Palazzo Ducale | Munizioniere | Genoa | Italy | 2025
Franziska Greber and Laura Sicignano
in collaboration with: Palazzo Ducale Fondazione per la Cultura; AMT Azienda Mobilità e Trasporti; Accademia Ligustica di Belle Arti di Genova; Conservatorio Niccolò Paganini; Centro Studi Medí
THE OTHER DIRECTION
The global debate about the direction we are heading in—whether it’s the right direction, the wrong direction, no direction at all, or a completely lost direction—has become an existential question, felt even in the microcosm of everyday life. The art project THE OTHER DIRECTION explores this very notion through the lived experiences of passengers on Genoa’s No. 1 bus. As the bus moves in one physical direction—from the city center to the outskirts—the project traces another direction: that of the untold stories of women commuters.
SMELLS | ODORE | 2025
Video | 11:32 min (no sound)
Ten women from each of the seven neighborhoods along the route from the city center to Voltri (Centro, Sampierdarena, Cornigliano, Sestri Ponente, Pegli, Prà, and Voltri) collect a characteristic smell from their area — one they either like (white plastic bag) or dislike (yellow plastic bag)
THIS IS ME | SONO IO | 2025
Seven video portraits of women, filmed on Bus No. 1 traveling from the city center to Voltri
(You will find all portraits under ‚interviews‘: watch the videos and read the text in English and Italian)
VOCI ASSENTI | ABSENT VOICES | 2025
Video | 02:24 min
WELCOME | 2025
TALKING TO STRANGERS | PARLARE CON SCONOSCIUTI | 2025
STANZA BUIA | DARK ROOM | 2025
Five hundred photos of women taken on bus Nr. 1
Soundtrack of the night bus created by students of the N. Paganini Conservatory, Genoa
DOORS | 2025
EXIT | 2025
FROM GENOA CENTRO TO VOLTRI – THROUGH THE PONENTE COAST | 2025
4 Videos | each about 40:00 min
Interviews with LUCA BORZANI (historian) and LUISA STAGI (sociologist) | 2025
Video | 18:24 min
LUCA BORZANI & LUISA STAGI
Transcript and translation of the interviews into English
Selected materials from Medi – Center for Studies on Mediation
Interview with an AMT BUS DRIVER of Line 1 | 2025
AMT
Transcript of the interview in English
Installation by Accademia Ligustica di Belle Arti di Genova
VERNISSAGE
Virtual walkthrough the exhibition THE OTHER DIRECTION | 2025
Video | 01:59 min
THIS IS ME | SONO IO
Seven video portraits of women, filmed on Bus No. 1
AM
Video | 05:36 min
AM
Transcript of the interview
DA
Video | 07:41 min
DA
Transcript of the interview
MA
Video | 07:07 min
MA
Transcript of the interview
LI
Video | 05:53 min
LI
Transcript of the interview
VI
Video | 07:00 min
VI
Transcript of the interview
AL
Video | 07:24 min
AL
Transcript of the interview
NN
Video | 07:41 min
NN
Transcript of the interview
Partner
Accademia Ligustica di Belle Arti di Genova, AMT Azienda Mobilità e Trasporti, Medì Centro Studi Migrazioni nel Mediterraneo, Conservatorio Niccolò Paganini
Sponsor
Villa Montallegro
Sponsor tecnici
Teatro della Tosse, Fuoriscena, A Cà dö Dria, WOMEN IN THE DARK Switzerland
Studentesse e studenti partecipanti
Accademia Ligustica di Belle Arti di Genova – Orsola Bruzzone, Beatrice Coletti, Vittoria De Barbieri, Chiara pagano, Andrea Pistone, Uliana Mushi, Emma Scala
Conservatorio Niccolò Paganini di Genova – Chiara Ciancarini, Violetta Ghrzn Ghersina
