Event #15

In post-war Italy, when the country was trying to rebuild itself, and later during the economic boom, the evocative power of images would translate into mobilizing common passions. The collective imagination – that combination of values, symbols and myths capable both of shaping individual aspirations and of defining the collective agenda of a certain community – held a great propulsive strength. On the contrary, our current, sad passions are an expression of the crisis of that collective imagery, and young people appear to be a “lost generation”, incapable of epic leaps toward the future. Still, imagination demands realization, as it propels dreams and desires, lights up our fantasies, expanding the frontiers of what seems possible further and further. What are today’s myths? And how can we renew our sense of hope, unbound by grudges and nostalgia?

Location change: from Campus I.I.S. Parentucelli-Arzelà to Piazza Matteotti