Radicate is a non-profit organization that focuses on research executed in the field of contemporary art and culture, situated on the Savona Campus (University of Genoa). Radicate analyses global changes through a contemporary art lens. Our office is located in the Smart City, which is part of the Savona Campus where Environmental and Energy Engineering department is developing the first example o
f a smart energy, micro-grid. The university campus is therefore an exemplary laboratory in developing of the futuristic Smart City, where art and culture will also carry an important role. Radicate.eu conducts conversations with key figures, active in the field of contemporary art, in order to comprehend global shifts through the standpoint of contemporary art. These conversations are realized with the use of new digital media technologies that enable the construction of a global network. We are attracted to the immaterial, sustainable and intimate use of these forms of communication. The number of conversations, which augment with time, are made readily and permanently available on our on-line platform. Pertinent questions emerge during these conversations, which we conduct with key figures of the contemporary art world, that are indicative of our times in addressing global issues. The most urgent questions (sustainability, migration, climate and geopolitical change) are ultimately developed within the context of transcultural and interdisciplinary project that also include experts in the field of engineering and science. These projects are materialized in the form of events that address both the territory in which the project was conceived as well as the international, research community that it references.
