Querini Stampalia Foundation of Venice

The aim was to continue to carry out the activity, albeit remotely, in accordance with the physical distance measures imposed by the Covid19 health emergency, and to respond to the need to offer well-being and leisure to participants – elderly people, for an improvement of their quality of life. By applying the Time Slips method developed in 1998 by Anne Basting, participants have the opportunity to express their creativity through the construction of stories born from the guided observation of an artwork. Imagination, stimulated by artwork and a series of targeted questions, allows participants to tell themselves and communicate their emotions. The method provides new stimuli and approaches to the work of art to keep the dialogue alive and stimulate the word and imagination. The distance mode implies the active participation of caregivers who through a collaboration with the staff of the Foundation have assumed the new role of cultural mediators.