AQUA festival for water
OUR RELATION WITH
WATER SPEAKS ABOUT US
TW AQUA 2023
FESTIVAL FOR WATER
Island of SALINA / Aeolian Islands
8-10 SEPTEMBER 2023
Water reveals a symbiotic way of relating between human beings and nature, an evolving and transformative dialogue.
Water, the smallest molecule found in Nature, is essential for our existence, and from here begins its story and our relationship with it.
As water changes, so does nature, where plowed fields replace wild forests, canals distribute water to those who produce and consume, mediating the relationship between humans and water. Passageways shift, water quality and availability evolve, and societies reorganize to respond to new needs, dangers, and opportunities.
In the many ways societies and individuals manage and relate to water, different manifestations and dimensions of human relationships can be observed.
Civilizations have developed along the coasts of seas and rivers, growing with agriculture and trade; as they expanded around and through these waters, people adapted the landscape to meet new needs.
8 September
INAUGURATION
Fabbrica 11
INSTALLATION by GIORGIO GRANATA and MARCELLA SIMONELLI at Fabbrica 11 (Municipality of Malfa)
Multipurpose Hall Malfa
PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION and Drawing Cloud
SCREENING of the documentary CUNTAMI by Giovanna Taviani
Presentation of the Mediterranean Flag to the Mayor of Malfa with PROGETTO MEDITERRANEA
9 September
7:00 PM - Opening of AQUA 2023 Photography Exhibition - Rinella Garden
7:30 PM - CONCERT
LAVINIA MANCUSI at the Provincial Square of Rinella (Municipality of Leni)
Presentation of the Mediterranean Flag to the Mayor of Leni with PROGETTO MEDITERRANEA
Water tells endless stories of possibilities and diversity.
Water tells stories of peoples, cultures, spirituality, and solidarity, but also of prejudice, power, and rights granted and denied.
Everywhere in the world, water is part of daily life: the water that heals, that is drunk, that is used for hygiene and pleasure, that creates and destroys, the water that provides food and floods, devastates, especially when threatened.
WATER and its meanings: TW collects every meaning that water holds for us, enhancing and transforming our thoughts where water creates beauty and dialogue.
10 September
6:30 PM - PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION
MEETING with ARTURO VITTORI - LUCA DI BUCCHIANICO - MICHELE MERENDA
INSTALLATION by MARCELLA SIMONELLI
Presentation of the Mediterranean Flag to the Mayor of Santa Marina di Salina with PROGETTO MEDITERRANEA
AQUA 2022
festival for water
The AQUA Festival is set to return to the picturesque island of Salina, bringing together artists, experts, and the local community to explore and celebrate the essential value of water. This year’s edition will feature a dynamic program of events, fostering a necessary dialogue on water conservation, sustainability, and its cultural significance.
AQUA is more than a festival; it is a movement that aims to raise awareness of the importance of water through art, science, and community engagement. The event will host renowned artists whose works reflect the profound relationship between humans and water, as well as scientists and environmental experts who will share insights on water-related challenges and solutions.
One of the festival’s highlights is the involvement of local schools, allowing students to engage directly with experts and artists. Through interactive workshops and discussions, young minds will be encouraged to reflect on their role in water preservation and environmental stewardship.
The artistic programs of TW, directed and coordinated by Christina Sassayannis and Paolo Altieri in project execution and design, involve experienced professionals from the Archive of Memory with Sergio Pelliccioni and Milena Iaffaldano as partners in the proposed educational programs. These initiatives align with the festival's objectives of raising awareness and fostering discussions on water and marine conservation.
After nearly ten years on the island of Salina, TW launched the AQUA Festival, with its first edition in 2022. AQUA 2022 was conceived to promote water and its uses, creating spaces for sharing and dialogue. The festival's core mission is to highlight and raise awareness of the importance and preciousness of water.
A digital storytelling workshop engaged students and local residents in the entire creative process, from concept development to audiovisual post-production.
One of the standout performances was The Image of Water by Marcela Szurkalo, an interdisciplinary piece where the artist interacted with the location and its connection to water, exploring Mediterranean traditions. The performance, curated by Alice Penconi with video effects by Mattia Mariani, reflected on cultural identities born around water.
Additionally, the festival presented the Almoraima group, which premiered Desertsong, featuring fifteen original compositions blending Arab-Andalusian sounds with Mediterranean musical traditions. This unique project brought together musicians Massimiliano Almoraima (oud), Saleem Anichini (viola and violin), Giovanni Ceresoli (flamenco guitar), and Matteo Resta (electric bass).
Complementing the festival’s artistic landscape was the Drawing Cloud installation, showcasing drawings created by schoolchildren, alongside an international photography exhibition highlighting the theme of water. In collaboration with ARCHIVIO DELLA MEMORIA, children from Salina’s schools created drawings and stories, further enriching the festival’s educational outreach.
AQUA 2019
MACRO rome
TALKING WATER:
Does beauty save the world?
An event to improve a language where emotions are words, thanks to relation with reality. WATER as an element of life, creativity, expressions. Forever water as rights for all, nature, humans and animals on world. This project is a journey through the language of art that wants to arrive to humanity which acts through dialogue and consciousness.
RACCONTARE L'ACQUA: la bellezza salverà il mondo?
Un'evento che vuole creare un linguaggio dove le emozioni nascono dal nostro rapporto con la realtà. Acqua come elemento di vita, di creatività, di espressione, ma sopratutto diritto di tutti: della natura, degli esseri viventi sulla terra. Un percorso che attraversa il linguaggio dell'arte per raggiungere l'umano per creare e riscoprire il dialogo, e la consapevolezza del valore dell’acqua da proteggere.
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Screening / 100 images (foto Marcella Simonelli)
Life music: Marco Testoni (percussion) / Pierluigi Puglisi (piano)
Poems and writing readed by Simona Ciammaruconi – Maria Luisa Bigai
Experts: Monica Blasi - Filicudi Wildlife Conservation / Rita Vianello - Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia/ Andrea Iacomini - UNICEF / Christina Sassayannis - Through Waters / Eleonora Bruni - Emergency
Guest of the event Paolo Vanacore e Tommaso Giartosio.
An Event dedicated to water at Macro - Rome 5.12.2019 / 6pm
free entrance
During our work in the schools with Myrice Tansini and Luca Gizzi we realized videoportrait and one cartoon that will be screened the 29 July at 10 pm at the Port of Malfa.
AQUA 2018
isola di salina
SGUARDI
AQUA 2017
SALINA
17 — 20 settembre 2017
Malfa / Isola di Salina (ME)
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Realizzato da Through Waters
in collaborazione con Associazione DIDIME ‘90
AQUA approda a Salina continuando il percorso iniziato a Roma il 22 marzo in occasione della Giornata Mondiale per l'Acqua. È un progetto di TW onlus che verte alla sensibilizzazione al valore dell'acqua, come elemento essenziale alla vita e alla relazione tra gli esseri umani. Questo valore, quando correttamente percepito, permette di entrare in contatto con le differenze e di instaurare un dialogo.
Aqua 2017 si rivolge a chi vive le Isole Eolie, abitanti e visitatori di ogni età.
Il 17 settembre aprirà l’evento una mostra fotografica di artisti stranieri e italiani insieme alla proiezione di un documentario presso il Centro Congressi di Malfa.
Il 18 e 19 settembre le studentesse e gli studenti dell’Istituto Comprensivo di Malfa parteciperanno a due laboratori: Acqua e Cultura e Acqua e Arte, con l’utilizzo di audiovisivi. Con loro, in questa occasione, inizierà una ricerca volta ad evidenziare il rapporto quotidiano con l'acqua.
Nello stesso periodo verranno prodotti due videoritratti che racconteranno in particolare il rapporto tra l’acqua e gli abitanti delle isole.
Il 20 settembre, alla presenza degli studenti e delle loro famiglie, ma anche di abitanti e visitatori delle isole, ci sarà un evento conclusivo, con la proiezione delle videointerviste realizzate sull’isola, un progetto di videoarte sull’acqua. Una giornata di proiezione di documentari sull'acqua , la pesca e la realzione tra uomo e ambiente.
PROGRAMMA
MOSTRA FOTOGRAFICA
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Palazzo Marchetti
Ingresso libero
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17 — 20 settembre
Inaugurazione
17 settembre / h 19:00
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AQUA 2017 Salina inaugurerà con la mostra di scatti dei fotografi di tutto il mondo che restituiscono la percezione dell’acqua nelle sue molteplici forme.
Le fotografie esposte rappresentano un dialogo e un ponte tra culture per creare un linguaggio nuovo che valorizza le differenze. Offrono l’occasione di parlare di acqua come bene comune da conoscere e proteggere.
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Le fotografie potranno essere acquistate per sostenere i progetti di Through Waters.
PROIEZIONI DI DOCUMENTARI E VIDEOARTE
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Centro Congressi Malfa
Ingresso libero
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17 settembre / h 20:00
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Subito dopo l’inaugurazione della mostra fotografica, sarà proiettato il documentario
Diario di Famiglia (Italia, 2006, 20’) per gentile concessione di Giuseppe Raboni.
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20 settembre / h 10:00 — 18:30
WATER & DOCUMENTARY
giornata del documentario
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10:00 h
Water Walls (Italia, 2014,5'14'')
scritto e diretto da Francesca Macciò e Francesca Quartaro.
Come ti vedono i miei occhi (Italia, 2017 30"20"")
Aeolian Islands Preservation Fund
11:00 h
Videoritratti
Myrice Tansini
Proiezione del work in progress dei videoritratti,
con le testimonianze degli studenti e degli abitanti dell’isola.
15:30 h
Abuela Grillo (Bolivia, 2009, 13’)
cartone animato / Istituto di cultura danese in Bolivia
16:15 h
THE WELL
Water voices from Ethiopia
Paolo Barberi e Riccardo Russo Mario Michelini
produzione: Esplorare la Metropoli
17.:30 h
In altro mare
Franco La Cecla / Asia - Cineteca Bologna
Vincitore del Film Coast Festival San Francisco
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segue dibattito
LABORATORI
Per le studentesse e gli studenti dell’Istituto Comprensivo di Malfa.
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18 settembre / h 9:00 — 13:00
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CULTURA e ACQUA
Laboratorio antropologia e acqua
Guidati dall'antropologa Christina Sassayannis, gli studenti si relazioneranno con il significato culturale e antropologico dell’elemento acqua.
Verrà proiettato nelle classi il cartone animato Abuela Grillo (Bolivia, 2009, 13’) e sarà intrapreso un viaggio del valore dell’acqua in diverse culture nel mondo.
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19 settembre / h 9:00 — 13:00
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ARTE e ACQUA
Laboratorio Video
Guidati dalla regista Myrice Tansini e dall'antropologa Christina Sassayannis, gli studenti esprimeranno e raccoglieranno in video le loro percezioni e vissuti sul tema dell’acqua, proseguendo le suggestioni del laboratorio del giorno prima. Formando dei piccoli gruppi di 4 persone per volta, i partecipanti al laboratorio potranno accompagnare fuori dall’orario scolastico la regista nella realizzazione dei videoritratti.
VIDEORITRATTI
La filmmaker Myrice Tansini (premio “Does Peace Flows” nel 2000 e regista per programmi SKY), realizzerà due videoritratti agli abitanti di Salina per raccogliere le testimonianze sul loro rapporto con l’acqua. Gli studenti dell’Istituto Comprensivo di Malfa saranno coinvolti in questo processo narrativo a partire dai due laboratori in classe.
videoritratti / strikingly.com
AQUA 2017 wants to carry on in the research of a sustainable and pacific way to live that cannot be achieved without a thorough knowledge and respect of Water.
COnference and ARt
The conference with experts will present different approaches and realities of works related to water.
The exhibit will present different perceives of water meanings in our life, economy and socio-cultural life.
The art exhibit represent the fundamental way to became in contact with different perceives of water, to discover and build our consciousness and the way for a change.
Experts and artists will participate with their works and research and enhance the meaning of water in its different forms in relation with human beings.
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
PALAZZO DEI DIOSCURI
via piacenza 1
Aqua 2017 will be inaugurated in Rome the 22nd of March at Palazzo dei Dioscuri with an international conference focusing the value of water and its preciosity with Luca Raffaelli, journalist and writer, will inaugurate AQUA 2017 with the participation of Davide Carrera, free diving world champion.
3 pm
Water, Work and Economy
Enrico Dini
Engineer and inventor of the 3D printer used to rebuild the Palmira Arch and to restock the depth of Bahrein Gulf, Holland and Monaco.
Grammenos Mastrojeni
Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Coordinator for the environment of development cooperation, the contemporary issue of Climate Change and socio-cultural implications.
Francesca Santagata
Ingegnere / responsabile Qualitá Sicurezza e Ambiente presso Cap Holding a Milano / ex responsabile laboratorio qualità ARIN Napoli (ora ABC). Ha contribuito alla realizzazione del Museo dell’Acqua a Napoli.
Julio César Ayllón
Architect, founder of Ayllon Architects, based in Sardinia. From 1999 he build on and for Oceans. He built for OFTAL the first beach resort for disabled in Italy, based on a Sardinian beach, using new technologies interpreting, as in all his career, the complex and troubled fusion between nature and the needs of our contemporary society.
Roberto Venafro
Engineer / manager Environment - Institutional Affairs at Edison. The value and power of water as a resource for the production of electricity with zero emissions.
The environmental value has more of a connection with the rational use of water resources that you can combine
through integrated management models, efficient and sustainable where the various stages of the water cycle which include the extraction, use, recovery and return to natural ecosystems are organized according to the principles of
'Circular economy'.
Our experience together will move forward on the island of Salina, the 15th of September 2017, in Eolie Archipelago.
9 am
Water, Society and Culture
Folco Quilici
Film director, screenwriter and pioneered color underwater photography when he started shooting in 1952, the documentary film Sesto Continente (The Sixth Continent, first released in 1954). He dedicated his extraordinary career to discover the beauty and the history of the sea, of nature and the complex relationship between them and humanity.
Arturo Vittori
Architect and Designer, founder of Warka Water Foundation focuses on innovative and sustainable solutions to some of the most enduring problems of mankind through the fusion of knowledge and local resources innovative design towards sustainability 'and support for water law.
Camila Kuncar
Architect and founder of the collective "Exploraciones urbanas Territorios a pie" active in Santiago de Chile since 2011. It is a project for the development of research on the urban territory after the walks and the gathering of information. From 2014 carries out the campaign "Huellas defundación", a series of crossings with students and citizens along the route of the waters of Santiago de Chile and Madrid, with the aim to observe, identify and understand the complex relationship between water, city and society.
Riccardo Pesapane
Perito nautico, appassionato di permacultura. Lavora attualmente alla realizzazione di una Food Forest utilizzando, il più possibile le “Fosse livellari” o “Swales” per la gestione dell’acqua e la salvaguardia del territorio.
Lucilla Rami Ceci
Anthropologist, d.f.r. of Cultural Anthropology, Economic Anthropology and Sustainable Tourism Anthropology in the University La Sapienza of Rome and of Jordan in Amman. Expert on valorization of processes of archeological and touristic areas.
Christina Sassayannis
Anthropologist and president of Through Waters. Through Waters born in China in the 2012 with a first art exhibition. Our purpose is to develop a new language to discover the importance and strong relationship between water and humanity.
AQUA 2017
ROME
22th march 2017
WORLD WATER DAY
SALINA 2017
Education workshop and conference
Through our education workshop we enhance water value in schools and we build new forms of communications about how much water is important and fundamental to be protect.
The conference will bring experts and their works result in a dialogue with the habitants and students to develop consciousness and a better way to build accessibility on water resource and to protect it.
The art exhibit will collect works of local and international artists and works of students realized during our workshops.
Rome and the island of Salina are chosen for a dialogue of difference to understand diversity as an issue to build a dialogue of peace through art and knowledge.
AQUA 2017 ENHANCE DIALOGUE BETWEEN DIFFERENCES.
ROME AND SALINA TWO REALITIES OF RELATION BETWEEN HUMAN BEINGS AND WATER.
24—31 MARCH 2017
ART EXHIBITION
RUFA SPACE / SPAZIO CERERE
via DEGLI AUSONI 7
works of
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Patrizio e Cristiano Alviti
Elisabetta Benassi
Francesco Cervelli
Gaia De Megni
Alberto Di Fabio
Giuseppe La Leggia
Pierre-yves Le Duc
Cristiano Pintaldi
Pietro Ruffo
Tarim Tatusik
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contributions of
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Cecilia Pagliarani
David Voci Sciabordi
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Lisa Frassi
Matteo Giorgioni
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Firenze Design Academy
archive TW
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Diana Bagnoli
Binh Dang
Susetta Bozzi
Olga Stefatou
Calias
Marco Cimino
Olga De Biaggio
Adolfo Maciocco
Manuel Morillo
Cristina OhlmerMegumi Shimizi
Alessandro Rolandi
Massimo Stragapede
Zhu Di
At the event of Through Waters second edition in Salina, which will be held Thursday 15th september 2016 at 10.00, the interdisciplinary meeting about the important theme of water will travel through different studies realized by anthropologist and expert of water rights.
With the participation Lucilla Rami Ceci Sapienza University of Rome, Franco La Cecla who will present the documentary film "In other sea" prize Coast Cultures San Francisco Ocean Film Festival.
We are pleased to be invited by Didime 90 for our second Edition conference in this wonderful island with its habitants, and the support of Siremar Company.
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Our main interest of the Conference is interaction between man and environment, the realities related to water of the Mediterranean Sea and especially of the habitants in its islands.
The value of water is concerning historical memory, traditions, cultural and even artistic significances.
The Mediterranean Sea, as ferryman that transfers knowledge and cultures, an excellent example of intercultural dialogue, movements and cultural contamination.
Therefore a dialogue between anthropologists and the public to share and disseminate and especially valorizing water in its many forms, to develop a different approach to increase knowledge and curiosity, to enhance the value of this islands and their traditions and know how.
Water & Mediterranean Sea
/ Acqua e il Mediterraneo
CONFERENCE
15 September 2016
Aeolian islands / Salina island
Malfa / Palazzo Marchetti
free entrance
PROGRAM
h10:00 am
Documentary In Other Sea
OCEAN FILM FESTIVAL PRICE
h11:30 am
Franco Cecla / Anthropological Symbols of water
Lucilla Rami Ceci / Water culture. Which reuse of facilities from the antiquity? Some Italian cases
Christina Sassayannis / Promoting awareness of cultural value of water in schools through art and intercultural dialogue
THE WAYS OF WATER
LOS CAMINOS DEL AGUA
IX encuentro y muestra artística internacional Through Waters
22 marzo — 1 abril 2016
Instituto Italiano de Cultura de Barcelona
IX incontro e mostra artistica internazionale Through Waters
22 marzo — 1 aprile 2016
Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Barcellona
El tema central del proyecto THROUGH WATERS es el AGUA, fuente de vida para cada ser viviente, además elemento de comunicación entre culturas diferentes, y de la diversidad. El objetivo es sensibilizar y crear conciencia de lo que este elemento representa para nosotros y para nuestra realidad.
El AGUA no sólo como un bien común y un recurso limitado, sino también como un idioma y tema de la inspiración artística.
En este viaje comenzó desde China en el año 2012, a través de Asia hasta llegar a tierras europeas, estamos valorando el agua como transportador de ideas y la representación de muchas realidades diferentes, tratando de formular un lenguaje donde la relación entre las categorías que utilizamos para el pensamiento puede ser determinado por el sentido común de la curiosidad y el acercamiento entre las diferencias.
A través del trabajo y la mirada de los artistas, la imagen fotográfica, documentales, y diseño de los niños y estudiantes, las instalaciones de videoarte y la poesia, los conciertos y convenciones multidisciplinarias, THROUGH WATERS busca darle más valor a la gran potencialidad de este proyecto: unir todas las energías en un solo elemento, como un vórtice, donde las fuerzas se derivan de las sinergias y de compartir, para sensibilizar, valorizar y crear un nuevo lenguaje para representar y para contar sobre el AGUA.
En Barcelona expondremos obras fotográficas y pinturas de artistas italianos e internacionales, vendrán proyectados dos documentales realizados por directores italianos: “THE WELL” y “CRY SEA” y presentada la instalación Drawing Cloud, compuesta de mas de 200 diseños de niños de todo el mundo.
Il tema centrale del progetto THROUGH WATERS è l’ACQUA, fonte di vita per ogni essere vivente, ma anche elemento di comunicazione e relazione tra uomini e culture diverse, al di là delle diversità. L’obiettivo è sensibilizzare e creare consapevolezza su cosa questo elemento rappresenta per noi e per la nostra realtà.
ACQUA non solo come bene comune e risorsa limitata, ma anche come linguaggio ed oggetto di ispirazione artistica.
In questo viaggio partito dalla Cina nel 2012, attraversando l’Asia per raggiungere le terre europee, stiamo valorizzando l’ACQUA come traghettatrice di idee e rappresentazione di realtà molteplici e differenti, cercando di formulare un linguaggio dove le relazioni tra le categorie che usiamo per pensare possano essere determinate dal comune senso di curiosità e avvicinamento verso il diverso.
Attraverso i lavori e lo sguardo degli artisti, le immagini fotogra che, i documentari, i disegni dei bambini e degli studenti, le installazioni di videoarte e la poesia, i concerti ed i convegni interdisciplinari, THROUGH WATERS cerca di avvalorare le grandi potenzialità di questo progetto: unire tutte le energie in un’unica voce, come un vortice dove le forze derivano dalle sinergie e dalla condivisione, per sensibilizzare, valorizzare e creare dunque un nuovo linguaggio per rappresentare e raccontare l’ACQUA.
A Barcellona esporremo opere fotogra che e dipinti di artisti italiani e internazionali, verranno proiettati i documentari “THE WELL” e “CRY SEA” e presentata l’installazione Drawing Cloud, composta da più di 200 disegni di bambini da tutto il mondo.
Barcellona 2016 — artistas / artisti
fotografía / fotografia
Simona Peci, Francesca Casciarri (Calias), Eirik Linder Aspelund (Calias),
Diana Bagnoli, Melanie Capuano, Cristina Clerici, Binh Dang,
Pimpin Nagawan, Ampanneh Satoh, Susetta Bozzi
pinturas / dipinti
Silvia Pagano, Giovanna De Riso
docummentales / documentari
Paolo Barberi, Riccardo Russo (The Well)
Luca Cusani, Ka Muhamud (Cry Sea)
Water & Mediterranean Sea
Acqua e il Mediterraneo
Incontro interdisciplinare sul valore dell'acqua.
La necessità di un cambiamento.
9 ottobre 2015
Malfa / Isola di Salina (Isole Eolie)
ingresso libero
with support
PROGRAMMA
h.10:00
palazzo marchetti
Water & Mediterranean Sea
incontro dibattito
Christina Sassayannis
responsabile e fondatrice di Through Waters
Il Mediterraneo tra consapevolezza e trasformazione.
Valorizzare l’acqua attraverso l’arte e il dialogo tra le differenze.
Christelle Durizot
esperto ambientale
Acqua, una risorsa eco-sostenibile.
Sensibilizzare le scuole e i giovani. Il lavoro nelle scuole risulta ad oggi fondamentale per sensibilizzare all'uso consapevole dell'acqua i giovani.
Antonella Vitozzi
rappresentante armatore Marnavi
Problemi e prospettive per le isole Eolie.
Ariella D'Andrea
consulente FAO / esperto legale AIDA
Mediterraneo tra acqua e diritto.
Un contributo sulla regolamentazione dell'uso delle risorse idriche per la tutela del nostro mare.
Monica Menaguali
curatore Beni Culturali / antropologa. Sovrintendenza Capitolina ai Beni Culturali
Il Sapore dell'Acqua.
Lucilla Rami Ceci
docente F/R di antropologia culturale e antropologia economica
Università La Sapienza di Roma
Cultura dell'acqua. Quale riuso per le strutture dell'Antico? Alcuni casi Italiani.
h 15:00
sala congressi Malfa
The Well
proiezione documentario
The Well water voices from Ethiopia
Una realtà che racconta il rapporto dell'essere umano con l'acqua.
56 minuti / realizzato in Etiopia da Paolo Barberi e Riccardo Russo, storia di Mario Michelini / Produzione Esplorare la Metropoli
h 16:30
sala congressi Malfa
Drawing Cloud
workshop
Laboratorio con bambini e studenti delle scuole elementari e medie - Istituto comprensorio Lipari 1
Per informazioni e contatti
contact@throughwaters.org / +39 3200105644
VISUALIZING WATER WORLDS
Expo to Venice
Arsenale di Venezia tesa 105
30th june - 31th october 2015
With the representatives of Comune di Venezia, Unesco Venice, Civiltà dell'Acqua, Vela group, Through Waters inaugurated the 30th june 2015 VISUALIZING WATER WORLDS in Venice.
We start to expose a first group of selected works of photographers, and with us Paolo Scoppola who installed AquaBoll a interactive video installation realized for Through Waters 2015 in the spaces of the Tesa 105, Arsenale.
Drawing Cloud collects the works of students worldwide and in this occasion we introduced the contribution of the students of Lycée Chateaubriand Rome.
The event will be open until the 31th October 2015 free entrance and want to aware the relation between man and environment as a dialogue of reciprocity.
We cannot be separate from water, we are water. This why we bring into this event AquaBoll. We want to promote water intended as an element that supports and holds in all life.
Water surrounds us before we were born, in and out of our bodies every day, we welcomes the deep blue sea. We are water. Observe and become in touch with water its means first of all take care of ourselves, and protect this precious element.
AquaBoll is an interactive video installation developed by Paolo Scoppola for Through Waters.
AQUABOLL
A big screen welcomes the audience with background music. As soon as someone approaches, AquaBoll start drawing the outlines of the audience, in a continuous overlapping forms. The colors are taken from seawater and alternating with white lines reminiscent of the surf. It 'a continuous floating in colors and shapes that evoke the natural relationship between man and water. The gestures of the spectators are then accompanied by the sound of the waves, the intensity of which depends upon the movements, giving the illusion that these trails of color are precisely the waves of the sea.
The sound, the colors, its unpredictability, its poetry and its reality to live with and protect, WATER.
“ Water is element of life. Water is matrix, mother and medium. There is no life without water.”
With the collaboration of UNESCO , Civiltà dell'Acqua, Comune di Venezia and Vela, Through waters will be in Venice, the city of water. We offer to the citizens and visitors the occasion of an interesting journey through art documentaries screening and workshop with children.
Paolo Scoppola, involved into the TW project of awareness of water value, will present personally his work AquaBoll, an experience that gives the visitors the occasion to be actor into the world of water and feelings.
We are really grateful of all your contribution and if you are in Venice we will be happy to welcome you in this two days journey with us.
During Tianjin International Design Week, in its second edition, Through Waters will expose the TW Photo collection of International photographers that participated at the project to enhance through art water value and its preciousness related to humankind. This year 2015 the choice of WATER & HUMANKIND want to focus on relations and communication between man, humankind and water.
The exhibit will be at Guanfu Road 27 in the Italian District Tianjin from 22-27 may.
Our art director Paolo Altieri is the curator of this event.
with the painting of Xu Jing "Lake of peace" 2011
On June the 4th Through Waters Art & Water keeping desert aside photo exhibit has been opened at the Art Kino Kriterion in Sarajevo.
The event was in the framework of the "World Environment Day" (WED): three days of activities coordinated by the United Nations Environment Program.
UNEP chose Through Waters as link project between the general environment protection issue and the specific thematic umbrella "Think, Eat and Share" under which the three days WED activities were reassembled. Water and food production are intimated related. Wasting food means wasting fresh water resource.
Considering this key concept the opening event has been organized in collaboration with a local NGO, Alterural, who provided products coming from Sarajevo surroundings. A "Tasty Water Cocktail" has welcome our guests. They could enjoy fresh fruits and drink rose, blueberry, strawberry or elder flavored water in a joyful atmosphere.
The Through Waters photos collection, that is nowadays traveling around China's majors towns, has been enrich with some other pictures taken in Bosnia and Herzegovina. BiH is a country extremely rich on water resources, but suffering on insufficient infrastructure system. Reducing water pollution and improve water and waste management are the key environmental priorities to walk up to the sustainable socioeconomic development of the region. The showed benefits and problems resulting from a reasonable or an unsustainable use of the resource have naturally brought Through Water audiences to think about water as local and global issue who need an integrated and cooperative action to be respected and developed in its multiple functions. Some of the pictures showed water not only as vital resource, but also as a playful occasion able to make you enjoy important moments of life. Water touches everybody, water doesn't know what a political, religious or cultural frontier is.
French, Swiss, Italian and Turkish Embassies attended the opening event and Through Waters has received the strong support from the UNEP team coming from Vienna. To stress the importance of our environment protection a group of cycling women arrived at the event just after the WED bike event organized to promote healthy habits.
During all the exhibit time children from BiH and from different countries have had the occasion to play and draw their ideas related to water...pirates boats and colorful fishes and flowers have been hung to the ceiling with blue, green, red and yellow strings adding a nice light on the exhibit "children corner".
Through Waters exhibit is at the Kriterion until June the 13th 2013.
World Water Day 2013 International Year of Water Cooperation
On the morning of March 22, in order to celebrate the twenty-first World Water Day, the launching ceremony of the 2013 International Year of Water Cooperation was held at Beijing Jintai Art Museum. The event was co-hosted by UNESCO Beijing Office, UNESCO IHP Chinese National Committee, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), International Union for Conservation of Nature(IUCN) and Beijing Jintai Art Museum. The event was co-organized by the Beijing Jintai Art Museum-Champion of Water Alliance, Shangri-la Institute, Through Waters, Supporting organizations including Peking University Water Center, Veolia Environmental Services, THIRST and Golden State Environment Group Corporation.
The event started with the poetry “Water” presented by students from Fangcaodi International Century Elementary school. Representatives from different international organizations, corporates, schools joined the force to sign on the signing board, including representatives from China Soong Ching Ling Foundation and All-China Youth Federation.
During “Water Footprint Puzzle” installation, we created a big integrated picture of Jeans, T-Shirt and burger. The big picture consists of 35 small drawing boards, we distribute small boards to 60 students, and put them together after students finish. After the assembling, people could see how much water we consume through the manufacturing and production process. This ‘learning by doing’ experience will inspire and motivate students to be creative and learn the knowledge about water.
During “Wash a with a bucket of water” activity, Dr. Jayakumar, Dr. Liu Heng and Mr.Henry Yuan wash cars with 5 family groups from different schools. This event is also advocates parental engagement to water protection.
During the event, water-related videos presented by different organizations are shown along with the water photography exhibit from Through Waters. Videos cover different forms of water and are produced by UNESCO, Champion of Water Alliance, Through Waters, China Business News, Wild Aid and Thirst.
This event aims to enhance public awareness of the importance of water while strengthening collaboration among organizations, corporates, designers/innovators, NGOs and schools. We believe World Water Day is a good beginning for more following-up activities and projects in each sector.
The United Nations General Assembly declared 2013 as the United Nations International Year of Water Cooperation, this event focused on the theme of "Water Cooperation" through cross-industry (inter-disciplinary) approach to highlight the integration of technology.
“世界水源日”2013联合国国际水源合作年”
3月22日上午，为纪念第二十一个世界水日，“世界水源日”2013联合国国际水源合作年启动仪式”在北京金台艺术馆举行。本次活动由联合国教科文组织驻华代表处、联合国教科文组织国际水文计划中国国家委员会、联合国环境规划署、世界自然保护联盟、北京金台艺术馆共同主办，北京金台艺术馆· 水卫士行动、香格里拉可持续社区学会、意大利“罗马· 世界水都”非盈利公益协会-THROUGHWATERS承办，北京大学水资源研究中心、法国威立雅水务集团、“Thirst渴望宣言”节水公益组织协办。联合国教科文组织科技及环境项目专家Jayakumar Ramasamy、联合国教科文组织国际水文计划中国国家委员会秘书长朱晓原、世界自然保护联盟代表朱春全、中国儿童少年基金会副会长冯淬、法国威立雅水务集团中国区公共关系总监蒋影华、北京金台艺术馆·水卫士行动秘书长袁宏安等来自北京市中小学的130名师生等参加了本次活动。活动在北京市朝阳区芳草地国际学校世纪小学学生诗歌《水》的朗诵声中拉开序幕。来自各国际组织、企业、学校的代表也分别在“世界水源日”2013联合国国际水源合作年的展板上签字以示对“2013联合国国际水源合作年”这一项目的支持。在互动体验活动中，来自北京市朝阳区白家庄小学、北京市朝阳区芳草地国际学校世纪小学、华中师范大学第一附属中学朝阳学校、北京朝阳区弘善学校、北京海淀区上地实验小学的60名学生代表共同绘画并搭建“水足迹”拼图。“水足迹”拼图由35块画板组成，上面绘制有人们生活中涉及到的物品及生产这些物品所消耗的水量，这种具有知识趣味性的体验活动让学生在动手实践过程中加深了对“水足迹”知识的认识，并教导公众关注隐性水的保护。活动中，5个家庭代表队中，父母与孩子共同动手洗车，共同践行由联合国首任环保艺术大师、水卫士行动发起人袁熙坤倡导的“一桶水洗一辆车”活动。既锻炼了身体又节约了宝贵的水资源。此外，作为此次亮眼活动的一部分，在金台艺术馆国际友谊厅内进行了有关水源的视频播放和“水之技艺”的节水设计展览。其中包括来自联合国教科文组织、意大利“罗马· 世界水都”非盈利公益协会-THROUGHWATERS、第一财经和渴望宣言等组织提供的有关水的视频；威立雅水务集团、北京大学水资源研究中心及征集于各中小学的节水小设计、绘画和摄影。这次活动不仅加强了国际组织、企业与学校间的合作对话，更在培养孩子想象力、创新力、实践力的同时传递了爱水的理念。2010年12月，联合国大会宣布2013年为联合国“国际水源合作年”并由联合国教科文组织领导该项目。为响应这一决定， 本次活动围绕“水合作”这一主题，通过科技与文化的结合，以跨领域合作的形式向公众和青少年传递“爱水理念”及“节水方式”，以此来增进公众对保护水资源的参与意识，加强国际组织、企业及学校间的互动与合作。
23 march - 12 april 2013
Hilton Hotel / Chongqing
THROUGH WATERS EXHIBITION IN CHONQING HIGHLIGHTS THE WORLD WATER DAY
Marking the celebration of the International Year of Water Cooperation and World Water Day, the THROUGH WATERS exhibition opened its doors at Chongqing Hilton Hotel on the 23rd March, with with the collaboration of UNESCO Beijing, Italian Cultural Institute of Beijing, Galileo Galilei Italian Institute, Science & Technology Association of Chongqing, and Chongqing Youth Environment Exchange Center.
Many people attended the opening, the third most important organized by THROUGH WATERS in China after Beijing and Tianjin. Local Insitutions representatives as Zhang Shi Qiao, Deputy of Chongqing Investement Promotion Association, Ms Yang Wen, Director of Internation Exchange Service, Mr Zhu Bin Deputy Director of Training Activity of Chong Qing Photographers Association or Ma Ding PIng , Executive Secretary of Chongqing Energy Research Society, Mr Huang Kun Cai Director of Department of Society Affairs and Academic Activities Chong qing Association for Science and Technology, were present, to admire 23 photos of the 2012 THROUGH WATERS edition and 10 new photos specially sellected for this exhibition.
Mr Jean-Philippe Jacopin, Director Manager of Hilton Chongqing, Stefania Stafutti, Director of the Italian Cultural Center of Beijng, Mr Zhu Bin, Deputy Director of Science & Technology Association of Chongqing and Through Waters curator Christina Sassayannis, gathered in the ancient Chinese capital with the common goal of respecting the environment through dialogue, through diversity. Unesco Beijing offered further material for the debate with the screening of the video “Water in Cities”.
The opening speeches focused on the need to talk about environment and water through knowledge and to encourage not only the young generation but also the governments worldwide to invest on environmental awareness.
Mr R. Jayakumar, Ph.D., Programme Specialist, representative of UNESCO Office in Beijing said, on the importance of water nowadays: ´The reality we all know very well is that our water resources are limited, and our needs are growing. Water is not an issue among others, is the central subject of international cooperation´.
Director of Beijing Italian Cultural Centre, Stefania Stafutti, talked about the crucial role of water in many literature masterpieces, noting the importance of water in ancient Chinese writers.
THROUGH WATERS exhibition in Chongqing displayed also the work of MU NAN Primary School students, that contributed with its artistic work to The Drawing Cloud installation, following the example of students from Western Academy of Beijing, or Beijing LFIP. THROUGH WATERS project always involve children from local schools, to make them think about its culture and the importance of water in their families.
International and local media covered the event, making THROUGH WATERS at Chongqing one of the most sucessefull in China to date.
For more information:
http://www.chinanews.com/shipin/cnstv/2013/03-24/news190182.shtml
16 november - 18 december 2012
Art Gallery and Creativity Park XIANGSI / Tianjin
On Friday November 16th, THROUGH WATERS exhibition was opened to the public in Tianjin, at the Art Gallery and Creativity Park XIANG SI.
Paintings of the artist Cheng Qin were displayed, with the collaboration of MEBO Culture, together with the pictures of international artists involved into the project and the video creation of Alessandro Rolandi.
The Vice Secretary of the Party of Hebei District, Tianjin Municipality and District Chief Yuan Guangrui, and the Vice District Chief Li Chengyi were at the opening. Councillor Davide Giglio represented the Embassy of Italy of China. Representatives of the Italian Culture Institute of Beijing, of the Ministry of Education Italy and of the University of Naples L'Orientale with other sponsors travelled to Tianjin from Beijing taked part of the event.
The 57 Secondary School of Tianjin and the French School of Beijing participated with the water-related drawings of the students through the Cloud Drawings installation, created by Italian designer Paolo Altieri.
An activity of Through Waters laboratory for children took place, where the youngest one were invited to express themselves about their perception of water.
The Tianyin String Quartet of Tianjin performed a concert, followed by the screening of the documentary The Well - water voices from Ethiopia, about the social and cultural meaning of water distribution in a rural area of Ethiopia.
Many students, artists and regional media attended the inauguration ceremony. The exhibition was opened to the public until the 18th December recording a notable success, according to the Xiang Si Gallery representatives.
Supported by CIDIC.
14 september - 5 october 2012
Italian Cultural Center / Beijing
On September 14, 2012, we held the first exhibition THROUGH WATERS at the Italian Cultural Center in Beijing.
Global security in the coming years is likely to be affected a "water divide" and competition for increasingly scarce resources could mean domestic and international conflicts.
Through this conference, which counts among its participants Ma Jun, UNESCO Beijing, Thirst4Water and anthropologist and curator of the THROUGH WATERS exhibition Christina Sassayannis, we emphasize the importance of creating a dialogue between different academic disciplines and strategies for defining the valorisation (valuation) of water as a key element to be protected and known.
Through this photo exhibition, we aim at highlighting the need for a renewed dialogue among the world's peoples and cultures, especially among young people. The exhibition included the involvement of local and international schools, screenings of the documentaries The Well, water voices from Ethiopia (Esplorare la Metropoli) and CRY SEA (Luca Cusani/Cafi Muhamud) throughout the weeks of the exhibition and the cartoon H2Ooooh! by Gruppo Alcuni in collaboration with UNESCO and Rai Fiction.
Water will be perceived not only for its practical purposes, but as a fundamental element that has always allowed people to travel and interact with other cultures, as a way to approach the "other" with curiosity and affection.
