Rome sweet home. Living in the Capitalin the heart of the neighborhood of Tor Marancio in Rome, a photographic project was inaugurated on 16 June which tells, through the gaze of four photographers, the peripheral places of the capital: Corviale, Tor Bella Monaca, Metropoliz and its inhabited museum, the villages and small villas around the GRA.
Made by Museum of the Suburbs directed by Giorgio de Finis in collaboration with the Tormararte Association chaired by Cristina Giuliani, with the patronage of the VIII Municipality of the Municipality of Rome and the contribution of the Third Pillar Foundation – Internationalpreviously chaired by Prof. Attorney Emmanuele FM Emanuele and currently led by Prof. Alessandra Tacconethe initiative was opened by a performance by innocent artists “Constanza Zimmer” .
Franco Buoncristiani, Aldo Feroce, Francesca Romana Guarnaschelli, Fabio Moscatellithese are the names of the photographers involved who, with their works, return a portrait of today’s Rome on the condominium stairs of the Tor Marancio complex, a short circuit to connect apparently distant points of the city, but linked by the common question of housing.
«I am very happy – stated the Prof. Emanuelephilanthropist and patron, former President of the Terzo Pilastro Foundation, who had already promoted the project way back in 2015 Big city life for the redevelopment of the neighborhood through street art works – for having contributed to realizing this initiative in Tor Marancio […]. In my opinion, this is a very important event from a cultural point of view, in a country where, despite the fact that it has been estimated that our artistic and landscape heritage is worth 120% of the Gross Domestic Product, the State does not believe in the economic importance of culture, allocating only a minimal part of the GDP, i.e. 0.2%. The private foundations – continues Emanuele – belonging to the Third Sector (like the one that I was honored to preside over and which is today worthily led by Prof. Taccone) are the entities that do their utmost more than anyone else for the development and diffusion of culture, and for the protection of our priceless artistic and landscape heritage, on the basis of my long-standing assumption that Culture is the privileged tool for breaking down social, economic, racial and religious barriers”.
With Big City Life 18 monumental street-art works were created in 2015 on the facades of the 11 buildings belonging to Lot 1 of Tor Marancio, the result of preliminary meetings between internationally renowned artists (such as Seth, Mr. Klevra, Diamond, Vhils, Gaia, only for name a few) and the local community. The success achieved by this “condominium museum”, and the commitment and passion shown by the inhabitants of Tor Marancio for its care, has had as a natural consequence the succession of other projects on the sidestaunchly supported by Third Pillar Foundation also through the Culture and Art Foundation. In particular, to the initiative “Tor Marancio 2.0” of the 2018, to digitize the exhibition itinerary and the installation in building F in the Viale Tormarancio n. 63/A of an elevatorcreated by Marrocco Elevators Srl, to allow a young disabled tenant to be able to go up and down freely from their apartment, allowing them to participate fully in the life of the neighborhood.
Again, in 2021the Culture and Art Foundation, on the occasion of the establishment of the Tormararte cultural association (created to enhance the murals created in the housing complex), contributed to the creation of a series of events, including: an experiential artistic workshop, intended for a group of students aged between 10 and 14; a debate on the very current theme of “The concept of copyright applied to street art”, with the participation of artists and exponents of the cultural world; the inauguration of a small library for children.
