (viola), and Maurilio Cacciatore (electronics). On the centenary of the birth of Luciano Berio (1925–2025), Altre Sequenze is a program that aims to pay tribute to one of the […]
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ELECTRIC WHISPERS | EXHIBITION BY RÄ DI MARTINO CURATED BY MARIA ROSA SOSSAI
Promoted by the Italian Cultural Institute of Beirut in collaboration with the Beirut Art Center, Electric Whispers, an exhibition by Rä di Martino (Rome, 1975), a visual artist who works with various media such as video, film, photography, and 3D animation, will open on June 24th. “The works on display reflect significant stages in the […]
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VIDEO ART AND THE ARCHIVE: Possibilities for Art and Documentaries | Rä di Martino
The Italian Cultural Institute, in collaboration with the BAC-Beirut Art Center, is organizing a talk by the artist Rä di Martino. This talk explores the ways in which Rä di Martino transforms archival footage and photographs into new narratives, remixing and reworking them to elicit fresh meanings. Through her practice, the archive becomes a vessel for storytelling—of […]
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“CHELLO ‘NCUOLLO (IMPURE)” | CABRIOLET FILM FESTIVAL
Renata lives in a country town where life follows the rhythm of rural activities. During the summer Renata gets her first period. A sense of upset arises within her when she realises that ancient folk beliefs surrounding menstruation influence the lives of the women in the community. “The title is a dialect expression used to […]
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