Museo Agostino Pepoli, Trapani,
An integrative journey, a lecture presented as part of the encounter L’antropologia nell’architettura at the Museo Agostino Pepoli in Trapani, with an introduction by Rita Cedrini
Museo Agostino Pepoli
Encounter in the conference hall of the Museo Agostino Pepoli of Trapani, regional museum of Sicily, formerly royal and national, comprising collections of archaeology, decorative arts, sculpture, coral work, silverware, nativity scenes, a picture gallery and relics of the Italian Risorgimento. Founded in 1909 by Count Agostino Pepoli in the fourteenth-century Convent of the Carmelites outside the walls, it is known for Franco Minissi’s museum display, winner of the 1969 InArch prize.
Antonino Cardillo
On Friday, May 26 at 6 pm at the conference hall of the Museo Agostino Pepoli of Trapani, the anthropologist Rita Cedrini and the architect Antonino Cardillo will converse on the significance of the anthropological method in the architectural project and on the sense of returning.
Architecture is often confused with advertising promotion, entertainment, economic exploitation and the celebration of technique. Signs and symbols of the places it encounters are constantly in danger of being overwhelmed by hasty and impulsive transformations. The cancellation of the past is the mother of all neurosis, but remembering is not enough. The ‘Mystical Participation’ of Lucien Lévy-Bruhl and Carl Gustav Jung reminds us to ‘feel the things of the world.’
Rita Cedrini
Antonino is not just any architect, Antonino is an explorer, and we know well that those who mark the new roads are often misunderstood because they are ahead of others. He is the one who dialogues with a changing world. Culture is a dynamic fact and he grasps what are the changes and the orientations.
Antonino Cardillo
Through this discussion, I have sought to suggest that an alternative is still possible. And although these are small-scale works, I believe that, in the present historical moment, it is more important to focus on the method. After all, even a book – while occupying only a small physical space – can exert a significant impact.
