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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.
THE LOCATION
Rovereto houses on the hill the great bell
of the fallen, Maria Dolens, perceived and
desired by the
priest of the city don Antonio Rossaro,
right after the Great War, as eternal symbol
of
condemnation of the conflict, pacification
of the consciences, of brotherhood among men,
solidarity between peoples. made from the
bronze of cannons offered by the nations
participating
in the First World War, played the first
toll on 4th October 1925 in the presence of
King Vittorio
Emanuele III.
During these years the bell has made its
voice heard playing every night one hundred
tolls of
admonishment to life and to peace.
Statesman, Presidents and Ambassadors with
citizens of each nations have honoured the
bell and
they continue to hear as a voice of own
conscience.
Eighty-four Nations have exposing their flag
around Maria Dolens, first name of the Bell,
along the
avenue of the Flags and in the Square of the
People, to witness, visibly, the fidelity to
a message,
to a sort a "Peace's Pact".
18th Jenuary 1968, by a decree of the
President of Republic, Giuseppe Saragat,
born as moral
entity the Fondazione Opera Campana dei
Caduti. Among the Foundation's finality,
particular
attention is given to the education of the
new generations, to the peace culture, to
the nonviolence
and to human rights.
Colle di Miravalle
Rovereto – Trento - Italy
THE ORGANIZATION
Human rights at local level: the theme of
EUROPEAN LOCAL DEMOCRACY WEEK (SEDL) 2011.
“Realisation of these rights is undeniably a
priority, if we want to promote more
inclusive
communities and to ensure social cohesion
and good local governance”
On this concept HUMAN RIGHTS? wants to
propose a larger view on the theme of
respect
human rights, observing them from the point
of view of the their violations, both in a
global sense
both in local and daily sense.
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 has met with
great
enthusiasm the exhibition.
There will be the opening on 17th September
2011.
During the vernissage on Friday 17th
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
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