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Social Report
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LOTTOZERO
textile laboratories
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Index
4 DESCRIPTION
8 Mission and Values
10 ORGANIZATION
13 ACTIVITIES
13 The Textile Laboratory
16 Workshop
26 Creative Residencies
28 Coworking
30 Design Office and Consulting Services
32 Collaborazioni con Scuole
34 SUSTAINABILITY
35 Cambiamoda
36 Fashion Revolution Fair
38 Circular Wool
40 KUNSTHALLE
42 Exhibitions
54 Residencies
56 Gallery
85 Collaborations
60 COMMUNITY
61 Designer
62 Partners and collaborations
64 Social Media, Associations, Network
65 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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Lottozero is an
international
research and
networking center
for textile design,
art and culture in
Prato, Italy.
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Lottozero operates both as a creative hub and as
a consultancy studio. Our headquarters occupy
a total of 400-sqm in a former warehouse in the
Macrolottozero area of Prato and are divided
into a gallery/exhibition area, a shared studio
space/coworking and an open fab-lab for textile
production, experimentation and research.
The work we do in our CREATIVE HUB is aimed
primarily at creative people operating in textile
and fashion, it responds to their need for space,
their need for comparison with other creators
and access to information which is not available
online. We also provide feedback, tutorship and
the possibility to live and exhibit in this
environment.
We support the development of emerging talents
and brands through scouting and residencies in
our headquarters and by facilitating the
exchange between them and the traditional
companies of our district. We initiate an
exchange between traditional textile companies,
by showing them new means for creative
innovation, and designers, by putting them in
contact with companies who have the necessary
technical know-how to produce their creations.
We are strongly present online using social
media to network and publish information about
the textile world that surrounds us and inspires
us.
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MISSION
Our mission is to create a fertile environment for
textile research and experimentation in design
and art, and an international base for networking
in the textile sector.
VALUES
Lottozero cannot ignore the values that permeate
every single project: collective vision, inclusion,
sharing, quality, openness, economic and
environmental sustainability, and a non-profit
mentality.
The project is part of a global vision on the
importance of quality and quality production in
all areas, which aims to stimulate the use of
good design, the use of shared tools and the
return to old craftsmanship, for example by
blending it with digital culture.
Lottozero sees sustainability as the opposite of a
trend. In fact we see it as a long-term mentality
that should pervade all aspects of a company’s
life, resulting in a radical (re)evaluation of its
objectives and values and inducing structural
changes.
Lottozero is a cooperative, by ideological choice,
non-profit, open to all, and over time, it foresees
the growth of the number of members who will
want to share our mission.
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Organization
Tessa Moroder
Administrative Director
General management: budgeting and planning,
legal and finance, treasury, invoicing, offers
Fundraising (tenders and sponsors)
Communication and marketing
Relations with partners and industry
associations
Objective monitoring and evaluation
Arianna Moroder
Creative Director
Supervision of all creative output
Project management for creative projects
Fab Lab and style office management,
reference for designers and creatives
(feedback and tutorship)
Relationships with creative partners (Fab Labs,
Creative Hub, Schools etc.)
Recruitment and involvement of new designers,
artists, craftsmen, creative people
Tutoring and lecturing
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Elena Ianeselli
Project Manager and Developer
Project management for creative projects with
focus on fashion design
Responsible for relations with the creative
community of Lottozero
Assistance in setting up and managing the
Lottozero textile laboratory
Fundraising, National and European tenders
Search for trends, products and styles
Creation and planning of workshops
Tutoring and lecturing
Alessandra Tempesti
Curator
Supervision of all activities with artists; creation
of guidelines and planning for the Kunsthalle
Kunsthalle management, reference for artists
Research of new ideas and inspiration for
artistic projects
Editing all scientific texts
Scouting artists
Relations with partners in the art world
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Our Activities
THE TEXTILE LABORATORY
The textile workshop in Lottozero is a practical
workspace open to the public and intended for
technical and artistic experimentation, the
development of prototypes and projects, the
production of limited editions and unique pieces,
textile training/workshops, the production of
works of art and as an operational space to
support creative residencies.
It is equipped with machinery for
experimentation and research on textile
materials, through craft, manual and industrial
techniques that are typical of the Italian textile
sector:
-Sewing: 4 Juki CP-170 industrial machines, 2
Brother domestic machines, 1 domestic Singer
serger overlock machine.
-Dyeing: Dye kitchen equipped with double sink,
electric plates, a variety of pots, brushes and
spatulas, steaming column for fixing the color;
you can also have access to color cookbooks,
which collect information on classic dyes and
experiments, a useful guide tool from which to
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create your own fabric.
-Silk screen printing: 2x6 m professional table
ideal for printing in repeat, supported by a tank
for washing screens and an exposition set with
UV-light to personalize screens. It is possible to
create a wide range of prints, of different sizes,
types and colors thanks to the variety of silk
screens, inks and fabric bases available in the
laboratory.
-Sublimatic printing: Siser ONE professional
press with which you can apply transferable
prints and foils to any fabric.
-Knitwear: different types of manual, industrial
double-bed and hobby jacquard knitting
machines that work with perforated cards of
different fineness’s. We also have models for
perforated cards and white cards that allow you
to develop custom cards and patterns.
-Weaving: small frames for beginners, a large 8
heddle loom, a tapestry loom.
-Embroidery: digital embroidery machine Tajima
Writer Plus, with which it is possible to create
personalized digital embroidery from a drawing,
a photo or any other inspiration, thanks to the
use of Pulse software that transforms shapes,
lines and colors into embroidery stitches.
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WORKSHOP
CONCEPT AND REALIZATION
02/2017 - Re/Collection, Textile Museum, Prato
Workshop on textile design from museum archi-
ves, organized in collaboration with the Prato
Textile Museum.
03/2018 - Taste of colour, No lab Academy, Milan
Experiential dyeing workshop with natural
pigments derived from food products or waste
and knowledge of textile fibers.
07/2018 - Heat press printing, The Students
Hotel, Florence
Workshop aimed at the acquisition of technical
printing skills with thermopress through the
creative use of fabric cutouts and other textile
and non-textile waste. Workshop organized in
the context of the inaugural event of The
Students Hotel.
07/2018 - Taste of color, The Students Hotel,
Florence
Workshop organized in the context of the
inaugural event of The Students Hotel.
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09/2018 - Extraordinary surfaces, Manifattura
Tabacchi, Florence
Practical workshop for the creative reuse of
plastics and other waste materials with the
support of the hot press. Workshop realized in
the context of “God is green”, a festival
promoting sustainable practices.
10/2018 - Made in Italy, Lottozero, Prato
One week design workshop with focus on
applied textile techniques, the textile district and
the similarities between industry and food and
textile culture made in Italy. Workshop realized
for the students of Monash University (Prato) in
collaboration with C/O Milan.
11/2018 - The Wardrobe Spa, Lottozero, Prato
Workshop on textile techniques for the upcycling
of garments, aimed at promoting a more
sustainable consumption of clothing. Workshop
organized in the context of “Make something
week”, aimed at promoting more sustainable
fashion.
11/2018 - Digital embroidery, The Students Hotel,
Florence
Practical demonstration of digital embroidery
and t-shirt making, organized for a private
journalism event.
02/2019 - Needle punching workshop,
Manifattura Tabacchi, Firenze
Needling workshop, realized for the Design
Fridays exhibition.
04/2019 - Textile week, Lottozero, Prato
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Workshop of textile techniques realized for the
students of the artistic high school Walther v. d.
Vogelweide, Bolzano, as part of the school’s
educational travel program.
The one-week workshop was aimed at bringing
students closer to textile craft techniques, with
the tools and machinery present in the workshop
in Lottozero.
05/2019 - Introduction to basic Silkscreen
Printing, Lottozero, Prato
Practical workshop of introduction to screen
printing on fabric, designed for a class of
students of the International School of Florence.
05/2019 - My private Heritage, Textile Museum,
Prato
Workshop for professionals, aimed at
accompanying each designer in finding his or
her own design point of view in working with
archive materials. Workshop designed for the
Prato Textile Museum as part of the Createx
project.
07/2019 - Urban creations, Lottozero
Three practical workshops on the themes of slow
fashion, aimed at stimulating participants to use
creativity to repair and give new life to old or
discarded clothing by experimenting with
various textile techniques. Free workshops
realized thanks to the support of the call
“Creazioni Urbane” of the City of Prato.
08/2019 - Museion Summer Lab, Bolzano
One-week workshop for junior high school
students, focusing on learning textile techniques
and developing creativity as a means of
communication and means of belonging. Within
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09/2018 – Extraordinary Surfaces
Workshop for the creative reuse of plastics and other materials,
on the occasion of the MAKE LOTTOZERO event.
07/2019 – Urban creations, Lottozero
Program of three workshops on slow fashion topics.
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the project #beartiful in collaboration with
Vintola18.
10/2019 - The Wardrobe Spa, STPLN, Malmo (SE)
Workshop on textile techniques for the upcycling
of garments offered to the community of the
swedish creative hub STPLN, on the occasion of
the Creative Hubs Network exchange.
10/2019 - Universal Fabric, Vintola18, Bolzano
Two-day workshop for junior high school
students with the aim of bringing the
participants closer to the textile matter by
starting a reflection on its universal and vital
presence and importance in the daily life of all
people. Within the project #beartiful in
collaboration with Vintola18.
01/2020 - Sustainable Design Thinking workshop,
So_Sarpi, Milan
Theoretical workshop for designers and
creatives, aimed at acquiring knowledge about
processes, materials and practices in the textile-
clothing sector and more sustainable design
methodologies. Workshop realized in the context
of “So x Tatreez Design”, fundraising aimed at
supporting the social project Tatreez.
02/2020 - Sewing workshop, Lottozero, Prato
Workshop for middle school students, aimed at
acquiring skills for the realization of a piece of
wearable technology. Within the PON
computational language program.
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PLANNING AND ORGANIZATION
02/2018 - Bioshades, Lottozero, Prato
Workshop on dyeing with bacteria, organized in
collaboration with Waag Society, Amsterdam
and held simultaneously with other European
Fablabs.
10/2017 - The ancient art of tablet weaving
Workshop held by Eva Basile, in collaboration
with Fondazione Lisio, during the OCCUPY
LOTTOZERO event.
10/17 - Calligraphy on fabric
Freehand calligraphy workshop held by Aurelie
Lenglet, during the OCCUPY LOTTOZERO event.
10/17 - Letterpress on fabric
Printing workshop with typefaces held by Ink
Different with the support of Fondazione Il
Bisonte, during the OCCUPY LOTTOZERO event.
11/2018 – Silkscreen printing workshops
Held by Roland Barth, master printer and artist
from Berlin, for the event MAKE LOTTOZERO.
11/2018 - Elettroknitting
Digital design knitting workshop held by Claudia
Scarpa, maker, graphic designer and knitting
expert, for the MAKE LOTTOZERO event.
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10/2019 – Creations with Tapestry
Tapestry workshop held by Cristina Mariani, weaver and artist, on the
occasion of the residency project Soft Feelings by Alice Ronchi.
11/2018 – Elettroknitting
Knitting workshop with digital design held by Claudia Scarpa, maker,
graphic designer and knitting expert.
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11/2018 - Shibori with natural dyes
Dyeing workshop held by Aki Takeshita, textile
designer, at the event MAKE LOTTOZERO.
10/2019 - Creations with tapestry
Practical tapestry workshop held by Cristina
Mariani, weaver and artist, on the occasion of
the residency project Soft Feelings by Alice
Ronchi.
10/2019 - Introduction to the art of weaving
Practical workshop on the fundamentals of
weaving held by Cristina Mariani, weaver and
artist, on the occasion of Alice Ronchi’s Soft
Feelings residency project.
12/2019 - Practical workshop on felting
Held by artists in residence Darius Dolatyari and
Célia Boulesteix.
03/2020 - The Sewing Club, online edition:
The Toque Hat
Digital sewing workshop held by Eva di Franco,
fashion designer and founder of the brand of the
same name.
03/2020 - The Sewing Club, online edition: How
to make a children’s culotte
Digital sewing workshop held by Agnese
Falzolo, designer and founder of the brand Ang
un bebè.
04/2020 - Upcycling workshop
Digital sewing workshop held by Rafael Kouto,
fashion designer, founder of the brand of the
same name, on the occasion of Fashion
Revolution Week 2020.
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CREATIVE RESIDENCIES
Lottozero organizes and offers free residences,
upon selection, for the development of projects
or targeted research, and paid residencies,
aimed at commercial, experimental or academic
research.
2018, Creativewear
Creation and organization of four textile design
residences, in the context of the European
project Creativewear, aimed at revitalizing the
textile-clothing sector through innovative use of
creativity, design and craftsmanship knowledge,
commissioned by the Textile Museum of Prato.
Selected designers:
Aki Watanuki (26/02-11/03)
Lena Perraguin (11/03-23/03)
Meyers and Fügmann (02/04-13/04)
Lizzy Stuyfzand (16/04-27/04)
10/2019, Make it Here, designer Rafael Kouto
Creative residence dedicated to independent
designers/brands working in the field of sustai-
nable fashion, aimed at getting to know the tex-
tile district of Prato and its production
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processes, in order to develop innovative design
solutions and high quality sustainable products.
Project conceived by Lottozero in the context of
Fashion Revolution, with the technical partner-
ship of the textile company Beste.
03/2019 Frottee di Mare
Personal research project
06/2019 Tessa Perutz and Marina Pinzky, Massif
Central
Personal research project
07/2019 Rachel Owen
Personal research project
09/2019 Margaux Minodier
Circular Wool research project
12/2019 Seljak Brand
Personal research project
02/2020 Hundhund
Personal research project
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COWORKING
The Lottozero coworking has been active since
2017. It is a work space shared by artists, desi-
gners and other professionals in the creative
sector, a space where sharing techniques and
knowledge in the textile field is encouraged at
an international level, new collaborative ideas
come to life every day and individual projects
are enabled by using common resources.
Since 2018 the library is also active, offering a
vast assortment of books, texts and magazines
on textiles, fashion and design, open to the
public for research and consultation.
Among the professionals who have made use of
long-term co-working are: Virginia Zanetti, artist,
Fanny Muggiani, trend-forecaster and founder of
Loom-est magazine, Caterina Cenni, Caos et Blu,
Cristina Mariani, artist and weaver.
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DESIGN OFFICE AND CONSULTING SERVICES
In 2017 Lottozero began its activities as a design
office, offering services in the field of textile
design and planning that include technical
aspects, research and development, pro-
totyping, sampling and product management.
The design office makes use both of the knowle-
dge of the internal team and of external collabo-
rations with expert figures in the textile sector. It
relies on the many companies in the Prato textile
district for material research, prototype develop-
ment and production, drawing on a very rich
pool of know-how and varied experience.
Lottozero offers tailor-made consultancy to fully
satisfy the needs of designers, companies,
fashion and furnishing brands.
Its clients include: Manifattura Valor, Giuliette
Brown, Casalis, Team Dr. Joseph, Millenium
Technology, Flaim Prünster Architects and Stu-
dio Walter Angonese, Liselore Frowijn, Cantina
San Michele, Rafael Kouto, Royal Academy of Art
The Hague, Liz Collins, Merano Arte.
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SCHOOLS
From 2017 to 2019: Mentorship for Ocad Univer-
sity Off-Campus Studies Program, Florence
2018: Mentorship for the Independent Study Pro-
gram, MFA, SACI College of Art & Design, Flo-
rence, Italy
From 2018: Course management and lecturing
“Textile print design”, Professional Training Pro-
gram of Textile Design, IED Firenze
From 2018: Course management and lecturing
“Textile design”, MA Textile and Fashion Design,
NABA Milano
From 2019: Course management and lecturing
“Design of the archive”, Professional Training
Program of Textile Design, IED Firenze
Since 2019: Course management and lecturing
“Materials Technology”, BA in Italian and
English, Istituto Marangoni, Florence, Italy
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Academic year 2019/20: activation of the Sustai-
nable Design Thinking workshop, conceived for
university students of a variety of the best
fashion, design and communication schools and
aimed at transmitting knowledge and applicable
skills to their training and professional path. The
objective is to educate students, future desi-
gners, to a more ethical and sustainable design.
From 2020: part of the teaching staff of the
course “Intrecciare il futuro”, organized by the
Officine Vispa cooperative in Bolzano and aimed
at developing textile/fashion and entrepreneurial
skills to facilitate the employment of unemployed
women.
From 2020: Course leader of the three year
Fashion Design of MADE Program, at the Aca-
demy of Fine Arts in Syracuse, starting in Octo-
ber 2020.
The course, designed and built by Lottozero in
collaboration with the Director of the Academy
Alessandro Montel, aims to train designers in
the textile/fashion sector who are expert in the
product, its components and its production pro-
cesses: designers capable of proposing an inno-
vative and original vision, which takes into
account the contemporary context and its pro-
blems, both from a socio-cultural and production
point of view.
In addition to curricular lessons, the Lottozero
team collaborates with Italian and foreign univer-
sities, high schools and junior high schools, offe-
ring specifically structured workshops and
lessons.
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Sustainability
CAMBIAMODA, FROM FAST FASHION TO A
SUSTAINABLE AND TRANSPARENT TEXTILE
SUPPLY CHAIN
07/2019 – 12/2020
Since July 2019 Lottozero has been partner of the
Cambiamoda project, realized with the support
of the Italian Agency for Cooperation
Development and the Mani Tese association, in
collaboration with Istituto Oikos and other major
partners. Through education and awareness
raising actions, the initiative aims to trigger a
change in lifestyle, consumption and production
in the fast fashion sector, spreading and
promoting more responsible and sustainable
models that respect workers’ rights and the
environment.
For this project Lottozero has created a
Sustainable design thinking workshop for design
students at Italian universities and a special
edition of Fashion Revolution Fair, scheduled in
two locations: Manifattura Tabacchi, Florence,
and Base, Milan. Due to the health crisis, the
events were temporarily suspended and
integrated with an online version, proposed
during Fashion Revolution Week, in April 2020.
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FASHION REVOLUTION FAIR
2017 – 2020
Since 2017 Lottozero has participated in the
Fashion Revolution Week with Fashion
Revolution Fair, a two-day event halfway
between showroom and fair, in which the main
actors were: the best stockists in the Prato area,
who exhibited their most particular and quality
goods and local and international tailors /
designers, who worked live in the space and
exhibited some of their unique pieces.
The aim of the project is to bring the public
closer to Italian production, the value of the work
and of handmade products, unique pieces and
more generally the value of quality in textile
production and fashion.
A second objective is to create new synergies
between fashion professionals and the public by
encouraging exchange and growth. In addition,
we intend to draw attention to the theme of “who
made my clothes”, the main theme of the Fashion
Revolution initiative.
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CIRCULAR WOOL
01/2017 – 2020
Circular Wool is an on-going research project in
collaboration with R.S. Ricerca e Servizi.
The project aims to transform a waste material,
wool from local dairy sheep farms, which is
disposed of at high environmental and economic
costs, into a circular textile raw material.
The wool recovered and processed in the Prato
textile district thus becomes a material for textile
use to be applied in furnishing fabrics and
interior products such as curtains, carpets and
panels.
The project operates through partnerships with
host-brands and the design and production of
circular and innovative products. The added
value is given through a high level of design
applied to the product that helps to convey the
concept of circularity and the short supply chain
approach of the raw material, in communication
and storytelling of the final product.
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2018 – Use of Circular Wool for interior design in collaboration with Flaim
Prünster Architekten and Studio Walter Angonese
Client: Cantina San Michele.
2019 – Techno-tufting technique tests with Circular Wool yarn.
Carpet development project together with the textile company Casalis
and the French designer Margaux Minodier.
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Kunsthalle
The Kunsthalle is an exhibition space, gallery/
showroom which is open to the public to
facilitate access to textile culture and to the
results of research and experimentation
developed by artists and designers within
Lottozero.
In the contemporary art field, the activities
developed by Lottozero, both inside and outside
the Kunsthalle’s spaces, explore the multiple
connections between art and textile materials,
with the presence of an internal curator who
follows the realization of residencies and
exhibition projects, often in collaboration with
important cultural institutions.
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EXHIBITIONS
Artistic program curated by Alessandra
Tempesti
INSIDE LOTTOZERO (15.10 – 19.11.2016)
Inside Lottozero is a group show that brought
together 13 Italian and foreign artists and their
use of textile materials in contemporary art,
through different media and expressive means.
During the inaugural event a series of
performances followed one another, culminating
in a Sleep Concert that involved the public in an
unprecedented modus of enjoyment of the
exhibition, sleeping inside it, which ended at
dawn after a concert that lasted for the whole
night, with the participation of 6 musicians who
alternated without ever interrupting the flow of
sound. An integral part of the exhibition project,
the Sleep Concert was sold out, with over 150
people who spent the night inside the exhibition
space.
Invited artists: Roland Barth (DE), Anna M. Rose
(USA/IT), Zoè Gruni (IT/BRA), Marie Ilse
Bourlanges (FR/NL), Elena Khurtova (RU/NL),
Virginie Rebetez (CH), Zeitguised (DE), Claudia
Losi (IT), Nicole Miltner (AT), Aldo Lanzini (IT),
Kathrin Stumreich (AT), Marjorie Chau (CHL/DE),
Arianna Moroder (IT), Mariana Sales (PT).
Musicians: Giulio Aldinucci (IT), Paul
Beauchamp (USA/IT), Gea Brown (IT), Claudio
Rocchetti (IT), Sadi (IT), Tomoko Sauvage (JP/
FR).
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Aldo Lanzini, Inside Lottozero, Lottozero, 2016.
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Farkhondeh Shaharoudi, Spatial Poetry, Lottozero, 2017
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The event Inside Lottozero (exhibition and Sleep
Concert), was also presented on September 17,
2016 at the Kunsthalle Lana (BZ), as part of the
Transart Festival program.
– 15.11.2016: Artist Talk by Anna M. Rose in dialo-
gue with the curator Alessandra Tempesti.
The exhibition catalogue won the prestigious
international Typedirectors Club award in New
York and was exhibited in 8 cities around the
world during 2017.
The exhibition was organized as part of Tosca-
naincontemporanea2016, the Tuscany Region’s
project for contemporary art and S’Illumina.
SPATIAL POETRY (25.05 -18.06. 2017)
First solo exhibition in Italy of the Iranian artist
Farkhondeh Shahroudi, winner of the Villa
Romana award in 2017.
For the realization of this exhibition Lottozero
produced some new works by the artist, with
materials from the textile district of Prato.
13.06.2017: Artist Talk by Farkhondeh Shahroudi
in dialogue with the curator and director of Villa
Romana Angelika Stepken.
18.06.2017: Finissage of the exhibition with a
performance by the artist, a collective march
from the historical center of Prato to Lottozero
with a participatory action involving the public.
The exhibition was realized in collaboration with
Villa Romana in Florence and with the patronage
and support of the City of Prato.
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OCCUPY LOTTOZERO (01.10. – 11.11.2017)
A residency project and an exhibition featuring
two young French artists, Darius Dolatyari-
Dolatdoust and Chloé Rozycka Sapelkine, who
physically occupied, lived in and transformed
the spaces of Lottozero into an open site of
artistic production and experimentation, which
stayed open to the public 24 hours a day.
The following activities were organized during
the residency:
– Concerts: “Bias” concert for electronics,
objects and magnetic tapes by Giovanni Lami
(1.10); dj set by Biga (15.10); workshop and
concert by Stregoni/Johnny Mox with the
participation of refugees from welcome centers
in Prato (15.10).
– Workshops dedicated to a variety of textile
techniques: calligraphy on fabric by Aurelie
Langlet (14.10); letterpress on fabric by Ink
Different and Fondazione il Bisonte (15.10);
ancient weaving technique with Eva Basile and
Fondazione Arte della Seta Lisio (25.10).
– Lecture on performance, held by Desdemona
Ventroni (31.10).
– “Corpo Danzato”, a movement practice
workshop led by Fabrizio Pezzoni (4-5.11).
– Self-organized events by the artists (drawing
sessions from life, artist dinners).
– Meetings with some classes of the Liceo
Artistico Umberto Brunelleschi of Montemurlo
(PO).
The exhibition Occupy Lottozero was
inaugurated on 11 November at the end of the
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residency, and was open to the public until 18
November.
During the opening of the exhibition the artists
held a performance.
The Occupy Lottozero project was part of
Toscanaincontemporanea2017, promoted by the
Region of Tuscany, and received the support of
the French Institute of Florence.
GENEROUS IMAGES UNABLE TO REACH
(30.10.2018 – 02.06.2019)
An exhibition project that Luca Vanello, an
Italian-Slovenian artist living in Berlin, developed
at Lottozero throughout a long period of
collaboration. The exhibition was the result of a
variety of periods of residence that Luca Vanello
spent at Lottozero over a period of almost two
years, carrying out research on the regeneration
process of carded wool in Prato, with the
technical collaboration of various textile
companies in the district. The beginning of the
residency dates back to March 2017, when the
artist spent an initial phase of study and
research in Prato. On this occasion, an event
open to the public was organized (30.03.2017) in
which the artist presented his artistic research
and met some figures of the textile district, with
whom he initiated important collaborations for
the success of his work.
Selected within Nesxt Festival 2018, the project
was previewed in Turin at the Project Room
Davide Paludetto Arte Contemporanea (30.10
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Luca Vanello, Generous Images Unable to Reach, Lottozero, 2018
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- 4.11.2018); subsequently the exhibition was set
up again in the Kunsthalle of Lottozero, on the
occasion of the event “Make Lottozero” (9.11 -
13.1.2019). On March 21st 2019 the exhibition had
a third stop at Museion’s Casa Atelier in Bolzano
(22.03 - 02.06.2019); here the project was
presented under the title Tired Eyes Dislike the
Young.
The site-specific nature of Luca Vanello’s
research led him to modify works and layouts in
relation to the exhibition spaces, each time
different. During the inauguration there was a
performative action, repeated in the three
different venues.
During the period in which the exhibition was set
up in the Kunsthalle, guided tours with the
curator were organized for different sections of
the public. During the period of the exhibition at
the Atelier House, Museion’s educational
department also organised guided tours and
educational activities.
MAKE LOTTOZERO (10.11.2018)
For the inaugural event of the textile workshop at
Lottozero, the artist and sound artist Andrea
Borghi was invited to present the first studio of a
sound performance, Tistre, the result of a three-
day residency held in Lottozero between
September and October 2018. The artist
experimented with supports of a textile nature to
produce records with yarns and fabrics in the
shape and size of an Lp, which were then played
with a prepared turntable.
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MUSEION ATELIER HOUSE (2019)
In 2019 Lottozero created a series of exhibition
projects for Museion, the museum of modern
and contemporary art in Bolzano. Lottozero was
invited to curate the artistic program for the
whole year 2019, and proposed a cycle of three
site-specific installations curated by Alessandra
Tempesti, each created by a different artist and
united by the presence of the textile element.
After Luca Vanello with Tired Eyes Dislike the
Young (21.03 - 2.06.2019), it was the turn of
Norwegian artist Margrethe Kolstad Brekke, with
the project How to Implement Utopia (6.06 -
25.08.2019). On the day after the opening, the
artist met the public during a talk with the
curator and biologist Sara Casagrande.
Anna M. Rose, an American artist living in
Florence, closed the series with the exhibition
Homo Bulla (5.09 - 27.10.2019). On June 6th the
artist held an Artist Talk, meeting the public
inside the exhibition space.
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Margrethe Kolstad Brekke, How to Implement Utopia,
Casa Atelier Museion, 2019
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SOFT FEELINGS PART I (Anatomy Class)
(30.11.2019 – 16.02.2020)
Solo exhibition of Alice Ronchi, Italian artist who
lives and works in Milan, the result of a 5-week
residency that allowed the artist to learn new
textile techniques, which were then used in the
production of the works presented in the
exhibition.
During the residency the following activities
were organized:
– “Creations with tapestry”, workshop curated
by Cristina Mariani (8.10)
– “Introduction to weaving technique”, workshop
by Cristina Mariani (15.10)
– Workshop conducted by Alice Ronchi with a
class II of the Liceo Artistico Umberto
Brunelleschi of Montemurlo, at the Pecci Centre
(20.11)
– Workshop conducted by Alice Ronchi with a
class III of the Salvemini La Pira secondary
school of Montemurlo (21.11)
– Study Visit with curators of the Pecci Centre
(26.11)
– Artist Talk and exhibition preview (30.11)
The exhibition was extended beyond its planned
duration, remaining open to the public until the
16th of February 2020.
The project was carried out in collaboration with
the Luigi Pecci Centre for Contemporary Art, as
part of the regional project
Toscanaincontemporanea2019.
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Alice Ronchi, Soft Feelings Part I (Anatomy Class), Lottozero, 2019
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RESIDENCIES
The artistic residencies, for research and
production of works and interventions related to
textiles, are the area in which the potential of a
space like Lottozero in the field of contemporary
art is most evident. Their success is due to the
technical skills of the team, the textile laboratory
and the vast and constantly growing network of
contacts built over the years with companies in
the textile district functioning as a real
laboratory spread throughout the territory.
Luca Vanello
(30.03.2017 – 9.11.2018)
Occupy Lottozero
(1.10.2017 – 18.11.2017)
Andrea Borghi
(17.09 / 15.10 / 22.10.2018)
Alice Ronchi
(7-18.10 – 12-30.11.2019)
Darius Dolatyari-Dolatdoust & Célia Boulesteix
(16.12 – 30.12.2019)
In addition to the aforementioned residencies,
all of which resulted in exhibitions and perfor-
mances presented in Lottozero, a two-week resi-
dency with the French artists Darius Dolatya-
ri-Dolatdoust and Célia Boulesteix was held,
thanks to the winning of the i-Portunus competi-
tion, aimed at supporting the mobility of artists
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in Europe.
The artists’ project, entitled Moving Landscape,
led to the creation of various works in felt and
was previewed at Lottozero on the 29th of
December 2019, in the form of an installation.
During the event the artists held a workshop on
felt technique, open to the public.
The project, still in progress, is aimed at the rea-
lization of a performance to be presented in the
future in the Lottozero Kunsthalle, as well as in
other national and international contexts.
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GALLERY
For just over a year Lottozero has also been
operating as a gallery, representing a small
group of artists whose work has a connection
with textiles; promoting their activity, following
their production, and acting as a mediator in the
sale of their works.
Artists represented:
Roland Barth (DE), Khurtova / Bourlanges (RU/
FRA/NL), Darius Dolatyari-Dolatdoust (FR),
Nicole Miltner (AT), Anna M. Rose (USA/IT),
Farkhondeh Shahroudi (IR/DE)
The artists have visibility on the Lottozero
website (in the section dedicated to the
Kunsthalle) and starting in 2019 their works have
been periodically displayed in the Kunsthalle,
when there are no other specific exhibitions in
progress.
During these temporary re-arrangements the
following events were organized:
09.03.2019: “Travels with a music box”, a concert
by English sound artist David Littler. Set up with
works by: Khurtova / Bourlanges, Claudia Losi,
Virginie Rebetez, Anna M. Rose, Farkhondeh
Shahroudi.
27.10.2019: “Breakfast Club with Lucia / La radio
al cinema” preview of the Lucia Radio Festival,
organized and curated by Radio Papesse. Set up
with works of: Roland Barth, Darius Dolatyari-
Dolatdoust, Chloé Rozycka Sapelkine,
Farkhondeh Shahroudi, Luca Vanello.
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COLLABORATIONS
In recent years Lottozero has developed collabo-
rations with contemporary art museums, cultural
institutions and associations, which have led to
the development and implementation of exhibi-
tion projects, performances and concerts, both
within the Kunsthalle and in other contexts.
Active Collaborations:
Villa Romana in Florence
Museion - Museum of Modern and Contempo-
rary Art in Bolzano
Centre for contemporary art Luigi Pecci of Prato
French Institute of Florence
Prato Textile Museum
Transart Festival
Radio Papesse
Nub Project Space
Phase
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Community
DESIGNER
Since 2014 Lottozero has built a solid community
of designers with whom it is constantly in
contact and involved in projects of an
experimental, commercial and educational
nature.
We do research, visit universities, trade fairs,
research centers and creative hubs throughout
Europe, offering networking opportunities and
active participation. This allows us to update,
cultivate relationships and exchange knowledge
with each other, thus contributing to innovate
and spread the textile culture.
To date, our community has over 300
international fashion, textile and interior
designers.
A fundamental part of our work with the
community of designers is to support them in
their growth and to promote their work. We have
purposely created an online store, a hybrid
space between a gallery and a real shop for the
display of projects, ideas and objects that we
consider valuable and innovative, from an
aesthetic, conceptual and process point of view.
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PARTNERS AND COLLABORATIONS
We create synergies to embark on a lasting path
and forge bonds over time that can give value
and benefit to both parties. We seek partners
and sponsors that share our same values; great
attention to quality, product innovation and
specialized know-how.
Partners provide support in the form of
knowledge, contacts, time and availability to
help our center achieve certain pre-established
goals in the short, medium or long term.
Each partner and sponsor of Lottozero/texile
laboratories believes in the Lottozero mission
and is committed to contributing in a concrete
manner through technical support, supply of
materials, machinery, furniture or tools and
providing their time and know-how.
These stakeholders become part of the Lottozero
network in an active, constructive and long-
lasting way.
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Institutional partners on the territory:
City of Prato
ITIS Tullio Buzzi di Prato
Prato Textile Museum
Business partners:
Studio Auriga, Acrilnova, Borgo de’Pazzi,
Cibitex, Epson Italia, Gruppo Colle, NGW Group,
Progetto Lana, Siser Italia, Tessitura Ubertino
Technical sponsors:
Artemide, Grohe, EWO, Neon Prato, Italsteel,
Plank, Modulblok, Firenze Industrie, Guarducci
costruzioni, Industria Italiana Filati, Cofil,
Filpucci, Ventex tessuti, Aviem tessuti, Tex Ingro,
Textus, DHG Dyeing House Gallery, Cafissi,
Lanificio Fratelli Mannelli, Arché Principio
tessile, Trapuntificio ITC, Manifattura Maiano,
Dell’Orco e Villani, Mantero Seta, Tommy Art,
Lory Colori, Iridron, Fotoprint, Fiumiflex, Tenuta
di Artimino, Cibino, Gedac, Sugar Paper
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SOCIAL MEDIA:
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Newsletter: 3.950 Subscribers
Associations:
Legacoop
CNA
Confartigianato
NETWORK:
www.lottozero.org
http://www.facebook.com/lottozero
http://www.twitter.com/lottozero
http://www.instagram.com/lottozero
https://www.youtube.com/channel/
UCqiLsk4G20cWcwdy_Ihxu-w
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Acknowledgements
2016 CNA Cambiamenti Award (Winner for
Tuscany), the national competition that
discovers, rewards and supports the best Italian
realities that have been able to rediscover
traditions, promote their territory and community,
innovate products and processes and build the
future.
2017 International Typedirectors Club of New
York Award as best art catalogue.
2017 Announcement “ Culturability – spazi da
rigenerare “, which rewards initiatives active in
urban regeneration of the Unipolis Foundation,
as one of the 5 winning projects out of 429
submitted.
2018 Open Maker Award, for projects that
promote the digitization of classic manufacturing
processes.
2019 Worth projects for projects with social and
environmental value.
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