NODES on display. Images of sustainability from December in Vercelli

Spoke 3 of the NODES Innovation Ecosystem – Digital and Sustainable North West, coordinated for the University of Eastern Piedmont by Professor Stefania Cerutti, professor of the Department for Sustainable Development and Ecological Transition, is preparing to inaugurate an important exhibition which explores the complex interrelationships between culture, imagination and environmental sustainability.

''NODES on display. Images of sustainability'', the result of a collaboration between the Department for Sustainable Development and Ecological Transition (DISSTE) and the Department of Humanistic Studies (DISUM), will be hosted from 1 to 20 December 2023 in the Gioin Space of the Municipality of Vercelli ( via Laviny, 67) with the opening hours: 10:00 - 16:30 from Monday to Friday and 10:00 - 17:00 Saturday and Sunday (closed every Monday and 8 December).

The press conference presenting the event will be held on November 13th at 11 am at the Rectorate of the University of Eastern Piedmont in Vercelli, via Duomo 6.

Exhibition and catalog are curated by Annalisa D'Orsi, NODES research fellow at the Department of Humanistic Studies of the UPO. The catalog will link the displayed posters to interdisciplinary scientific contributions written by teachers and researchers members of the Spoke 3 research group of the UPO and by other experts. This interdisciplinary approach is fundamental to addressing the climate and ecological challenges of the present.

As a corollary to the exhibition, 2 conferences will also be organized by the Province and the Ecomuseum of the Water Lands focused on tourism, protection of the landscape and biodiversity and agriculture. The conferences will be held at the Gioin Space on 6 and 14 December 2023, from 5pm to 7.30pm, and will have the title "Tourism, agriculture and biodiversity" respectively. Sustainable and complementary actions” and “Biodiversity in rice fields. Study and protection".

The exhibition "Nodes on display. Images of sustainability" represents a moment of dialogue and contamination between different disciplines and languages ​​and contributes to the transfer of knowledge from the world of art and the University to the territory. Interdisciplinarity and fruitful relationships between entities, in the logic of the NODES Ecosystem, are the basis for being able to co-construct future scenarios, since sustainability requires common commitment and collaboration between different interested parties.

The exhibition, which enjoys the patronage of the Municipality and the Province of Vercelli, will address issues of great relevance and relevance, contributing to enriching the cultural, educational and tourist offer of the area and will present 32 posters from the International Poster Biennial in Mexico, an important event which, in collaboration with the United Nations Office for the Environment (UNEP), deals with issues related to environmental sustainability and the conservation of biodiversity. These posters, created by artists and graphic designers from all over the world, will be used in an innovative way to promote reflection on the relevance of culture in the transition towards a more sustainable society.