The media education competition entitled The City I
Like is promoted by the National
Museum of Cinema and PAV-Parco Arte Vivente. The competition is addressed to
secondary school, second level, students in Turin. The survey model is based on
the concept of situationalist psychogeography; the aim is to film instances of
urban exploration of places around the city where people congregate or
individuals like to stop. The entries from the 2014-2015 school year
competition were collected and posted on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/TheCityIlike). During the award ceremony, the videos
that earned the two main awards and special mention awards will be presented to
the public. The aim of The City I Like is to grow the creative potential of students in audiovisual
productions and implement collective and participatory strategies that
contribute to increasing environmental sustainability in a city undergoing
transformation. The videos will make up a documentary archive on perceived
urban geography, i.e., visual documents of relational and emotional mapping of
how people interact with the local environment. Launched in 2014, the project
will be continued in the 2015-2016 school year under the theme of the city and
its relation to nature. The project is supported by the Reale Mutua
Antonelliana; the students of the IED Istituto Europeo di Design,
Turin, provide the graphic artwork.