January the 10th, zoppè, “i legni umidi”, workshop on water by mario “il barelon” tomè

“I legni umidi” (damp logs), Lab-workshop
January the 10th – Ethnographic museum “Al Pojat”, Zoppè di Cadore (BL)
from 11 AM to 4 PM
with Mario “il barelon” Tomè
curated by Dolomiti Contemporanee
The lab-workshop is open to the public, and free of charge

In December 2014, Mario “il Barelon” Tomè has worked with the ethnographic museum “Al Pojat” in Zoppè di Cadore, with the exhibit “I Bareloi”.

The project has begun with the restoration of an old scofa (hayloft) in the Agordo area, in which the artist has recovered, placing them in a contemporary context, some identitary, historic and cultural elements of his own land and history.
The carpentry methods and the traditional building techniques have been, thus, reclaimed, together with historic research: the result of that research has lead to the exhibit Pojat.

The experience of the “I Bareloi” is part of the Chiavi di Accesso project, designed and developed by the GAL Alto Bellunese (Local Action Group of the Upper Belluno Area).
Thus, its main objective is to propose an operative reflection, through the practices typical of the contemporary, both on the function of thematic Museums and on the theme of their real cultural accessibility.

Museums should be shared workshops of cultural socialization, interactive devices, activated all over the territory, able to set back into motion the deposited culture (objects and findings) each day, through activities of a relational kind.
Museums, then, aren’t – or shouldn’t be, anyway – passive containers, in which to preserve mute artifacts, but living places, able to move the human landscape,s both cultural and social.

This kind of reasoning has been perfectly understood and shared by the Magnifica Comunità di Cadore (Great Community of Cadore), that has taken part in Chiavi di Accesso and subscribed an agreement with the GAL for the deposit of the pieces realized in the context of the project.
With the collaboration of the Zoppè di Cadore Municipality, part of Mario Tomè‘s work is now being installed in the Pojat Museum thus becoming part of its collection, permanently.
The Museum, therefore, has stirred – moved.

And it is by following this idea of active, energizing, culture, still, that on January the 10th the lab-workshop is realized, again, at the “Al Pojat” in Zoppè.

The laboratory constitutes a workshop experience open to the public, during which the artist will guide the partecipants towards the understanding of his work, and the realization of one of its phases.
The workshop is open to people of all ages, and it is free of charge.
Both adults and children will take part in it.
A first, introductive phase, in which the meaning of the artistic work already accomplished by Tomè, will be followed by a second, operative one, in which the participants will construct an artistic installation inside the Museum.
The theme of this social piece, that is going to be designed and built by the group, will have water as its central theme.
Water, vital resource for humans.
Water, which belongs to the human territory, and nourishes it.
Water, so precious to us, in need of being cultivated, and that connects places and people, as it flows.
We will, thus, start from the fountain outside the Pojat, whose waters are going to be funnelled.
The wooden canal will make them flow, to take them elsewhere.

Schedule for January the 10th:

11 AM: launching of the Lab-Workshop “I legni umidi”; curated by Mario Tomè, in collaboration with Sara Casal
12:30 PM: presentation of “I Bareloi”, and acquisition of Mario Tomè‘s artwork by the “Al Pojat” Museum; featuring speeches by:
Renzo Bortolot, Major of Zoppè di Cadore
Flaminio Da Deppo, President of the GAL Alto Bellunese
Iolanda Da Deppo, from GAL Alto Bellunese
Gianluca D’Incà Levis, curator of Dolomiti Contemporanee
Mario “Il Barelon” Tomè
1 PM: polenta e formai break
1:30 PM: afternoon session of the workshop
3:30 PM: end of the workshop


Workshop sign-ups

Taking place in the Workshop is open and free or charge. Anybody can participate, with no age limits. All the necessary materials will be provided for by the association.
The maximum number of participants is fixed at fifteen.
To sign-up, please send an e-mail to info@dolomiticontemporanee.net or phone the number 0437 791000.

The initiative is inscribed in Chiavi di Accesso (2014-15), a cultural project of the GAL Alto Bellunese, realized in the context of the Interreg IV I-A 2007-20014 “AdMuseum” and in collaboration with Dolomiti Contemporanee and the Museum Network of the Cadore and Dolomites.

The initiative is realized in collaboration with the “Union ladina de Zopè”, the Proloco Association of Zoppè, and Sara Casal.

More info at:

www.chiavidiaccesso.it
www.dolomiticontemporanee.net
info@dolomiticontemporanee.net

Photo by giacomo de donà