ORCHESTRATING SPACES

image from trailer, Rome 2022. Ph G.Citro

“Looking at spatiality allows us to study the relationships that societies, historical periods, collectivities and cultures establish between physical extension and significance: it means illustrating the links between space and subjectivity, between norms that exist in the world and customs in each society, between the framework of the places we live in and the behaviors we take on and the emotions we feel.” 

“Like a language, spatiality speaks of society: its ways of life, its dynamics and energy; it is one of the peculiar ways in which society represents itself as substantial and real – an expression of values, emotions, passions, fears and plans of action. ” 

– From “The ‘Third Space’. Education in Complexity”
by Mauro Ceruti and Anna Lazzarini

Orchestrating Spaces travels across a multitude of circuits and situations – the skin of the body, the walls of a house; driving to work, flying across the world; sitting in a garden or floating on a screen in a virtual meeting point. All these worlds – micro/macro, theoretical or real, discovered and lived, imagined and created virtually or in person – expand upon our notion of living. At times, they seem the only way to confirm and justify our very existence.

The bigger questions we ponder stem from our daily life as women, friends and mothers; how physical tendencies are shaped by our environment and, in turn, how these patterns affect our movement.

We find constant dialogue in our diversity: a Filipino-American and an Italian, two people living in Italy – one in Friuli, one in Tuscany. One person originating from a European country, one from two countries colonized by Europeans…

Tanumshede, 2025. Ph N.Pongolini

Abitare in Italian means “living” but also suggests behavior, clothing and the intimacy of a home: a place in which humans create a sense of belonging. It can therefore be said that the construction of the house supports the construction of identity. We actively engage in this research in an attempt to perform a physical evolution related to the geographical and cultural borders in which we live.

Orchestrating Spaces is an ode to the daily verse, the memories that accompany each humble human action. Retracing questions etched into the map of our minds, creating shelter; the bricklaying made extraordinary.

In 2024-25 Orchestrating Spaces received the Perform Europe grant. Originally created by Giovanna Rovedo and Sharon Estacio, the project travelled through Finland, Sweden and Italy, bringing four partners into a collaborative research process: Compagnia Atacama, Vitlycke – CPA, TAIKABOX and Carovana S.M.I.