The annual meetings promoted by the Municipality of Brescia in conjunction with the Curatorship of Fondazione Clementina Calzari Trebeschi.

These meetings consist of 8 open classes that address the theme of the climate crisis under different aspects.

“Afternoons at San Barnaba” are the 2023 meetings promoted by the Municipality of Brescia in conjunction with the Curatorship of Fondazione Clementina Calzari Trebeschi. They will commence on Tuesday 14 March 2023 at 18:00hrs in the auditorium San Barnaba, Corso Magenta 44/A.

The programme includes eight lessons from authoritative voices in culture and research, that will address the different aspects of the theme: ‘The climate crisis and all the challenges that our society has to face’.

This is a series of meetings on Tuesday evening at 18:00hrs, at the auditorium San Barnaba, with some of the top Italian scientists and experts, to shed light on the irreversible impact that climate change has on all the spheres of our society, from economics to agriculture, from politics to law.

The event is organized by Fondazione Clementina Calzari Trebeschi in collaboration with Museo di Scienze Naturali of Brescia, as part of the dissemination activities addressed to the citizens. These meetings will include the Project Un Filo Naturale, the climate transition strategy adopted by the Municipality of Brescia and written with the support of Fondazione Cariplo.

Rimbocchiamoci le maniche is a clean up activity organized by Evergreen Brescia on Saturday 12 November 2022, at Parco della Montagnola

Evergreen Brescia proposes a new clean up activity in collaboration with 5R Zerosprechi, supported by the Consulta Ambiente of the Municipality of Brescia.
For those interested, the meeting is on Saturday 12 November 2022, 14:00hrs,
in Via Pusterla 41, Brescia, at the entrance of the pedestrian path leading to Parco della Montagnola.

‘Clean Up’, which took place along the river Mella in late September, was a great success and the event was documented by RAI and was featured in the local press. Following this success it was decided to organize an activity in the city centre, to allow not only a cleaning but also an opportunity to explore urban sites with a significant symbolic value. In fact Parco della Montagnola runs along the vineyard della Pusterla, the Europe’s largest urban vineyard, on the north slope of Colle Cidneo. The whole area is fundamental to the biodiversity of Brescia and is of historical importance to the city.

This event will also provide the opportunity for the museum to present Parco della biodiversità, as part of ‘Un Filo Naturale’, for the enhancement of Parco della Montagnola

With regards to this presentation Stefano Armiraglio, conservator of the botanical section of Museo di Scienze Naturali said: “During the meeting we will be pleased to present the project to enhance Parco della Montagnola. This is a project that aims to spread the biodiversity within the city-one of the activities constituting the climate transition strategy adopted by the Municipality of Brescia with the support of Fondazione Cariplo and Regione Lombardia, thanks to the project Un Filo Naturale.”

The museum will also present 5R Zerosprechi together with Evergreen Brescia, to promote a clean up of Parco della Montagnola, and to analyze the collected waste, in order to understand its importance in in terms of raw materials and recycling.

Marco Migliorati of 5R Zerosprechi: “5R zerosprechi has accepted with great pleasure the invitation to organize this event with Evergreen Brescia. The DNA of 5R is concrete actions, and our approach has lot in common with that of these extraordinary boys and girls. Our specialty, as an association representing Zero Waste Italy in our province, is to go beyond a simple clean up, using innovative strategies to make people aware of what they are collecting and to let them realize that most of the time it is not waste.’

You can join Parco della Montagnola clean up activities by contacting Evergreen Brescia

https://www.facebook.com/evergreenbrescia/
https://www.instagram.com/evergreenbrescia/

A qualcuno piace caldo, conference show on the changing climate

A scientific narrative accompanied by jazz music, in two editions, with free participation

Urban Center Brescia, in collaboration with Museo di Scienze Naturali of Brescia, organises “A qualcuno piace caldo”, a conference show on the changing climate, an activity of the project Un Filo Naturale, as part of the climate transition strategy adopted by the Municipality of Brescia, written with the support of Fondazione Cariplo.
The event will take place on Saturday 8 October, at Auditorium San Barnaba, in Corso Magenta 44/a, Brescia.
A special edition is scheduled at 10:30 for university students and for students in the fourth and fifth year of upper secondary school.

On the same day at 17:30  the show will be repeated and opened to all citizens.
It’s a scientific narrative accompanied by images, videos and piano jazz music, to understand in what way we are facing the problem, and how we could face it, both individually and collectively.

The show originated from an idea of professor Stefano Caserini, responsible of the course Mitigazione dei Cambiamenti Climatici at Politecnico di Milano, founder of “Climalteranti.it”, one of the Italian leading scientific blogs on the climate change theme and co-director of the scientific magazine “Ingegneria dell’Ambiente”. The narrative is accompanied by live music performed by jazz pianist Erminio Cella, directed by Francesca Cella.

For both editions, booking is required by registering on Eventbrite:

https://www.eventbrite.it/o/un-filo-naturale-53012708393

The meeting closing the first phase of the project Spazi Attivi will take place on 30 June, 18:00, in the premises of Urban Center Brescia, in via Moretto 78.

During the evening of Thursday, after a general presentation of the results obtained from the areas exploration laboratories, it will be possible to see the 56 proposals received in an exhibition held at Urban.lab. space. Later there will be a time for discussion, in order to let the participants comment on the work carried out and to connect to each other.

A list of the proposed projects is already visible in an interactive map at the link:

https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/it/map/spaziattivi-urban-center-brescia_768501?#14/45.5348/10.1978

SpaziAttivi – participatory process for social aggregation

The evening is part of the cycle of meetings named SpaziAttivi, a participatory process organized by Urban Center Brescia, adviced by the neighborhood and the city associations to identify urban open spaces to be turned into social gatherings sites, through an urban regeneration and a climate change adaptation plan.

The meetings, open to all citizens, took place between May and June, a calendar divided by the different zones of the city, aiming to identify abandoned or underused public areas that could be transformed into active spaces through an urban redevelopment, in an optic of climate and social resilience.

The initiative is part of the larger project: “Un Filo Naturale, a community actively involved in the challenge of transforming the climate change into opportunities”, promoted by the Municipality of Brescia, in partnership with AmbienteParco, Fondazione Centro Euro-Mediterraneo per i Cambiamenti Climatici and Parco delle Colline di Brescia.

Urban Center Brescia – The urban culture laboratory

Urban Center Brescia, the urban culture laboratory, deals with interdisciplinary research, communication and participatory planning on topics related to the city and its territory. Acting as a link between the administration and the territory, Urban Center Brescia represents a fulcrum for the citizens, aiming to broaden civic engagement in the urban debate.

Within the project Un Filo Naturale it is responsible for the creative involvement of the citizens, organising tactical urbanism actions and raising climate change awareness.

Climate changes: Un Filo Naturale offers educational programs to all schools in the province of Brescia

For school year 2022-23, within the climate transition strategy adopted by the Municipality of Brescia and written with the support of Fondazione Cariplo, the project Un Filo Naturale planned educational courses, for schools of all levels, entirely dedicated to climate change.

Activities and laboratories, which are also bookable together, aim to guide students from nursery to university through learning experiences on climate transition, involving them as actors of change.

The educational courses are organized by AmbienteParco, CMCC Centro euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici, Museo Civico di Scienze Naturali and Parco delle Colline.

All the activities are free and can be consulted by downloading the booklet. Schools that want to participate can book by directly contacting the organizers.

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Un Filo Naturale eco-cards booming in stores: the assessor Michela Tiboni meets Consorzio Brescia Centro

On 1 June 10.000 eco-cards were donated to Consorzio Brescia Centro stores and  distributed for free to the citizens, so to encourage them to take concrete action and raise awareness on the themes of the project Un Filo Naturale, the climate transition strategy adopted by the Municipality of Brescia and written with the support of Fondazione Cariplo.

The card, in fact, is made of a special eco paper containing seeds and it can be planted in a pot, in order to help the Municipality to bring nature into the city.

The cards are distributed to Consorzio businesses together with a window sticker, so to identify all the participating stores where the eco-card can be collected.

According to the numbers provided by the consortium the initiative was a great success, especially among children, intrigued by the possibility to make a 10×15 cm piece of printed paper bloom.

More than half of the available cards were donated in about a month and a half.

The initiative, realized by the Municipality of Brescia in collaboration with Ambiente Parco is part of the project Un Filo Naturale, and it aims to make Brescia even more a city for people.

As creating spaces and meeting opportunities in the city is a primary purpose, Consorzio Brescia Centro plays a major role, with hundreds of precious activities to keep the social structure alive.

Il Consorzio Brescia Centro

Consorzio Brescia Centro was founded in 2006 as a non-profit organization to address issues concerning the coordination, strengthening and collaboration between those businesses located within the perimeter of Mura Venete, in the historical center of Brescia. Today the consortium counts about 150 companies who have joined the development and implementation program. It aims at improving and promoting both the offer and the appeal of Brescia historical center by enhancing its values: the high quality and professional level of its businesses, as well as the intrinsic cultural, historical and therefore social value.

Consorzio Brescia Centro represents so a union of all businesses located in the historical center who are gathered and engaged in the enhancement of their own context, through initiatives and strategies aimed at reconfirming that the only ‘shopping centre’ can only be the historical center: a place of excellence where to find experience, courtesy, quality and professionalism while being surrounded by a gorgeous atmosphere, suggestive views and historical monuments.

Federico Veronesi exhibition as part of Photofestival 2021.

Federico Veronesi exhibition at Museo di Scienze Naturali shows the intensity of the fruitful relationship among nature, science and art. An invitation to reflect on the cultural and environmental value of protecting and enhancing the natural capital, as well as to reflect on the importance of geo and biodiversity for the development of life on earth.

This exhibition stands out for its  naturalistic artistic quality and it is proposed as a “place” to observe “the wonders of nature”, capturing from the author’s vision elements of a culture made of respect; elements of an authentic relationship with what is around us, what is part of us and what we belong to.

The emerging science of ecology is the science of complexity and interdependence, both micro and macro. We are therefore called by Science and Art to refound our deep understanding of life, made of infinite interconnections. All systems are linked by a close relationship in an ecosystem that is not immortal. Nature is therefore a resource, far from being unlimited, and it must be protected. A concept that now seems to have become obvious to everyone; however there’s still much to be done: a profound cultural and political transformation and a change in lifestyles.

Between these two dimensions there is an active and constructive interdependence in support of the planet and of the communities well-being. “It takes time, commitment, patience and knowledge”, these are the words that Veronesi uses to characterize his style and his approach to photography. A faithful representation of reality and of the natural scene: “landscapes and portraits” of environments and subjects to respect and to look after.

It is therefore worth reflecting together on the need to change step and to change look, in order to support the functioning of the ecosystem. The step is marked by the dynamic ability to observe, analyze, understand, find solutions, reflect, discuss, evaluate and take appropriate decisions to the questions posed: science offers its conceptual tools.

The look instead is open on nature, on transgenerational and environmental values.

Silvia Ianfranco exhibition at Museo di Scienze Naturali shows the intensity of the fruitful relationship among nature, science and art. A space to connect and reflect around the still unexplored sides of the artist and the museum, approaching art and nature with respect. Since the beginning the artist research explores the dimension of an intimate memory, intended as a re-emerging from the deep sensoriality awakened by the encounter with nature, as well as the dimension of experimentation. The latter translates into artworks, of both large and small size, full of metamorphic potential, a narrative and imaginative core that each visitor will personally interpret. These premises lead to an accurate dialogue with the institution hosting the exhibition, Museo di Scienze Naturali of Brescia: a place of research and conservation of the natural heritage populating our environment, a guardian constantly experimenting with the botanical, animal and mineral patrimony that surrounds us; a museum where nature in all its forms brings into question the simple act of naming and analyzing. A museum as a laboratory, where Silvia Infranco, led by expert researchers and curators, selected some exempla of this extraordinary city institution, in order to expose them together with her works: ancient and modern herbariums telling us about our vegetable mothers and sisters, the result of a continuous research carried out interacting with nature. From this union was born an exhibition showing the most recognized series of the artist, characterized by slow and rigorous manual sampling, collection, stratification and processing of organic materials originated from plants and minerals.

The exhibition is also complemented by some laboratory activities that aim to involve the public in a path of educational experience, through the observation of artworks designed after a close comparison with the objects displayed and preserved by the museum, and after a careful comparison with the working methods that animate and lead the institution itself. For all these considerations In divenire is an exhibition able of connecting different elements and languages, structuring itself by building ongoing networks of cultural, social and educational relations and opportunities, thanks to an open and authentic dialogue between materials, subjects for and with the community; an exhibition able to address both the experts and a wider audience because of a clear and accurate educational apparatus. The organic elements that make up Infranco’s Metaforme and Melìe, these are the titles of the main types of artworks exhibited, give back a feeling of being in a suspended garden, a garden that the artist reveals to our gaze asking us to tiptoe, inhabiting it with gentleness and wonder. Artworks dialoguing with manuscripts, ancient and modern herbariums, natural elements as well as with the visitors, through renewed looks, gestures and experiences. The captions, the guided tours and the workshops are proposed to the public as further moments of attention and as tools of knowledge, experience, human, cultural and civil growth. The installation that branches out in the center of the room is actually addressed to a public intended as a careful observer in the making: within the laboratory experience, each visitor is asked to complete, transform and enrich a texture of reused materials, patiently sewn by the artist. The exhibition is therefore presented as an innovative format, which has value in itself and which at the same time aims to develop new ideas, experimental projects and paths on the creative, educational-scientific and participatory level, testimony of a Museo di Scienze Naturali that is evolving as well: in its identity features, in its specific and multifaceted cultural offer, both in the city and in the territorial dimension.

Museo di Scienze Naturali, within its design of contemporary artists site-specific solo exhibitions, aimed at bringing to ligh the naturalistic finds preserved, hosts the recent production of Fabio Roncato (Rimini 1982), in dialogue with three fossils from the territory of Brescia, two of which are preserved in the Museum itself.

This is the exhibition project for “Meccaniche della Meraviglia”, an event conceived and directed by Albano Morandi, and now in its 16th edition.

Conducted with Paolo Schirolli, the artist visited the Museum’s collection depot, where the assets of our natural and geological history are preserved: talking with the conservator, Roncato has defined a path that focuses on the meaning of the track, the “trail” left by extinct animals on ancient rocks, a theme and a process that are also centered in his poetics.

From its very title, the exhibition refers to the works specially made by the artist with the use of electric discharge on matter, recalling the Latin language of the Linnean-style binomial nomenclature, used for the determinations of living beings but also of fossils.

Visitors will thus be able to admire three remarkable fossils, such as a Triassic fish and a trail of Permian vertebrates preserved in the Museum and a model of important Permian vertebrate tracks.

These will be in dialogue with the works of the artist: Conscious Thoughts, specifically created for this project and made up by diaphanous slabs on which a dazzling black flash seems to flow, opening and branching itself in bluish waves; Faithful, an installation created in 2017 in the Netherlands, made up of dozens of recycled bricks immersed in blue ink, as to evoke a solid sea or a heavenly vault on which you could walk; Momentum, a series of sculptures that Roncato realizes from 2017 entering the waterways with a case full of liquid wax: water enters the box and shapes the fluid matter, solidifying it.

Photographic exhibition by Claudio Amadei curated by Renato Corsini – Ma.co. F

Through the photographic language, the temporary exhibition within Photofestival 2022 reveals and enhances the surprising collection of butterflies of Museo di Scienze Naturali. A collection far from obvious: a fantastic world, both from the scientific and aesthetic point of view, that opens from the wings of these beautiful lepidopterans.

Claudio Amadei, expert sailor in the sea of photographic light, doesn’t limit himself to the precise representation of the specimens that Melania Massaro, curator of Zoology, has selected for the exhibition project. His images, in fact, are decomposition of the real, original interpretations of what nature offers.

The colors, funds and cuts of the photographs are the result of personal research and a creative reinterpretation enhanced by the large format of the prints on display.

Thematic exhibition project curated by Museo di Scienze Naturali

Farfalle is a polysemic exhibition project, called to build an intersection between photographic and scientific language. A meeting that combines aesthetic with conceptual elements. Butterflies and moths lead us to share with the public an important goal: expand and deepen the natural wonder towards the living beings who inhabit with us, and before us, the planet earth. The wide variety of sizes, designs and colours is an element of wonder; it is offered as an opportunity to understand some processes that generate complex microstructures and the diversity of species and between species: microscopic variations of infinite wonderful shapes. We invite visitors to stay with us, to sharpen the eye by observing details and relationships of these tiny animals: a layout that helps us to develop knowledge, sensitivity and responsibility. An important biological and ethical message.