It’s performance! | Bodies in motion in the contemporary landscape

Wednesday, September 30, 2026 | FILA Brand Experience Center, via C. Cavour 17b, Biella

The word performance has become an integral part of the contemporary vocabulary.

At the FILA Brand Experience Center, the museum that tells the story of the brand of the same name, it is so significant that it gives its name to an exhibition area: a detail that is far from incidental, considering the relationship the brand has always had with sport and the performances associated with it.

In today’s landscape, however, “to perform” is a verb that takes on multiple meanings across different fields of action. It is linked to professional, cultural, artistic, educational and even relational issues: on the occasion of its second Symposium, Fondazione FILA Museum invites a panel of professionals to reflect on the new implications of performance.

PROGRAMME

9:45 Introduction
Daniele Licata, Fondazione FILA Museum, Biella

10:00 Why We Run. New Perspectives on the World of Running
Benjamin Wild, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester (online)

10:30 Performance and Public Space: Dirt, Desire, Friction
Michele Cerruti But, Unidee Academy of Contemporary Arts, Biella

11:00 I Got Caught Up: The Story of a Newsletter on Sport, Movement and Contemporary Visual Arts
Alessandra Saviotti, Amsterdam/Brisighella

11:30 – 12:00 Coffee break

12:00 Performance and Institutions: The Centrale Fies Case
Virginia Sommadossi, Centrale Fies, Dro (TN)

12:30 “The Same Deep Water as You…”
Vincenzo Estremo, NABA, Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti, Milan

13:00 Stretching Performance: Artistic Practices for a Flexible School
Collettivo Crampo, Turin

13:30 Closing remarks / final discussion

Symposium

Since opening to the public, the FILA Brand Experience Center has positioned itself as a contemporary centre for cultural production.

The symposium, curated by Fondazione FILA Museum, investigate and explore the themes that are central to the history of the brand, through lectures by academics, professionals and scholars from the Italian and international scene.