DAILY DÉRIVE
Giovanna Silva (Artist & Publisher)
& Matteo Binci (Curator)

The emblematic Daily Dérives, a programme of conversations led by leading figures from the art world, will again welcome this year’s visitors who are eager for expert guidance and the sharp eye of the invited professionals. Each « dérive » remains true to the Situationist meaning of the term, to wander and be drawn “by the attractions of the terrain” (Guy Debord). These unique moments warmly invite visitors to discover the exhibition through the eyes of an expert in a more intimate setting, thus giving rise to invaluable insights and affirming each person in their relationship to contemporary art.

Giovanna Silva is a Milan-based artiste and publisher. Between 2005 and 2007 she was a regular contributor to the magazine Domus, and from 2007 to 2011, served as photo editor of the magazine Abitare. In 2014, she participated in the Venice Architectural Biennale with the project Nightswimming, Discotheques in Italy from the 1960s until now. She has participated in exhibitions at MACRO in Rome, Fondazione Bevilacqua la Masa in Venice, at the Triennale, Milan and at the American Academy, Rome. She is the founder of Humboldt Books and San Rocco Magazine. She teaches at NABA Milan and ISIA Urbino.
Her books include Days without Number, Napoli*, Black Coffee No Sugar. Genova, Milan. City, I listen to your heart, Islamabad Today, Imeldific, Tehran, 17 April 1975: a Cambodian Journey, Afghanistan: 0 Rh-, Syria: A Travel Guide to Disappearance, Foxtrot Gate – Cyprus, Libya: Inch by Inch, House by House, Alley by Alley, Baghdad: Red Zone, Green Zone, Babylon (Mousse Publishing); Saudiscapes, Never walk on crowded street - Rome (Nero Editions);UN, CH (bruno); Niemeyer4ever, Palmyrah (Art Paper Editions); Walk like an Egyptian, Good Boy 0372, Motto Books and Mr. Bawa, I Presume (Hatje Cantz).

Matteo Binci is a curator and cultural project designer. His research focuses on the convergence of art and politics, and on the processes that shape bodies and political subjectivities. He is drawn to collective practices and the study of ecosystems. He was curatorial and editorial coordinator at MACRO, Rome (2022–2024).
In 2025 he founded Mebiam, a consultancy specialising in subsidised funding and fundraising for non-profit organisations. That same year, he co-founded OSA – Osservatorio Sant’Anna, a multidisciplinary laboratory of cultural practices for the participatory regeneration of the Sant’Anna complex in Venice.
He is currently working on the editorial projects Sound Chronicles (2025), Hill of Desires (Viaindustriae, 2025) and …E Prini (Sternberg Press, 2025). He developed and curated the following projects: Ecologia A/sociale (2023), commissioned by the Fondazione La Biennale di Venezia; the public programme Hacerse Mundo (2022) at the Italian Cultural Institute in Mexico City; Traffic Festival (2019–2024). He worked as assistant curator at the Fondazione Quadriennale di Roma and on the exhibition FUORI Quadriennale d’Arte 2020.