Archive

2011

3 December 2011, Thessaloniki (Greece)
MEETING OF THE MEDITERRANEAN CULTURAL PARLIAMENT, 3rd Thessaloniki Biennal of Contemporary Art >>>

18-19 November 2011, Bolzano, Mantua, Trento
Cult Tour, exploring innovation centres of Italian culture >>>

12 November 2011, Montevarchi (Arezzo)
Third Paradise, dialogue between Michelangelo Pistoletto and artway of thinking, Ginestra Fabbrica della Conoscenza >>>

7-8 October 2011, Bologna, Correggio, Reggio Emilia
Cult Tour, exploring innovation centres of Italian culture >>>

12 September - 16 October 2011, London (UK)
Love Difference Table at Crossover - creativity meets creativity, Galleria Illy hosted by FLOS Moroso >>>

30 June 2011 – 30 January 2012, Turin
Love Difference Carpets and Love Difference football table exhibited at Palazzo Leonardo

22 June 2011, Rome
“Art and football for Love Difference” raffle for the special edition t-shirts of AS Roma Love Difference, signed by M. Pistoletto, at Fandango Incontro >>>

19 June 2011, Biella
Love Difference at Unidee – University of Ideas >>>

18 June 2011, Galbiate (Lecco)
“I Tavoli del Mediterraneo” installation and conference around Love Difference Table >>>

10 June - 25 November 2011, Biella
“Identità al Centro” at the exhibition “Art, city and urban transformation” Cittadellarte-Fondazione Pistoletto >>>

2 June 2011, Venice
“Art and football for Love Difference” raffle for the special edition t-shirts of AS Roma Love Difference, signed by Michelangelo Pistoletto, at Palazzo Marin >>>

10-11 May 2011, Marseille (France)
Meeting of the Mediterranean Cultural Parliament and 'Continent Méditerranée' at [mac] Contemporary Art Museum of Marseille >>>

19 April e 23 June 2011, Rome
A Mediterranean Cultural Parliament meeting, open to public, around the Love Difference Table inside the exhibition dedicated to Cittadellarte at MAXXI, Rome >>>

30 April 2011, Montevarchi (Arezzo)
Closure event of the exhibition “Transformation – chemistry of change” with the presentation of the canvases realized during two months of activity at Ginestra Fabbrica della Conoscenza >>>

17 April, Montevarchi (Arezzo)
Workshop “Fragile equilibriums” by Modidi … sustainable creations, within the exhibition “Transformation – chemistry of change” at Ginestra Fabbrica della Conoscenza >>>

16 April, Montevarchi (Arezzo)
Two workshops within the exhibition “Transformation – chemistry of change” at Ginestra Fabbrica della Conoscenza: “Augmented Action Learning” by Sharazad Consulting and “ You are a postural project” by Dr Max Rapkin >>>

14 April 2011, Milan
A presentation of “Transformation – chemistry of change” at Fuorisalone of Appartamento Lago >>>

8-11 April, Milan
Manzoni Gallery introduces “The Mediterranean seas – Love Difference chairs” at Miart >>>

6 April – 4 May 2011, Milan
“Love Difference night” with exhibition of carpets realized by Pistoletto & Gudran and Love Difference football table cup >>>

1-3 April, Montevarchi (Arezzo)
Three workshops for Ginestra Fabbrica della Conoscenza: “Why, for whom, to do what” by La Banca del Tempo; “Knowledge can transform” by Hoffman Institute; 'Temporary open” by 121+ extemporary bookshop >>>
Flyer in formato PDF

1–30 April, Montevarchi (Arezzo)
“Transformation – chemistry of change”, exhibition and experiences from the research Methods – Processes of change at Ginestra Fabbrica della Conoscenza >>>

4 March – 4 September 2011, Rome
Love Difference Table at MAXXI within the exhibition 'Cittadellarte' >>>

3 February 2011, Florence
Love Difference takes part to “Art languages”, conferences about art and public sphere at Teatro Studio Scandicci >>>

2010

October - November 2010, Montevarchi (AR)
In Montevarchi (Tuscany) the project "Identità al Centro" ("Identity at the Centre") by artway of thinking and Love Difference >>>

21 October 2010, Turin
At Eataly, in the within of the international event Terra Madre, a meeting of presentation and tasting of a new sweet inspired by Love Difference Pastries, with Michelangelo Pistoletto and the world-known chef Gualtiero Marchesi. >>>

18 - 19 September 2010, Paris (France)
Mediterranean Carpets and Love Difference Pastries at Dix-sur-Dix Festiforum >>>

11 September 2010, Lecco
Love Difference Assembly >>>

17 - 18 July 2010, Asiago (VI)
Love Difference special postal marking at the Asagio International Prize of Philatelic Art

from June 8th 2010, Rivoli (Turin)
The Love Difference table-football exhibited at Castello di Rivoli. >>>

5 - 27 June 2010, Galbiate (Lecco)
Love Difference takes part in "Barro Montagna delle Genti". >>>

1 - 12 June 2010, Albisola (Savona)
Love Difference at "Albisola-Betlemme. Le mille e una notte".

20 - 24 May 2010, Biella
Methods 5th edition: the workshop in Cittadellarte >>>

16 April 2010, Milan
RAMradioartemobile and Love Difference in LAGO Apartment, in the within of Salone del Mobile >>>

25 - 27 March 2010, Milan
Love Difference table football with Radioartemobile at the contemporary art fair MiArt >>>

29 - 31 January 2010, Bologna
The Mediterraneans - Love Difference Chairs at ArteFiera Art First >>>

2009

17 - 18 December 2009, New York (USA)
Love Difference Pastries at the events to present the new Furla Love Difference collection >>>

1 December 2009 - 16 January 2010, Bergamo
The Mediterraneans - Love Difference Chairs: the project developed together with Alias on show at the 27AD Gallery >>>

22 November - 24 December, Palazzolo S/O (Brescia)
Mediterranean Carpets and Love Difference Pastries on show at the Love Difference Club >>>

15 - 18 October 2009, Florence
Love Difference at the Festival della Creatività in Florence with the workshop "Never ending textures – Let’s build together a Mediterranean Carpet" >>>

17 - 21 September 2009, Verona
Love Difference with R.A.M. RadioArteMobile at the fair ArtVerona >>>

24 July - 16 August 2009, Sardinia
Love Difference in Oristano and other places in Sardinia for the 11th edition of the Dromos Festival, in the spirit of “Clandestino” (“Clandestine)”. >>>

4 July - 25 October 2009, Île de Vassivière (France)
Love Difference Pastries at the “Café de l'île” of the Centre International d'art et du paysage, Île de Vassivière for “Patisserie Love Difference, Michelangelo Pistoletto & Love Difference”.>>>

from 3 July 2009, Biella
Mediterranean Tables and Love Difference Chairs on exhibition for Arte al Centro 2009 at Cittadellate. >>>

2 - 3 July 2009, Montpellier (France)
Love Difference at the European Forum of Montpellier: a broad civic consultation on the role of culture within the construction of Europe organised by ADCEI and the Euromedinculture network.>>>

28 June 2009, Biella
Love Difference Pastries at the Festival Inpiazzo | Piazzoff>>>

13 June 2009, Palazzolo sull'Oglio (Mantova)
At Osteria La Villetta a fundraising lunch with Michelangelo Pistoletto, to present the project “Mediterraneans - Love Difference Chairs”>>>

30 May -14 June 2009, Galbiate (Lecco)
Love Difference and Cittadellarte take part in the Festival Din Don D’Arte 2009 - Genti in Viaggio, devoted to different forms of travelling. In the programme of the Festival four meetings and debates around the Love Difference Table. >>>

23 May – 1 November 2009, Stra (Venice)
The Love Difference Table on exhibition in Villa Pisani for “Classici del Contemporaneo”. >>>

22 - 23 May 2009, Miasino and Ameno (Novara)
Love Difference and Michelangelo Pistoletto at the conference "Futura. Changes and visions of the contemporary”, organised by Asilo Bianco in collaboration with the Department of Mental Health of Novara Hospital. >>>

1 - 2 May, Murcia (Spain)
Michelangelo Pistoletto and Love Difference at the International Festival Estrella Levante SOS4.8 >>>

30 April 2009, Doel (Belgium)
Michelangelo Pistoletto visits the village of Doel in the within of the activities organised by KunstDoel, the artistic association in twinning agreement with Love Difference.>>>

29 April 2009, Bruxelles (Belgium)
AS_TIDE: final event at the European Parliament >>>

23 April 2009, Milan
Love Difference Pastries evening at Appartamento Lago
>>>

22 - 27 April 2009, Milan
"The Mediterraneans - Love Difference Chairs", a project by Alias, Michelangelo Pistoletto and J. E. Sandoval at the Triennale di Milano >>>

8 April 2009, Monza
Love Difference and ReMida Biella (ecology office of Cittadellarte) carried out the workshop "The big social game. Let’s play with the differences" in the secondary school Liceo Artistico Preziosissimo Sangue.
After making a first contact with the materials ReMida provided, elaborating a conceptual map of the Mediterranean and explaining the recipes they had brought for the occasion, the students were invited to develop their ideal pastry shop, defining the sweets they would serve and the activities that would be carried out by using the ReMida’s materials.

7-13 March 2009, Malta
A shared portrait: fifth AS_TIDE workshop >>>

30 January - 15 May 2009, Novara
Asilo Bianco and Love Difference workshop at Novara Psychiatric Hospital >>>

28-31 January 2009, Arles (France)
Love Difference joins the “Don’t border me” project, starting the activities with a short creative residency. >>>

2008

9-13 December 2008, Barcelona (Spain)
"pcp.net.tv: ética y estética": fourth As_Tide workshop >>>

22-24 November 2008, Cittadellarte, Biella
Three days to celebrate the ten years of Fondazione Pistoletto>>>

14 November 2008, Doel (Belgium)
Love Difference - KunstDoel: twinning meeting >>>

13 November 2008, Antwerp (Belgium)
Presentation of the recipe book by Art on the Campus, Cittadellarte and Love Difference >>>

4-5 November 2008, Marseille (France)
Love Difference at the Mediterranean Cultural Forum >>>

24-25 October 2008, Ramallah (Palestine)
Love Difference and Michelangelo Pistoletto in Palestine >>>

11-19 October 2008, Graz (Austria)
Love Difference at the AsTide workshop >>>

7 October 2008, Bologna
Mediterranean - Love Difference”, the site-specific work by Michelangelo Pistoletto for the City of Bologna>>>

31 July - 1 August 2008, Cittadellarte, Biella
Practices for Intercultural Dialogue: a workshop within the AsTide project >>>

29 June 2008, Ameno (Novara)
A Love Difference Pastries workshop in collaboration with Asilo Bianco >>>

25-26 June 2008, Strasbourg (France)
On the occasion of the Conference on “Intercultural Dialogue: utopias and situations”, Michelangelo Pistoletto presents the Mediterranean Cultural Parliament. >>>

14 June 2008, Sasso Marconi (Bologna)
To Love Difference Pastries the "Calamaio Award" >>>

23-25 May 2008, Bari

Love Difference at the Euro-Mediterranean Forum of Arts for Peace >>>

22-23 May 2008, Barcelona (Spain)
Love Difference participates in the Meeting between Writers and Intellectuals. Euro-Mediterranean Intercultural Dialogue ("Trobada d’Escriptors i intel-lectuals. Diàleg intercultural Europa-Mediterrània").>>>

17 April 2008, Cittadellarte, Biella
"Muri, lacrime e za'tar" ("Walls, tears and za’tar"): Gianluca Solera presents his last book in Cittadellarte >>>

27-29 March 2008, Teramo
Love Difference at the international conference "Human Rights and Intercultural Dialogue in the Mediterranean">>>

22-24 February 2008, La Spezia
Meeting “Love Difference Ice-cream and sweets as cultural passports” at the CAMeC di La Spezia >>>

2007

22 December 2007 - 25 February 2008, Naples
The big "Love Difference" installation by Michelangelo Pistoletto in Piazza del Plebiscito, Naples and other works by the artist on show at the MADRE >>>

9 December 2007 - 24 March 2008
, La Spezia, CAMeC
The exhibition "Cittadellarte Pistoletto and the Third Paradise" at CAMeC – Modern and Contemporary Art Centre in La Spezia>>>

27 October, Biella, Cittadellarte
UNIDEE in progress 2007 - open studio>>>

16 - 21 October 2007, Palermo
Love Difference and the Mediterranean Table at Palermo Design Week >>>

15 September - 19 November 2007
, Saint Etienne (France)
Love Difference Table, Love Difference Table-Football, and Merging Territories by Juan Esteban Sandoval at the Museum of Modern Art of Saint Etienne>>>

19 July - 6 October 2007, Tel Aviv (Israel)
Michelangelo Pistoletto's Love Difference Table at Tel Aviv Museum of Art >>>

July 2007, Lebanon, Israel and Palestine

The Cross Border Arts Project tour >>>


22 June - 31 December, Biella, Cittadellarte
"Art at the Centre of a Responsible Transformation of Society", 10th edition: on show Turning Point Products and Love Difference-Mediterranean Tables >>>

18 - 29 June 2007, Biella, Cittadellarte
Workshop "Art for Social Transformation", curated by Love Difference and Cittadellarte, directed to the young artists of the Alexandria Biennale>>>

16 June 2007, Venice, Island of Pellestrina
Un record per Pellestrina: final presentation on the project >>>

19 April - 31 May 2007, Bologna
Michelangelo Pistoletto presents Love Difference and “Letterature di Svolta” in Bologna, at Gallery Fabio Tiboni Arte Contemporanea. >>>

23 - 28 April 2007, Skopje (Macedonia), Gallery Press to Exit
Europoly on show in Skopje, in the within of the exhibition "The Disappearance of Public Space" >>>

19 April 2007, Livorno
Presentation of the book "Stazione Livorno. Una guida alla città" >>>

from 16 April 2007, Milan, Isola Art Center
The exhibition "situazionIsola - A New Urbanism" >>>

3 April 2007, Milan
The culture of emergencies: artexvino=acqua (art x wine = water) presented in Milan >>>

26 - 30 March 2007, Istanbul (Turkey)
Europoly in Istanbul: an installation at the Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University>>>

15-17 March 2007, Biella
"Local networks and global development": a symposium to share ideas on digital districts>>>

until 14 March 2007, Belgrade (Serbia)
For "The Disappearance of Public Space" Europoly on show >>>

7 - 28 February 2007, Zagreb (Croatia)
"VOLJETI RAZLIKE - Amare le differenze": Love Difference in Croatia at the Dom HDLU; a meeting on February 14th >>>

9 - 12 February 2007, Biella, Cittadellarte
Methods 2007 at Nurope’s Oasis in Biella>>>

until 3 February 2007, Jerusalem
Unrecognized by Tal Adler in Jerusalem: at Barbur Gallery >>>

1 February 2007, Clermont-Ferrand (France)
Bledi at the International Short Film Festival Clermont-Ferrand>>>

2006

17 December 2006 - 18 February 2007, Rimini
Michelangelo Pistoletto for Rimini: Amare, an installation between water and earth on the beach of Rimini
>>>

12 December 2006, Milan
Furla, Cittadellarte and Love Difference together again: presentation of the new Love Difference shopping bag>>>

4 - 9 December 2006, Istanbul (Turkey)
Patterns Istanbul: a project and a workshop by Bernardo Giorgi e Cinzia Cozzi in collaboration with Love Difference >>>

23 - 29 November 2006, Venice
Europoly in Venice, at the A+A Galery, San Marco 3073 (Calle Malipiero)

17 November - 3 December 2006, Tallinn (Estonia)
Unrecognized by Tal Adler exhibited at Tallinn City Gallery>>>

16 - 19 November 2006, Cosenza
Love Difference at the Mediterranean Youth Meeting>>>

7 - 17 November 2006, Milan, Studio D'Ars
Michelangelo Pistoletto and Love Difference at “The birth of ideas”, 500th exhibition at Studio D'Ars >>>

October - November 2006
The project Bledi by Katia Kameli in tour in Europe and Morocco >>>

October 2006
Europoly project on tour in Europe: next stops Amsterdam and Venice >>>

7 October 2006, Venice, Island of Pellestrina
Presentation of “A record for Pellestrina”: the longest pillow lace of the world >>>

28 September 2006, Biella, Cittadellarte
Cultural identities in a multicultural society”: Love Difference and Cittadellarte meet Yudhishthir Raj Isar >>>

22 - 24 September 2006, Verona
At “Tocatì”, Verona Game Festival, Cittadellarte with the “Art at the Centre 2006” projects and Love Difference with the Table-Football by Diego Paccagnella>>>

4 - 8 August 2006, Momiano (Croatia)
Love Difference at Momiano Art Festival >>>

12 - 17 July 2006, Parma
Love Difference and Michelangelo Pistoletto at the European Stage of Beginners >>>

23 June - 12 November 2006, Biella, Cittadellarte
Art at the Centre of a Responsible Social Transformation 2006: the game. The ninth edition of Cittadellarte’s art event opens on June 23-24-25
>>>

2 - 23 June 2006, Farkadona (Greece)
Emergency case situations: Farkadona case”: Love Difference at the workshop on participatory devices and processes of auto-organization
>>>

20 May 2006, Codroipo (Udine), Villa Manin
Love Difference and Cittadellarte at ReMida Day: “Da cose nasce cosa... What to co-operate on?”, “Italy in person” and “Neverending Recycling”
>>>

20 May 2006, Codroipo (Udine), Villa Manin
Da cose nasce cosa”: presentation of the conclusions from the Difference workshop on creative processes for responsible social transformation
>>>

16 May - 24 June 2006, Bologna

Love Difference and Cittadellarte in Bologna in collaboration with Furla and Galleria Spazio Gianni Testoni La 2000+45
>>>

11 May 2006, Antwerp (Belgium)
Unveiling of the work by Michelangelo Pistoletto & Love Difference at the University of Antwerp
>>>

10 - 11 May 2006, Antwerp (Belgium)

Michelangelo Pistoletto & Love Difference in Antwerp
>>>

9 May 2006, Milan, Mazda Palace
Europoly at Europe Day in Italy
>>>

9 April 2006, Algiers (Algeria)
Bledi in progress part III: closing of the workshop organized by Katia Kameli in Algiers with the projection of the works of the participants. >>>

16 - 31 March 2006, Paris (France), Antwerp (Belgium), Milan
Neterotopia: a project by NICC and Love Difference, in collaboration with Cittadellarte, Palais de Tokyo and Careof >>>

from 28 February 2006, Milan

The necessity of an island opening in Milan at Stecca degli Artigiani Art Center. An exhibition with Love Difference Milan Office.>>>

25 February 2006, Biella, Cittadellarte
Love Difference Members’ assembly and round table on Cyprus: special guest H. Meyric Hughes, President of Manifesta 2006 >>>

24 February 2006, Genoa, Palazzo Ducale
Love Difference at the opening of the European Exhibition for Young Artists >>>

8 - 20 February 2006
Cittadellarte at Winter Olympic Games in Turin, Love Difference in Livorno and Palermo >>>

2 February, Bergamo
Michelangelo Pistoletto, Cittadellarte and Enzo Cucchi: a conversation around the Love Difference Table >>>

27 – 29 January 2006, Bologna, ArteFiera
Methods: Research project on art-society relations - International workshop on methodologies and creative processes developed through artistic projects for social
transformation
, curated by Cittadellarte–Fondazione Pistoletto, Love Difference and Artfactories >>>

26 January - 19 March 2006, Turin, Sala Bolaffi
Love Difference table football designed by Diego Paccagnella at Piemonte Torino Design exhibition
>>>

21 January 2006, Hulon (Israel), Israeli Center for Digital Art

Unrecognized, the project by Tal Adler, supported by Love Difference, starts its european tour.
>>>

2005

18 December 2005, Biella, Cittadellarte
For World Migrant Day presentation of the World in the Mirror, an anthropological research project. >>>

10 December 2005 – 8 January 2006, Frascati (Rome), Scuderie Aldo Brandini
The right measure of Art” on show the Love Difference table by Michelangelo Pistoletto.

4 December 2005, Turin, San Salvario
Love Difference takes part in the "San Salvario Mon Amour” festival with projects by Vered Dror, Victor Munez and Gayle Chong Kwan. >>>

2 – 4 December 2005, Lisbon, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
Love Difference participates in the fourth session of the European Cultural Parliament.

15 – 18 November 2005, Tunis, Orestiadi Foundation
Love Difference curates the CoDex Workshop. Participants: Gudran for Art and Development, Associazione Prodigi, Pontos de Cultura Digital, l’atelier a, Centre d’Appui alla Vie Comunitaire di Kercahou, City-Territory, La Source du Lion, Fnaïre, Koumbit. >>>

15 November – 18 November 2005, Tunis, Orestiadi Foundation
Love Difference collaborates in the joint Michelangelo Pistoletto & Cittadellarte exhibition The Third Paradise, Art and Free Knowledge. >>>

5 November – 8 February 2005, Turin, Porta Palazzo
Michelangelo Pistoletto and Cittadellarte take part in Luci d'Artista (Artists’ lights) with the "Amare le Differenze" installation. >>>

22 October 2005, Antwerp – Museum of Modern Art
Love Difference is awarded with the Evens Prize for Intercultural Education. >>>

15 October 2005 – 26 February 2006, Bergamo, GAMEC - Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea
War is Over. 1945-2005. Liberty in art from Picasso to Warhol and Cattelan” on show the Love Difference table by Michelangelo Pistoletto

15 October – 15 November 2005, Novara, NAC, NovaraArteCultura
Meeting around the Love Difference table by Michelangelo Pistoletto

8 October 2005, Trieste, Miela theatre
On the peace routes”: speeches by Gino Strada (Emergency), Michelangelo Pistoletto and Giovanni Soldini. >>>

30 September 2005, Venice, Island of San Servolo
Final event of the The inner island: the art of survival - Third paradise exhibition with the presentation of “Art, City, Society – New visions and prospects for Venice” workshop. >>>

24 September 2005, Venice
Love Difference participates in the “Man overboard! Land ahoy!” singing regatta, on World Maritime Day 2005 by Stella Maris Friends. >>>

23 – 25 September 2005, Biella
First edition of the Festival of Differences, organized by Cittadellarte, Love Difference and the City of Biella. >>>

16 – 17 September 2005, Modena, Galleria Civica
Love Difference and Università delle Idee meet the philosophers from Festivalfilosofia around six Mediterranean tables

16 September – 8 January 2005, Modena, Galleria Civica
Michelangelo Pistoletto and Cittadellarte, “The Dining Table of Cultures” by Angela Vettese, on show the Love Difference tables of the Mediterranean seas: the Mediterranean, the Baltic, the Black Sea, the Red Sea, the South China Sea and the Gulf of Mexico. >>>

15 – 16 August 2005, Berlin, Heinrich Böll Stiftung
The importance of Art and Media for Civil Society” conference and presentation of the Love Difference experience. >>>

24 July – 7 August 2005, Massa–Carrara, Artinformazione2 – N.E.W.S
Meetings round the Love Difference table by Michelangelo Pistoletto

23 luglio 2005, Turin, Atrium
Presentation of the "Love Difference table football" by Diego Paccagnella, Michelangelo Pistoletto and Cittadellarte

18 – 19 July, 5 – 9 and 28 – 30 September 2005, Venice, 51st Venice Biennial
Art, City, Society – New visions and prospects for Venice” workshop >>>

14 July – 15 November 2005, Biella, Cittadellarte
Love Difference participates in the eighth edition of the exhibition “Arte al Centro>>>

24 June 2005, Mechelen, Belgium, Cultuurcentrum
Art x Wine=Water”, Arte Continua presents the project supported by Love Difference. >>>

8 – 9 June 2005, Venice, Island of San Servolo
Art, Culture, Knowledge and Democracy” meeting around the Love Difference table with the participation of: Ambassador Umberto Vattani, Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Achille Bonito Oliva, art critic; Michelangelo Pistoletto,
artist; Juan Carlos Gentile, member of Hipatia; Gilberto Gil, Minister of Culture of Brazil and musician; Senator Fiorello Cortiana, delegate for the Senate of the Republic to the UN World Summit on Information Society

8 June – 30 September 2005, Venice, Island of San Servolo
"The inner island: the art of survival - Third paradise”: Cittadellarte and Love Difference at the 51st Venice Biennial International Art Exhibition. >>>

June - July 2005
Presentation of the Furla - Love Difference bag created to support the movement’s projects. >>>

4 June – 29 July 2005, Matera, SoutHeritage Foundation

Michelangelo Pistoletto and Love Difference on show >>>

3 – 5 June 2005, Ivrea, the Olivetti Historical Archive Association
Presentation of the Love Difference projects at the Fiera della Parola >>>

21 – 22 May 2005, Larissa, Greece, Contemporary Art Center
Workshop during “Going Public ’05 - Communities and Territories>>>

14 May – 15 November 2005, Scilla Castle (Reggio Calabria) and Lighthouse (Messina), Parco Horcynus Orca Foundation
Love Difference participates in “SOUTH-EAST. Mediterranean encounters>>>

6 – 8 May 2005, Istanbul, Turkey, Topkapi Palace
Love Difference takes part in the “International Forum on cultural relations between Europe and Turkey>>>

5 – 9 May 2005, Turin, International Book Fair
Love Difference table by Michelangelo Pistoletto

9 April – 31 December 2005, Beirut, Sfeir-Semler Gallery
The Love Difference table by Michelangelo Pistoletto on show in “Flight 405

15 April 2005, Biella, “La Civetta” bookshop
Presentation of the book “People of Biella” by Julia Trolp, joint project with Love Difference. >>>

8 – 14 April 2005, Milan, Stecca degli Artigiani
Love Difference participates in the “Art-chitecture of change” exhibition, organizing a series of meetings to set up the Love Difference Centre in Milan. >>>

3 April 2005, Besenello, Trento, Castel Beseno
Cittadellarte and Love Difference participate in the “An Ecology Museum for Art” conference. >>>

11 March 2005, Rome, Oredaria Arte Contemporanee
Love Difference Live: speeches by Michelangelo Pistoletto, Achille Bonito Oliva, Teresa Macrì, Alfredo Pirri, Paolo Falcone in Palermo; Filippo Fabbrica in Tunis; Idit Porat in Tel Aviv; Asia Mandic in Sarajevo; Sara Rifky in Cairo. >>>

21 March – 22 May 2005, the Milan Underground
Galleria in Galleria, installation “Chi sei tu?”("Who are You?") by Michelangelo Pistoletto and Love Difference

7 – 13 March 2005, Tunis, El teatro
Love Difference participates in the Mediterranean Arts Forum >>>

19 February 2005, Venice, Island of Certosa
Launch of the MINItransat "Una Vela per la Pace" (“A sail for peace”), established through the collaboration of Vento di Venezia, Emergency, Love Difference. >>>

27 - 31 January 2005, Bologna, Arte Fiera

Love Difference and Fondazione Pistoletto at Arte Fiera Bologna >>>

Every Thursday, Turin, Radio Flash 97.6 FM

Cantieri Love Difference, radio broadcast on creative processes for social transformation by Roberto Vaio and Filippo Fabbrica

2004

3 - 4 - 5 December 2004, Genova, Palazzo Ducale
Love Difference participates in the third session of the European Cultural Parliament: Nomadic Joint University for Society ART

25 November
2004, Cittadellarte, Biella
Gualtiero Marchesi and Osteria della Villetta (Palazzolo sull’Oglio, Brescia), in collaboration with Slow Food, allows the realisation of a gastronomic event for Love Difference. >>>

23 October
2004, Cittadellarte, Biella
Love Difference Members' Meeting. >>>

14 October 2004
Love Difference launches the first issue of its newsletter LDN >>>

2 - 3 October 2004, Cittadellarte, Biella
Methods - Research Projects on Art - Society Relations workshop. >>>

24 - 25 September 2004, Matera - Potenza
As part of SUD, the project organized by the Venice Biennale and the Ministry for Cultural Affairs, Love Difference presents a public lecture about "Art and Politics".

26 July - 19 September 2004, Naples. Sensi Contemporanei
Love Difference has taken part in the international exhibition "Sensi Contemporanei" which will took"Utopia Station", a part of the 50th Biennale of Venice, curated by Molly Nesbit, Hans-Ulrich Obrist and Rirkrit Tiravanija, to Naples. In the exhibition (located in the Mostra d'Oltremare of Naples) the video by Dafnà Moscati "The Mediterraneo in your city" has been shown and the poster "Love Difference" by M. Pistoletto, made in occasion of the last Biennale, has been distributed to the public.

8 July 2004, Arles, (France). "Quand la misère chasse la pauvreté"

Michelangelo Pistoletto met a group of writers coming from the mediterranean area, around the mirroring table of the 50. Biennale di Venezia. Furthermore, at the seat of the Actes sud association, in Le Mejan, there was the opening of the artist's exhibition.

8 May 2004, Fondazione Ambrosetti, Palazzolo sull'Oglio (BS)

M. Pistoletto has presented Love Difference In the within of the conferences "Altre Culture [Other Cultures]". At 1 p.m., there has been a fundraising lunch at the Trattoria La Villetta di Palazzolo s/O.

5 May 2004, Cittadellarte, Biella
In the within of the conferences "UNIDEE Woman", the encounter "Women and rights" has been dedicated to the feminine figure in the world of the Maghreb. Speakers:
Maria Grazia Ruggerini (IMED – Institute for the Mediterranean, Rome); Fatima Azaoui (Morocco), cultural mediator, Associazione Mosaico (Biella); Zahra Osmanali (Somalia) and Ariana Cicako (Albania), representatives of the Associazione Almaterra (Turin).

4 May 2004, Hall of the Maggior Consiglio of the Ducale Palace, Genoa

In the within of the initiatives for Genoa European Capital of Culture 2004, there has been encounter of the academies of the Mediterranean. During the day dedicated to the topic "The artistic search and the human condition in Mediterranean basin" M. Pistoletto, with the participation of F. Fabbrica, Love Difference has been presented to the public.

11 - 15 March 2004, New York (USA) "The Armory Show"
- The International Fair of New Art
Illy, Cittadellarte and Michelangelo Pistoletto extended the invitation for the presentation of Love Difference and the coffee cup dedicated to the movement created by Michelangelo Pistoletto for the Illy Cup Collection.

12 - 14 March 2004, Utrecht (Netherlands) "Almost Real"
- International Working Conference
Love Difference presented its activities to the international workshop organized by the European Cultural Foundation.

2003

2 December 2003, Mobilitaly, Rome
Love Difference took part in the exhibition organized by Cloe Piccoli.

22 November 2003, Muhka (Contemporary Art Museum), Antwerp (Belgium)

Love Difference together with NICC organized a round-table on artist mobility within Europe.

6 November 2003, Minimum Prize, Cittadellarte, Biella

For the first time Love Difference assigned a “special mention” award to a project exhibited in “Art at the Centre”. The panel was made up of Love Difference associates and awarded Stalker’s “Ararat Campo Boario” project with "Intermediterraneo", a work by M. Pistoletto.

5 - 9 November 2003, Radio Flash, Turin

The radio programme introduced by R. Vaio became Flashout Love Difference, a media-based meeting point for debate on the relationship between art and interculture.

5 - 9 November 2003, Artissima10, Turin

Illy caffè invited Cittadellarte to present Love Difference and the projects unrecognized by T. Adler and Bledi by K. Kameli for the creation of a meeting place using the mirror table which had been exhibited previously at the Venice Biennial.

26 October 2003, Unidee in progress, Cittadellarte, Biella

P. Angelosanto presented the project "Ten Words for Love Difference“.

26 October 2003, Apertamente, Biella

Convention on Interculture and cultural mediation: a comparison of experience and methodologies.

4 October – 30 November 2003, Muhka, Antwerp (Belgium)

Love Difference took part in the Michelangelo Pistoletto & Cittadellarte exhibition, with a place for meeting and presenting the projects.

2 - 8 September 2003, Festivaletteratura, Mantova

Illy invited Cittadellarte to create the place for Caffè Sospeso in which Love Difference presented the following projects: unrecognized by Tal Adler; Bledi by Katia Kameli and Different Channel by Roberto Vaio.

14 July 2003, Cittadellarte, Biella

Presentation of Love Difference to the artists in residence at Unidee 2003.

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12 June - 2 November 2003:
50th VENICE INTERNATIONAL ART BIENNIAL

Within "Utopia Station", by Molly Nesbit, Hans-Ulrich Obrist and Rirkrit Tiravanija, the Love Difference project created an open meeting place in the form of a table shaped like the Mediterranean Sea surrounded by chairs from the nations surrounding it. During the Biennial, the Love Difference area was used as an office for developing relationships with other foundations, institutions and operators within the Mediterranean area and organized meetings, workshops and performances.

12 - 15 June
2003
Inauguration and presentation to the press.

7 - 12 July 2003, Cittadellarte and Utopia Station, Love laboratory

Love laboratory, the first workshop for thinking about Love Difference comprising artists from the Manydee platform. The graphic product of the workshop was published in the Illywords magazine.

26 July 2003, Utopia Station

Party to celebrate the presentation of the Love Difference boat and the Mediterranean World Tour with a musical performance by Mariposa.

10 - 24 August
2003
Second Love Difference workshop with artists from Unidee 2003 on interculturality in Venice.

12 - 25 August 2003, Venice (Gaggiandre, Arsenale pier) – Zadar (Croatia)

First stage of D. Paccagnella’s Mediterranean World Tour.

10 August – 10 September
2003
The Mediterranean in your city, a project by D. Moscati.

13 September 2003, Utopia Station

Alternative policies: international working conference.

14 September 2003, Utopia Station

Cultural activators: international working conference.

26 September 2003, ASAC (Historical Archive of Contemporary Arts)

M. Pistoletto presented Love Difference.

31 October 2003, Lido di Venezia Yachting Club

Gala evening to present the first stage of the Mediterranean World Tour.

1 November 2003, Utopia Station

Conclusion of the event with a musical performance by Curva Chiusa.

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6 - 8 June 2003, Cittadellarte, Biella

Love Difference presented the results of the work produced in April and May by the pupils of the F. Casorati High School of the Arts of Novara, within the Cittadellarte exhibition and the "Identità Love Difference" magazine.

4 - 6 July 2003, Naples

Love Difference participated to the social Forum sociale of the Mediterranean.

9 May 2003, Navalis. Boat show at the Venice Arsenale

Seminar “Creatività dell’Arte per una Politica InterMediterranea [Art Creativity for an IntraMediterranean Policy]”.

4 April 2003, Sala Borsa, Novara

Workshop with the pupils of the F. Casorati High School of the Arts.

15 February 2003, Shedhalle, Zurich (Switzerland)

Love Difference participated in the “Politics of art” workshop.

14 February - 13 April 2003, Shedhalle, Zurich (Switzerland)

Love Difference took part in the "Critic is not enough", exhibition by Dagmar Reichert.

2002

13 - 14 December 2002, Santa Maria della Scala, Siena
Love Difference took part in the “Arte all’Arte - Arte Architettura Paesaggio [Art to Art – Art, Architecture and Landscape]” convention organized by the Arte Continua Association, and participated in the workshop “Istituzioni per le arti visive e creazione di azioni comuni in Europa e nel Mediterraneo [Institutions for Visual Arts and Creating Common Initiatives in Europe and the Mediterranean]” workshop.

12 October 2002- 10 January 2003, Galleria Continua, San Gimignano, Siena

M. Pistoletto’s "Love Difference" was put on show in the exhibition dedicated to Deimantas Narkevicius, Michelangelo Pistoletto and Jeff Preiss and the archives of the "Museum in Progress".

12 October 2002 - 12 October 2003, open-air cinema at San Gimignano, Siena

Love Difference, installation by M. Pistoletto.

12 October 2002, Teatro dei Leggeri, San Gimignano, Siena

Love Difference took part in the “Velocità e Lentezza [Speed and Slowness] convention”.

28 September 2002, Cittadellarte, Biella

Extraordinary General Meeting of the associates of the Love Difference movement.
The “Creatività dell’Arte per una Politica InterMediterranea [Creativity of Art for an IntraMediterranean Policy]” Convention.

22 June - 31 October 2002, Cittadellarte, Biella

The Love Difference installation was put on show at the La Nuova Agorà exhibition.

21 June 2002, Cittadellarte, Biella

Establishment of the Association to build Love Difference.

27 March 2002, Piazza Dante railway station, Naples

Inauguration of the "Intermediterraneo" installation by M. Pistoletto for the Naples metro system.

2001

1 June - 31 October 2001, Cittadellarte, Biella
Exhibition: Arte al Centro di una Trasformazione Sociale Responsabile [Art at the Centre of Responsible Social Change]. G. Della Pergola and M. Pistoletto presented the Mediterranean Monitoring Point.

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