A nomadic Book

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A Nomadic Book expands and celebrates the first five editions of the Nomadic School. Created in 2020 by Office for a Human Theatre [OHT], the Nomadic School takes place every summer at an altitude of around 2,000 meters in the Alpine region, with the aim of developing—as the book's curators Filippo Andreatta and Sarah Messerschmidt write—"a program of alternative pedagogy rooted in artistic creativity, practicing horizontal learning and pedagogical openness."

The Alps cease to serve merely as a backdrop and instead become worlds in themselves—places to rethink the very notion of theatre, as a “multispecies art form” and “a site where different organisms can interact to produce unexpected and surprising connections.”.

Starting from reflections on contemporary performing arts, investigations into practices of coexistence, and analyses of the relationships between environment and architecture, the 22 contributions collected in A Nomadic Book explore the interconnections between the practices and knowledges that drive the Nomadic School.

With contributions by: Annibale Salsa, Lucia Pietroiusti, Sarah Messerschmidt, Prathima Muniyappa, Filippo Andreatta, Gianni Laneri, Rosario Talevi, Veronica Franchi, Enrico Malatesta, Michael S. Bekele, Christian Casarotto, Annamaria Ajmone, May Abnet, Miriam Daxl, Elisabetta Filosi, Studio Folder, Dehlia Hannah, Lilian Fraiji, Victoria Bjork, Giacomo Lorandi, Giacomo Bianco.

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year

2025

running time

∞

genre

book

press

La Lettura > La scuola nomade incontra la natura > 04.V.25
Franzmagazine > A nomadic book > 12.VI.25
Artribune > Pedagogia teatrale ad alta quota. Il caso della Scuola Nomadica sulle Dolomiti > 14.VI.25

credits

A Nomadic Book
by Office for a Human Theatre

edited by Filippo Andreatta and Sarah Messerschmidt
editing Giulia Crispiani, Veronica Franchi
translations Allison Grimaldi Donahue, Giulia Crispiani
graphic design bruno – Andrea Codolo, Giacomo Covacich
photo credit Annamaria Ajmone, Archivio Enrico Andreatta, Archivo Histórico José Vial, Giacomo Bianco, Marco Ferrari, Andrea Mazzoni, Sarah Messerschmidt, Giulia Degasperi

The project is supported by the Italian Councilprogram (2024), promoted by the Directorate-General for Contemporary Creativity of the Italian Ministry of Culture.
The publication was made possible with the contribution of the Directorate-General for Education, Research and Cultural Institutes.
In collaboration with MUSE – Science Museum of Trento.

2025 Italian English
11 × 18 cm, 256 pages
uncoated paper | offset printing

production history

17.V.2025 > ISAC, Bruxelles > book launch
28.V.2025 > Floating University, Berlin
30.V.2025 > PrintRoom, Rotterdam
31.V.2025 > bruno, Venezia
22.VI.2025 > MUSE, Alpine Botanical Garden > book launch + workshop
31.VIII.2025 > Kunst & Zwalm, Zwalm
12.IX.2025 > fondazione Benetton, Treviso
26.IX.2025 > Design Academy Eindhoven
1-6.X.2025 > A Topographical Summit, University of Saskatchewan Art Galleries and Collections + School of Arts (CA)
9.X.2025 > Tanzquartier Wien > book launch + reading group
14.XI.2025 > MAXXI museum, Rome
1.XII.2025 > University of Copenhagen