{"id":132926,"date":"2025-03-05T13:31:49","date_gmt":"2025-03-05T12:31:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/sala_stampa\/archivionotizie\/\/2025\/03\/tirana-adigital-perspective\/"},"modified":"2025-03-05T15:17:10","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T14:17:10","slug":"tirana-adigital-perspective","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/sala_stampa\/archivionotizie\/diplomazia-culturale\/2025\/03\/tirana-adigital-perspective\/","title":{"rendered":"Tirana, \u201caDigital Perspective\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>Italian Cultural Institute in Tirana<\/strong> presents the <strong>first stop<\/strong> of the <strong>exhibition &#8220;aDigital Perspective&#8221;<\/strong>, where <strong>ten Italian and Balkan artists<\/strong> redefine <strong>the relationship between visual arts and digital culture.<\/strong> The exhibition is open until 31 March 2025 at the GOCAT Gallery in Tirana.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;aDigital Perspective&#8221;, a project by the <strong>Italian Cultural Institutes of Belgrade, Bucharest, and Tirana<\/strong> curated by <strong>Spazio Taverna<\/strong>, is a collective exhibition in which the ten artists explore the <strong>contradictions and possibilities of new technologies<\/strong>, using <strong>traditional<\/strong> and deliberately <strong>non-digital<\/strong> <strong>techniques<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>participating artists<\/strong> come from <strong>Albania, Italy, Kosovo, Romania, and Serbia<\/strong> and include Sanja An\u0111elkovi\u0107, Federica Di Pietrantonio, Alessandro Giann\u00ec, Laureta Hajrullahu, Ledia Kostandini, Numero Cromatico, Alice Paltrinieri, Ginevra Petrozzi, Jacopo Rinaldi, and M\u0103d\u0103lina Zaharia.<\/p>\n<p>The initiative is part of a larger <strong>cultural diplomacy<\/strong> project aimed at <strong>strengthening ties between Italy and the Balkan countries through contemporary art<\/strong>. The exhibition will <strong>travel<\/strong> to the cities of <strong>Tirana, Bucharest, Belgrade<\/strong>, and <strong>Pristina<\/strong>, offering a shared reflection on the <strong>future of digital technology in the artistic landscape.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Welcoming the works of <strong>ten young artists<\/strong>, from Italy and the Balkans, and listening to their reflections on the relationship between art and digital technologies helps us understand the <strong>influence that these technologies have not only on creativity<\/strong> but also on the construction of our <strong>identity<\/strong> and <strong>interpersonal relationships.<\/strong> The exhibition aims to bring Italian and Balkan voices into a dialogue on an <strong>urgent and necessary debate<\/strong> to find the right balance between technical innovation and the values of humanism, which are so deeply rooted in <strong>Italian cultural tradition<\/strong>,&#8221; said Alessandro <strong>Ruggera<\/strong>, <strong>Director of the Italian Cultural Institute in Tirana.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The presentation of the exhibition in Tirana is part of the <strong>ITALIA DIGITALE project<\/strong>, promoted by the Italian Cultural Institute and included in the <strong>programme<\/strong> of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, titled \u201c<strong>Italian Capitals of Creativity Around the World<\/strong>\u201d, which aims to present, through creativity and innovation, the new languages and expressive currents that are transforming <strong>cultural landscapes<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Credits Denald Grepcka e GOCAT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Italian Cultural Institute in Tirana presents the first stop of the exhibition &#8220;aDigital Perspective&#8221;, where ten Italian and Balkan artists redefine the relationship between visual arts and digital culture. 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