exhibits, performs, directs, acts, dances, plays, confers and talks in Piacenza
XNL Piacenza is a center of contemporary art, cinema, theater and music: a program of unique events that animate the cultural life of a city and its cultural community.
XNL’s identity is based on three black and red glyphs contaminated by images, ideas, languages, people and events very different from each other. We draw a modular design system, developing all visual assets, both physical and digital, dwelving and dealing trhough all the comunication of two years of actvities.
XNL’s identity is based on three black and red glyphs contaminated by images, ideas, languages, people and events very different from each other. We draw a modular design system, developing all visual assets, both physical and digital, dwelving and dealing trhough all the comunication of two years of actvities.
for: XNL Piacenza, Fondazione di Piacenza e Vigevano
team: Pietro Buffa, Pierluigi Anselmi, Alessandro C. Busseni, Giada Fiorenza
photos: Daniele Signaroldi
The design system is based on a dynamic colored block layouts capable to adapt and host different kind of contents -exhibitions, shows, projectsions, performances, talks; and media -print, digital and social media.
Interiors and exteriors continues the dialogue between images and graphics exposing the cultural centre’s activities directly to te city.
Bottega XNL, XNL Cinema e XNL Theater: a stage where great masters pass on their knowledge to students willing to turn these forms of art into a profession. A place to perform, to act, to learn, to show and live the arts of entertainment as actors, writers, directors, professionals and above all as spectators.
XNL Arts: two twin galleries, of approximately 500 m2 each, dedicated to contemporary art as a tool for knowledge and social inclusion, investingating the relationship between artistic practices and educational practices.
XNL Music: home of the Departments of Electronic Music and Jazz of the Giuseppe Nicolini Conservatory of Piacenza, equipped with innovative technologies for enjoyment, performance, composition and musical experimentation, proposing events dedicated to contemporary music.