Naples, like Los Angeles and Mexico City, has always existed in a state of postmodernity, a stratified agglomerate on the brink of natural catastrophe. The fact that the city sits geographically "under the volcano" has become a metaphor for its culture and its life. One lives there in constant expectation; anything can happen at any time. This is why Naples is simultaneously chaotic and a laboratory for the possible.
The Casina Pompeiana is a case in point. Artists Eugenio Giliberti and Nino Longobardi and filmmaker Mario Franco managed to convince the Municipality of Naples - specifically the "Assessorato all'Identita" (Identity office), perhaps the only government …
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