Catania, “Magma” takes shape: two new works by Antonio Presti

The artist and patron Antonio Presti – president of the Fiumara D’Arte Foundation – after the creation of the monumental “Butterfly Gate”, does not stop and donates two new works of art to the community of Librino, starting to give shape to the museum of contemporary art in the open air “MAGMA”.

They are two sculptures of light that convey the vision of beauty with their shadow. “Amare” and “La Sognatrice” were created by the Florentine artist Fabrizio Corneli and installed, respectively, in the “Le Ravennate” condominium complex and in the public housing located in Viale Bummacaro 9.

The works will be inaugurated on Friday 10 May at 6.30 pm, in the presence of journalists, institutions, associations, but above all the inhabitants of the neighborhood, who have experienced the artistic process of regeneration firsthand. The works are composed of stainless steel sheets and by a lighthouse placed at the bottom which projects a beam of light upwards.

The sculptures reveal their magic when the sun sets: thanks to the lighting, the shadows of the sheets draw a face for “The Dreamer” and the vision of a kiss for “Amare”. The light therefore becomes a brush and the shadow its stroke, giving users the vision of the work only when it is all dark around: it is thanks to these light installations that, according to Antonio Presti, “even at night the vision of beauty will be returned to the inhabitants of the neighborhood.”

“It’s not the first time I’ve drawn a face and a kiss with shadows – Corneli declared – they are two archetypal figures, shared by all the cultures of the world, subconscious images that art has the aim of bringing out”.

“MAGMA” begins to take shape: the project to transform Librino into an open-air contemporary art museum, conceived by the maestro Antonio Presti and the Fiumara Art Foundation. And once again the inhabitants of Librino themselves will be the protagonists of the artistic process: after having involved the schools and associations for the creation of the “Butterfly Gate”, Presti has now chosen to approach the condominiums of the neighborhood: “Condominiums are a complex microcosm made up of cooperatives, people and stories. Entering the condominiums you discover a Librino different from the one narrated by the media”.

For months the Foundation has been talking with the condominiums that will host the new works and has organized creative workshops with clay in the courtyards: art thus becomes a medium for exchanging opinions with the tenants, to find out their impressions and forge new bonds . The Foundation continues the spiritual and artistic mending of the entire neighborhood, sharing even more with the inhabitants the transformation process that involves the entire community of Librino.

“I express great satisfaction – says Angelo Sicali, president of the IACP of the city of Catania – for the collaboration undertaken with Antonio Presti and his Foundation. These urban regeneration interventions aim to affirm the importance of art and culture as identifying elements of belonging for our beneficiaries”.

The condominium owners responded positively: both young and older tenants participated in the workshops and shared the project of the work. The administrator of “Le Ravennate”, Leandro Maria Amato, declared: “This work will bring light into the hearts of the inhabitants, small and large, shaking the cultural and artistic soul of the neighborhood.”

The choice of condominiums is no coincidence: “Le Ravennate” and the public houses of Viale Bummacaro 9 stand out almost opposite each other, separated by that overpass which has housed the Porta della Bellezza for more than twenty years.

The idea is to redesign the entrance to Librino, concentrating the works of art nearby, so as to create – in germinal form – an outdoor artistic park, destined to expand more and more, chasing the dream of transforming the The entire booklet becomes a work of art. Consequently, the new generations will grow up with a new vision of the beauty of the neighborhood, nourishing themselves more and more with identity and pride in being citizens of Librino and Catania.

“A great work of sowing for young people, who always want sowing as a harvest – concludes Antonio Presti – I am happy to read in the eyes of the Librino community, and especially of all the mothers involved, a new emotion, a strong pride and a warm embrace”.

 
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