The Third Paradise is the official symbol of the 2022 “SUSTAINABLE FASHION AWARDS” at La Scala Cittadellarte - Fondazione Pistoletto will assist the National Chamber of Italian Fashion in the new edition of the Sustainable Fashion Awards, scheduled for 25 September 2022 at La Scala in Milan. On the occasion, Michelangelo Pistoletto will serve as a member of the jury selecting the winners of the awards which honour virtuous people and businesses that have distinguished themselves in the world of Italian and international fashion for their commitment on the sustainability front. Redazione, 22/09/2022 Read more
Michelangelo Pistoletto’s “The Ladder of the Third Paradise” unveiled in Volterra On Friday 15 July, the work by the Biella-born artist will be presented at the Pinacoteca Civica in the Tuscan city. “The symbol of the Third Paradise,” explain the organisers, “illustrates the formula of creation, which, born from art, brings new meanings to sacred symbols, in coherence with the scientific development of knowledge”. Redazione, 14/07/2022 Read more
“Sowing the image”, a new Third Paradise at the Astroni Crater in Naples On 4 July 2022, the WWF Oasis nature reserve in Naples hosted the unveiling of a new representation of the trinamic symbol produced by the School of Decoration of Naples’ Academy of Fine Arts in collaboration with Cittadellarte. The work, created using sunflower seeds of the Sunrich Summer Provence variety, was proposed as part of the international project Rebirth/Third Paradise and in continuity with the thematic cycle "Sowing the Image" by lecturer Stefania Perna. Luca Deias, 08/07/2022 Read more
“Upcycling Land FVG – From Waste to Repurposing”, three days in Udine dedicated to the future of plastic From 19 to 21 May, the Gemona del Friuli-based company Preco System organised an event aimed at encouraging and drawing attention to virtuous practices through examples from companies, universities, operators and professionals. Talks and guided tours dedicated to the theme of sustainability were held in the setting of the historic Villa Gallici Deciani, where, in the wake of the initiative's contents, an installation of the Third Paradise was also created. Redazione, 24/05/2022 Read more
“ArtePollino 2022”, a new Third Paradise in Latronico On 3 May, in the Terme Lucane Park in the municipality in the province of Potenza, an original work inspired by and dedicated to Michelangelo Pistoletto's symbolic sign will be unveiled. For the occasion, Saverio Teruzzi, coordinator of the Third Paradise ambassadors, will be present in person, and the Biellese artist via video link. On 4 May, at Latronico’s Museum and Library, Cittadellarte will also lead the works of the second Rebirth Forum in Pollino entitled "Culture and care of territories and those who inhabit them". Redazione, 02/05/2022 Read more
“Debate Academy”: when speech meets critical sense under the light of the Third Paradise From 8 to 11 March 2022, during the four days of the Debate Academy, Rebirth/Third Paradise ambassadress Sonia Barale, together with the students of the Baruffi high school in Ceva and Ormea, created an eco-sustainable fabric drape made from recycled PET bottles. The drape represents Michelangelo Pistoletto's trinamic symbol, reinterpreted in an educational and artistic way for the children. “We tried to express the Debate Academy by linking it to Michelangelo Pistoletto’s Rebirth project," said Barale, “as young people can learn to debate in public also through demopractical practices associated to eco-sustainability, art and civic education". Elena Orofino, 31/03/2022 Read more
Students in Albino gathered around the Third Paradise, when a school break becomes a hymn to peace “Imagine there’s no countries | It isn’t hard to do | Nothing to kill or die for | And no religion too | Imagine all the people | Living life in peace”. This is how John Lennon expressed his anti-war message through music in his famous song Imagine, which quickly became a worldwide hit symbol […] Luca Deias, 30/03/2022 Read more
The Third Paradise as a symbol of peace: paper doves “fly” beyond the Russian-Ukrainian crisis Rebirth/Third Paradise ambassadors Giovanna Costanzo, Iole D'Agostino, Patrizia Fratus, Katia Greco, Sebina Messina and Saverio Teruzzi have launched a solidarity-based art project consisting in the creation of a series of paper doves that can be made using the origami technique. The works, which are to be disseminated on social media and sent to the Embassy of the Russian Federation or the Ukrainian Embassy, are intended as a creative vehicle for launching messages of peace inspired by the trinamic symbol. Luca Deias, 11/03/2022 Read more