𝗧𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘀 -𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹
SEPTEMBER 19 – 20 – 21, 2025
Castiglione dei Pepoli (BO)
Terrapolis – Transversal Ecologies Festival is a festival of contemporary art and ecological practices that takes shape amid the tensions of the present—a historical moment marked by the convergence of a new technological revolution and ecological collapse.
These are two profound and only seemingly opposing processes that move in parallel: on one side, the Fourth Industrial Revolution, characterized by cognitive capitalism and digital pervasiveness; on the other, the sixth mass extinction, which affects entire ecosystems and life forms. This coexistence of growth and destruction generates conflicting emotions and demands radical tools of resistance, imagination, and transversal connection to be addressed.
The transversality referenced in the title of this fifth edition of the festival refers to the ability to hold together what is heterogeneous—creating relationships without reducing differences to a single synthesis. The posthuman is not just a concept but a tool for interpreting the present. Composite subjectivities, unstable assemblages, and forms of relational ethics born from doing, from crisis, from collaboration emerge from this perspective . Knowledge and culture are not produced in isolation but arise from dialogue, contamination, informal networks, collectives, and alliances between multifaceted subjectivities.
Terrapolis – Transversal Ecologies Festival is thus grounded in this vision, activating connections between artistic practices, local communities, independent cultural collectives, activists, researchers, public administrations, and local residents. It promotes cultural decentralization as a necessary condition for addressing the environmental and cultural urgencies of our time.
PROGRAMME
Friday, September 19
5:00 pm – Inauguration of Roberto Alfano’s Shack | Piazza Guglielmo Marconi
6:00 pm – Talk with Martina Aiazzi Mancini – A dimora | Parco della Rimembranza
7:30 pm – Live – Pippo, curated by Collective Limitrofi | Parco della Rimembranza
9:30 pm – Live – Otay:onii | Cinema Teatro comunale
00:00 am – Sleeping concert – Laguna | Campo sportivo Castiglione dei Pepoli
Saturday, Sept. 20
9:30 am – Walk with Boschilla | Meeting and departure Piazza della Libertà
11:00 am – 10:00 p.m. Market | Piazza della Libertà
11:00 am – Graffiti workshop for children with Stefano Renzetti | Piazza Guglielmo Marconi
11:30 am – formally different, studio no. 1 (per persone amiche), performance by Irene Adorni | Rifugio Ranuzzi-Segni “Abetaia”
12:00 pm – Lunch in the square | Piazza della Libertà
3:00 pm – Building, destroying, and rebuilding cob columns as high as our bodies, performance by Anouk Verviers | Sala Pro loco Piazza Guglielmo Marconi
4:00 pm – Electronic music workshop for children aged 8-12 with Gerarda Avallone (ODIA) | Appennino Sound, via G. Pepoli
4:00 pm – Tree Climbing with Daniele Ziccardi and reading with Parsec | Parco della Chiesa vecchia
6:30 pm – Talk with Camilla Bernava and Ilaria Santoemma | Parco della Rimembranza
7:30 – 10:00 pm – Dinner in the Square | Piazza della Libertà
9:00 pm – Bononia ridens, performance by Matteo Belli, curated by Castiglione dei Pepoli Municipal Theater | Cinema Teatro comunale
10:00 pm – Party with Mimì Xavi, Merenz and TR3PICA | Officina 15, via Aldo Moro 31
Sunday, Sept. 21
9:00 am – Walk with Boschilla | Meeting and departure Piazza della Libertà
9:00 am – 6:00 pm Collective writing workshop with Wu Ming 2 | Departure Piazza della Libertà
10:00 am – Tuscan Market | Piazza della Libertà
10:30 am – Walking lab, workshop for children and families with Martina Tondi | Lago Santa Maria
12:30 pm – Lunch with TOCIA! Kitchen and Community | Lago Santa Maria
5:00 pm – Reading with Yuna Leonis and open mic| Lago Santa Maria
6:30 pm – Live – Dj Giotto | Lago Santa Maria
ARTISTS
Terrapolis is realized thanks to the contribution of Fondazione del Monte. It is also part of Bologna Estate 2025, the programme of activities promoted and coordinated by municipality of Bologna and the Metropolitan City of Bologna – Bologna-Modena Tourist Territory.
With the support of CCSE Italia – Fornari Servizi SRL.
The participation of performer Riley Tu is made possible thanks to the support of the National Culture and Arts Foundation.
Anouk Verviers and Parsec thank the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec for its financial support.