BelMondo Tracks

Tracce di BELMondo is one of the nine site-specific activations of “Spaziale presenta”: the preparatory phase of “Spaziale: Everyone Belongs to Everyone Else,” that was presented in Italian Pavilion of the 18th International Architecture Exhibition at La Biennale di Venezia. Set within the semi-abandoned garden of an ancient village, Belmondo Tracks sought to reanimate an underused space with light architectural interventions and the creation of interactive sound furnishings that were designed to foster active listening between the local inhabitants and their surroundings.

In the months leading up to the site-specific installations, participants of the project activated a series of participatory actions with the inhabitants of the village, engaging with the local youth. Mediation and territorial communication of the sort was intentional so as to “inhabit the site before building it”, and initiate a shared process of re-signification through presence, listening and co-creation.

Together with the residents, we developed a fake-news communication campaign to draw collective attention toward the neglected site, organized exploratory walks and artist residencies. These situated practices laid the groundwork for the pilot project of the Glocal Centre, a space for ongoing activation between residents, territory and its collective design.