During the 3rd International Conference on De-growth, the Fondazione Franca e Franco Basaglia organizes a Creative Workshop for children, open to those who live in Venice, and to those who will come with their parents for the Conference.

Boys and girls from all over the world, together to face important subjects concerning relationships between people. While playing together, they will be brought to reconsider the problem of diversity and the self. A topical issue in a world where the need to work on the quality of our life, rethinking the nature of relationships, is becoming crucial. Now is the time to speak to the young: children are the future living in our present. During the three days of the Conference, for two hours every afternoon, the Fondazione, with some of its tutors and counselors, will organize a set of activities to introduce the children to new ways of viewing the ideas of madness, diversity, fears and expectations.

While cooking and eating together, they will exchange views and play games with a group of strange characters drawn from the book “Ma sei matto?” (“Are you crazy?”). A very special book constructed by the pupils of two Venetian primary schools during some workshops on citizenship. The children will meet Mr. Trip, Basagliano the Baker and many others. But they will also meet two great horses: Regina Cavalla and her father, Marco Cavallo, the blue horse that in 1974 was built as a battering ram to break through the gates of the Trieste psychiatric hospital, and became the symbol of Basaglia’s struggle for the end of mental asylums and the beginning of a new approach to psychiatric therapy, up to the nal passing of the Italian law 180/78.

Unlike her 38-years old father, Regina Cavalla is orange, young, inquisitive and full of energy, but still naive and inexperienced with people. Working with her and learning her story, the children will have a great opportunity to better understand themselves and their wishes. Discovering that we all share, with Regina Cavalla and with all the fools in this world, very similar wishes and expectations.

Venice, 21-22-23 September

4 p.m. – 6 p.m.

Serra dei Giardini

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