In this section there are three videos produced in connection with the O2K Open to Knowledge project; they respectively constitute a reference case study, one of the outcomes of the project and a summary of the concluding conference:

“Bring us your arms” was produced by two artists, Andy Abbott and Yvonne Carmichael, who attended the Unidee residence at Cittadellarte-Fondazione Pistoletto from July to October 2006. The video presents a description of the process of economic development which involved two cities, Leeds and Bradford, following the economic crisis due to the collapse of the textile sector. Using interviews with local stakeholders, the two artists bring out the antithetic characteristics of the two cities and of the lines of strategy adopted.

“Finchè la barchetta va” ("Until the boat goes"), is a success story from the O2K project. The intention behind its production was to get the instruments of creativity adopted in the public service. It is, in fact, a video produced by the Associazione Verso l'Agio by involving the public servants who wrote the script.

“Aprire alla conoscenza. Generare sviluppo” ("Opening out to knowledge. Generating development") is a summary of the conference of that name organised at Cittadellarte on 22 June 2007. It is made up of three videos which can be watched separately and which sum up the three sections of the conference: I risultati del progetto (The results of the project) with contributions from Marco Ricchetti, the chief executive officer of Hermes Lab, Roberto Di Monaco, SRF Director, the Società Ricerca e Formazione [Research and Training Society] and Manuela Vinai of the Ass. Verso l'Agio; Approfondimenti (In-depth examinations) with contributions from Ewelina K. Gozdzik, Academy of Humanities and Economics and Josep Capellá Hereo, Consorzio Alba-Ter; Tavola rotonda (Round Table) with contributions from Marisa Lucano, Councillor of the Province of Biella, Federico Hary, Vice-President of the Biella Region Industrial Union, Massimo Foscale, Director of the Biella Confartigianato [Craft Trades Confederation], Piero Garavello, official at Biella CNA, Federico Trombini, representative of the organisations CGIL [Italian General Confederation of Labour], CISL and FIM.CISL, and Edmondo Grosso, President of Biella CNA.
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