The Art of Balance #91 | Giulia Roitero, what dreams will you dream? The student of Modern Literatures and fantasy and poetry writer is the 91st participant in the initiative “The Art of Balance / Pandemopraxy”, launched by Cittadellarte. Giulia Roitero talks about the importance writing has had in her personal growth and in building her dreams. After a thought on her personal sphere, she offers a reflection at collective level: “With time,” she said, “I have learnt that dreaming dreams is good, but working to achieve them is even better. I wish for everybody to act in order to bring reality closer to their fantasies and ambitions”. Redazione, 03/02/2021 Read more
The Art of Balance #90 | Tomaso Marcolla, what will you remember? The artist and graphic designer is the 90th participant in the initiative “The Art of Balance / Pandemopraxy”, launched by Cittadellarte. Tomaso Marcolla answers the question of the project with a series of illustrations representing the impact Covid-19 has had on society and on interpersonal relationships. Here are the images he created for our initiative. Redazione, 27/01/2021 Read more
The Art of Balance #88 | Francesco Rutelli, what air will you breathe? The politician is the 88th participant in the initiative “The Art of Balance / Pandemopraxy”, launched by Cittadellarte. In his video contribution, Francesco Rutelli outlines the social importance of the Third Paradise, to then focus on the question of the project: “The air our children and grandchildren will breathe,” he said “is the one we will have decided to leave for them, also hoping that today’s youths don’t consider themselves only as the object of these mistakes, but as the protagonists of a redemption”. Redazione, 22/01/2021 Read more
The Art of Balance #89 | Padre Enzo Fortunato, what will you believe in? Padre Enzo Fortunato is the 89th participant in the initiative “The Art of Balance / Pandemopraxy”, launched by Cittadellarte. In his video contribution, this episode’s guest talks about paradise, specifying the etymological meaning of the word and emphasising its importance: “Believing in paradise means believing in the variety of realities surrounding us, but also of us people. And the most beautiful thing is to welcome its colours, accepting each other for what we are, one different from the other, with different beliefs, cultures and backgrounds”. Redazione, 22/01/2021 Read more
The Art of Balance #87 | Luca Olivieri, who will you meet? The artist is the 87th participant in the initiative “The Art of Balance / Pandemopraxy”, launched by Cittadellarte. This episode’s guest answers the key question of the project with a profound text, using a language tinted with poetic tones: “Who will you meet in the distance? The emptiness lying in excessive fullness. A saturation of senses, a conditioning by asphyxia. The alternative is an inverse emptiness, an interior darkness”. Redazione, 14/01/2021 Read more
The Art of Balance #86 | Bruno Bozzetto, how will you smile? The famous cartoon animator is the 86th participant in “The Art of Balance / Pandemopraxy”, launched by Cittadellarte. Bruno Bozzetto “puts words aside” and answers the question of the project using one of his favourite languages: illustration. Here is the image he created for the initiative. Redazione, 21/12/2020 Read more
The Art of Balance #85 | Carlotta Predosin, what will you believe in? Carlotta Predosin, Official Complement in the Carabinieri forces, specialised in museology and protection of the cultural heritage, is the 85th participant in the initiative “The Art of Balance / Pandemopraxy”, launched by Cittadellarte. This episode’s guest starts by highlighting a specific aspect of the pandemic, that is its having “transformed our lives, allowing us to savour the slowness of the wait again, to take care of ourselves and of those little things of unquantifiable value”. Carlotta Predosin then answers the key question of the project, drawing a parallel with her profession: “I will believe even more strongly in the words of my oath and in the values and history of the uniform I wear, which will always be sewn on my skin”. Redazione, 18/12/2020 Read more
The Art of Balance #84 | Fortunato D’Amico, what will you engage in? The curator and Cittadellarte’s collaborator is the 84th participant in the initiative “The Art of Balance / Pandemopraxy”, launched by Cittadellarte. Fortunato D’Amico draws a parallel between Pistoletto’s sign-symbol and the biblical episode of Adam and Eve: “The responsibility to fill the void between the present and an imagined future belongs to the philosophical and scientific theories, as well as to the research on the sense of divine”. This episode’s guest details how he intends to contribute to building the time to come virtuously, that is adopting the principles of the trinamic symbol and the 17 goals stated in the UN’s 2030 Agenda. Redazione, 16/12/2020 Read more
