We Won the War Against Poverty!

We Won the War Against Poverty!

From Art, in all the wrong places by M. Cristina Marras

December 2, 2025 · 5 min · Episode 62

About this episode

The episode discusses a project that reimagines urban spaces through art to address sustainability and poverty.

Stuart Fowkes, creator of Cities and Memory , published a call asking artists to re imagine a curated selection of field recordings from 36 countries around the world to develop brand new compositions on the theme of sustainability , equity and well-being in cities. The project launched at the C40 Summit in Buenos Aires in October 2022. I had the honour to be one of those artists. I started from the idea that the organisation of the city and its meeting spaces have a profound impact on society. I then collected real and existing examples of hostile architecture , bringing them to the extreme, the worst possible scenario, where no type of aggregation is allowed if not linked to consumption. No aggregation without consumption! "The fight against poverty is won by physically eliminating the poor " this the slogan of the time of terror framed, through a narrative device, in the past, a time as different as possible from a much more harmonious and inclusive present. Written, edited and produced by M. Cristina Marras Voices: Romeo Maria Minutolo, M. Cristina Marras Check out all tracks included in the album and check also the C40 Summit: Global & Smart Cities Talk that brought…

People in this episode

Host: M. Cristina Marras

Guest: Romeo Maria Minutolo

Topics covered

  • sustainability
  • equity
  • well-being
  • urban design
  • hostile architecture
  • poverty

Keywords

  • sustainability
  • equity
  • urban design
  • hostile architecture
  • poverty
  • field recordings
  • C40 Summit

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Cities and Memory, C40 Summit

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