Deserted Islands of the Mediterranean
A project by Amedeo Martegani, Armin Linke, Giovanna Silva, Giuseppe Ielasi, Renato Rinaldi, Giulia Di Lenarda
20.05. - 19.06.2009
desertmed 2008
Opening of the exhibition: Wednesday, 20th May, 7 pm
A research which tells about spaces, sounds and reasons of the deserted islands of the Mediterranean, using photography, drawings, digital audio and video.
More than 200 deserted islands have been counted. At Villa Romana, for the first time, there will be presented the materials, which have been collected during the first two travels to the Dodecanese and to the Ionian Sea.
Interview with Wafa Hourani
Garden Art in Action
Interview with "atelier le balto"
Thomas Kilpper
A Lighthouse for Lampedusa!
A Lighthouse for Lampedusa, installation view Villa Romana, 2009
The model will be exhibited at Villa Romana until autumn and can be viewed during the office hours (Mon - Fri, from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.) or on appointment.
Last autumn the artist Thomas Kilpper, who lives and works in Berlin, set up the project A Lighthouse for Lampedusa!
Every year approximately 20,000 people, most of whom are immigrants from Africa, try to reach Europe via the island of Lampedusa. According to the Italian Home Office, in 2008 this number reached as much as 35,000 people. Thousands die at sea: humanitarian organisations have estimated that nearly a tenth of the total number of migrants die during the dangerous crossing. Thomas Klipper plans to create a major lighthouse and arts centre, in collaboration with architects, engineers and island residents.
International Guest Artists 2009
Wafa Hourani, Hani Rashed
The artists’ house Villa Romana in Florence will accommodate the artists Wafa Hourani (born in 1979 in Hebron and living in Ramallah) and Hani Rashed (born in 1975 in Cairo and still living there) in 2009, for a two-month stay each. The two artists were nominated for Villa Romana by Catherine David, who is the chief curator of the Direction at the Musées de France (French Museum Board) and artistic director of the "documentaX".
Thomas Kilpper:
APPEAL - A Lighthouse for Lampedusa!
Almost every day we get news of stranded refugees in the south of Europe. Annually about 20 000 refugees try to reach Europe via the Italian island of Lampedusa. Thousands drown in the sea - aid organisations estimate 10 out of 100 migrants die during the dangerous crossing.
