Istituto comprensivo Settembrini (middle school)

The project, inspired by Jerry Brotton’s “History of the World in 12 Maps,” is named after the name of the class and the geo-coordinates of the school. Each student created his own galaxy formed by school and seven other worlds, just like the number of planets recently discovered by NASA: Internet, spirituality, happiness, culture, nature, adults and fears. And just as in a real solar system, each planet has its satellites.

The student data, photos and ideas on their planets will be used to develop a video that will film the movement of this immense, diverse and original galaxy throughout the day.

Silvia De Gennaro

Silvia De Gennaro (1961 – Siena – Italy) lives and works in Rome. She’s an interdisciplinary artist, who explores and investigates spirituality and the human condition through her different works.

Her artistic activity began with painting: her works of the first period can be found in Italian/foreign private collections and in permanent exhibitions, such as the National Museum of Modern Arts of Alexandria (Egypt).

In 1999, under the name “Assaus”, she undertook a fruitful cooperation with the architect Alessio Scarale.

Joining their personal visions and skills they wage a joint research on expression and form within a wide range of interests: painting, architecture, design, light installations, screening and projections attending and contributing to several expositions and art contests.

Her current interests and research focus mainly on digital photography, video art and animation