Little Fun Palace goes to VANDALI, by Studiolatte, and hosts Ya Know The Name, the ultimate battleground of Italian freestyle. Over the years, this Milan-based reality has become the city’s leading freestyle contest—one of the most important in Italy. Countless battles have taken place, countless MCs have stepped into the fire of YKTN. Some are well-known figures in the Italian freestyle movement, some are rising talents searching for their space, while others are already established names in the national rap scene.
A caravan. A small, portable pavilion. A bar. A fleeting gathering place. An homage to the Fun Palace, the legendary project by architect Cedric Price and theater director Joan Littlewood, who in the 1960s envisioned a “university of the streets”—a laboratory of fun.
Little Fun Palace is a parasite project, presented alongside OHT’s performances but also existing independently, hosting encounters, dialogues, dances, and every possible form of spontaneity.
A project that highlights what happens after the cultural offering—the moment when ideas, words, and people’s reactions need space to unfold. Little Fun Palace fills a contemporary void by reviving the fundamental role of public spaces: to be an open forum for spontaneous encounters.
Little Fun Palace brings together artists, philosophers, economists, scientists, engineers, architects, sociologists, writers, meteorologists, and more—who, on each occasion, engage in discussions on timely and urgent themes, defined in collaboration with an advisory team and the hosting institution.
With a free, independent, and collaborative spirit, Little Fun Palace explores reality across its various fields, conducting a seriously spontaneous investigation that frees intelligence from the clouds of intellectualism.
This event is part of Performing Architecture ↗, a roaming festival that, from April 3 to 13, will weave through five neighborhoods in South Milan, tracing a path between architecture and performing arts.
Five neighborhoods, five visions, a laboratory of experimentation where architecture becomes body, sound, ritual, and shelter. A collective thought experiment exploring new ways of inhabiting the city, turning spaces into places of connection, action, and listening.
Performing Architecture is a project born from the collaboration between BASE Milano and DOPO? and is among the winning projects of the Festival Architettura, promoted by the Ministry of Culture’s General Directorate for Contemporary Creativity to support, promote and enhance contemporary Italian architecture.
