Curated by Giampiero Sanguigni with the collaboration of Marco Brizzi, promoted by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Rome, organized by the Pecci Center and by Image, realized with the support of the Netherlands Architecture Fund, the Mondriaan Fund and the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Prato, the exhibition reflects on the possibility of shaping new and original modes of production in response to the international crisis.

The reality of space is questioned, investigated, reproduced, represented and criticized by artists and architects that have long searched to redefine themselves and their role in society.

Atelier Van Lieshout, Boundary Unlimited, DUS architects, Haas & Hahn, Nicoline Van Harskamp, Anne Holtrop / Bas Princen, Wouter Klein Velderman, Krijn de Koning, NIO Architects, ONIX: in an encounter between established identity and new generations of designers, the protagonists of the event “TRIGGERING REALITY” discuss the overlaps that exists between architectural and artistic research.

The exhibition is preceded by a symposium, which will be held on December 14, 2012 from 9:30 am to 12 noon at the Biblioteca delle Oblate (via dell’Oriuolo 26, Firenze, Italy). The exhibition opening is scheduled for December 15 at 6 pm at the Pecci Center (viale della Repubblica 277, Prato, Italy).

The Netherlands Architecture Fund