Exhibitions, Italy, Trento, 01 January 1970
On 10th December 1948 , the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was proclaimed: for the first
time in the history of humanity, a document concerning all the people of the world was
drawn up. Everyone of us, only due to the fact that he was born, enjoys the rights endorsed by
the Declaration. Everyone of us, regardless of the place where he was born and where he lives,
enjoys these rights. Everyone of us has civil, political, social, economical and cultural rights.
Everyone of us is equal to the others.
Is it always so?
In HUMAN RIGHTS? artists speak about human rights. The title, simple and direct, without
roundabout expressions, expresses the main idea which must go with everybody’s life.
In this event, uncomfortable, complex and denunciation subjects are dealt with, in order to sting
the conscience of all those who, enjoying their own rights, don’t think about all people whose
rights are violated every day.
The logic of HUMAN RIGHTS? is based on the fundamental concept of art as a universal
expressive form, understandable by everybody regardless of his language and culture,
regardless of his gender, of the subject and of the languages used.
Languages vary depending on the artists’ experience and mastery, and they create new
relationships with the audience, who approaches art feeling immediately involved and directly
concerned. Discomfort images, violated rights images, images about everyday stories which should
not exist, but even images which are able to deal with a delicate and difficult subject with wisdom
and, why not, irony. The exhibition will highlight different ways to see the matter, since the event is open to artists from
all over the world. It becomes so particularly interesting to discover in which way the perception of
the concept of “respect of the rights” is experienced and expressed.
The event aims to shake consciences: it deeply wants to avoid common places brought by word
abuse: to speak about human rights has become so common that the words “human rights
violation” are deprived of all meaning and by now they touch us only at a distance when we hear
them, without getting them into our heads.
The most immediate way to retrieve that conscience, essential to be really part of a system which
respects everybody’s rights, is to see with one’s eyes all that artists have to say. Images insert themselves in one’s memory in such an immediate and strong way that all those who visit it will
leave it more conscious and emotionally involved.
To speak about human rights, according to artists, means to “pull out” many ideas which can’t
find the space fit for the purpose in other events.
time in the history of humanity, a document concerning all the people of the world was
drawn up. Everyone of us, only due to the fact that he was born, enjoys the rights endorsed by
the Declaration. Everyone of us, regardless of the place where he was born and where he lives,
enjoys these rights. Everyone of us has civil, political, social, economical and cultural rights.
Everyone of us is equal to the others.
Is it always so?
In HUMAN RIGHTS? artists speak about human rights. The title, simple and direct, without
roundabout expressions, expresses the main idea which must go with everybody’s life.
In this event, uncomfortable, complex and denunciation subjects are dealt with, in order to sting
the conscience of all those who, enjoying their own rights, don’t think about all people whose
rights are violated every day.
The logic of HUMAN RIGHTS? is based on the fundamental concept of art as a universal
expressive form, understandable by everybody regardless of his language and culture,
regardless of his gender, of the subject and of the languages used.
Languages vary depending on the artists’ experience and mastery, and they create new
relationships with the audience, who approaches art feeling immediately involved and directly
concerned. Discomfort images, violated rights images, images about everyday stories which should
not exist, but even images which are able to deal with a delicate and difficult subject with wisdom
and, why not, irony. The exhibition will highlight different ways to see the matter, since the event is open to artists from
all over the world. It becomes so particularly interesting to discover in which way the perception of
the concept of “respect of the rights” is experienced and expressed.
The event aims to shake consciences: it deeply wants to avoid common places brought by word
abuse: to speak about human rights has become so common that the words “human rights
violation” are deprived of all meaning and by now they touch us only at a distance when we hear
them, without getting them into our heads.
The most immediate way to retrieve that conscience, essential to be really part of a system which
respects everybody’s rights, is to see with one’s eyes all that artists have to say. Images insert themselves in one’s memory in such an immediate and strong way that all those who visit it will
leave it more conscious and emotionally involved.
To speak about human rights, according to artists, means to “pull out” many ideas which can’t
find the space fit for the purpose in other events.
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