50123 Firenze
Italy
The Centre for Contemporary Culture Strozzina (CCCS) was created in 2007, as part of the Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi, with the intention to give the city of Florence an international contemporary art centre. The CCCS is devoted to producing and showing thematic exhibitions, following an interdisciplinary approach linked to the most up to date scientific research on current trends in contemporary culture. Following this direction, the exhibition Emotional Systems examined the correlations between art and the human emotive system, in the light of the most recent neuro-scientific discoveries; China China China!!! focused on the recent boom in Chinese contemporary art; Art, Price and Value investigated the growing links between contemporary art and the international economic system; Green Platform explored the issues of ecology and sustainability; Manipulating Reality and Gerhard Richter addressed the disappearance of the image in contemporary art and the issue of the representation of reality in today’s world. More recently the exhibitions As Soon As Possible and Virtual Identities have fostered an analysis of digital communication in society through issues like digital social acceleration and the topic of identity in the light of the so-called Network Society.