WoW – Worlds of Words

The WoW – World of Words project, launched in 2023 with the support of Fondazione Compagnia di San Paolo as part of the program highlighting the fair’s identity traits, IDENTITY, returns for its third edition with the aim of promoting publishing and its protagonists, essential for disseminating contemporary culture.

WoW is realized in four spaces:

EDICOLA
A “newsstand” curated by Reading Room, featuring a selection of Italian and international titles that offer the chance to discover visionary projects redefining periodical publishing and the very meaning of print.

EDITORIAL AREA:
A nucleus of individual booths and single displays designed to maximize visibility for participating magazines and publishers, highlighting their unique characteristics. The magazines featured include: Arte — Cairo Editore, ARTFORUM, ARTnews, ARTRIBUNE, CURA., Espoarte, ETC. Magazine, exibart, hus magazine, INSIDE ART, L’ES, MOUSSE, and segno.

BOOKSHOP
Managed by Librerie Corraini, the bookshop will offer a selection of publications aligned with the fair’s contemporary focus.

WOW TALKS
A new series of talks curated by Francesca Spiller and inspired by the edition’s theme for the third year brings together publishers, artists, philosophers, curators, and designers:

Friday 30 October: Sguardi sull’altro / Perspectives on otherness
Art invites us to get out of ourselves and to imagine perspectives, experiences and sensibilities different from our own. A day devoted to narrative imagination as a tool of empathy, comprehension and openness to others.

Saturday 31 October: Pensiero acrobatico /Acrobatic thinking
Like the flexible and acrobatic body evoked by Martha Nussbaum, art crosses boundaries, challenges categories and generates new possibilities of thought. A day set aside for transformation, experimentation and the movement of forms.

Sunday 1 November: Immaginazione pubblica / Public imagination
Imagination is not only an individual faculty, but a collective resource that contributes to construct democratic life. Through art, new visions of the present and the future nurture public dialogue and the ability to imagine possibilities that are still invisible.

Through these activities, Artissima confirms its role as a platform for critical thinking, fostering dialogue between independent publishing, artistic practices, and cultural research for the collective construction of an operational manual for our time.

The talk area’s space design of WoW Talks is by Bolzan.
The editorial space has been transformed and enhanced thanks to the valuable contribution of Dott.Gallina and the innovation of its GreenoPoli^® polycarbonate panels with arcoPure treatment.