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Philosophy and Imagination

Ideas, thought together, can create a whole world

Tlon is a philosophical research and outreach project. Publishing house, bookstores, podcasts, festivals, education and cultural design: tools for personal and collective flourishing.

Maura Gancitano
Maura Gancitano
Andrea Colamedici
Andrea Colamedici
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An imaginary planet described by Borges. A new world created through the collective effort of imagination. Since 2015, we have been building bridges between ideas and actions.

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An ecosystem where every dimension interweaves with the others

Summer — Autumn 2026

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5 upcoming events
Festival August · Umbria

Ipnocrazia — Umbria Green Festival

A. Colamedici · M. Gancitano · performance

Lab August 28–30 · Alpbach, Austria

European Forum Alpbach — Media & Activism Lab

EFA · D-Hub · ERSTE Foundation · with Nika Kovač

Festival September 24–27 · Piacenza

Festival del Pensare Contemporaneo — Attraversamenti

Philosophical direction · Andrea Colamedici

Exhibition April — September · Barcelona

The Assault on Illusion — Santa Mònica

Centre d’Arts Santa Mònica

Exhibition Autumn · Trento

IO & AI — MUSE

Science Museum

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Festival July 12 · Leverano

Palestina Libera Tutt*

Andrea Colamedici

Festival July 2–5 · Sardinia

Festival Letterario di Gavoi

L’Isola delle Storie

Conference July 1 · Salamanca

Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca

Andrea Colamedici

Presentation June 26 · Beijing

Book Presentation — Chongqing Publishing House

The Performance Society · Chinese edition

Forum June 22–23 · Beijing

2026 Fangtang Forum — Tsinghua University

Fangtang Institute · A. Colamedici jury member

Conference June 5 · Turin

∀ISION_E — Politecnico di Torino

Andrea Colamedici

Conference May 28 · Bucharest

Confindustria Romania

Andrea Colamedici

Festival May 20–23 · Istanbul

The Peripheral Constellation

Andrea Colamedici · Maura Gancitano

Conferences, festivals, presentations, courses and trips in Italy and worldwide

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Publishing

Philosophy, gender studies, social sciences, poetry, fiction.

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Bookstores

Rome and Venice: Teatro Tlon, National Gallery, Villa Medici, Giovanni Bookstore.

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Podcast

School of Philosophies, Thinking European, and other audio projects.

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Events

Thinking Contemporary in Piacenza, Putignano Carnival, lectures, festivals.

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Education

Courses for universities, institutions, companies. In Italy and abroad.

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Research

GenIALab, Generativa, Hypnocracy: artificial intelligence and philosophy.

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The Project

The history, the mission, the founders. Everything Tlon is and wants to be.

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Newsletter

Tlonletter: our weekly newsletter, on Substack.

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Contact

Write to us for collaborations, events, education or to visit the bookstores.

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Featured

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Botany of Wonder
New book

Botany of Wonder

Maura Gancitano · Andrea Colamedici

How can we move forward when everything collapses? An investigation into the human spirit documenting practices of cultural resistance in the cracks of the apocalypse.

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Ipnocrazia

Jianwei Xun — Edizioni Tlon

The Algorithm of Babel

A. Colamedici, S. Arcagni — Solferino

Festival 2026: Crossings

Piacenza, September 24–27

Full Catalog

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Latest Releases — Edizioni Tlon

The Lost Voices of the Gods

The Lost Voices of the Gods

Julian Jaynes

antologia dei saggi più significativi di Julian Jaynes, lo psicologo statunitense che ha formulato una delle ipotesi più radicali e controverse sull'origine della coscienza.

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The Dark Star

The Dark Star

Gary Lachman

Magic and power in the age of Putin and Trump: the influence of esotericism on contemporary geopolitics.

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Mozart in Rock

Mozart in rock

Loredana Lipperini

Genius from classical to pop culture: how Mozart continues to inspire music and mass culture.

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Where to Find Us

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Teatro Tlon Bookstore

Rome Ostiense

Via Federico Nansen, 14
00154 Rome
libreriateatro@tlon.it

Tlon Aleph

National Gallery

Viale delle Belle Arti, 131
00196 Rome
bookshoplagallerianazionale@tlon.it

Villa Medici

French Academy

Viale Trinità dei Monti, 1
00187 Rome

Giovanni Bookstore

Querini Stampalia

Campo Santa Maria Formosa
30122 Venezia

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