How does a novel get turned into a TV series? What changes are made to a film to turn it into a video game? The day will focus on transmedia storytelling, from the jungles of Malaysia to artificial intelligence.
- 3.30 pm – Wikipedia Editathon. Volunteers from Wikimedia Italia – Marco Chemello, Elisabetta Tarasco and Elena Marangoni – will teach us how to improve Wikipedia entries on Salgari’s novels and their adaptations, how to check Wikisource, and how to work on Wikimedia Commons.
- 4.00 pm – Waluigi’s Purgatory: a transmedia hackathon. Domenico Morreale and Laura Cossu, lecturers at the Polytechnic University of Turin, will present the interactive projects from the eponymous 2025 transmedia hackathon: a creative workshop that challenged students to imagine new digital narratives on the future of artificial intelligence, starting from Waluigi’s Purgatory, a work by the artistic duo dmstfctn, centred on the story of an AI trapped in a purgatory for deceptive artificial intelligences. Afterwards, visitors will be able to interact with the sequels and parallel narratives created by the students.
- 5.00 pm – guided tour. Curators Silvia Casolari and Davide Monopoli will lead a tour of the exhibition Sandokan. The Return of the Tiger, with a particular focus on the theme ‘Emilio Salgari and exoticism: from Labuan to Lamezia Terme’.
- 5.30 pm – The Tiger Beyond the Page. Sandokan in the media and the collective imagination. Round table: with the participation of Alfonso Amendola (University of Salerno), Chiara Maria Frandina, Bruna Mancini and Carla Tempestoso (University of Calabria), we will analyse how the character of Sandokan has become an icon of the collective imagination and explore the locations of the new series. Moderated by the Directors of Mufant.
Piazza Riccardo Valla 5, Torino