Workshops

The programme takes a critical and interdisciplinary approach to the theme of public memory and its construction through monumental art. The Vittoriano is analysed as a case study in the relationship between aesthetics, politics and national identity, highlighting the historical dynamics that shaped its creation and its changing function over time.

Students take part in a discussion and design activity exploring the role of monuments today, considering issues of conservation, reinterpretation and new forms of public memory. The workshop concludes with the development of a conceptual project—visual or textual—for a “twenty-first-century monument”, accompanied by a brief critical reflection.