Eugenio Alberti Schatz is an Italian author, translator, artist and critic. He was born in Milan in 1964 and has a background in ancient literature. He has worked in the field of communication and events as an author and creative director. He has also published travelogues and critical texts on art and photography 12. In addition to his work in communication, he has explored various areas of artistic and literary research, creating a diverse cultural micro-industry 3. He has also held creative writing courses at IED Milan and a writing workshop at NABA as part of the Communication Design Biennium 4.
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Trained in the cultural milieu of Radical Architecture in Florence, Beppe Caturegli (1957) moved to Milan in 1982, marking the beginning of a longstanding professional collaboration with Ettore Sottsass, the Memphis group and the publication Terrazzo.

In 1987, in partnership with Giovannella Formica (1957-2019), he founded the design firm Caturegli Formica Architetti Associati.

The passion for travel has inspired an anthropological approach to design culture, one which aims to resolve the dichotomy of mixed

systems: industry/craft, global/local, mass-produced/one-off.

This vision has resulted in a diverse portfolio, spanning architecture, unique carpets, interior design, paintings, industrial design and sculptures. His works have been showcased globally at places like the Design Gallery,

Nilufar Gallery, Assab One, Antonia Jannone Gallery and museums, including the Deichtorhallen in Hamburg, Centre Pompidou in Paris, Mino Ceramic Art Museum in Japan, Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and Triennale di Milano in Italy.

LABZONA is a young architecture studio based in Brescia and Milan. It specializes in architectural and urban design and research, interior design, and furniture design. LABZONA has won several awards in national and international competitions. Some of its projects have been exhibited and published in online magazines, books, and journals .

Federico Tinti is an architect from Brescia, Filippo Soldaini is an architect from Milan, and Fabio Annunziata is an architect from Milan .

Yoshie Nishikawa, Sapporo (Japan) 1959. After graduating at art university, Ootani of Sapporo, in 1982, she transfers to San Francisco (USA) in order to specialise in “The Fine Art of Photography” with the San Francisco Academy of Art College.
In 1983, alternating between various masters within the academy, she begins a freelance photographic career working between Tokyo, New York, London and Milan.
In 1996, she decides to transfer to Milan, all the while continuing a professional collaboration with different publishing groups and photographic agencies in Tokyo.

Awards

In 2009 she has always gained, on 673 selected professionals and a jury of composed excellence gives beyond 50 personages leader in the panorama of the communication, the first absolute prize and the first prize in within Fashion to “Prize of the creative quality in professional photography”, organized from the “National Association Photographers Professionals Tau Visual” with the following critical appraisal : Yoshie Nishikawa is a complete author – eclectic – whose poetics photographic production above all demonstrate to a technical competence but a not common aesthetic sensibility.
Roberto Tomesani, coordinator of premio fotografico.org.
In 2010, always for the “Prize of the creative quality in professional photography”, it has won the first prize in the category “Glamour”.
Presently, professional and artistic activities are developed between Milan, London, Paris and Tokyo.

Stefano Torrione was born in Aosta in 1962. After graduating in Political Science, he devotes himself to photography.
A professional photographer since1992, he contributed to the prestigious magazine Epoca, which leaded him to the Panorama European Kodak Award in 1994 in Arles, France.
He specialized in geographical and ethnographical reportage and has travelled and worked in many countries around the world for Italian and foreign travel magazines, like Geo and National Geographic Italia, Panorama Travel, Gente Viaggi, Traveller, In Viaggio, Rutas del Mundo, Tuttoturismo.
In parallel with his editorial activity, he has worked in the field of industrial photography for corporate clients such as Banca Popolare di Bergamo, Etipack, Bettoni S.p.A., Italmondo, Seva, Milan Medical Center and among others.
He has published several books and his work has been exhibited widely in numerous solo and group exhibitions in Italy.
From 2010 to 2012 he worked for the European project E.C.H.I on the intangible heritage of the Alpine populations.
From 2009 to 2019 he worked on photographic long-term projects in the Alps by developing works on popular culture (AlpiMagia and Spiriti d’Inverno) and on the traces of the First World War at high altitude (GRANDE GUERRA BIANCA).
He lives between Milan and Saint-Pierre.

Alessandra costa, choreographer, teacher of dance theater and contemporary dance. director of the

balafori company, creator of events.

Cooperates with importants events agency and designs choreography : sikkens,lycra,abb,nouvelle frontieres ,alpen.
Actually she makes the show "be positive!...fino a qui tutto bene!" The first rappresentation was in milan at the teatro of triennale , crt with the collaboration of ala onlus milan and the patronage of the commune of milan. in 2014 she makes the coreography of the musical off " come erka e omar...è tutto uno show" directed by Enzo Iacchetti teaches in milan dance schools like “tilt spazio danza” and “arcobaleno dance centre” she gave lessons of dance to the cirque of soleil’s dancers on tour in milan and others companies 1984 she works as solo dancer with choreographer theophil zadith (tour in central america and switzerland) in 1985 she became assistant to the choreographer robert pomper in 1986 she dances for the company “enzo procopio”,teach for california dance centre and for s.p.i.d.-Ials in milan and participate in “fame” italian tour with
gene anthony ray (leroy in fame) in 1989 she moved to paris and teach in studio paris centre and in studio harmonic-dance with coreographers like “blanca li” ("nana and lila word tour), peter goss, dominique lesdema in 1995 she founded the company of theatre/dance “balafori” and participating in various festivals like ravensburg ,in lausanne for the international festival,in paris for the festival of onze,and for the unusual festival now teaches in milan dance schools like “tilt spazio danza” and “arcobaleno dance centre” she gave lessons of dance to the cirque of soleil’s dancers on tour in milan and she cooperates with importants events agency and designs choreography for videos, conventions and commercial

Sara Valenti is a choreographer. She was born in Piacenza, Italy in 1991 and graduated in Modern Literature from the University of Milan 1. She has trained in classical ballet and contemporary techniques such as release technique, floor work, and improvisation 1. Her artistic formation has been influenced by her encounters with renowned masters such as Julie Anne Stanzak, Cristiana Morganti, Kenji Takagi, Patrizia Lattuada, and Lia Courrier 1.

Valenti has collaborated with various companies and artists such as Balafori Company by Alessandra Costa, Serge Nicolaï, Olivia Corsini, and Julie Anne Stanzak 1. In April-October 2016, she worked as a dancer for the creation of “SÈANCES d’après Ingmar Bergman” directed by Serge Nicolaï with the participation of Julie Anne Stanzak in Paris 1. On September 29, 2017, she presented her personal creation titled “Il compleanno di Cybelle” at Il Piccolo Teatro studio in Milan 1. In February 2018, she participated in the evening of Junge Coreographen in Essen with her personal choreographic project for seven women titled “In meinem Garten” 1. In August 2018, she participated in the Sarzanese Parallelamente Festival with her personal work freely inspired by Erri De Luca’s “In nome della madre”, titled “…E il mare non si riempie?” 1.

Valenti graduated from the Folkwang Universität der Künste in Essen, Germany in July 2020. The university was founded by Kurt Joss and Sigur Leeder and attended by the choreographer Pina Bausch. Valenti had the opportunity to study with Malou Airaudo, Lutz Förster, Stephan Brinkmann, Henrietta Horn, Rodolpho Leoni 1. Since December 2019, she has been collaborating with Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch as a guest dancer for the restaging of Blaubart. Beim Anhören einer Tonbandaufnahme von Béla Bartóks Oper „Herzog Blaubarts Burg“, choreographed by Pina Bausch 1.

Emma Petroni was born in Dakar in 1992 and raised in Senegal, she grew up in a family of artists, which undoubtedly influenced her passion for art and photography. Moving to Paris in 2008, she pursued studies in art and communication, eventually graduating in audiovisual professions. Now based in Paris, she primarily works in the film industry as an assistant film editor.

Her work is deeply influenced by her travels, where she strives to capture and preserve the essence of the places she visits, revealing “the soul of the word” through her photography. Her images have been showcased in various artistic events from Paris to Dakar.