Flat calm

The exhibition will be open from 14 April to November 1st.

The event will be part of the “Calma flat. Pensieri per smuovere le acque” in programma a Bibione dal 10 al 14 April

After the preview in Lignano, con l’ottava edizione di ‘Cleanin March’ (which saw the participation of around 80 volunteers and the collection of approximately 200 kg between plastic and polystyrene), everything is ready for the first edition of the festival “Calm calm. Thoughts to move the waters " That it will instead start in April, to celebrate "National Sea Day".

FLAT CALM – It will take place in Bibione, where the Menti Libere association will organize – collaboration with the WWF Marine Protected Area of ​​Miramare, ISPRA Venezia e Ca’ Foscari Venezia; the patronage and financing of the Municipality of San Michele al Tagliamento with the contribution of Bibione Green&Smart and Lions Club Bibione and Lignano – a series of events dedicated to the sea and the defense of its ecosystem through the arts and scientific dissemination. «“Calm calm. Thoughts to move the waters ", in its first edition, was born from the desire to stir consciences and encourage thoughts and actions aimed towards the common objective of safeguarding the important marine environmental heritage, strongly affected by the effects of climate change and the anthropic impact on its ecosystem», ha ricordato Sandri che ha anche ricordato come «at the end of the festival (Sunday 14 April, at 10, Free admission) we will inaugurate the exhibition of the artist Laura Pugno, open to visitors until November 1st, with the curatorship of Annalia Boldrin».

THE EXHIBITION AND THE RESIDENCE – The works exhibited will be the output of research that the artist developed during the week of residency in March. Laura Pugno was invited to relate to the coastal landscape of Bibione and investigate the urgencies of the climate crisis, placing the lens and listening to the sea. The result of his artistic residency are two works. In Losing sight of the shore (2024), the artist engraves a concretion of clay re-emerged from the erosive action of sea waters, freeing ancient codified correspondences from matter. A tribute to the ammophilous sandstone, typical plant of the coastal dunes of Bibione, whose dense root system consolidates the sandy soil, protecting it from erosion; and a reminder, in the cuneiform lines of the drawing, to the semaphore alphabet used in the past in the navy for communications between land and sea. A warning not to "lose sight of the shore".

L’opera Land Unfolds (2024) recalls the historical memory of the lighthouse with a flag in which the subject is portrayed, a marine horizon, is subjected to a physical and symbolic cut, creating the space for a new terrestrial habitation capable of taking on the fluid and transient traits of the sea. Climate changes are reinterpreted by the artist as the possibility for a new beginning and a new reality in which human beings become the point of contact between sky and sea, a part of a single, universal, tale. The work will be presented to the public as early as Thursday 11 April at 18, on the occasion of National Sea Day, with a participatory performance along the shore of Bibione beach (meeting in via raccoon).

THE PROGRAM – We will begin il 10 April at the Savoy Beach Hotel where Fabio Trincardi will be a guest, marine geologist and geophysicist of the CNR, who will talk about the future of coastal systems and his research expeditions to Antarctica. Following, ci sarà la proiezione del docufilm “Into the ice” del regista Lars Ostenfeld, in the original subtitled version, edited by Cinemazero.

April 11th, there will be a march-performance along the beach, restitution of Laura Pugno's artistic residency. An exhibition will be set up throughout the summer in one of the rooms of the lighthouse, who will illustrate the project in detail, accompanied by photographic and video material.

Il 14 April a whole day of activities is planned at the lighthouse. Among the proposals, una lettura musicata tratta dal libro “Lettere tra due mari” di Siri Ranva Hjelm Jacobsen, performed by the Teatro della Sete company. Also scheduled is the public meeting “Stories of resilience: le sfide del cambiamento climatico e l’importanza degli habitat costieri” and an observation walk of the coastal environment organized by Foce del Tagliamento and WWF Miramare Marine Reserve. The children, Furthermore, they will be able to explore the marine world thanks to the workshops organized by Eupolis. Schools will also be involved, thanks to the support of the Lions Club Bibione and Lignano, in particolare la scuola primaria “Aristide Gabelli” di Bibione, whose students will participate in the last phase of planting in the area at the mouth of the pine forest which was hit by a fire in the summer 2022. In case of bad weather, where possible, the activities will be moved to the conference room of the Municipal Delegation of Bibione, in Via Maja 84. For more information, on both events, consult the association's social pages and website www.mentilibere.org

THE FREE MINDS ASSOCIATION – Menti libera was born in Lignano in 2012 as an association that intends to promote environmental respect and social inclusion through the universal language of art and its potential as a vehicle of communication, change and action. With “Calm calm. Pensieri per smuovere le acque” il collettivo approda per la prima volta a Bibione, with the desire to start a shared path of regeneration of the bond between man and the sea, overcoming regional borders and uniting Lignano and Bibione in the construction of new environmental care behaviors. The sea we live in knows no boundaries.

COMPLETE CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Dal 10 al 14 April 2024

A series of events dedicated to the sea and the defense of its ecosystem through the arts and scientific dissemination.

BIBIONE – Public information meetings, theater show, cinema, art and workshops. Dal 10 al 14 The first festival dedicated to the sea kicks off in Bibione in April on the occasion of the "National Sea Day", which falls annually on April 11th. “Calm calm. Thoughts to stir the waters, first edition of what we hope will be a multi-year journey, was born from the desire to stir consciences and encourage thoughts and actions aimed towards the common objective of safeguarding the important marine environmental heritage, fortemente colpito dagli effetti della crisi climatica e dall’impatto antropico sul suo ecosistema” ha spiegato Tommaso Sandri, presidente dell’associazione “Menti libere” che ha organizzato il festival in collaborazione con importanti partner, such as the WWF Marine Protected Area of ​​Miramare, ISPRA CN-COS Lagoons and Tides Area, Università Ca’ Foscari di Venezia e Veneto Agricoltura – the program is sponsored and financed by the Municipality of San Michele al Tagliamento with the contribution of the benefit company and agency Bibione Green&Smart and Lions Club Bibione and Lignano. “The protection of environmental heritage, e in particolare di quello marino” ha commentato il Sindaco Flavio Maurutto, “It is a fundamental element for our locality. We are therefore thrilled to be able to host the first edition of this festival in Bibione, through the languages ​​of science, of art and culture, we are sure it will inspire the public, raising awareness of the importance of adopting behaviors and lifestyles in line with the positive values ​​of ecology. “Calma piatta” può contribuire a divulgare un messaggio importantissimo: safeguarding natural beauty means safeguarding ourselves, our health and well-being, sia fisico che psicologico.”

THE LIGHTHOUSE SPOKESPERSON OF NEW CURRENTS OF CHANGE The place chosen for this important event will be the Bibione lighthouse, which with its historical legacy as a maritime signaling station, also suggested the theme for this edition of 'Calm Flat': the correspondences. The warning goes to the signal flags, which were once hoisted onto the high pole by signals that stood out over the sea. The flags carried messages, of graphically codified and universally recognized correspondences. “The festival intends to reinterpret the historical memory of the lighthouse, immersing it in the urgent issues of the contemporary world and asking ourselves what messages it wants to deliver to us, Today, il mare.” ha spiegato Sandri. “Only when we are able to merge our perspective with that of the sea, we will realize that the human being is the Sea, corresponds to him, and we will feel part of one, universal, racconto.”

THE PROGRAMMING The festival includes a calendar of events ranging from art to entertainment and public information debates, as well as educational activities and creative workshops aimed at young people. The program of this first edition was opened by an artistic residency which saw the Piedmontese artist Laura Pugno as a guest in Bibione. During the week of residency in contact with the coastal environment of Bibione, the artist has worked on a work whose public return will take place on the day 11 April, with a march-performance along the shore of Bibione beach. An exhibition will be set up throughout the summer in one of the rooms of the lighthouse, who will illustrate the project in detail, accompanied by photographic and video material. Wednesday 10 Fabio Trincardi will be a guest at the Savoy Beach Hotel in April, marine geologist and geophysicist, director of the Department of Earth System Sciences and Environmental Technologies of the CNR, who will talk about the future of coastal systems and his research expeditions to Antarctica. Following, la proiezione del docu-film “Into the ice” del regista Lars Ostenfeld, in the original subtitled version, edited by Cinemazero. Sunday 14 A full day of activities at the lighthouse is planned in April. Among the proposals, una lettura musicata tratta dal libro “Lettere tra due mari” di Siri Ranva Hjelm Jacobsen, which will be performed by the Teatro della Sete company, the public information meeting “Stories of resilience: le sfide della crisi climatica e l’importanza degli habitat costieri” e un’eco-camminata alla scoperta della biodiversità dell’ambiente costiero di Bibione, edited by Foce del Tagliamento o.d.v. and WWF Marine Protected Area of ​​Miramare. Even children will be able to explore the marine world, thanks to the workshops organized by Eupolis. Schools will also be involved, thanks to the support of the Lions Club Bibione and Lignano, in particolare la scuola primaria “Aristide Gabelli” di Bibione, whose students will participate in the last phase of planting in the area at the mouth of the pine forest which was hit by a fire in the summer 2022.

In case of bad weather, where possible, the activities will be moved to the conference room of the Municipal Delegation of Bibione, in Via Maja 84.