From 18 September in Catanzaro the artistic movement dear to environmentalists will give life to the 2nd edition of "Arte e Città". Works with recycled plastic.
Can the awakening of a community, after the sadness of the epidemic, be an open-air art gallery? Yes and also for many months. The signal of a newfound sustainable, clean, colorful coexistence. The city of Catanzaro announced all this on the eve of the second edition of "Arte e Città". Something more than an artistic event with an environmental value. Although not yet connected to urban art circuits, it certainly deserves it for the commitment and civic sense of those who promote it.
The first edition of “Arte e Città” last year received critical acclaim and media attention. But this year, starting September 18, the context is very different. The social and economic problems for Covid 19 have not spared Catanzaro and Calabria. If the capital city focuses on art and the environment until next January, it means that there is a real desire to leave the anguishing months of the pandemic behind. The people are full of good will and need encouraging actions more than yesterday. On the other hand, she is also tired of a repetitive socio-economic representation made up of dishonesty and illegality and depression. What's more original, then, in this period than borrowing the imagination and inspiration of creatives and artists to cheer up? The Chamber of Commerce comes forward with the Municipality, PromoCatanzaro, the Rocco Guglielmo Foundation is will install 36 Cracking Art works in the historic centre.
Crocodiles, cats, colored dogs of different sizes made with the technique of recovering materials. Predominantly plastic, as the Cracking movement known throughout the world and very dear to environmentalists has specialized in. Along the streets and squares and they will see,works with a keen sense of the environmente.
It is an "impact initiative", we have heard, in an extraordinary Region which is however plagued by delays in ecological structures, often also by a wasteful policy. For four months the seductive and reflective power di a joyful art e green can make a difference.
This year's choice was not accidental, explained Francesco Chirillo, president of PromoCatanzaro, given that “the health emergency has forced us into a period of not only economic, but also social and psychological difficulty. I would like the colors and shapes typical of Cracking Art to be a message of joy, enthusiasm, trust in the future for all visitors, the curious or simple passers-by”.
La show will remain until the end of January next,merging with the Christmas events to which it will give a value of environmental sustainability. Even in the middle of winter, showing the regeneration of plastic in an artistic and captivating way will have communicative value for a particular sensitivity towards nature. “Our chosen material is plastic, the container of all the experiences of the planet, natural, artificial, ancient, futuristic” says the 2001 Cracking Art manifesto. a new iconography”. Calabria shared the mission .
