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THE CONCEPT
On 10th December 1948 , the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights was proclaimed:
for the first
time in the history of humanity, a document
concerning all the people of the world was
drawn up. Everyone of us, only due to the
fact that he was born, enjoys the rights
endorsed by
the Declaration. Everyone of us, regardless
of the place where he was born and where he
lives,
enjoys these rights. Everyone of us has
civil, political, social, economical and
cultural rights.
Everyone of us is equal to the others.
Is it always so?
In
HUMAN RIGHTS?
artists speak about human rights. The title,
simple and direct, without
roundabout expressions, expresses the main
idea which must go with everybody’s life.
In this event, uncomfortable, complex and
denunciation subjects are dealt with, in
order to sting
the conscience of all those who, enjoying
their own rights, don’t think about all
people whose
rights are violated every day.
The logic of
HUMAN RIGHTS?
is based on the fundamental concept of art
as a universal
expressive form, understandable by everybody
regardless of his language and culture,
regardless of his gender, of the subject and
of the languages used.
Languages vary depending on the artists’
experience and mastery, and they create new
relationships with the audience, who
approaches art feeling immediately involved
and directly
concerned. Discomfort images, violated
rights images, images about everyday stories
which should
not exist, but even images which are able to
deal with a delicate and difficult subject
with wisdom
and, why not, irony.
The exhibition will highlight different ways
to see the matter, since the event is open
to artists from
all over the world. It becomes so
particularly interesting to discover in
which way the perception of
the concept of “respect of the rights” is
experienced and expressed.
The event aims to shake consciences: it
deeply wants to avoid common places brought
by word
abuse: to speak about human rights has
become so common that the words “human
rights
violation” are deprived of all meaning and
by now they touch us only at a distance when
we hear
them, without getting them into our heads.
The most immediate way to retrieve that
conscience, essential to be really part of a
system which
respects everybody’s rights, is to see with
one’s eyes all that artists have to say.
Images insert
themselves in one’s memory in such an
immediate and strong way that all those who
visit it will
leave it more conscious and emotionally
involved.
To speak about human rights, according to
artists, means to “pull out” many ideas
which can’t
find the space fit for the purpose in other
events.
HUMAN RIGHTS?
wants to be a strong signal to all the
artists and to all those who will visit it. |
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THE LOCATION
The mighty bell Maria Dolens, the largest
outside Russia and East Asia, and the
largest sounding
bell in the world. Maria Dolens ("the
grieving Virgin Mary") was built under the
inspiration of a
local priest, between 1918 and 1925, to
commemorate the fallen in all wars, and to
this day it
sounds for the dead every day. Originally a
patriotic rather than pacifist idea, it is
today regarded
as a shrine to peace. |
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THE ORGANIZATION
The event is managed with Fondazione Opera
Campana dei Caduti in Rovereto, a foundation
with a philosophy and an story full of
meanings about human rights and peace.
There will be the opening on 18th September
2010.
During the vernissage on Friday 18th
September there will take place artistic
performances.
Further events can take place during all the
weekend and all the next weekends, even
during the
Saturday morning dedicated to children and
school boys.
During the event there will take place some
conferences about the issues of human rights,
with a
careful view of the projects of Fondazione
Campana dei Caduti.
Spazio-Tempo
will animate all the month of the exhibition
thanks to international artists’
performances, action paintings, meetings
with artists who will be available to speak
about their works.
During the exhibition
Spazio-Tempo
will organize guided tours for groups of
visitors and school groups. |
