Street art is an “unexpected and impertinent” art form, at least according to the group of young people working to breathe new life into Italian suburbs by enhancing the creativity of their residents. What Inward is and what it does, in the words of its founder Luca Borriello.
East Naples, Ponticelli district. One of Italy's most difficult and complex suburbs. A young area with the highest rates of school dropout and unemployment, set within a context where crime threatens the prospects of individual development and that of the entire community. It is from here that a network of social and cultural organisations is trying to change the destiny of its residents through the "adoption" of Parco Merola, already renamed Parco dei murales, in an attempt to give hope back to the entire neighbourhood with a project of artistic regeneration and social renewal based on street art.
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Leading the charge is Inward, an urban creativity observatory. To find out more, we put some questions to Luca Borriello, the organisation's research director. So far, six of the eight planned street art works have been completed in the East Naples park, on as many bui