Affiliati is a creation of Matteo Peducci. A philosopher would call Affiliates “a device”: a work of art that produces other works of art, reflections, relationships and dialogues between people. Of all people, not just artists. Affiliati is an open box, a space of freedom, in which ideas and attitudes can emerge and become different artistic forms. We are a group of innovators who love classicism, aware that we can only be truly contemporary if we are not afraid of tradition.

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It will be an opportunity to experience the fusion between art and spirituality, influenced by AI on our perception of the sacred. This will spark reflections on AI and our perception of magic and the spiritual. As Walter Benjamin describes technology as a limit to the magical aspect of an object, this experience could perhaps be a counterexample.Concretely, I will invite participants to express one or more questions about their spiritual and personal concerns, using a poetic and symbolic formulation, and to ask them to the oracle. Then, they will reflect on the meaning of the answers in their lives and in their depths.

I was born, live, and work in Milan and around the world. I am a Western esoteric, an expert in divinatory arts and the “subtle realms,” and a composer of electro-acoustic music. I work with elemental spirits associated with the elements to create energies capable of purifying and enhancing energies. From the East, I have learned shamanic arts, meditation, and the “non-dualistic” concept. I work with my hands, with fire, tarot cards, crystals, and sound.

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In each of us, multiple symbolic representations coexist, and due to certain life experiences, it may happen that some of them prevail over others, unbalancing the individual in terms of attitudes, behavior, and daily choices. It would be intriguing to hypothesize that each of us is born under the sign of a specific animal, meant to indicate tendencies and lifestyles to adopt in order to live in accordance with the laws and rhythms typical of the nature that has been designated for us. Due to certain subjective experiences over the course of life, each of us gradually moves away from their natural birth style to assume different animal characteristics, both in terms of behavior and physical traits. Rediscovering the animal within our depths is a powerful method of self-discovery.

His work, often focused on concrete casting and experimentation, goes from bespoke furniture pieces for private clients to research led one-off designs for design galleries as well as site specific interventions.His work in stone and plastic laminate won the Cedit prize at Miart 2017 and is now part of Triennale Design Museum permanent collection. He’s now based in his hometown Florence.

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The workshop is based on three moments: 1. Entering the other’s body and through his body entering the way in which the other occupies space in the world: By fixing the participants in a waiting position, each person studies his own position , the position of all his limbs, the expression of his face. he will then “sculpt” his partner in his own image and likeness. once sculpted, the companion will slowly begin to activate his new body and discover space through it, immersing himself in the sculptor’s way of being. Our body and our position are the result of an attitude. 2. Project yourself into a story through an object: Objects are selected, everyone chooses one according to an instinctive choice. The object becomes an emotional and narrative activator. 3. Binding the body: Multiple people can be united by defining a composite body that will discover how to move, what its ability to interact with others and with space can be.

Paola Tassetti works in the field of landscape research, with temporary installations, surreal paintings, digital art and collage, material painting, screen printing and Erbe drying. In 2016 you exhibited at the Milan Triennale and subsequently at the Katzen Arts Center in Washington. In 2017 she exhibited her paintings “Condotti Anatomici” at the Fenice in Trieste and at the Mauto in Turin. In 2018 she presented the alchemical installation “Conserve Globulari” at the IAAD in Bologna and she collaborated with D-Repubblica as a Botanical Artist.

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The reverse anatomical symposiacus has the full will to search for internal landscapes and pour them into external ones. Inverse because it turns its eyes inward, to the invisible organs and the interior landscapes of the spirit. This workshop is practiced to “create soul”. You will choose a sheet from an ancient textbook (flowers/mushrooms/biology) following your own nature and animist memory. Then, following your aptitude, you will go on to draw, write, trace grids over the drawings with the desire to associate yourself with a primordial form, a flower, a mushroom, a leaf, a mineral. subsequently we will move on to anatomy through Vesalian anatomical masks, real autonomous systems for rereading the landscape that will help us reconcile with the internal organs.

I work as a content creator on Instagram. I tell what happens in Italy and around the world using images and especially photomontage as the main communication tool. My work ranges across different fields, from artistic to journalistic. Many times I find myself having to make a careful selection of the topics to discuss in relation not so much to their importance but rather to their “attractiveness” for my community.

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My workshop consists of each of us pretending to be the editor of a newspaper. We will have at our disposal a lot of news extrapolated from the last few weeks (from the war in Israel, football betting, the Esselunga commercial, the war in Ukraine, etc.). Each of us will have an A3 sheet of paper and a pen and we will have to set up the homepage of our hypothetical newspaper. For each piece of news we will have to invent the most click-hunting title and position the news in the sheet in order to entice our readers to click on it. We will have 30 minutes available at the end of which we will see whether the main news selected is the same for everyone or not. Everyone will then motivate their choices.

With 10 years of experience in architecture behind her, the Brazilian from Rio de Janeiro, Mariana Martini, has always been fascinated by the ability of spaces to be modified and designed. In recent times, her studio has won 4 Architecture Awards and she also becomes an Archiproducts Ambassador. Mariana being very present on social channels, she has also become ambassador of Young Women Network, the first association in Italy dedicated to the empowerment of young women.

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We will meditate on our lives, sitting in a circle but facing outwards. Begin the workshop with an introductory session that explores the concept of personal identity. Discuss what it means to have a sense of self and why it is important. She reminds you that personal identity is a deeply personal and often emotional topic. Let’s look back at some memories, guided by questions. I will ask participants to create vision boards that represent their ideal self and future identity. This visual representation can serve as a source of motivation and reflection. Participants can set personal development goals related to their identity. Encourage them to think about how they can become more aligned with their true self and not bend to current trends, for example.

She was born in Benevento 31 years ago, among peacock feathers and many books, and now lives and works in Milan. She is a multifaceted designer who studied in Milan, Istanbul and New York. Her approach is characterized by a deep narrative exploration: each aesthetic derives from a specific story. The form follows the message. At the basis of her method there is great poetic and formal research.

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IkebanaBodyShadows – The art of making your shadows flourish. I would like to propose a laboratory that investigates the composition of the shadows of one’s bodies like blooms in the dark. The mystery and deception of transformation. In the night we can play with magic and mystery. Compose your own chimera with materials recovered in the villa and in the countryside. And show yourself in the night in a theater of the shadows of the self. The workshop lasts a couple of hours – the collection must take place during daytime and then the story must instead take place with Faro light and white fabric to be hung at night time in complete darkness.

Nicolas Denino was born in Montevideo (Uruguay) in 1985. Since 2022 he has settled back in Milan: he continues his research in the field of painting, sculpture, ceramics and, more generally, in the world of design, through collaborations with design companies and study and production stays in Morocco. The central crux of the artist’s research arises from the study of the different flows of energy arising from specific colours. In general, his activity ranges from two-dimensional works (canvases) to three-dimensional works (shaped canvases, sculptures, glass works) up to in-depth studies on the material role of color (concretions). Blue, white and black shape liberated forms from supports to constitute (and build) independent sculptural compositions.

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The “Sense of Community” workshop was born from the research carried out for the “Antitesi” pictorial series created in 2021. The main intention is to reflect on the sense of community. For me, painting circles represents a sort of meditation in which my energies flow: a psychomagic ritual. Every single circle I paint represents a human being. The set of circles therefore represents a metaphor of community or new forms of coexistence. Physical contact is the only way to break down the isolation of human beings. Through the practice of painting, each participant will have to paint 10 circles within a single paper support. Each circle embodies a presence. This creates the experience of being together that each participant will be able to keep with them.

Valentina Gaido (1989) works between Communication and Art Direction. Founder of Virgo, mystical studio and boutique based in Turin, where she researches and connects brands that develop products in relation to symbolism and esotericism. She is the author of the book “Demoni Torino”, a contemporary journey into the most unpublished and hidden esoteric Turin, published by the Psiche2. In addition, she makes installations for private events and exhibitions.

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Un-Real Magic

Each participant will be given an object considered “non magical”, objects used in everyday life.Every participant will make it magical through a performative act. This act must be recorded by the participant in a video taken with your smartphone with a duration of 1minute.Every video must have a close up of the object inside and the performance act that will make it magical. All the “mini” videos will be edited in a short film by me from the duration of 14minutes.The title will be “un-real magic”. UN-REAL MAGIC will immerse the viewer in a conceptual and constructed vision generated by our own creativity in order to transmit the concept: magic is always within us and that what we see is not always what we actually have.

Lucrezia Gentili aka corallsea is a 26 year old Italian artist living in Turin, Italy. Her main inspiration is a mix of music, poetry and nature, mainly translated into the collage technique. She participated in two philosophy residencies, where she connected her love for art, poetry and philosophy to food, thus creating moments that differed from the simple act of “eating”, but created situations of high sharing pathos content.

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Starting from the concept of prayer before meals, the workshop I propose is a poetic reinterpretation that transmits to each participant the emotion of the journey that will be done together.

I was born in 1993 in Brazil and despite being very attached to my origins, since I was a child I have lived around the world discovering fascinating cultures. From Brazil I moved to Morocco, to then go to Argentina, Turkey and ten years ago I finally decided to create roots in Italy. My nomadic life experience has taught me to face every barrier and challenge, in different environments and situations. Imagining a path, overcoming obstacles, finding solutions, admiring the smallest details that surround me. I learned never to look at the ground while walking, to see the beauty, art and poetry in everything that the universe offers us every day.

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The whole practice of Brazilian magic, of African origins, revolves around two great forces: the Orixás and the Exús (related to the umbanda and candomblé) which, appropriately evoked, can be addressed to good or evil. These Entities, prompted by the right offer and by the use of ritual objects such as: candles, essences, various mixtures, help man to find and identify with an Orixá. The goal of the workshop is not to carry out a religious ritual, but to open our minds to the magical knowledge of these “characters”, of their powers as a sort of “theatrical” rite, based on incorporation.

Chandra Costanza Coletti is an illustrator and Yoga teacher who lives and works in Rome. For more than ten years she has practiced intensely Kundalini Yoga and Sat Nam Rasayan, an ancient art of healing, and she is often asked what is the link between her illustrations of her and yogic practice. Chandra describes meditation as her creative engine and claims that her art stems from the experience of a deep state of silence. Maintaining and cultivating this sacred space day after day keeps it connected with an unlimited source of inspiration. This intuitive creativity flows in her personal projects, but also in the graphics she designs for clients, who often recognize in her images experiences of awareness and transformation.

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In this experience of individual and collective transformation we will modify our frequency and increase our projection capacity through the techniques of Yoga Kundalini as taught by Yogi Bhajan. We will begin by warming the body to untie the knots in the energy channels and allow the prana to flow unhindered. Then, using mudra (hand position), pranayama (breathing technique) and visualization, we will enter a deep meditative state and we will push ourselves to relate to our Self, in an intense and regenerating journey. This journey will take us to the source of our creative energy and stimulate our attitude to manifest, to share our gifts with the world in a relaxed and joyful way.

(1982 Israel), Graphic designer and visual artist, graduated in Visual Communication from Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem (2008). In the last decade she lives and works between Bologna, Tel-Aviv and Florence. She is the co-founder of Dina&Solomon, a visual communication studio
that collaborates with clients in a vast range of fields, and thinks of
design as a form of relationship.Over the years she had developed and  conducted several visual design and creative thinking workshops for students and professionals as well as lectures at the University of Bologna, and created and curated cultural projects, exhibitions and installations within Griffo the Great Gala of Letters – the studio’s multidisciplinary ongoing project. Mirit have received international design awards such as Compasso d’Oro
Honourable Mention Award, Red Dot Design Award, European Design
Award and Vinitaly International Packaging Awards.
Since she emerged herself with Chianti nature a few years ago, she
practices and explores the art of Ikebana, the poetics & aesthetics of
organic-matter compositions, and observes her continuous mutual
transformation.