Protect Cittadellarte

the donors

 

 

A flood hit Cittadellarte on the night between 2 and 3 October, causing the collapse of 1300 square meters of exhibition, recreational and educational spaces such as Hydro, Terme Culturali and some spaces of Accademia Unidee; therefore we have activated a crowdfunding campaign to start the urgent shielding and rebuilding works.

 

CITTADELLARTE THANKS THE DONORS:

Pierluigi Di Pietro, Third Paradise Embassy Albano Laziale
Francesco Saverio Teruzzi, Third Paradise Embassy Albano Laziale
Ernest Van Buyder, Third Paradise Embassy Antwerp (M HKA)
Ekarasa Doblanovic, Third Paradise Embassy Auckland
Giacinto Di Pietrantonio, Third Paradise Embassy Bergamo
Denise De Rocco, Third Paradise Embassy Biella
Alberto Fontanella, Third Paradise Embassy Biella
Raffaele Quattrone, Third Paradise Embassy Bologna
Alessia Siligardi, Third Paradise Embassy Bologna
Manuel Fanni Canelles, Third Paradise Embassy Bolzano
Yiannis Sakellis, Third Paradise Embassy Cyprus
Laura Salas Redondo, Third Paradise Embassy Cuba
Dilara Akay, Third Paradise Embassy Istanbul
Maria Francesca Rodi, Third Paradise Embassy Milano
Monika Wuhrer, Third Paradise Embassy New York
Maria Grazia Omodei, Third Paradise Embassy Palazzolo sull’Oglio
Donne del Terzo Paradiso di Palazzolo sull’Oglio
Giuliana Carusi Setari, Third Paradise Embassy Paris
Stefania Crobe, Third Paradise Embassy Priverno
Dipartimento Educazione del Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea (Anna Pironti con Paola Zanini, Barbara Rocci, Brunella Manzardo, Manuela Corvino, Sara Rossino, Rosarianna Seclí, Luisa Consolati, Valentina Ferrero, Emanuela Bartolini, Greta Zamboni, Valeria Mussano, Carmen Leon, Elena Tortia e Giulia Famiglio), Third Paradise Embassy Rivoli
Enzo Chiarullo, Third Paradise Embassy Sasso Marconi
Catterina Seia, Third Paradise Embassy Torino
Stefano Treggiari, Third Paradise Embassy Venarotta
Paolo Mozzo, Third Paradise Embassy Verona
A.M. Impianti di Andrea Mangosio
Alessandra Aires
Maria Alois
Gabriella Antonini
Ele Aparicio
Claudia Arango
Stefano Azzalin
Alfredo Barcella
Gaia Bazzarini
Yvette Bernizan
Alessandro Bettoni
Luca Bianco
Neve Biella
Giulio Boccardo
Annunciata Bonizzoni
Feloice Borghi
Nathalie Brambilla
Marta Bruschi
Alessandra Bury
elisa c.
Giulia Campitelli
Ema Caso
Giulia Cassaro
Glorianda Cipolla
Daniele Cipriani
Christian Clarizio
Giuseppa Colangeli
Ted Martin Consoli
Leone Contini
Carlo Covini
Luca Deias
Daniela Destro
Elena Di Gennaro
Piera Daniela Di Gennaro
Marco Dini
Marco Donna
Luca Ercoli
Vittorio Falletti
Maria Stefania Farina
Filippo Ferraris
Irene Finiguerra
Paola Foglia
Giorgio Fogliano
Luciana Friaglia
Marisa Friaglia
Gregorio Furlan
Cristina Gabetti
Giulia Gabrieli
Maria Teresa Garbaccio
Daniele G.
Luca Garibaldi
Matteo Gatto
Antonella Giannotto
Elisa Gilardino
Margherita Giorgi
Armando Golzio
Gabriella Guida
Inner Wheel Club Valle Mosso
Annalisa Insinna
Italia Cargo SRL
Valeria Klein
Alessandro Lacirasella
Giulia Lo Faro
Luisa Lo Valvo
Elena Lombardo
Ettore Macchieraldo
Marina Maffei
Carlo Magli
Luca Manacorda
Annalisa Marchioro
Giulia Marostica
Giuliano Martini
Virna Mastrangelo
Constantina Mavrou
Davide Meani
Anita Melchionda
Roberto Melis
Francesca Menegon
Marco Menoncello
Magda Michalska
Maria Teresa Monti
Valentina Morelli
Giuseppe Mosca
Paolo e Armona
Liudmila Ogryzko
Antonietta Oriani
Pacefuturo
Paesaggio Art Landscape
Caterina Palmarini
Debora Palmarini
Colli Pavia
Luisa Perlo
Antonio Perona
Olga Pirazzi
Clara Pogliani
Huan Pompan
Emanuele Prella
Renzo Preto
Isabella Primicerio
Valeria Prina Cerai
Marcello Quinci
Santo Radici
Micaela Raineri
Gianpaolo Re
Pier Luigi Remotti
Alberto Ricca
Sandro Riscossa
Mauro Ronzani
Rotary Club Valle Mosso
LudovicaRusso
Fabio Salvi
Alessandra Sandrolini
Serena Sartore
Alessandra Savina
Alessandra Saviotti
Linda Schipani
Johannes e Elisabeth Schlebrugge
Alice Setari
Grazia Maria Simeone
Simon Lee Gallery
Barbara Tealdo
Marta Tolomelli
Nadia Valli
Eleonora Valsania
Sarah Van Hapert (M HKA)
Fulvia Zago
Gabriele Zanni
Valeria Zanuso
Elena Valentina Zonca

 

Updates about the Protect Cittadellarte activities on our Journal

 

“Protect Cittadellarte”: PHASE 1
We urgently need to build an embankment of reinforced concrete (estimated cost 800.000€. PHASE 1: 150.000 €)
The collapse has left exposed the foundations of the 19th-century building constituting the core of Cittadellarte, the non-profit organization Michelangelo Pistoletto created in Biella in the 1990s.
To prevent further collapses or structural damages, we urgently need to proceed with PHASE 1: the shielding of the foundations in view of autumn’s and winter’s rains.

 

 

Why protect Cittadellarte
Cittadellarte is the cradle of the myth of the Third Paradise: the harmony between man and nature, between technology and environment, between human intelligence and the planetary ecosystem. Cittadellarte is home and point of reference to thousands of organizations and communities all over the world: a school of sustainability where to learn and make peace with the planet, and become protagonists of a responsible change in society. Help us protect this home and rebuild what’s been destroyed. Let’s rebuild the exhibitions spaces swept away and the Terme Culturali, an immersive curative experience of creative and cultural faculties and sensibilities. Let’s rebuild the classrooms of Accademia Unidee of the Third Paradise, teaching the art of sustainability and responsibility in the fields of design, fashion and new media. Let’s rebuild youths’ meeting places, so that they can participate in the Third Paradise starting from the Biellese territory with Better Places’s Hydro space.

 

 

What we need

The steps for PHASE1 are:
• access the river bed for removals and demolitions;
• strenghten and make buildings safe;
• build a protective wall in reinforced concrete.

Risks and critical issues:
• further rains might damage the buildings still intact;
• need to prevent negative impacts on programs, and in particular on the educational and visitors’ services based in the main building;
• bureaucracy can possibly slow down the process, since it will involve many different public offices;
• Furthermore,the works are undoubtedly complex from engineering and hydrological points of view.

Other ways to contribute
• Let your friends and acquaintances know of this campaign;
• shareyour contribution on social media using the tag @cittadellarte and the hashtags #proteggicittadellarte and # cittadellarte.

 

News

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12 January 2023

Michelangelo Pistoletto presents “Arte Povera at Cittadellarte”

December saw the publication of the 37th issue of DocBi's annual bulletin, which this year has a monographic nature and for the second time is dedicated to the theme of collecting. The book "Studi e ricerche sul Biellese" (Studies and researches on the Biellese territory) also features an unpublished contribution by Michelangelo Pistoletto. Here is the text by the Biellese artist on Cittadellarte’s Arte Povera collection.

23 June 2021

When ethics meets fashion: Cittadellarte has hosted a day of conferences dedicated to sustainability

Yesterday, Fondazione Pistoletto hosted two conferences on responsible fashion that started new networking processes between business representatives, fashion designers, lecturers and key figures in the sector: in the morning, "+ Ethics + Fashion" – organised by Accademia Unidee – launched a speculative investigation into the resonance of the fashion system in dealing with the theoretical concepts of sustainability and circularity present in contemporary global culture; in the afternoon, "Circular Threads" – curated by Tondo, Cittadellarte, Associazione Tessile e Salute and Rén – presented the first Italian study on the relationship between textile industry and circular economy.

11 June 2021

Circular Threads, the first italian study on the relationship between textile industry and circular economy is presented at Cittadellarte

On 22nd June, from 2.30 pm to 6.30 pm, in the spaces of Fondazione Pistoletto, Tondo, Cittadellarte, the Textile and Health Association and Rén will present the study that will allow to evaluate the level of circularity of the textile sector in Northern Italy. The event will feature national experts and representatives of local historical wool companies and of new organisations aiming at revolutionising the sector.

14 May 2020

A support for restart and growth of the Biellese territory: the launch of Fondazione BIellezza

The initiative, conceived before the outburst of the pandemic, wants to contribute to a significant growth in the activities linked to incoming tourism, which would offer new job and investment opportunities in the area, most importantly to young people. The project has been launched by Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Biella, Gruppo Sella and Gruppo Zegna, with the support of Cittadellarte.