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Richard Bryant: capturing the soul of places
#humusfour, #memoryofcities • 24 February 2026
Celebrated architectural photographer Richard Bryant reveals how he captures the essence of the places he photographs. We discover how intuition and his architectural training have been key in shaping his approach to each project, informing the way we eventually perceive his work.
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The town that walks and plays
#humusfour, #humusquattro, #lamemoriadellecittà, #memoryofcities • 24 February 2026
The artist Vica Pacheco came up with a collective music work for the hamlet of Bagnara di Romagna: a lay procession and concert with ceramic instruments aiming to listen to the place, its history and its nature.
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Bouke de Vries: fragments of ceramics, pieces of memory
#humusfour, #humusquattro, #lamemoriadellecittà, #memoryofcities • 24 February 2026
In their suspended beauty, the works of the Dutch artist do not conceal but rather show their nature as ceramics put back together, their consistency as regenerated fragments. Bouke de Vries explains why he chose to breathe new life into the remains of a distant past.
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The Palazzo in Barchi: when sites are open to the town
#humusfour, #humusquattro, #lamemoriadellecittà, #memoryofcities • 24 February 2026
Born as an ideal Renaissance town inspired by the principles of the golden ratio, Barchi – a town in the Italian Marche region – was at risk of depopulation. Today it is the focus of a regeneration project that all the inhabitants are called on to take part in.
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The identity of the city. Socio-economic changes and genius loci
#humusfour, #humusquattro, #lamemoriadellecittà, #memoryofcities • 12 February 2026
Within the urban fabric, stark contradictions coexist, defying the polished image curated for tourists. Elusive and compelling, cities become the flâneur’s terrain of discovery — he, the priest of the genius loci, whose aimless wandering allows him to grasp their deepest secrets.
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Richard Bryant: capturing the soul of places

Celebrated architectural photographer Richard Bryant reveals how he captures the essence of the places he photographs. We discover how intuition and his architectural training have been key in shaping his approach to each project, informing the way we eventually perceive his work.

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The town that walks and plays

The artist Vica Pacheco came up with a collective music work for the hamlet of Bagnara di Romagna: a lay procession and concert with ceramic instruments aiming to listen to the place, its history and its nature.

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