Conceived and produced by NOWAlab, the Picnic at the Tempio River is a design workshop that explores interactions between architecture, art and the landscape.

The fifth edition of the Picnic at the Temple Workshop concentrates on the theme "Building Texture". The workshop explores the field where live together various design approaches and techniques, coming from fashion design, architecture and contemporary art and literature. The activity of building is framed in ateliers driven by professionals of the different branch of creative design. These labs are integrated by other teams which work with media and visual instruments - graphic and web design, photography, video making - exploiting the communication of the workshop. Meals will be designed and managed by an atelier of food design.

Rules
The workshop is addressed to 100 architecture, DAMS (Disciplines of art, music and performing arts) and schools of fine arts students and newly graduates, with a penchant for teamwork and self- building, coming from Europe and Mediterranean countries. The applicants will send their application form via email, not later then april 8nd, 2009, at 6.00 pm, to the following address: [email protected]
NOWAlab Secretary staff will send an email back to confirm the receipt of the application. Not later then April 10nd, 2009 NOWAlab Secretary staff will publish on website the selected list.

Tutors
PicArt, Alterazioni video, Milano-NewYork
PicObject, Matteo Mocchi, Luca Poncellini, NABA, Milano
PicClothes, Silvio Betterelli, Università IUAV di Venezia
PicFood, Arabeschi di Latte, Firenze
PicGarden, Giovanni Corbellini, Università di Trieste
PicJunior, Valentina Bergonzoni, Fondazione Villa Ghigi, Bologna
PicLight, Emanuela Di Grazia, Politecnico di Torino
PicMovie, Pierluigi Anselmi, NABA, Milano
PicPapers, Angelo Flaccavento, Ragusa-Milano
PicScape, Stefan Tischer, Università di Sassari Elena Vincenzi, Fondazione Villa Ghigi, Bologna
PicShot, Andrea Botto, Rapallo
PicTecture, Marco Zaccara, 2012Architecten, Rotterdam

Critics
Marco de Michelis, Università IUAV di Venezia
Anna Detheridge, Connecting Cultures, Milano
Luca Emanueli, Università di Ferrara
Maria Luisa Frisa, Università IUAV di Venezia
Luca Molinari, Seconda Università di Napoli, Aversa

Guests
Marco Brizzi, iMage, Firenze
Fabrizia Ippolito, Università della Calabria
Peppe Maisto, Napoli
Stefano Mirti, NABA, Milano
Simone Muscolino, Id lab, Torino
Fabio Nonis, Università di Parma