The Venue
Viaraffineria is based in a former car warehouse in the centre of the city’s old industrial area. Established in 2019, the space hosts visual and performing arts projects in collaboration with artists and researchers, including international ones, through a residency programme in the area.
Viaraffineria realises experimental projects by encouraging the creation of networks and collaborations with the different realities of contemporary art: with this purpose, it hosts ‘Sicilia orientale’, which consists of a mapping of projects dedicated to contemporary art in the Sicilian territory and which also represents a platform for the presentation of research aimed at interacting with the reference context.