Corrispondenze is an artistic and editorial project, founded in Turin in 2021 by Paola Boscaini and Cristina Materassi, driven by a shared interest in exploring the theme of dwelling through collective inquiry.
Through practices of encounter and participation, Corrispondenze fosters shared reflection and investigation, exploring diverse perspectives on dwelling and transforming them into dynamic spaces for exchange, dialogue, and creation.
The project gathers stories, thoughts, and words, explores urban spaces through mapping, and proposes innovative methods of traversing them. It uses play as a tool for knowledge and as a means to create participatory spaces that reveal an urban fabric intertwined with the memories of its inhabitants, opening new spaces for imagination.
Since 2022, Corrispondenze has also evolved into an editorial project, conceived as a paper-based space for action: a dynamic platform for relationships and archiving, constantly evolving. The main research focus for 2024 centers on the connection between dwelling and archiving, culminating in a limited edition publication of five volumes, released from January to September 2024.
Paola Boscaini
Born in 1997 among the mountains of Trento, Paola began her academic studies in Visual Arts in Florence in 2016, completing them in Turin in early 2023. From April to September of that same year, she undertook a post-graduate internship in Vienna at the artistic space philomena+. Since 2024, she has been living in Bolzano, working in the field of cultural production with the cooperative Lungomare, and as a freelance graphic designer.
Through participatory art practices, photography, video, and editorial design, she brings together signs and memories to explore the concept of belonging and how it shapes the relationship between the territory and its inhabitants.
Cristina Materassi
Born in Florence in 1997, she lives and works in Turin, Italy. After graduating from the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence, she continued her studies in the painting master program at the Albertina Academy of Fine Arts in Turin.
Her artistic research delves into the intersections between imagination, collective storytelling, and the historical perception of places, with a particular interest in the connections established with the territories she traverses.
Deeply engaged in public dialogue and cultural dissemination, she collaborates as art and museum mediator with museums and cooperatives in Turin.
Collaborators:
Marianna Rania (2021)
Vittorio Zampinetti (2022-ongoing)
Alessandra Baldon (2022-ongoing)
Ofelia Tondi (2023 – ongoing)
