Sic Transit Scientia Mundi, 1968 - 1969

In a Turin shaken by workers’ demonstrations, Studio65 was founded in 1965 by a group of young painters and students from the Faculty of Architecture. The original nucleus, which includes Enzo Bertone, Roberta Garosci, Paolo Morello and Paolo Rondelli, revolved around the figure of Franco Audrito, the driving force behind the project and who still today supports its name and activity. The group's explicit political stance is motivated by the initial participation of its members in the editorial staff of Classe operaia, the newspaper founded by Asor Rosa. Over the following years, the collective commitment would flow into the student movement of the Politecnico, with the occupation of the building and the management of a popular atelier in charge of producing graphic materials for the protests. [...]