Arts-based room for attention and creative wellbeing
RÓNG
to integrate, to merge, to harmonize
Evoking the material quality of things that dissolve and expand.
The Practice of Making Space
Where creative arts, ecology and social practice meet to foster transformation.
Rooted in years of research across public art, Chinese philosophy, embodied practices and cultural design, Rong Place makes room for attention. Through immersive experiences, learning journeys and collaborative projects, it invites children and adults to slow down, listen, and meet one another with authenticity to reconnect and imagine new ways of being together.
ACTIVE VOID
Room for Attention
We live in a world that rarely stops talking to us. Active Void is a simple principle: an empty space can restore presence and exert agency.
Here, the principle becomes a practice — a room with a few simple rules: no devices, no rush, no performance. Inside, guided practices of body, language, vibration and symbols help attention, listening and shared creation return.
As a permanent room, a mobile installation or a workshop: in schools and universities, cultural venues and places of transit.
What we do
EXPERIENCE
Collective Space
Immersive practice formats where art, movement, sound and symbolic representation become tools for connection and learning. Each format is site-responsive, adapting to the identity of a place while cultivating presence, participation and collective imagination.
LEARN
Expressive Space
Dedicated one-to-one journeys that combine symbolic inquiry and language as practices of attention and learning. Each encounter becomes a space for deeper listening, reflection and decision-making.
DESIGN
Shared Space
Collaborative projects developed with cultural institutions, hospitality venues, educational organisations and research platforms to develop participatory projects shaped by artistic research, cultural design and the specific qualities and needs of each context.
From Research to Practice
APPROACH
We explore four languages of human expression — Body, Language, Vibration and Symbols — through a relational and participatory approach. Looking beyond the artistic object itself, our approach is rooted in the anthropology of human exchange, exploring rituals, celebrations and shared creative acts as spaces where individual experience and collective life meet.
FRAMEWORK
Three principles guide every project:
I . Active Void - Creating space, noticing the gap, embracing its potential.
II. Attentive Care - Listening with discipline, curiosity and respect for what emerges.
III. Embodied Meaning - Learning to respond, merging in co-creation.
About the founder
Federica Buonsante, PhD | RYT
Researcher, Cultural Designer & Arts Facilitator
With a background in Chinese studies and cross-cultural research in public art, embodiment and participatory practice, her work investigates how movement, ritual and shared creative acts shape the way people relate to space, culture, society and one another. In 2020, she founded Rong Place in Puglia, Italy, as a blank stage-room for exploring participatory art and creative wellbeing during times of global uncertainty. Today, her work continues , bringing these formats to schools and organizations internationally.
Partners and Patrons
