On Friday 6 November, from 6:30 pm to midnight, the Centro per l’arte contemporanea Luigi Pecci presents a new edition of Centro Pecci Night: e se ci entrassi dentro? This monthly late opening offers the chance to visit the current exhibitions until midnight, alongside a programme of talks, performances and experimental music developed in collaboration with Kinkaleri, NUB Project Space and OOH-sounds.
Night: e se ci entrassi dentro? International guests and connections with Centro Pecci Books Festival this November
The 6 November edition connects with Centro Pecci Books Festival, taking place from 5 to 7 November, with joint activities during the early part of the evening.
6:30 pm | Workshop Hortus Rapsody with Valerio Maiolo
The evening of 6 November opens at 6:30 pm with a workshop led by Valerio Maiolo (limited places, booking required), in collaboration with Giovanni Colaneri and his book Hortus Rapsody (Ideestortepaper, 2025). The workshop invites participants to explore Palermo’s Botanical Garden, the subject of the book, through the sounds of old children’s keyboards, electronically modified to be played via computer. Book your place
7:30 pm | Portraits and Places by Steve Turtell, with Giulia Crispiani
The connection with the Festival continues at 7:30 pm with a special talk featuring American poet Steve Turtell, focusing on his book Portraits and Places (Palermo Publishing, 2025): a personal perspective on 1970s New York, exploring friendship, queer life, memory and the city’s cultural circles. Joining the author in conversation is artist and writer Giulia Crispiani, who has translated selected passages from the book into Italian for the occasion.
8:30 pm | Dentro l'opera by Louis Fratino
The evening at Centro Pecci continues at 8:30 pm with a new edition of Dentro l’opera, supported by Unicoop Firenze. Director Stefano Collicelli Cagol introduces The paper lamp (2024), the work by Louis Fratino acquired for Centro Pecci’s collection through the Italian Ministry of Culture’s PAC funding programme and now featured in the permanent collection display, Eccentrica.
Dentro l’opera is supported by Unicoop Firenze. Visitors under 30 who register through this link receive a free ticket, which includes admission to the exhibitions and the entire Centro Pecci Night programme.
9:00 pm | Inês Tartaruga Água and Xavier Paes, Berrante
At 9:00 pm and 11:00 pm, the live programme presents Berrante and Variation for Spinning Tops, two sound performances by the sound artist duo Inês Tartaruga Água and Xavier Paes, curated by NUB Project Space and OOH-sounds. Berrante is an acoustic sound work exploring resonance and resonant bodies, using wooden poles and architecture as instruments for producing sound.
10:00 pm | Alice Ripoll and Hiltinho Fantástico, PUFF
At the heart of the evening, at 10:00 pm, is PUFF, a performance by Alice Ripoll with Hiltinho Fantástico, curated by Kinkaleri as part of Body To Be. The performance explores the concept of “disguise” as a means of transmitting silenced cultures, concealing techniques, messages, traditions or ancestral knowledge. It marks a new chapter in the fruitful collaboration between Alice Ripoll and Hiltinho Fantástico within the dance companies SUAVE and REC, collectives developing a hybrid language that blends contemporary dance with Brazilian urban dance forms.
11:00 pm | Inês Tartaruga Água and Xavier Paes, Variation for Spinning Tops
Variation for Spinning Tops is a series of exercises in which body, matter and movement come together to create compositions using the spinning top as a sound instrument.
Night becomes more accessible thanks to Autolinee Toscane, Mobility Partner for Centro Pecci Night, working with Centro Pecci to promote inclusive and sustainable access. Centro Pecci Night Bus is a shuttle service connecting Florence with Centro Pecci, making travel easier for those attending the event. To use the service, purchase a Night + return shuttle ticket through the dedicated booking platform.
