Day 2. Saturday 29 November 2025
Saturday 29 November 2025. Day motto "Mapping Desires"
Venue: Carignano Theatre (Piazza Carignano 6, Turin)
9:00 Buses depart from CIMAM Hotels to Carignano Theatre
Please note that the theatre is right in the historic centre of Turin. Check its proximity to your hotel - you may find that it is just a short walk away.
(08:30 - 09:30 Optional visit to the Egyptian Museum. Free entrance for conference attendees showing your badge. The museum is right next to Carignano Theatre, but please be at the Theatre Foyer before 9:45)
9:15 - 10:00 Registration at Carignano Theatre
10:00 - 10:15 Welcome Remarks by Alessandro Bianchi, Presidente Fondazione Teatro Stabile Torino. Introduction to the narrative of the day by Chiara Bertola, Davide Quadrio, and Leevi Haapala, members of the Content Committee
Mapping Desires
This day will invite delegates to articulate their pragmatic aspirations and to imagine institutional models that respond critically and constructively to the changing realities of the cultural sector, avoiding utopian idealism in favor of a grounded and resilient imagination.
10:15 - 10:45 Apertura by Abdullah Miniawy, Expressionist, Writer, Composer & Performer, Paris, France
10:45 - 11:20 Keynote by Elizabeth Povinelli, Franz Boas Professor of Anthropology & Gender Studies, Columbia University, New York City, USA
11:20 - 12:00 Coffee Break
12:00 - 13:30 Introduction of Mapping Desires speakers by Kamini Sawhney, member of the CIMAM Board, and Content Committee:
- Rustom Bharucha, Professor, International Fellow of the British Academy in London, Kolkata, India
- Azu Nwagbogu, Founder/Director, African Artist’s Foundation & LagosPhoto Festival, Lagos, Nigeria
- Karen Archey, Head of Curatorial Department, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany
- Francesco Manacorda, Director, Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Turin, Italy
- Alessandra Ferrini, Artist, Researcher, Educator, University of the Arts London, Corby, UK
- Onome Ekeh, Writer, Filmmaker, Lecturer, Academy of Art & Design, Basel, Switzerland
13:30 - 14:30 Lunch box onsite
14:30 - 15:30 Q&A with Speakers and the audience, moderated by Chus Martinez, member of the CIMAM Board, and Chair of the CIMAM 2025 Content Committee.
15:45 - 17:00 Visits (MAO / Gallerie d’Italia). All participants will visit the same venues and exhibitions, but will be divided into two groups of 150 participants. One group will walk to Gallerie d'Italia, which is 10 minutes on foot. The other group will take a bus to visit MAO.
17:30 - 19:30 Bus transfer and Visit Castello di Rivoli. Ensure you don't get distracted and arrive on time to take the bus.
20:30 - 22:30 Transfer and Dinner at Venaria Reale
22:30 - 23:00 Buses take participants back to CIMAM Hotels
Norma Nardi, visual artist specialized in listening and capturing the bigger picture, will be on stage creating illustrations and graphic recordings throughout the enditre day.
This conference program is preliminary and subject to change.