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Not far from the historic warehouses Docks Dora at via
Valprato 68, we can find the Peccei Park. Since 2015, some
site-specific artworks created by the students of 15 Italian
Academies and selected in the competition Promenade
dell’arte e della cultura industriale have been placed inside
the park. Mechanicalgesture, Articolo 1 and Ingranaggi
d’Italia are art installations whose aim is to restore the
“industrial memory” of the city, while Cardo e decumano
and Face e Identità trace the important social changes that
have affected the face of Turin over the decades.
The mural made by Pixel Pancho and Nychos (photo by G. Sabini)
Passing the roundabout in via Cigna, embellished by the
mosaic Esodo dedicated by artist Luciano Cappellari to the
theme of migration, we continue on to number 180: on the
walls of the Cascina Marchesa, the artists Pixel Pancho and
Nychos have created a mural that aims to convey the union
between humans and robots, by depicting a new metallic
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