Now in Cittadellarte the workshop on art practice for social transformation directed to the young artists of the Alexandria Biennale
Cittadellarte and Love Difference, invited by the Biennale of Young Artists from Europe and the Mediterranean (Associacion Internationale pour la Biennale des Jeunes Créateurs de l'Europe et de la Mediterranée – BJCEM) organize "Art for social transformation", a workshop on art practice for social transformation, supported by Compagnia di San Paolo.
The workshop, in Cittadellarte from June 18th to 29th, curated by Cristiana Bottigella (Cittadellarte-Fondazione Pistoletto); Abdalla Daif, Aliaa El Gready (Gudran) and Filippo Fabbrica (Love Difference), with the participation of La Source du Lion (Casablanca), Asiles - actions et solidarités interculturelles (Paris) and Zalab tv (www.zalab.tv) will be followed by a phase of communication and presentation, executed throughout the days of the Alexandria Biennale (November 25th to November 4th 2007).
"Art for Social Transformation" involes 22 young artists, 18 selected in collaboration with BJCEM, and 4 selected with Anna Lindh Foundation, Literature Across Frontiers, Solidarité Laïque and Goethe Institute Beirut, for taking part in the Cross Border project, an intercultural tour in Israel, Lebanon and Palestine, focusing on the theme of conflict resolution through art.
The artists selected for the workshop are: Amina Zoubir (Algeria); Anna Mawby (Great Britain); Anca Benera (Romania); Antonio Martino (Italy); Hasan Salih (Turchia); Daikos Alkis (Cyprus); Fanny Mesnard (Francia); Itmar Rose (Israel); Marwa Al-Najjar (Palestine); Micheal Strasser (Austria); Mirjana Batini (Croatia); Lina Rica (Croatia); Samuel George Taylor (Great Britain); Sonia Leimer (Austria); Tamara Romeo (Italy); Valentina Moschini (Italy); Yossi Atia (Israel); Florence Aigner (Belgium); Isabel Andreu Roglà (Spain); Saïd Aït El Moumen (Morocco); Secil Yaylali (Turkey).
The intercultural dialogue and the use of creativity as an active tool for building socila interactions are the two main topics of the workshop; the participants are asked to propose new development visions for the euromediterranean area, through participated and shared projects aimed at creating a common good.
The workshop will be officially presented on Friday June 22nd, 6:30 pm, during the opening of "Art at the centre 2007"; Dario Disegni (Compagnia di San Paolo), Luigi Ratclif (BJCEM) and Alessandro Stillo (BJCEM) will take part.
A presentation of the results of the workshop will follow in Cittadellarte on Thursday June 28th at 11:00 am.
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"Art at the Centre of a Responsible Transformation of Society, 10th edition: Turning Point Products". Cittadellarte, opening on June 22nd-23rd.
The opening of the Tenth Edition of "Art at the Centre of a Responsible Transformation of Society" will be held in Cittadellarte (Biella, Italy), on Friday 22 and Saturday 23 of June. Art at the Centre is the yearly series of exhibition, conferences, events and debates held in Cittadellarte. The theme for 2007 is environmental sustainability, a field in which Cittadellarte is active since a long time, with projects such as the ReMida Creative Recycling Centre.
"Art at the Centre 2007" starts from creativity to make a reflection and a research on materials and sustainable objects – the Turning Point Products – and on those elements coming from positive synergies between new technologies and environmental responsibility. Next to the themes of sustainability and production, the fundamental aspect of recycling: inside the exhibition spaces special interactive tables will be placed for the use of the public.
The two-days will start with two meetings on Friday 22nd and with the opening of the new exhibitions at Cittadellarte, among which "Love Difference mediterranean seas" by Michelangelo Pistoletto.
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