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Radicate è nato nel 2012, quando strumenti come Skype iniziavano appena a diffondersi.
Fin dall’inizio li abbiamo adottati per mettere in relazione persone e idee in modo diretto e immediato, creando un archivio in continua evoluzione.
Questo avveniva molto prima che piattaforme come Teams o Meet diventassero di uso quotidiano.
L’intenzione era di sfruttare questi strumenti di connessione per esplorare questioni urgenti come migrazioni, trasformazioni tecnologiche, climatiche e geopolitiche, attraverso conversazioni con artisti, curatori, scienziati e ricercatori di tutto il mondo.

Radicate è un progetto ideato da Tiziana Casapietra.

Radicate was founded in 2012, when tools like Skype were just beginning to spread.
From the outset, we adopted them to connect people and ideas directly and immediately, creating an ever-evolving archive.
This was happening well before platforms such as Teams or Meet became part of everyday life.
The aim was to use these connection tools to explore urgent issues such as migration, technological, climatic, and geopolitical transformations, through conversations with artists, curators, scientists, and researchers from all over the world.

Radicate is a project conceived by Tiziana Casapietra.

Davide Quadrio from Shanghai, October 17th, 2012.

Conversation in English

Davide Quadrio is a curator and a critic based in Shanghai, China. At the Shanghai Biennial which is now on until March 31st, 2013, he organized the Inter-city Pavilions (30 cities worldwide with over 100 artists participating). Within this project he curated the Palermo, Istanbul and Bandung’s pavilions. At the moment he is busy organizing the exhibition “The discreet charm of the bourgeoise: Contemporary Visions from China” opening on Nov. 9th at the Yi&C Contemporary Art & Artrans Fine Art Storage Services,Taipei, Taiwan. During this Skype conversation with Tiziana Casapietra he talks about the exhibitions he is curating, the art scene in China and the vision he has of the present situation of art and culture from an international point of view. In particular he talks about the imperialist view that the West still has towards non-western countries.