The BEYOND MEDIA festival www.beyondmedia.it is one of the main events worldwide dedicated to the most current visions on contemporary architecture and on the outcomes of the intense relations which exist between architecture and the media.

The festival takes place in Florence since 1997. It is curated by Marco Brizzi, is produced by Image, is promoted by PARC - General Directorate for Landscape quality and protection, Contemporary Architecture and Art of the Italian Ministry of Culture, by the Councillorship for Urban Planning of the Municipality of Florence, and by the University of Florence, in cooperation with Stazione Leopolda www.stazione-leopolda.com.

The last edition of the festival, VISIONS, took place at the Stazione Leopolda in Florence, Italy, July 9-17, 2009.



Architecture is ever more present in the public realm, it is the protagonist of the construction of cultural systems, of new economic scenarios, of innovation processes. The media tend to develop a series of fields of intervention, of skills, of research ambits around architecture. BEYOND MEDIA has been supporting for 11 years a reflection upon these dynamics by offering the occasion for meeting and discussing these topics: it has brought together architects, video authors, artists, scholars, professors, critics who meet in Florence in order to observe and discuss the most significant paths through which contemporary architecture stands out today.

The festival offers its visitors an articulate and rich program of events. The screening of the videos which are selected internationally complement an intense calendar of conferences and workshops with the protagonists of the international debate and of architecture exhibitions which elaborate on the theme of the festival.

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