Neapolitan Sveva Ventre of the University of Naples Federico II has won the fifth edition of the Ezio De Felice National Prize for Museography and Museology studies.
On Saturday 14 December, in the prestigious Teatro di Palazzo Donn'Anna, home of the De Felice Foundation, the jury composed of Mario Buono, Roberto Fedele, Claudio Strinati and Mariella Utili, chaired by Luca Basso Peressut, expressed to all the candidates their appreciation for the excellent scientific quality of the works presented and, after the presentation of the three theses that reached the final, at the end of the evening, proclaimed the winner and the two finalists.
After Bologna, Palermo and Rome, it is the turn of the Neapolitan Sveva Ventre to win the Prize, receiving the plaque and a cash award. The winner illustrated the work “Extension Secession. New spaces for the Pavilion of the Viennese Secession” which the jury considered to be “a careful investigation and analysis of the pre-existing structures with attention to respect for the urban and environmental context. – and again – For a project proposal very attentive to the spatial and functional articulations and the elaborative capacity to cover the multiple aspects of the museographic themes. For the rigor of a global vision that is not frequent for a young person who is approaching the world of museums”
The ceremony was greeted by a keynote speech by star architect Mario Botta, who talked about his museographic projects that he has created all over the world.
The Ezio De Felice National Award is intended for Master's theses that have particular analytical and methodological qualities, and that contribute to bringing original ideas and proposals to the field of museography and museology studies.
The finalists received the plaque of participation in the V Edition of the De Felice National Award and, in particular, Silvia Giordano of the University of Roma Tre, presented the research entitled "The museum and its audiences. Study on the online communication of some Roman museums". Martina Franzini of the Academy of Fine Arts of Brera illustrated the study "The reorganization of the collection of lace and embroidery of the Poldi Pezzoli Museum. Proposal for a program of enhancement."
The Ezio De Felice National Award for Museography and Museology studies was established by Eirene Sbriziolo in 2010 to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the death of the Neapolitan architect, with the aim of encouraging and valorizing the research and talent of young scholars for museums. The research presented in recent years, all by recent graduates who are under 30 years of age, ranges from the reorganization of existing museums to the recovery of abandoned architecture for museum purposes and also to education on heritage, the emotional enjoyment of the work, and the relationship between past and present, between museum and territory.
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