Love Difference – Artistic Movement for an InterMediterranean Politic

National Network
Italie
Address

27, Via Serralunga
Biella
Italie

Telephone
+39 015 0991456
Telephone (other)
+39 015 28400
Fax
+39 015 25 22 540
E-Mail
info@lovedifference.org
E-Mail (2)
fondazione@cittadellarte.org
Mobile Phone
+39 348 211 72 46
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
2002
General Information
1: non – profit association, (around 600 members worldwide). Member of staff: 8 unit (+ 3 collaborators) 2:€ 101.000 3: members yearly amount, Fondazione Pistoletto (main promoter), new registrations, donations and fundraising events. 4: expositions and presentations of the Mediterranean Cultural network; site/specific projects; training workshops; newsletters about cultural events concern the responsible transformation of society; meeting and conferences to develop reflections upon the intercultural dialogue in the Mediterranean and the role of art. 5: Cultural organizations; artists, ngo’s, public administration, enterprises… (Querini Stampalia Foundation, Emergency, Isola art Center, International University Venice, Southeritage Foundation)
Mission and Objectives

Mission: To promote the intercultural dialogue through creative projects linked with the social context.
Objectives:
To promote the development of an artistic movement for a responsible transformation of society in the Mediterranean area;
To argue for the importance of creativity and artistic sensitivity in the society). To stimulate the creativity of the individuals
To establish networks of collaboration and activation, new forms of associations, interdisciplinary, inclusive and horizontal ways of working.
To provide training for people to become activators in the process of creation of a more responsible society.
To set up a workshop to create a socially committed art form expressing a new way of thinking.
To work towards the establishment of a Mediterranean Cultural Parliament

Main Projects / Activities

SITE-SPECIFIC PROJECTS
As a cultural workshop, Love Difference co-operates with artists in order to offer their skills, and those of the network, for the development of cultural projects, providing means of action and organization and becoming a consultant or co-author of works.
Some of the projects promoted are:
-Tournage/Montage Alger by Katia Kameli.
-Unrecognized by Tal Adler
-The Mediterranean in your city by Dafnà Moscati
-Love Difference Tour
WORKSHOP
-Art, City, Society, new visions and prospects for Venice (Venice, July September 2005)
-Codex (Tunis – Orestiadi Foundation, November 2005)
- Methods – Research projects on art society relations (Biella October 2004; Bologna – ArteFiera January 2006)
MEETINGS
-“When poverty chases away misery” (Arles, July 2004)
-“Art and alternative Politics” (Venice, September 2003)
-“Art Creativity for an Intermediterranean Politic”(Biella September 2002)

Contact (1) Full Name
Filippo Fabbrica
Head of the organisation
Michelangelo Pistoletto
Contact (2) Full Name
Michelangelo Pistoletto