Fabrizio Modina @ OGR Talks
Modern Mythology: superpowers to rediscover culture

An event by OGR Torino in collaboration with Fondazione M-Cube

Monday, April 20, 2026 | 6.30 PM
Duomo | OGR Torino

Free admission
Reservations available

On Monday, April 20 at 6.30 PM, a new appointment with OGR Talks will feature Fabrizio Modina, exploring the role of “Modern Mythology” in contemporary languages.

In his talk, Fabrizio Modina will guide the audience through the evolution of the pop imagination, from animation to comics, from video games to television and literature, showing how in recent decades a shared symbolic system has been built, capable of spanning different generations and activating deep forms of identification.

Building on these premises, the event examines the potential of Modern Mythology as a tool to reinterpret complex themes, anthropological, narrative and value-based, and to bring diverse audiences closer to culture, including forms that are more distant in time and space. Alongside the heroes of myth and tradition, the contemporary era produces new iconic figures from the worlds of music, fashion, sport and cinema, helping to redefine the collective imagination.

The event is part of the program accompanying the Italian preview of the exhibition Superheroes – The Origins of the Myth, scheduled from May 8 to September 27, 2026 at the Castello di Novara, co-curated by Modina. During the talk, he will lead the audience through a sort of open workshop, offering interpretative keys and tools to understand this cultural universe. Historian Emanuela Zilio will also join remotely from Berlin.

FABRIZIO MODINA
Fabrizio Modina works in education in the field of fashion design and in the history of Modern Mythology, which he teaches at UniTo. As a collector and historian, he has contributed to exhibitions such as Watch Me Move! (Barbican Art Gallery, London) and Cose da un altro mondo (National Museum of Cinema, Turin), for which he also co-curated Manga Impact. He has been part of the scientific committees of international exhibitions, including Kyoto-Tokyo, des Samouraïs aux Mangas (Grimaldi Forum, Monaco) and Japan: from Samurai to Mazinger (Casa dei Carraresi, Treviso). As co-curator, he has worked on numerous exhibition projects, such as Guerriere dal Sol Levante (MAO, Turin), Robot: The Human Project (MUDEC, Milan) and Diana, a free spirit (Reggia di Venaria Reale). For the Vittoriano Complex in Rome, he conceived Guerre Stellari Play, an exhibition-event dedicated to the history of Star Wars. He is the author of the encyclopedic trilogy Super Robot Files, considered unique in the Western context for the study of Japanese robots. Since 2022, he has been promoter and president of Fondazione M-Cube, established with the aim of enhancing and promoting Italy’s heritage related to Modern Mythology through research, museum design, education, archiving and conservation activities.

 

USEFUL INFORMATION

• It will be possible to book for a maximum of two people. At the end of the form, the screen “You’re almost there!” will appear. At this point, a confirmation email will be sent to each of the two email addresses provided.


• The booking will be valid if and only if it is confirmed and the QR code required for access is received. Until each user has confirmed via the dedicated email, the seat will remain available and bookable.


• If the confirmation is not completed in time, the seat will be reassigned and the user will be placed on the waiting list. It is therefore recommended to complete the entire process as soon as possible to avoid losing the reserved seat.


• Access to the venue with a reservation will be possible from 6.00 PM and is guaranteed until 6.30 PM. After this time, the seat may be reassigned.


• Those on the waiting list may queue in a dedicated lane. Holders of this type of ticket will be allowed access to the venue only if, once all reserved guests have entered, there are still seats available. Entry will be granted in order of arrival.