The AFAM Roadshow arrives at RUFA: «CREATIONS»
On 16 September The AFAM Roadshow arrives in Rome: artificial intelligences, emotions and new aesthetics of the future at RUFA Campus.
After Ancona, Pontedera, Como, Milan and Naples, The AFAM Roadshow arrives in Rome with Creations · Emotions and Artificial Intelligences, exploring the relationship between artificial intelligences and emotions, and how technology can become a tool for creation, education and new aesthetics. A whole day of hybrid practices, where interactive installations, performances and talks open reflections on the role of AI in cultural processes.
The event begins at 3.00 PM with the Opening, the inaugural ceremony hosted in the Aula Magna (G13). The introduction will present the theme of the day and the scheduled sessions, among future scenarios, generative arts and performative practices. After the institutional greetings, the floor will be given to speakers who will outline the research trajectories to be explored throughout the day.
Welcoming remarks by: Fabio Mongelli (RUFA Director), Costanza Miliani (Acting Director CNR ISPC), Antonella Polimeni (Rector of Sapienza), Laura Negrini (Director IED Rome).
Concluding the Opening is the pitch by sociologist Derrick de Kerckhove, one of the leading scholars of digital culture and Special Guest of the Roman event. A student and successor of Marshall McLuhan, de Kerckhove directed the McLuhan Program in Culture & Technology at the University of Toronto from 1983 to 2008. Author of essays such as The Skin of Culture and Connected Intelligence, he is Scientific Director of Osservatorio TuttiMedia and Media Duemila, as well as a lecturer at various Italian and international universities.
After the coffee break, at 4.00 PM the Table Talks will start, thematic workshops by invitation coordinated by the partners of the Grand Tour AFAM. In the Campus classrooms, the discussion will revolve around the macro-theme of Digital Cultural Heritage, including design, copyright, education and shared design.
The structure of the tables includes introduction, parallel discussion and final restitution.
The programme in detail:
«AI AND DESIGN: INTERFACES, EXPERIENCES, INTERACTIONS»
curated by Emanuele Panizzi, Sapienza
«AI, COPYRIGHT & CREATIVITY»
curated by Alfonsina Pagano and Marco Arizza, CNR ISPC
«LEARNING WITH AI. NEW AESTHETICS OF EDUCATION»
curated by Francesca Gollo, RUFA – Rome University of Fine Arts
«ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND SHARED DESIGN»
curated by Alberto Iacovoni, IED Rome
The Genius Academy
The Genius Academies are lectio magistralis designed for students interested in the world of Digital Cultural Heritage, but also open to researchers, professionals and those curious about contemporary culture.
The sessions are free of charge, with mandatory registration (see links below). They take place in the afternoon, starting at 4.00 PM, and address topics related to artificial intelligence, new forms of learning and artistic practice as a critical exploration of the present.
At 6.45 PM the Closing takes place, a final moment that brings together voices, experiences and reflections emerged during the day. In the Aula Magna (G13), protagonists of the Table Talks, the Genius Academy and the PopUp Show gather to share perspectives, contents and future trajectories.
Leading the final panel: Alfonsina Pagano (CNR ISPC), Francesca Gollo (RUFA), Emanuele Panizzi (Sapienza) and Luca Prandoni (IED Rome).
The day closes with a cocktail reception in the Campus spaces, from 6.45 PM to 9.00 PM.
PopUp Show
Installations and projects between AI, creativity and cultural heritage
For the whole day of 16 September, from 2.30 PM to 9.00 PM, the RUFA Libetta Campus hosts the PopUp Show of The AFAM Roadshow, a widespread exhibition featuring works, installations and projects by students and partners of Italian AFAM institutions.
Interactive experiences, virtual environments, performances and visual experiments offer the public an opportunity to engage with the languages of the present, between artificial intelligence, digital culture and new forms of expression. Access to the exhibitions is free.
The AFAM Roadshow. Ricerca, Creatività, Innovazione.
The AFAM Roadshow is an itinerant project celebrating the excellence of Italian Higher Artistic, Musical and Choreutic Education (AFAM) institutions and the scientific research carried out by the National Research Council CNR ISPC and Sapienza University of Rome, through seven events in seven national cities.
Through this thematic roadshow, CNR ISPC, Italian AFAM institutions and Sapienza position themselves as a driving force of innovation, bringing the public closer to the richness and diversity of Italian creativity increasingly devoted to recovery, reuse, multisensoriality and multidimensionality, and inclusion in all its forms. A concrete and virtual journey that travels across Italy with art, design, music and dance in all their tangible and intangible forms.
Info
16 September 2025
RUFA Campus – Via Giuseppe Libetta, 7 – Rome
Time 2.30 PM–9.00 PM – Free admission