Living Rooms

The project was born with the intention of reactivating the rooms of Pavilion A of the former Children Institute of the Province of Turin orphanage until the 1980s, that had been abandoned since 2011. In order to do so, these rooms have been re-activated through art, transforming into lively environments and constructing meanings and relationships.

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The process develops in two phases. 

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• In the first, the artists intervened on the spaces, reinterpreting them through their own sensitivity and expressive language;
   

• In the second phase, the rooms are inhabited, lived and activated by other subjects: associations, artists, musicians, collectives, who further transform them with their presence, giving life to a continuous exchange between past, present and future. 
   

The fundamental point is living, life in its thousand facets, the past life of places, the present in the artist's relationship with the other from himself, the future with the work's relationship with the lives of others.

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The work that falls within a merely “expositive” logic accepts that the public remains such, with Stanze Viventi the elements of the project are strictly conjugated with the dimension of life.

 

The artist does not limit himself to exhibiting, but enters into dialogue with the place and with those who will pass through it after him. The work is not designed for a passive public, but to be an active part of an experience that involves bodies, gestures, stories and identities.

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Inhabiting these rooms means taking them out of oblivion and anonymity, giving them back a soul through art and life. In this sense, the project opposes the logic of “non-places” – neutral spaces, passageways, devoid of relationships – for create places full of meaning instead, where art becomes a tool for social transformation and regeneration.

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Artist Ateliers

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Flashback Habitat was created as an ecosystem for sharing meaning, ideas, stories, and life. With this vision in mind, we chose to share the place entrusted to us by offering artists based in Turin who are looking for a studio a welcoming environment and new opportunities.

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The centre provides dedicated workspaces for artistic production, fostering a context where individual practice is enriched by collective dialogue. The artist studios become places of exchange, experimentation, and discussion, where each artist is free to develop their own visual language.

The studios are working spaces. For exhibition proposals or enquiries, please email: info@flashback.to.it.

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Artist Residencies

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The residency programme offers artists accommodation in the centre's guesthouse, together with a dedicated studio in which to develop a site-specific project inspired by the place itself. The residency supports research and experimentation within a dynamic, interdisciplinary environment.

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Selected artists are invited to develop innovative projects, participate in workshops, and engage with the public. The programme encourages the cross-pollination of artistic practices, highlighting the collective dimension of the creative process. It also includes opportunities to present and exhibit the works produced during the residency.