News

Ibrida Festiva: Artist Residency Award

September 2025

As part of the collaboration between Ibrida Festival and ATRIUM – Dissonant Architectures, the Artist Residency Award was assigned to Gian Luca Abbate for his work Fallen Houses.

“A work that imagines architecture as a living organism, where urban geometries intertwine with the dancers’ bodies. Through this dialogue between matter and movement, the piece evokes memories and transformations that inhabit built space, offering a poetic and immersive experience.”

Press article (in Italian language).

New collaboration with Ibrida Festival

September 2025

Ibrida Festival, an international video art festival based in Forlì, announces a new collaboration with ATRIUM:

“This year we are taking another step forward thanks to the collaboration with Atrium, a European association based in Forlì (Italy). The artists selected by Ibrida will live in the city and create a video art work dedicated to its dissonant architectures. The work will premiere at the next edition of the festival and will become part of the Atrium collection, turning into a shared visual memory.” Read the full interview on Arshake.

Benetusser, Spain - new Atrium member

September 2025

On 15 September 2025, the Municipality of Benetusser (Spain) will join the ATRIUM Cultural Route. Benetússer is the first Spanish town to join the ATRIUM European Cultural Route. This marks a key step in preserving its historical heritage and connecting it to a wider European network. Download the programme.

ATRIUM on Diário de Coimbra

September 2025

ATRIUM appears on the local nespaper "Diário de Coimbra". The article "Valores Europeus e o Itinerário Cultural ATRIUM" is written by Patrick Leech on the ATRIUM route for a Portuguese newspaper, which will publish a series of articles on the Cultural Routes that cross the Coimbra region. View the article.

Dossier submitted: re-certification as Cultural Route of the CoE

September 2025

The ATRIUM Association has recently sumbitted the dossier for the third re-certification as official Cultural Route of the Council of Europe.

This is a key step in confirming the European recognition first awarded in 2014 and successfully renewed in 2017 and 2021. The certification process is an opportunity to reflect on the progress made and to reaffirm our commitment to be part of the large community of the Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe programme, representing and promoting the 20th-century dissonant architectural heritage and its related history and memory.

Three new EU-funded project proposals

September 2025

In September 2025 ATRIUM is submitting three new EU-funded project proposals that aim to strengthen our mission on remembrance, dissonant heritage, and cultural innovation:

• Reclaiming Memory (CERV Programme, CERV-2025-CITIZENS-REM-TRANSITION)
  Coordinated by ARGO (Italy), the project brings together municipalities, NGOs and memory institutions from across Europe, with ATRIUM among the partners. It focuses on remembrance of totalitarian regimes and democratic resilience through a new Living History Seminar model.
• MAD HERO – Management and Adaptive reuse of Dissonant HERitage for the future of Europe (Horizon Europe, HORIZON-CL2-2025-01-HERITAGE-08)
  Coordinated by APRE (Italy), the consortium includes the Municipalities of Cesena and Krakow, Polis University of Tirana, Buzludzha Foundation, Kallipolis, Novelcore, the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience, EUROM/Euroclio, and ATRIUM. The proposal addresses the preservation and adaptive reuse of Europe’s contested heritage, with the creation of a Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda and new educational tools.
• CreateAI – Human-Centred Generative AI for Cultural and Creative Innovation (Horizon Europe, HORIZON-CL2-2025-01-HERITAGE-04)
  Coordinated by LINKS Foundation (Italy), the project involves universities, research centres and cultural and creative industries from museums, fashion, music and immersive education, together with ATRIUM. It aims to develop a trusted platform for responsible generative AI to support creativity and safeguard artistic integrity.

Together, these proposals confirm ATRIUM’s growing role in European cooperation, linking remembrance, cultural heritage, and innovation.