Silvia
Messeri
Container,
a new cultural centre in Florence
Florence now possesses
a new cultural centre. Two floors covering a total of 700 sq.m., with
rooms that can be put to various uses, like the large multiple-use room,
which can seat 150, the video room, which can seat 50, and a series of
laboratory cum rooms which will be used for holding courses of various
kinds. The bar and snack bar on the ground floor can provide visitors
with a meal between performances, while the 250 sq.m. garden can be used
to get a breath of fresh air during the summer months. Various activities
will be organized for children and teenagers, like theatrical performances
and the playroom; there is also a press centre with magazines for young
people. Selective refuse collection will also be organized in order to
create compost for the centre's garden.
The logo of the centre |
At this point we can say that culture has moved out into the suburbs
and to a centre that promises to make a name for itself, judging by the
initiatives that have been planned so far. Container, Centre of Contemporary
Culture, as it is called, can be found at Mantignano, in Florence's green
belt. Mantignano is not only an ancient village but also Florence's vegetable
growing area; about 50% of the vegetables that end up in the city's markets
are grown here. Only a 15 minute car journey from the city centre, it
can also be easily reached in about 20 minutes by a 44, 6 or 26 bus. Container
plans on hosting various kinds of concerts, concentrating on jazz, ethnic
music, frontier music and rock in particular; it will also be showing
videos, holding exhibitions for both young and well known artists and
film festivals with films by Man Ray, BuÒuel, Duchamp, Jarmush,
Polanski, Pasolini, Kurosawa and other famous directors. Entrance is reserved
for members only on presentation of a Legambiente or ARCI membership card;
non-members can request ARCI membership cards by phoning 055 2476141 48
hours beforehand, while Legambiente cards are handed over on inscription.
FAN-Florence ART
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by
Silvia Messeri & Sandro Pintus
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