PRADA FRAMES
In Transit
Padiglione Reale and Arlecchino Train at the Milan Central Station – April 6 - 7 - 8, 2025
Now in its fourth edition, Prada Frames is the annual symposium based on the belief that intellectual inquiry and cross-disciplinary dialogue can act as vessels for progress. Curated by design and research studio Formafantasma, the event runs parallel to Milan’s Salone del Mobile. Under the title In Transit, the 2025 edition offers a prismatic gaze on infrastructure as a dynamic and multifaceted system that enables, restricts, and shapes movement, whether of people, goods, data, or power.
Admission to Prada Frames In Transit is complimentary, based on availability, upon registration.
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
PADIGLIONE REALE / Sala Reale
Digital Infrastructures:
Power, AI, and the Built Environment
Contextualized by ALICE RAWSTHORN
Speakers:
KATE CRAWFORD
MARINA OTERO VERZIER
PADIGLIONE REALE / Sala delle Armi
Global Infrastructures:
Trade and Logistics
Contextualized by ALICE RAWSTHORN
Speakers:
JESSE LECAVALIER
ROSE GEORGE in conversation with NATALIA GRABOWSKA
Arlecchino Train visit and readings
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
PADIGLIONE REALE / Sala Reale
Digital Infrastructures:
Power, AI, and the Built Environment
Contextualized by ALICE RAWSTHORN
Speakers:
KATE CRAWFORD
MARINA OTERO VERZIER
PADIGLIONE REALE / Sala delle Armi
Global Infrastructures:
Trade and Logistics
Contextualized by ALICE RAWSTHORN
Speakers:
JESSE LECAVALIER in conversation with NATALIA GRABOWSKA
ROSE GEORGE
Arlecchino Train visit and readings
PADIGLIONE REALE / Sala Reale
Infrastructures of Power:
Surveillance and Control
Contextualized by ALICE RAWSTHORN
Speakers:
SAMIA HENNI
HITO STEYERL in conversation with NATALIA GRABOWSKA
Arlecchino Train visit and readings
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
PADIGLIONE REALE / Sala Reale
Material Infrastructures:
Local Resources, Global Impact
Contextualized by ALICE RAWSTHORN
Speakers:
AAU ANASTAS in conversation with NATALIA GRABOWSKA
CHARLOTTE MALTERRE-BARTHES
PADIGLIONE REALE / Sala delle Armi
Infrastructures of Migration:
Borders, Routes, and Resistances
Contextualized by ALICE RAWSTHORN
Speakers:
MARTA FORESTI
LORENZO PEZZANI
Arlecchino Train visit and readings
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
PADIGLIONE REALE / Sala Reale
Material Infrastructures:
Local Resources, Global Impact
Contextualized by ALICE RAWSTHORN
Speakers:
AAU ANASTAS in conversation with NATALIA GRABOWSKA
CHARLOTTE MALTERRE-BARTHES
PADIGLIONE REALE / Sala delle Armi
Infrastructures of Migration:
Borders, Routes, and Resistances
Contextualized by ALICE RAWSTHORN
Speakers:
MARTA FORESTI
LORENZO PEZZANI
Arlecchino Train visit and readings
PADIGLIONE REALE / Sala Reale
Hacking Infrastructures:
The Politics of Imagination
Contextualized by ALICE RAWSTHORN
Speakers:
NELLY BEN HAYOUN-STÉPANIAN
GIACOMO ABBRUZZESE in conversation with NATALIA GRABOWSKA
Arlecchino Train visit and readings
MORNING / 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
PADIGLIONE REALE / Sala Reale
Echoes of Infrastructure:
The Past in the Digital Present
Contextualized by ALICE RAWSTHORN
Speakers:
METAHAVEN
TUNG-HUI HU
PADIGLIONE REALE / Sala delle Armi
Infrastructure on Nature:
Mapping Movement and Ecological Networks
Contextualized by ALICE RAWSTHORN
Speakers:
JULIA WATSON
NICK HUNT in conversation with NATALIA GRABOWSKA
Arlecchino Train visit and readings
NOON / 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
PADIGLIONE REALE / Sala Reale
Echoes of Infrastructure:
The Past in the Digital Present
Contextualized by ALICE RAWSTHORN
Speakers:
METAHAVEN
TUNG-HUI HU in conversation with NATALIA GRABOWSKA
PADIGLIONE REALE / Sala delle Armi
Infrastructures of the Unknown:
Navigating Earth and Space
Contextualized by ALICE RAWSTHORN
Speakers:
ERSILIA VAUDO
NICK HUNT
Arlecchino Train visit and readings
PADIGLIONE REALE / Sala Reale
Sensing Infrastructure:
Design, Food, and Hidden Systems
Contextualized by ALICE RAWSTHORN
Speakers:
NICOLA TWILLEY
PAOLA ANTONELLI
Arlecchino Train visit and readings
