Operazione Arcevia. Existential Community. The Reality of the Experience and the Utopia of the Vision

Operazione Arcevia (OA) is an urban settlement project, conceived between 1972 and 1974 with a political and cultural identity by the architect Ico Parisi in collaboration with two renowned critics (Cripolti and Restany), a psychologist, and a large number of artists (Arman, Burri, César, Ceroli, Soto, Staccioli, among others). OA remained in its germinal phase, but cooperating together with Parisi the 33 artists together created tavole progettuali (design boards) that combined design, technical design, photographic images, and collages, i.e. fully-fledged works of art and creativity.