"A record for Pellestrina": on Saturday 16 June final presentation on the island of Pellestrina
On Saturday, the 16th of June the inhabitants of the island of Pellestrina will present the final result of a two-years team-work project: a work between needles and threads, from which a reflection has started over the concepts of community, social transformation, and dialogue with the others. The results is the longest pillow lace of the world (actually 350 meters long) made by different hands, united in one work to represent the island’s culture, identity and heritage.
The project “A record for Pellestrina” has benn developed by the artists Lisa Castellani, Enrica Cavarzan, Maria Zanchi, Gloria Safont-Tria together with Love Difference and Cittadellarte - Fondazione Pistoletto, working on the idea of “community based art project”: building better relations within the Pellestrina community and assuring the preservation of the cultural and natural heritage of the island, a very fragile ecosystem in the Venice lagoon. The artistic performance links back to an ancient hand-crafting tradition, the pillow lace made with the “tombolo”; the artists aimed to build up a dialogue with the social system, to make the island rethink its role for the future, and to document the project’s process and its creative strategies. The project involved not only the most expert lace-makers, but the whole population of the island,and groups from Italy and abroad. The project “A record for Pellestrina”, started in summer 2005, when Cittadellarte and Love Difference took part in the 51st International Exposure of Art, the Venice Biennial.
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