Room with a view

Room with a View is an Erasmus+ project created by Biografilm in collaboration with Archilabò and the Dutch organizations ClickF1 and KOPA, funded by the European Union and supported by the Emilia-Romagna Region, the Metropolitan City of Bologna, the Municipality of Bologna, and the Unione Reno Galliera.

A group of secondary school students aged 15 to 19 from Utrecht (Netherlands) and Bologna (Italy)—specifically from Istituto Keynes in Castel Maggiore and Istituto Scappi in Castel San Pietro Terme—took part in classroom-based workshops. Guided by artists from each country, including Cristina Portolano and Chiara Trivelli for Italy, the students reinterpreted European values from a personal and active citizenship perspective using different artistic techniques.

The project resulted in two parallel exhibitions: one held in Utrecht in November 2025, and one at Biblioteca Salaborsa in Bologna, inaugurated in January 2026.

The exhibition Room With a View – What Europe Would You Like? took place at Biblioteca Salaborsa from 21 to 27 January 2026, featuring an opening event, activities, and guided tours for invited school groups.

The exhibition presented a collective vision of hospitality, developed by the students as a personal and shared response to the question “What Europe would you like?”. The participating classes invited visitors to reflect on what makes a person feel— or not feel—at home.

For this reason, the artworks were displayed within a symbolic living room, a domestic space that hosted personal experiences translated into images, illustrations, and audiovisual works created through participatory workshops led by the curating artists.

The result was an active dialogue with visitors, aiming to spark a virtuous cycle of reflection and concrete actions of solidarity.

• Co-create, together with teachers, artists, students, and pupils, an innovative new methodology aligned with citizenship learning objectives in vocational education and training institutions.
• Teach students in vocational schools autonomy and creative freedom to express their perspectives on citizenship through artistic means.
• Improve students’ digital skills and competences.
• Facilitate the development of identity, citizenship, and European values among vocational school students.
• Foster partnerships between European educational institutions.
• Promote the exchange of good practices among teachers from local schools and those in other countries.