Guido Tattoni

Every year, when welcoming NABA’s new students, I focus on a theme from the contemporary world.
This year, I began with a slightly unusual wish for anyone starting their university journey: I told them that I hope they finish their journey here with more doubts than they had when they started.
I chose to speak about uncertainty because we live in a time that constantly demands answers, positions and certainty, often before we have had the chance to understand the complexity of the questions themselves.
It is true that education should give us knowledge and tools. But it should also make us less satisfied with easy answers, more capable of recognising complexity, and more comfortable with questions that need to remain open for a little longer.
And then, when the time comes, able to make a choice even without the comfort of certainty.
Doubts are not a sign of weakness, but the evidence of a critical mindset, which is probably the most valuable instrument in a artist's toolbox.

Welcome to NABA and have a wondeful Academic Year!