\u201cA path from the suburbs of time to those of space, from the suburbs of Christianity to those of poverty, which we desire to meet and help\u201d, Alessandra Vitez, supervisor of the Exhibits Office, describes the 7 lead exhibitions of the Meeting 2014. A travel, from Syria to Ethiopia, going through the most poor situations of Brasil, Kenya and Ecuador, or to discover universe or literature and history, at the meeting with Peguy, Tolstoj, St. John Bosco, and the East Church. The common heart of all is men\u2019s destiny and their desire of knowing, meeting and chatting.
\nSeven exhibitions to which the exhibit \u201cThe society of joy. The oratory of St. John Bosco: This is my home!\u201d is added (Children\u2019s Village, pavilion C3), four exhibits of \u201cExperiences and paths\u201d of reality which come from Rimini to be known through a small exhibition and two exhibits of \u201cMen at work\u201d: experiences and reality which narrate their own situations. <\/p>\n
Below a short presentation of the seven exhibitions:<\/p>\n
Generating beauty: new beginnings at the ends of Earth (pavilion C1)
\nBy John Waters and AVSI Foundation
\nBetween the edges of the world of Pope Francis, there are also the most poor places on Earth, where misery, war and hunger risk to suffocate people\u2019s dignity. Is faith so influencing reality that it is offering answers to these big challenges? Which factors creates development? Is the real work of third sector such as AVIS efficient or is it only charitable \u201cdistribution of crumbs\u201d? The exhibit path goes through three different realities: a group of schools in Kenya, a recovery center and a nutritional education at San Paolo, an intervention of childhood education and informal in suburbs of Quito. \u201cOne discovery we\u2019ve made\u201d said the Irish journalist John Waters, \u201cis that a cure to poverty could be beauty: we have to make people conscious of their beauty. Once they are conscious of that, they can defeat the sensation of being a casualty, an incident\u201d. <\/p>\n
Explorers (pavilion A1)
\nBy Euresis Association. In collaboration with Ceur Foundation
\nSearching what is unknown is a distinctive trait of human nature. The exhibit will make the visitors real explorers, throwing them to the edges of our solar system, on board of the orbiter Voyager, in an interplanetary trip which will allow them, at their return, to see the Earth with new eyes: small, astonishing and hospitable. Just like T.S. Eliot wrote: \u201cI will not stop exploring. And at the end of all our proceed, we will turn back to the starting point to know it for the first time\u201d. <\/p>\n
From the depths of time: the origins of communication and community in ancient Syria (pavilion C1)
\nBy Marilyn Kelly-Buccellati. In collaboration with Giorgio Buccellati and Federico Buccellati.
\nWith the advice of David Lordkipanidze, Tamas Gamkrelidze, Maamoun Abdulkarim. <\/p>\n
The exhibit narrates, between many discoveries in the excavations of Dmanisi (today Georgia) and of Urkesh (today Syria), of one of five hominid skulls (one million eight hundred thousands years ago) and of some artifacts, explaining their meaning. The last one discovered, perfectly intact, belonged to a man with a long face, wide teeth and a small cranium. Another one belonged to a man without teeth who, despite his condition, survived for many years before dying. From the study of these evidences an important point emerges: the highest life expectancy is supported by others\u2019 help and this represents the first act of kindness or charity. <\/p>\n
Story of a carnal soul. 100 years after the death of Charles Peguy (pavilion C5)
\nBy Piero Cappelli, Pigi Colognesi, Flora Crescini, Massimo Morelli<\/p>\n
During the centenary of his death, the Meeting dedicates an exhibit to the great French writer. \u201cWhat interests us the most\u201d, said Pigi Colognesi, one of the organizers, \u201cis to make this man known, in particular for his idea of happening. You can\u2019t lock things in plans: they happen or they don\u2019t, thinking about them isn\u2019t enough\u201d. Panels are written in the same typing character he used and inside there will be alive moments of chat organized by true actors, like they could happen today. The exhibit is also enriched by the video of an innovative Alain Finkielkraut\u2019s interview. <\/p>\n
PARABLES FROM THE EAST. Christianity and the challenge of the new millennium (pavilion A5)
\nPromoted by Armenian Republic Embassy at the Holy See. Zona\u2019s general organization.
\nBy Renata Ferri.
\nA photographic exhibition on Middle East christian communities with the monographic work of Michele Borzoni and a selection of news agencies\u2019 photos. Lyrics by Andrea Milluzzi.<\/p>\n
The condition of Christians in the East is recently returning under media and international politic reflectors, with Pope Francis\u2019s appeals which underline its dramatic nature. The consequence of the war that contaminates the territory is the East Syrian Christian exodus, that further reduces the small christian presence in the area of his historical diffusion. There are numerous churches in the big area from Caucasus to Egypt, from Iran to Cyprus. The double goal of the exhibit is, on one side, to show the current situation of Eastern Christianity, opening a reflection on the future of this community and on their role in the Middle Eastern society of XXI century, and on the other side to lead back the attention of the international community on the safeguard of the rich architectural and artistic property which from centuries constitutes a huge part of the Christian culture. The exhibit will be itinerant. A part from the Meeting \u2013 first stage of the exhibit \u2013 it will be taken to Rome, Brussels, Paris and other European capital cities. <\/p>\n
Tolstoj. A cry and its answers (pavilion A5)
\nBy Giovanna Parravicini, Adriano and Marta Dell\u2019Asta, Francesco Braschi, Olga Sedakova, Fekla Tolstaja and students from Italian universities and from the school of High Economy in Moscow. In collaboration with Tolstoj National Museum in Moscow; Russian Literature Institute (Pu\u0161kinskij Dom) of Science Accademy, in St Petersburg. <\/p>\n
In his troubled human itinerary, in his great literary masterpieces such as in his publicist works, in the extended educational and social activity, in the religious research through Christianity and other religions, Tolstoj proposes again the great themes of life and death, of truth and \u00abgood\u00bb, human life. His research is a research of a \u201ccultured European of our days\u201d, who went through the crisis of modern conscience, ideas of Enlightenment and Rationalism, who continuously suffers the temptation of ideological closure, of the reduction of Christianity to moral doctrine, till the denial of Christ\u2019s divine humanity; but, at the same time, he can\u2019t suffocate to the bitter end the presentiment of mystery. In the reason of Tolstoj\u2019s drama lye some crucial options: an idea of reason which admit mystery, or a reason judge of reality; a Christianity like an event or a series of rules which must be followed; a laicism, often insolent and manufactured, that contradicts the need of \u00ablaity\u00bb, actually a christian experience which includes reasons of faith\u2019s solidity.<\/p>\n
From the edges of Christianity. Ethiopia will raise its hands to God. Images of an ancient tradition (pavilion C5)
\nBy Giuseppe Barbieri<\/p>\n
A precious exhibit, which includes also eighty chosen pieces of a private collection like bronze and copper crosses, wooden tables, manuscripts, icons and wovens. There\u2019s also a video on Ethiopian liturgical and social life. The organization of such an exhibit, made by icons, manuscripts, Ethiopian crosses, could make stand out the double function that these objects have in society: God\u2019s glorification, so the liturgical and devotional aspect, and the support to human dignity apart from limited circumstances where you can find it, so the social aspect. The exposition in Rimini will be the fourth step of this exhibit. Previous exhibits had been in Venice, Pordenone and Vicenza. <\/p>\n
For those who are interested it is already possible to book guided visits to the exhibits on the Meeting website:
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\u201cA path from the suburbs of time to those of space, from the suburbs of Christianity to those of poverty, which we desire to meet and help\u201d, Alessandra Vitez, supervisor … <\/p>\n