AQUA 2017 / SALINA

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Written By christina sassayannis

MALFA / ISOLA DI SALINA (ME) 17 — 20 SETTEMBRE 2017

AQUA 2017 docked at Salina, continuing the journey that began in Rome on 22th of March for the celebration of the World Water Day. An event that aimed at those who live in the Aeolian Islands, residents and visitors of all ages, with:

A photographic exhibition of artists and screenings of documentaries.

Inauguration 17th September 7pm at the Palazzo Marchetti - Malfa.

Two workshops, Water and Culture and Water and Art, with the use of audiovisual, for students and students of the Comprehensive Institute Lipari 1 of Malfa, will be take place at September 18th and 19th in the morning.

During our staying we realize two video-portrait to people on the island with a significant water experience.

On September 20th from 10 am - 6.30 pm, in the presence of students, their families and islanders, there will be a concluding event with a screening of video art work on water, video interviews on the island and documentaries at the Congress Center Malfa.

In partnership with DIDIME ‘90

 

christina sassayannis

She founded Through Waters project in 2012. In 2015 Through Waters became an no profit Organization based in Geneva and in 2016 she founded the TW headquarter in Rome.

Father greek and mother swiss she lived always in a international ambience traveling through Europe and South America.

Graduated in Literature and Philosophy High School she became Anthropologist and researcher.

In recent years she focused her interest in the relationship between man and environment. She held various ethnographic research in the field on issues ranging from the relationship between culture and environment and gender difference, migration and life histories (Jordan / Greece / Italy / Sudan / Cambodia / India / China). For several years she has deepened her interest on water, studying the impact of climate change and local policies on the use of water resources.

Valuing water culturally and through art, realizing workshops with children and students, means for her creating awareness and sensitivity, with the goal to protect this fundamental element that gives life.

She wants to develop a new way of dialogue and integration through art building consciousness of the beauty of difference and of human beings worldwide.

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