Toward a Harmonious Coexistence between Plants and Cities By Sara Michieletto Are we as humans feeling happy with the places we inhabit? Do the locations where we put down roots fill us with peace and beauty? Would it be a good idea to root our cities with a special emphasis Read more
Seeds Planting Art By Sara Michieletto Is it possible to imagine a society in which we humans cooperate following the plants’ modalities for thriving in life, in a logic of sharing competences and inspirations, in a free, non-hierarchical, and voluntary way? With the 2022 Call, “Seeds Planting Art,” our international network Read more
The Art Network: Artists For Plants By Sara Michieletto “Love” by Nina Maaley, France (posted on 23 April 2020) As you are all aware of, a pandemic is currently growing throughout the whole world. As this virus spreads, it also disseminates fear, isolation and suffering. These troubled times made the Read more
Emotion for Change: An Interview with Sara Michieletto Sara Michieletto is an Italian violinist who has performed worldwide, including with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and the BBC Orchestra. She has collaborated with highly acclaimed conductors such as Muti, Maazel, Masur, Pretre, Gardiner, and Chung. Since 1998 she has played the Read more
\\ // By Cleo Mikutta – III – // \\ On a cruise ship caught in a tropical storm, the chlorine water in the indoor swimming pool has begun to imitate the violent rhythm of the waves outside. The heavy armchairs in the lounge blow from side to Read more
\\ // By Cleo Mikutta – V – // The wide-eyed girls came every night. When they opened their raincoats, a scent of bitter honey would pour out. They handed in plastic bags with broken handles and unwound silvery scarves to reveal sharp collarbones. He looked for her Read more
// \\ By Cleo Mikutta – II – // ‘You remind me of him,’ she said quietly, speaking to him through the flames, saying the words more to herself than to him. He watched her, from the other side of the fire. She had learned from the others that Read more
\\ // By Cleo Mikutta – IV – \\ Her eyes rest on the pins, there on the wooden floor, sharp, metallic bodies, there on the floor, there, in the plastic box, there, with colorful heads. Pink, yellow, green, blue, and red. Violet. Light has entered the room, followed Read more
// \\ By Cleo Mikutta “It is hard to write a beautiful song. It is harder to write several individually beautiful songs that, when sung simultaneously, sound as a more beautiful polyphonic whole. The internal structures that create each of the voices separately must contribute to the emergent structure of Read more