Who hasn't, at least once in their life, wondered where the first molecule that created our planet came from?
And why was Planet Earth chosen for the development of life? Why did dinosaurs go extinct?
Maybe because Planet Jupiter, the Solar System titan that protects us
from asteroids, was not in the same position as it is nowadays? Without
it preventing these giant "rocks", could devastating impacts still
happen?
Human development and the first civilizations, where did they come from?
Maybe from a superior mind, enlightened in comparison to the average
Earth inhabitants at the time.
The Sumerians, for instance, first urban civilization able to create
still uncodified signs and buildings with roofs that resemble landing
runways.
Think Leonardo Da Vinci, whose discoveries we still take advantage of:
his inventions still amaze us and we can't quite put our finger on how
they could come from the mind of a man living in the XV century.
If we go back in time we can't retrace exactly, if not by hypothesis,
the origins and the evolution of our planet, of men and animals that
populated it before us, and the mystery of their survival.
Sometimes we ask ourselves questions about the universe, we wonder what
astronauts actually found on the Moon, what space probes discovered
about Mars... And then suddenly we are informed that 7 twin planets
exist 40 million light years away from us, and our fantasy takes flight
to a parallel world.
Are there inhabitants on these planets similar to ours? How do we
imagine their physical appearance? Do these entities observe us even if
our scientist cannot see them yet? Is it likely that once in a while
they would come to us to give us advice on how to evolve? Is this the
definition of a supersonic innovation, a big philosophical intuition?
Let's try to imagine all of this, how THEY live, what THEY do, how THEY eat, sleep, work, love.
It is not easy to solve this mystery and these new worlds often look
more like Dante's Inferno than like our beloved Mother Earth.
Astronomist Jason Wright is convinced that the existance of aliens
should be the least of our concerns, but at the Geneva Observatory
Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz compare the discovery of a parallel
system to Christopher Columbus, the concrete possibility of not being
alone in the universe as the Holy Grail.
The confirmation of the fact that the universe swarms with planets (and
not just stars, where life is obviously impossible) has granted a wide
investigation field for science.
Extrasolar planets are the ultimate topic of research not only for
astrophysics, but also for chemistry and biology, and why not, for
philosophy as well.
In this vortex of questions faith, philosophy and science can give us
explanations to a certain limit, but ART is unquestionably the best
interpreter of our curiosity.
Art is the privileged means of description of our infinite questions
about these worlds, that become POSSIBLE through our fantasy, our
imagination,our intuition, sensibility and culture. Creating an artwork
opens the door to a POSSIBLE WORLD that interprets and completes the
reality of the artist.
The suggested theme is therefore greatly interesting and allows an
infinite number of interpretations, just as many as the stars in the
sky...
THE ARTIST IS NOT REQUIRED TO PAY ANY FEE
Deadline:
October 15, 2017
The initiative requires the creation of an artwork - free technique, on paper or cardboard
- UNI A4 size (cm 29,7 x 21,1)
- addressed to BIBLIOTECA COMUNALE -
Piazza Cavalieri Caccia - 00060 SANT'ORESTE (ROMA) ITALY
- insert in the envelope your personal data, contact information and possibly a brief biography and some artistic references.
The works will be preserved as heritage of the city of Sant'Oreste and
later exhibited in art galleries, museums or elsewhere will be required
to spread this art form and to promote the artists.
The exhibition is curated by Tiziana Todi in collaboration with
MailArtMeetingArchives by Anna Boschi di Bologna, boraArte - Bologna,
the Town of Sant'Oreste and the Pro Loco tourist office of Sant'Oreste.
The exhibition will open
on October 28, 2017 at 10:00 am at
the sixteenth century Palazzo Caccia-Canali, attributed to architect
Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola and subject of the 2011 FAI campaign for the
protection of cultural and natural heritage, up
until November 26, 2017.
Thank you to all participants.
