The Golden Place (panel)

Panel on Cultural Arts, Eco Revival, and Sustainable Tourism at the Italian Cultural Institute of New York

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Cosponsored by the Municipality of Bonorva, with the support of the Department of Industry of the Sardinia Region, MusaMadre will present two days of events in New York on May 31st and June 2nd on the themes of Sardinian cultural arts, sustainable tourism, and community revival. 

Friday, May 31st: “The Golden Place” (Bonorva – Logudoro/Sardinia) Panel on Cultural Arts, Eco Revival and Sustainable Tourism Italian Cultural Institute of New York.  The program includes a panel at the Italian Cultural Institute of New York (686 Park Ave.) in collaboration with the Italian National Tourist Board (ENIT), Com.It.Es, and DisterraUS (Sardinian Community in the US), featuring scholars, architects, journalists, and tourism industry officials, who will gather to discuss the resources of the small inhabited village of Rebeccu and the Bonorva territory as a cultural model for Sardinia and other regions in Italy. The discussion will range from the region’s unique history, from the pre-Nuragic period to the Middle Ages, and invaluable archaeological sites, to the present cultural and artistic initiatives, ecotourism and environmental projects, artist residencies targeting specific audiences, such as “root tourism” and the growing movement for reconnection of emigrated Sardinians and their descendants with the Mediterranean island.

Participants include Prof. Fabio Finotti, Director of the Italian Cultural Institute, Valeria Orani, Curator and Artistic Director of MusaMadre Festival in Rebeccu, Leide Porcu, Psychoanalyst, Coach and Anthropologist, and President of the Outreach Commission for ComitesNY, American playwright Jeff Biggers, author of the celebrated book In Sardinia, and Alessandro Melis, Architect, Curator of the Italian Pavilion at the 17th Venice Architecture Biennale and Professor at the New York Institute of Technology, who will address Rebeccu as a case study for architectural solutions for eco-sustainability, resilience, and self-sufficiency.

"Sardinia is increasingly revealing itself as the cradle of a Mediterranean civilization capable of extending its influence to Egypt and the Middle East,” according to Professor Fabio Finotti, Director of the Italian Cultural Institute of New York. “Its ancient heritage is the strength that makes it one of the key regions for our future, from every point of view: cultural, scientific, social, and even religious."
“Sharing our lifestyle and traditions with the world is a way to increase interest in Italy and attract new opportunities for collaboration and cultural exchange,” says Alessandra Priante, President of ENIT-Italian National Tourist Board