NABA Rome Campus launches the third edition of “NABA CHATS”, the talk series established in 2023 which, once a month on Thursdays at 6:00 PM in Classroom 0.01 at the Rome Campus (Via Ostiense 92), invites guests from various disciplinary backgrounds to share their artistic research. From book presentations to major film case studies, the invited speakers will offer their insights and perspectives on key reflections and ideas within their respective fields, engaging in an open dialogue with the audience.
These conversations, conceived to uniquely highlight the new developments and trends that influence contemporary artistic practices, will exceptionally begin on Wednesday, October 15, and will then continue once a month following the Academic Year calendar, with simultaneous Italian-English translation provided for talks held in Italian.
NABA presents the third edition of “NABA CHATS”: the first three events
On Wednesday, October 15, the first talk of the series, “A talk with Anders Edström”, will take place, featuring Ilaria Leoni (Gallerist, Director of Ermes Ermes) in conversation with Anders Edström (photographer and filmmaker). The second event in the programme will be held on Thursday, November 13: entitled “MATRICE. Arti, Scienze e Rituali Digitali”, it will see Giulia Tomasello (interaction designer and NABA Lecturer) in dialogue with Arianna Forte (independent curator and researcher). The third talk, scheduled for December 11 and entitled “Architettura è Comunità”, will feature a conversation between Daniele Mancini (NABA BA in Design Course Leader) and Nicola Di Battista (architect).
NABA presents the third edition of “NABA CHATS”: the January and march events
On 15 January 2026, NABA Rome Campus will host the next chapter of “NABA CHATS”: a talk entirely dedicated to the language of the graphic novel and its contemporary developments.
Opening the event will be Alessio Trabacchini (BA in Comics & Visual Storytelling Course Leader at NABA Rome), who will introduce a conversation with Josephine Jole Signorelli, known as Fumettibrutti, and Francesco Cattani — two authors who have redefined the boundaries of Italian comics through a personal and radical visual and narrative research.
At the centre of the evening, “Tutte le nostre Favole”: a live reading-performance built around their most recent works, “Tutte le mie cose belle sono rifatte” and “Favola”. Among the themes explored: identity, integrity, transformation and revolution, where line, voice and body become tools of storytelling.
The talk series continues on 12 March with “Un flusso disconnesso dal tempo”, a conversation that explores photography, the ethics of the gaze and narrative responsibility through a dialogue between Lina Pallotta and Dionigi Mattia Gagliardi (BA in Graphic Design and Art Direction Course Leader).
A photographer who lives and works in Rome, Lina Pallotta moved to New York in the late 1980s, graduating in Photojournalism and Documentary Photography from the International Center of Photography. Among her most renowned works are “Porpora e Valerie” (2013) and “BASTA – to Work and Die on the Mexican Border” (1999), dedicated to the lives of Mexican women working in border factories.
With solo and group exhibitions across Europe and the United States, and publications in national and international magazines, she has directed her gaze towards subjects considered marginal and invisible by society and the media, focusing her research on trans experiences, working women, poets, underground artists, and exploited and marginalised communities.
NABA presents the third edition of “NABA CHATS”: the April and May events
The next event will take place on 16 April with “Tra scrittura e performance – Walking from Scores e Feminist Steps”, a talk featuring Elena Biserna (independent researcher and curator) in dialogue with Caterina Iaquinta (BA in Painting and Visual Arts and MA in Visual Arts and Curatorial Studies Course Leader).
At the centre of the talk is “Walking from Scores”, a hybrid project that gathers verbal scores and instructions by interdisciplinary artists from the 1960s to the present day, exploring the relationships between walking, listening and sound production in urban space. Over time, the project has developed into a series of workshops, collective activations, exhibitions and a publication, placing writing and performance, the printed object and action in productive tension. Building on this research and its evolution into “Feminist Steps”, the talk will explore verbal and graphic notation as an artistic methodology capable of activating experience, presence and participation.
“NABA CHATS” will conclude on 14 May with “Extraterrestri in gita (o l’imprevedibile virtù del caos)”, which will see film director Francesco Sossai (author of “Le città di pianura”), and Adriano Candiago (screenwriter) in dialogue with Fabio Capalbo (BA in Cinema and Animation Course Leader) in a discussion dedicated to cinematic language, screenwriting and the construction of the contemporary imaginary.
The full calendar of events will be announced soon.
NABA presents the third edition of “NABA CHATS”: events details
October 15, from 6:00 PM
“A talk with Anders Edström”
Ilaria Leoni in conversation with Anders Edström
NABA Rome Campus, Classroom 0.01
Via Ostiense 92
Free entrance subject to availability
November 13, from 6:00 PM
“MATRICE. Arti, Scienze e Rituali Digitali”
Giulia Tomasello in conversation with Arianna Forte
NABA Rome Campus, Classroom 0.01
Via Ostiense 92
Free entrance subject to availability
December 11, from 6:00 PM
“Architettura è Comunità”
Daniele Mancini in conversation with Nicola Di Battista
NABA Rome Campus, Classroom 0.01
Via Ostiense 92
Free entrance subject to availability
Thursday 15 January, from 6:00 PM
“Tutte le nostre Favole”
Alessio Trabacchini in dialogue with Josephine Jole Signorelli, known as Fumettibrutti, and Francesco Cattani
Via Ostiense 92
Free admission subject to availability
Thursday 12 March, from 6:00 PM
“Un flusso disconnesso dal tempo”
Lina Pallotta in dialogue with Dionigi Mattia Gagliardi
NABA Rome Campus, Classroom 0.01
Via Ostiense 92
Free admission subject to availability
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Thursday 16 April, from 6:00 PM
“Tra scrittura e performance – Walking from Scores e Feminist Steps”
Elena Biserna in dialogue with Caterina Iaquinta
NABA Rome Campus, Classroom 0.01
Via Ostiense 92
Free admission subject to availability
Thursday 14 May, from 6:00 PM
“Extraterrestri in gita (o l’imprevedibile virtù del caos)”
Francesco Sossai and Adriano Candiago in dialogue with Fabio Capalbo
NABA Rome Campus, Classroom 0.01
Via Ostiense 92
Free admission subject to availability