Tibet Pavilion

by Ruggero Maggi

Santa Marta Congressi – SpazioPorto – Venice

1st of June – 7th September 2013
opening day 1st June 2013 – 6 pm

After the exhibitions in Venice at Cà Zanardi in 2011 and at Sala Nervi – Palazzo delle Esposizioni in Turin in early 2012, coordinated in collaboration with Dossier Tibet, ISCOS and the patronage of Regional Council of Piemonte, and after the journalistic services for RAI Parlamento broadcasted on RAI 1 and RAI 2, also this year Venice, thanks to Tibet Pavilion – with of City of Venice patronage Assessorato alle Politiche Giovanili Centro Pace - is going to be peacefully invade with images, colours, atmosphere and sounds that will blend, as a precious twine, the contemporary artist's creativity and sensibility. Artists support and contribute to built this particular pavilion by the art of Mandala's composition (Lama Thupten e Lama Tenzing) which will be finished by monks by their wise, careful, accurate expertise during a ritual-event which will underline even more the intimate spirituality; un Archive of MANDALA – STRUCTURES sinergically realised by artists, whom will draw “guidelines”, and with innate Tibetan spirituality of WHEELS OF PRAYER, called also wheels of low: Buddhist prayer tools, exclusive Tibetan, for spiritual growth. They consist of a ceramic cylindrical structure, designed by artists and realized in Albisola's laboratories, specific art ceramic place, with a central hinge which allows rotation so visitors can interact having a sensory experience touching the matter-sign. Inside each wheel will be roll up a mantra (a Buddhist pray) written by monks invited at the event, with the typical Tibetan typeface of their language; Tibetans spin the wheel of prayer (as the visitors will do) to invoke a good karma for all the living beings, making this practice more than a simple turning movement.At the present day, where all kind of data are hyper-speed transferred from a part to an other of the world, the belief that prayers can be recite and spread to invoke divinities only with a simple, soft touch, an air blow, seems to be nearly childish; on the other side it is the indication of how the deep spiritual Tibetan reality is based on nature itself, in an incessant exchange with the universe. Roundness has always been synonym of movement, rhythm, flow, a concept present in every aspect of mankind history and developed by Tibetan's culture through structures and constructions connected to their philosophy of life. Major worry for a Tibetan man is not what to do during a single day, but what to be in his entire life.

This great artistic event is dedicated to the 100 tibetan martyrs (tragically outdated number by now) who sacrifice themselves for other's freedom, for everybody's truth...

It is a unique theme combined with painting, sculpture, performance, video to create a distinct great art event that underlines the deep sense of spirituality of this people. I was moved by the idea of creating a sensible bridge that brings visitors to a major knowledge about this people, who can be unfortunately defined an ethnic minority and risks to lose his cultural and spiritual heritage, based on peace and noviolence ideas... an other reason to come to the Santa Marta's Church.

Artists
Irene Accarini, Lucio Afeltra, Piergiorgio Baroldi, Luisa Bergamini, Carla Bertola - Alberto Vitacchio, Giorgio Biffi, Renzo Bortolussi, Nirvana Bussadori, Jorge Canale, Rosaspina B. Canosburi, Paolo Carnevale, Domenico Castaldi, Stefano Cerioli, Pino Chimenti, Giampietro Cudin - Carla Rigato, Flaminio Da Deppo, Marcello Diotallevi, Gillo Dorfles, Giglio Frigerio, Luciano G. Gerini, Carlos Gigena Seeber, Bruno Gorgone, Isa Gorini, Ursula Huber, Celeste Lazo, Franco Lippi, Oronzo Liuzzi - Roberto Scala, Beatriz Margossian, Fabrizio Martinelli - Giovanni Gensho Ponzoni, Gianni Marussi - Alessandra Finzi, Alessandro Novellino, Silvia Ovsejevich, Clara Paci, Lucia Paese, Marisa Pezzoli, Giorgio Piccaia - Matteo Piccaia, Siro Polazzetto, Benedetto Predazzi, Tiziana Priori - Simonetta Chierici, Monica Rizzi, Pietro Ronzat, Virginia Ryan, Maria Savino, Pino Secchi, Cesare – Leonardo – Lucio - Simone Serafino, Ilaria Sperotto, Francesco Stefanini, R. Steiner, Roberto Testori, Micaela Tornaghi, Silvio Vigliaturo, Andrea Vizzini, Marcela Zelikowicz.Video art Marco Agostinelli, Ciriaca+Erre, Francesca Lolli, Ruggero Maggi, Marco Rizzo, Ritu Sarin & Tenzing Sonam.

Statements
Gianluca Anselmo, Elisabetta Bacci, Boris Brollo, Lara Caccia, Claudio Cardelli, Mauro Carrera, Giorgia Cassini, Stefano Dallari, Giulia Fresca, Alexander Larrarte, Enzo Lo Scalzo, Ruggero Maggi, Mimma Pasqua, Cristina Romieri, Alberto Rovida, Massimo Scaringella, Giuliana Schiavone, Roberta Semeraro, Tiziana Tacconi, Claudio Tecchio, Trini Castelli, Piero Verni, Roberto Vidali, Emma Zanella.

Special thanks to

Boris Brollo, Paolo Accetta, Marco Agostinelli, Gianluca Anselmo, Ernesto Canepa, Elisa Costa, Flaminio Da Deppo, Enrico Morgante, Marco Rizzo, Cristina Romieri, Massimo Scaringella, Cesare Serafino, Claudio Tecchio, Maria Grazia Todaro (QueenArtStudio).

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Vernice 29/30/31 May 2013 – 3 pm / 8 pm
ritual performance of tibetan monks who will finish some mandala.
Opening day 1st June 2013 – 6 pm
ritual performance of tibetan monks who will finish some mandala.
Open daily 10 am / 6 pm - closed on Monday
free entrance

information and extraordinary opening (22 June - 6 July – 7 September):
www.padiglionetibet.com
ruggero.maggi@libero.it
320.9621497
press office: B|52|Communication
ufficiostampa@b52c.com - 340.8659442

Santa Marta Congressi – SpazioPorto
FROM VENICE RAILWAY STATION
lines ACTV 41, 51, stop “Santa Marta” 50 mt far from SpazioPorto
FROM PIAZZALE ROMA
lines ACTV 41, 51, 61, stop “Santa Marta”
FROM SAN MARCO
lines ACTV 42, 52, 62, stop “Santa Marta”

Visit modality
Owing of very particular nature of the works-mandala and of the exhibit, we are obliged to prohibit the entry to dogs. Please carry the children in your arm and distant from the art works.

Sponsor
CFLI, SpazioPorto, Aiap, Gruppo Acca Albisola, Associazione Ceramisti Albisola, Studio Ernan Design, Cadore S.C.S., AltaMarea, Tre D s.r.l., Il Villaggio Globale, Atelier51, Il Melo, Castelcosa by Furlan, Iglo, Dharmakaya Buddhist Center, Dossier Tibet, Iscos, Associazione Italia-Tibet, La Casa del Tibet, Museo Obrietan, Associazione Vimala.