Bring FARM to your City

FARM CULTURAL PARK — CALL FOR CITIES 2027
APPLY BY 31 DECEMBER 2026

FARM works with municipalities, universities, foundations, businesses and active communities to transform underused places into living centers for culture, education and social innovation.

“Vuoi far atterrare FARM nella tua città?”

FARM collabora con comuni, università, fondazioni, imprese e comunità attive per trasformare luoghi sottoutilizzati in centri vivi di cultura, educazione e innovazione sociale.

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Why bring FARM to your City?

REACTIVATE A PLACE

Transform an abandoned or underused building into a vibrant cultural destination: a place people can experience, inhabit and make their own.

Trasformare un edificio abbandonato o sottoutilizzato in una destinazione culturale viva: un luogo da vivere, abitare e sentire come proprio.

BUILD A COMMUNITY

Bring together citizens, schools, institutions, artists, businesses and local organisations around a shared vision for the future of their city.

Riunire cittadini, scuole, istituzioni, artisti, imprese e organizzazioni locali intorno a una visione condivisa per il futuro della città.

CREATE LASTING CHANGE

Turn culture and education into powerful tools for social and urban transformation, generating new opportunities that continue well beyond the life of a single project.

Fare della cultura e dell’educazione strumenti potenti di trasformazione sociale e urbana, creando nuove opportunità che continuino a produrre valore ben oltre la durata di un singolo progetto.

FARM around Italy

From small Sicilian towns to the landscapes of northern Italy, FARM works with communities, institutions and creative practitioners to reactivate places and generate new cultural possibilities.

Dai piccoli centri siciliani ai paesaggi del Nord Italia, FARM collabora con comunità, istituzioni e creativi per riattivare luoghi e generare nuove possibilità culturali.

  • Farm in Sant'Angelo Muxaro

    Five international artistic residencies transformed the landscape into a living laboratory where contemporary art, local memory and community come together.

  • Farm in Vizzini

    An eighteenth-century tanning village reopened as a permanent cultural and civic platform for exhibitions, residencies, education and community participation.

  • Farm in Burgio

    An abandoned railway building was reimagined through art and creative intervention, opening a new chapter in its relationship with the town and its community.

  • Farm in Castronovo di Sicilia

    A collective “Promise of Love” reimagined Colle San Vitale as Colle dell’Amore, turning the landscape into a symbol of belonging, care and shared responsibility.

  • Farm in the Langhe

    Artists were invited to inhabit three rural communities, creating new relationships between contemporary art, local identity and the cultural landscape.

  • Farm in Alcamo

    FARM partnered with the Municipality of Alcamo to strengthen the Cittadella dei Giovani as a creative hub and a new point of reference for the city’s younger generations.

  • Farm in Agrigento | Villa Genuardi

    FARM transformed Villa Genuardi into a gateway to Varanasi through an immersive pavilion exploring the spirituality, rituals and everyday life of one of the world’s oldest cities.

  • Farm in Aragona

    An unfinished auditorium abandoned for more than thirty years was made safe and reopened as a space for culture, experimentation and collective life.

THREE WAYS TO BRING FARM TO YOUR CITY

  • FARM CONSULATE

    A locally managed cultural space designed and curated by FARM. Artists, architects and creative practitioners transform an indoor or outdoor site into a distinctive place for culture, education and community life.

    Each Consulate develops its own identity and name — the Consulate of Happiness, Knowledge, the Future or another concept inspired by its mission.

    INDICATIVE INITIAL INVESTMENT
    €50,000–€250,000

    PARTNERSHIP DURATION
    5 years, renewable

    MANAGEMENT
    Local partner

    FARM PROGRAMMING
    Optional, developed and budgeted separately

  • THE EMBASSY OF FARM

    A cultural platform connecting the host city with international artists, institutions, communities and ideas. FARM transforms the chosen space and develops an annual program shaped around the city’s identity and aspirations. The Embassy combines strong local roots with an international outlook, creating opportunities for exhibitions, residencies, conversations, education and cultural exchange.

    INDICATIVE INITIAL INVESTMENT
    €250,000–€500,000

    PARTNERSHIP DURATION
    10 years, renewable

    MANAGEMENT
    Local partner

    ANNUAL FARM PROGRAMMING
    €50,000–€100,000

  • Farm Cultural Park

    The most complete partnership model: an independent cultural center inspired by FARM’s experience in Favara and reimagined around the identity, needs and potential of the host city.

    FARM oversees the transformation and directly manages the center, creating a permanent program of exhibitions, education, artist residencies, public events and community-led initiatives.

    INDICATIVE INITIAL INVESTMENT
    €500,000–€1 million

    PARTNERSHIP DURATION
    15 years, renewable

    MANAGEMENT
    FARM Cultural Park

    ANNUAL CULTURAL PROGRAM
    €150,000–€250,000

ONE VISION, THREE LEVELS OF TRANSFORMATION

The most suitable model depends on the place, the available resources, the strength of the local partnership and the impact the city aims to generate. FARM works alongside each partner to identify the most appropriate path and adapt it to the local context.

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What kind of place can become FARM?

FARM can take shape almost anywhere: in a former school, convent, prison, factory or public office; an abandoned theatre, an unfinished building, a disused railway station or a forgotten space in the heart of a city.

It can inhabit a historic palace, a rural village, a public housing complex, a library to be reinvented or even an open landscape.

The type of building matters less than its potential. We look for places with a story, a strong relationship with their community and the capacity to become new centers for culture, education and collective life.

WHAT THE PLACE NEEDS

Applicants must demonstrate legal and material availability of the proposed property for the entire duration of the partnership.

They must also identify the financial resources required to make the building safe, accessible and operational, and demonstrate the existence of a committed local partnership capable of supporting the project over time.

EVERY FORGOTTEN PLACE CAN HOLD A NEW FUTURE

FARM does not simply occupy buildings. It reveals their possibilities, gives them a new identity and brings them back into the life of the city.

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