{"id":219312,"date":"2026-03-14T05:29:33","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T04:29:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rizosfera.org\/?post_type=artist&p=219312"},"modified":"2026-03-14T13:18:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T12:18:21","slug":"collettivo-maffia","status":"publish","type":"artist","link":"https:\/\/rizosfera.org\/en\/authors\/collettivo-maffia\/","title":{"rendered":"Collettivo Maffia"},"featured_media":219313,"template":"","acf":{"author_type":"Authors and editorial curators","description":"MAFFIA COLLETTIVO<\/strong> is composed by Federico A. Amico, Paolo Davoli, Gabriele Fantuzzi, Luca Roccatagliati, and Letizia Rustichelli. It has been operating informally since the 2020s, later debuting in 2025 as the curatorial collective behind the book Tutte le mani del Maffia<\/strong> <\/em>(Rizosfera, NUKFM027, 2026). The members of Collettivo Maffia identify with the artistic, associative, political, and existential experience of the Maffia Illicit Music Club, a renowned club founded in Reggio Emilia in 1995, which subsequently closed in 2009. In various capacities (including founders, organizers, artistic and creative directors, musicians, and theorists), the members of Collettivo Maffia are involved in the management and organization of the historical archive of the Maffia Illicit Music Club for the benefit of the local and international community through the Maffia Illicit Music Club Foundation.<\/span>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nMEMBERS<\/strong>\r\n\r\nFEDERICO A. AMICO<\/strong> studied Philosophy in Bologna. A writer and essayist in the world of comics \u2014 his recent work includes the reprint of Raymond Capp<\/em><\/strong> for Cosmo Editore, with drawings by Marco Nizzoli \u2014 he was president of the Maffia Illicit Music Club from 1998 to 2005. Parallel to his cultural activities, he has gained extensive experience in associations: he was president of Arci Reggio Emilia (2005-2013) and subsequently of Arci Emilia-Romagna (2014-2020). Spokesperson for the Forum Terzo Settore E.R. between 2016 and 2019, he held the position of Regional Councilor and President of the Commission for Equality and People's Rights during the 2020-2024 term. He is currently President of Acer Reggio Emilia, the agency that manages public residential housing.<\/span>\r\n\r\nPAOLO DAVOLI<\/strong>, an independent researcher, co-edited with Gabriele Fantuzzi the trilogy of books Clubspotting<\/em><\/strong> (Happy Books 2000, 2002, 2005), with philosopher Stefano Oliva the 10th issue of the journal La Deleuziana: Chaos, Rhythm, and Non-Pulsed Man<\/em><\/strong> (La Deleuziana, 2019\/Rizosfera, 2020), and with Gabriele Fantuzzi Naked Punk<\/strong> (Rizosfera, 2024). He founded, with others, the collectives Kom-Fut Manifesto (1989), Rizosfera (2016), Obsolete Capitalism (2013), the clubs Red\u2019Ko (1993-1994) and Maffia (1995-2009) and the electronic music fanzine Ultratomato (2000-2003). President of Rizosfera, he curates the editorial series I forti dell'avvenire<\/em> and Rizonomia<\/em> for Rizosfera, and the sub-labels Armcomm Europe, Rizosfera America, NUKFM, and Rizosfera Transmedia.<\/span>\r\n\r\nGABRIELE FANTUZZI<\/strong>, an illustrator, graphic designer, creative director at Delicatessen Design Studio, and teacher at Scuola Comics. He founded, with others, the Arci club Il Signor Spartaco (1989), the comics magazine Arena (1990), and the Kom-Fut Manifesto collective. He was the artistic director and founder of the Red\u2019ko and Maffia clubs. He curated the visual identity of the magazine Ultratomato (UT), the Clubspotting<\/em><\/strong> books, Obsolete Capitalism, and Rizosfera. With the publisher Happy Books, he created the illustration book series Mondofragile<\/em> <\/strong>and Mascotte<\/strong><\/em> (2002-2004). Together with Paolo Davoli, he is the editor of Naked Punk<\/em><\/strong> (Rizosfera, 2024). He is the tireless curator and organizer of the book Tutte le mani del Maffia<\/em><\/strong> (Rizosfera, NUKFM 027, 2026).<\/span>\r\n\r\nLUCA ROCCATAGLIATI<\/strong>, whose stage name\/nickname is DJ Rocca, is a producer and musician active since the 1990s, with a repertoire of 15 albums, approximately ninety singles, and over a hundred remixes. He has released music on the best dance music labels and has collaborated with Andrew Weatherall, Howie B, Jazzanova, Dimitri From Paris, Fran\u00e7ois Kevorkian, Franco D\u2019Andrea, and Daniele Baldelli. Starting as a resident and art director of the Maffia Club, he has performed both as a DJ and as a musician in clubs all over the world, from London to Berlin, from Oslo to Barcelona, Paris, Turkey, Japan, China, the United Arab Emirates, the United States, and Brazil.<\/span>\r\n\r\nLETIZIA RUSTICHELLI<\/strong>, <\/span>a lecturer in Italian language and literature at Sichuan International Studies University in Chongqing (China). She co-founded, with others, the Institute of Dubbology<\/strong>, one of the first Italian club culture agencies which served as the organizational hub for the Maffia Club\u2019s events, where she also held the role of administrative and legal officer. With Paolo Davoli, she founded the cultural association Rizosfera in 2016, and until 2025, she managed its polymedia productions from concept to completion. She oversees the English translations of texts of all Rizosfera's published works. She edited the books Lost in Translation<\/em><\/strong> (Tecnograf, 2009) and La <\/em>storica cocciuta<\/em><\/strong> (Tecnograf, 2008), co-authored with Monica Valcavi, on the mechanisms of editorial translations of postcolonial English-language authors into Italian. In 2025, she translated Paolo Bertoni's Adi Newton: Second Sight<\/em><\/strong> from Italian into English for the UK-based publisher PC-Press, together with Peter Webb.","featured_image":219313,"image_gallery":"","links":null,"in_evidenza":true,"role_description":"Collettivo fondatore del Maffia Illicit Music Club (1995-2009) e gestore della Fondazione Maffia","short_bio":"COLLETTIVO MAFFIA \u00e8 composto da Federico A. Amico, Paolo Davoli, Gabriele Fantuzzi, Luca Roccatagliati, Letizia Rustichelli. Agisce in maniera informale negli anni Venti del XXI secolo, per poi esordire come collettivo curatore del libro 'Tutte la mani del Maffia' (Rizosfera, NUKFM027, 2026). I membri del Collettivo Maffia si riconoscono nell'esperienza artistica, associativa, filosofica, politica ed esistenziale del Maffia Illicit Music Club, un celebre club nato a Reggio Emilia nel 1995, chiuso successivamente nel 2009. A vario titolo (tra cui fondatori, organizzatori, direttori artistici e creativi, musicisti, teorici) i membri del Collettivo Maffia si occupano della gestione e organizzazione dell'archivio storico del Maffia Illicit Music Club a favore della comunit\u00e0 reggiana, emiliana, italiana e internazionale. \r\nCOLLABORATORI\r\nHa studiato Filosofia a Bologna. Scrittore e saggista nel mondo dei fumetti\r\n\u2014 recente \u00e8 la ristampa di Raymond Capp per Cosmo Editore, con i disegni\r\ndi Marco Nizzoli \u2014 \u00e8 presidente del Maffia Illicit Music Club dal 1998 al 2005.\r\nParallelamente all\u2019attivit\u00e0 culturale,\r\nFEDERICO A. AMICO,\r\nRoma, 1971\r\nha maturato una lunga esperienza\r\nnell\u2019associazionismo: \u00e8 stato presidente\r\ndi Arci Reggio Emilia (2005-2013) e successivamente di Arci Emilia-Romagna\r\n(2014-2020). Portavoce del Forum Terzo Settore E.R. tra il 2016 e il 2019, ha\r\nricoperto la carica di Consigliere regionale e Presidente della Commissione per la\r\nParit\u00e0 e i Diritti delle persone nel mandato 2020-2024.Attualmente \u00e8 Presidente\r\ndi Acer Reggio Emilia, l\u2019azienda che gestisce il patrimonio residenziale pubblico.\r\nDisegnatore, grafico direttore creativo di Delicatessen Design Studio e docente Scuola Comics. Ha\r\nfondato con altri il circolo Arci Il Signor Spartaco (1989), la rivista di fumetti Arena (1990) e il collettivo\r\nGABRIELE FANTUZZI\r\nKom-Fut Manifesto. \u00c8 stato direttore artistico e fondatore dei club Red\u2019ko e Maffia.\r\nReggio Emilia, 1967\r\nHa curato l\u2019identit\u00e0 visiva della rivista UT, dei libri Clubspotting, di OC e di Rizosfera.\r\nCon l\u2019editore Happy Books ha realizzato la serie di libri di illustrazione Mondofragile\r\ne Mascotte (2002-2004). Insieme a Paolo Davoli, \u00e8 autore di Naked Punk (Rizosfera, 2024).\r\nGiornalista musicale sin dalla fine degli anni \u201890, firma prima del\r\nMucchio e ora di Rolling Stone e molti altri, esplora da sempre\r\nquel terreno prismatico ed obliquo che sono le intersezioni e\r\ncollisioni tra mainstream ed underground.\r\nDAMIR IVIC\r\nAl Maffia lo legano un paio d\u2019anni di lavoro ad\r\ninizio anni 2000 ed un\u2019infinita stima - inizialmente quasi un\r\ntimore reverenziale.\r\nEDITING\r\nALESSANDRO\r\n\u2018JUMBO\u2019\r\nMANFREDINI\r\nColorito nel lessico e colorato nel vestire. Ha una certa fama in qualit\u00e0\r\ndesigner. Tra le altre cose ha fondato una delle\r\ndiscoteche pi\u00f9 leggendarie d\u2019Italia: il Graffio.\r\nGRAFICHE\r\nMARIASOLE BOMBARDI\r\nBologna, 2003\r\nA 16 anni fonda One of One Studio.\r\nELISABETTA BAR\r\nReggio Emilia, 1998\r\nGraphic designer indipendente\r\ncon base a Barcellona.\r\nAppassionata di arte visiva e design\r\ncontemporaneo.\r\nDJ Rocca \u00e8 un produttore e musicista attivo dagli anni novanta, con un repertorio\r\ndi 15 album, circa novanta singoli e pi\u00f9 di cento remix. Ha pubblicato sulle migliori\r\netichette del settore dance, e collaborato con Andrew Weatherall, Howie B,\r\nLUCA ROCCATAGLIATI\r\nReggio Emilia, 1965\r\nJazzanova, Dimitri From Paris, Fran\u00e7ois Kevorkian\r\nFranco D\u2019Andrea e Daniele Baldelli. Partendo\r\nPAOLO DAVOLI\r\nReggio Emilia, 1962\r\nRicercatore indipendente, ha curato con Gabriele Fantuzzi la trilogia di libri\r\nClubspotting (Happy Books 2000, 2002, 2005), con il filosofo Stefano Oliva\r\nil numero 10 della rivista La Deleuziana Caos, ritmo e uomo non-pulsato\r\n(Rizosfera, 2020) e con Gabriele Fantuzzi Naked Punk\r\n(Rizosfera, 2024). Ha fondato, con altri, i collettivi\r\nKom-Fut Manifesto (1989), Rizosfera (2016), Obsolete\r\nCapitalism (2013), i club Red\u2019Ko (1993-1994) e Maffia (1995-2009) e la\r\nfanzine di musica elettronica Ultratomato (2000-2003).\r\ncome resident ed art director del Maffia Club, si \u00e8\r\nesibito nei club di quasi tutto il mondo, da Londra a Berlino, da Oslo a Barcellona,\r\nParigi, Turchia, Giappone, Cina, Emirati Arabi, Stati Uniti e Brasile."},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rizosfera.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist\/219312"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rizosfera.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rizosfera.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/artist"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rizosfera.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/219313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rizosfera.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}