Cities against the End of the World
COUNTLESS CITIES THE BIENNIAL OF TH CITY OF THE WORLD 2027
We are living through a time of profound global instability. Democracies are under increasing pressure, civil rights are being eroded, and armed conflicts alongside the climate crisis are reshaping borders, migration, and inequality. In this context, cities are no longer merely places where social life unfolds; they have become the primary arenas where the possibilities for freedom, peace, and human dignity are negotiated and defended. Countless Cities 2027 is born from a fundamental question: what role can cities play today in defending freedom, fostering prospects for peace, and safeguarding the right to inhabit a world marked by global disorder? The Biennial is conceived as an international platform for research, dialogue, and civic imagination. It is not dedicated to the world's most successful or iconic cities, but to the cities that resist, that welcome, and that experiment with new ways of caring for people in an era defined by multiple, interconnected crises.
COUNTLESS CITIES
THE BIENNIAL OF THE CITIES OF THE WORLD
SICILY · SINCE 2019
An international biennial held every two years in Sicily, bringing together cities, artists, architects, researchers, activists and communities from around the world to explore the challenges shaping urban life and imagine possible futures.
ONE PLANET. COUNTLESS CITIES. A FUTURE TO REIMAGINE.Cities explore how freedom can be defended, peace can be built and the human value of dwelling can be restored in a world marked by conflict, displacement and inequality.
❋ 2027 — CITIES AGAINST THE END OTWThe world is usually represented through nations. Countless Cities chooses another geography: Cities.
Places where people meet, differences coexist and the most urgent challenges of our time become visible. Places where change can begin.
Every two years, FARM Cultural Park brings together cities, artists, architects, photographers, researchers, activists and communities from around the world. Not to predict one future, but to imagine many possible futures. Together.
African cities, youth awakening and social innovation: the first journey through creativity, resilience and urban transformation.
❋ 2019 — THE FIRST JOURNEYA human approach to cities, exploring new ways of living together, social enterprise, creative communities and greener futures.
❋ 2021 — A MORE HUMAN APPROACHUtopias, nature and youth power: cities become laboratories where alternative ways of living and possible futures take shape.
❋ 2023 — IMAGINING THE IMPOSSIBLE❋ 2025 — CITIES UNDER ATTACKCities explore war, freedom and human rights, as Countless Cities also gives birth to a permanent museum in Palermo.
Four editions, five continents, hundreds of stories.
From Favara, Countless Cities has connected artists, architects, activists and communities from across the world, transforming different urban experiences into a shared geography of ideas, struggles and possibilities.
Partendo da Favara, Countless Cities ha messo in relazione artisti, architetti, attivisti e comunità provenienti da tutto il mondo, trasformando esperienze urbane diverse in una geografia condivisa di idee, lotte e possibilità.
People
Every city is made of lives, memories, dreams and people who refuse to give up.
MICHAEL SOI AND LYRA AOKO | NAIROBI
Cities
Cities reveal who we are: what we have built, what we have broken and what we still have the power to change.
PYONGYANG | KOREAN DREAM | FILIPPO VENTURI
Wounds
War, inequality, displacement and climate change leave their marks on places—and on the people who inhabit them.
WOUNDS OF HONG KONG | CHUNG MING
Repair
To repair the world, we must begin where life happens: in our cities, our communities and our relationships.
FREEDOM COVE | VANCOUVER ISLAND | CARLO BEVILACQUA
The next city has not yet been imagined.
Countless Cities is an open and evolving platform. Cities, universities, cultural institutions, artists, researchers and communities from around the world are invited to take part in the next journey.
Countless Cities è una piattaforma aperta e in continua evoluzione. Città, università, istituzioni culturali, artisti, ricercatori e comunità di tutto il mondo sono invitati a prendere parte al prossimo viaggio.