St’ART Anintroduc+on

St’ART main idea came up during the job shadowing week in Bilbao in October 2017, where Italian and Spanish teachers met up. On that occasion we analysed the city’s history and parFcularly the impact the Guggenheim Museum had on the city: twenty years ago, Bilbao was scarred by acts of terrorism and failing industry. The city decided to gamble on contemporary art and architecture. Bilbao was saved and showed the world the transformaFve effect of art.

St’ART became true and now we are partners!

Reykjavík

Porto

Bilbao

St’ART-thewordwechoseasthe+tleofourproject,bringsalongideasofdynamism,mo/va/on,departure,enthusiasmand,obviously,art

E+enne-JulesMarey,TheRunningliontamer,1886

GerhardRichter,WomanDescendingthestaircase,1965

AiWeiWei,2009

WebelieveArthasthepowertochangethings,webelieveArtisenergy,thereforewewanttouseitsstrength

MaurizioNannucci,2003

Artgivesthecityanewlife

AnishKapoor,CloudGate,2006

DanielBuren,LesDeuxPlaetaux,1986

NikiDeSaint-Phalle

Artexpressesthecityneeds

MarthaRosler,1989

Artrevealstheurgencies

EdwardHopper,Nighthawaks,1942

HihgLine,NewYork,2009

BenVau+er,2007

Art shows us its beauty

AmbrogioLorenze\,ilBuonGoverno,1338,Siena,PalazzoPubblico

VasilyKandinsky,Landscapewithredspots,1913

BereniceAbbo],NewYorkatnight,1932

Art shows the city originality

JeffKoons,Puppy,1992

KatharinaFritsch,Cock,2013

MimmoPaladino,Montagnadisale,2011

Blu,Lisbona,2010

but art tells also about the lacklustre and the empty parts of the city, where nobody lives or where those who nobody cares about live.

WimWenders

NanGoldin

Banksy,2011

Every city has pockets of underused and underuFlized land, or distressed and decaying urban areas

WillieDoherty,1987

ChrisSteele-Perkins,1978

Mar+nParr,TheLastResortNewBrighton,England,1983-85.

Throughthisprojectweintendtoinvolvestudentsandteachersinlookingintotheirculturalheritageandreali/esandintryingtofindpossiblesolu/onstorecovertheirci+esthroughART,orsimplyintryingtosensi+sethecommunity.

Porto,CasadaMusica,2005

Weneedtothinkofci/esascommuni/es,asplaceswheretomeetandexchangeexperiences

NariWard,2011

BillViola,TheGree+ng,1995

Artofferssolu/ons:it‘wantstolive’thecity,itcangivethecitynewlifeandanewvitalimpulse

UgoRondinone,2004

LygiaPape,1968

JaumePlensa,Thecrownfountain,2004

Through“St’ART”projectwewanttomakepeopleawareoftheproblems,butalsotosetpossiblesolu+ons

we intend to suggest an urban renewal, involving the whole town, including public administrators and poliFcians, shopkeepers, students, teachers or simple ciFzens

Christo,WrappedReichstag,1971-1995

HenriMa+sse,LaDanse,1909

Our schools are essenFal parts in this idea of city. They are reservoir of emoFonal power, energy and ideas and parFcipate in the growth of their communiFes by developing a sense of belonging.

Cuevadelamanos,10.000b.C.

So…. Let’s St’ART!