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)

Collection of Seventy Smells.

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

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.

STANZA BUIA | DARK ROOM
Five hundred photos of women taken on bus Nr. 1
Soundtrack of the night bus created by students of the N. Paganini Conservatory, Genoa

ODORE | SMELLS | 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)

Collection of Seventy Smells.

SONO IO | THIS IS ME | 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

PARLARE CON SCONOSCIUTI | TALKING TO STRANGERS | 2025

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 (no sound)

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

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.

PARLARE CON SCONOSCIUTI | TALKING TO STRANGERS | 2025

DOORS | 2025

EXIT | 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

WELCOME | 2025

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)

Collection of Seventy Smells.

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

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