PLEXUS METR'ART EROSIONS AND RENAISSANCE SHOWS (English)

Plexus Metr'Art Erosions and Renaissance show is an international  art project to raise attention on the increasing forms of “erosions” underway in our living Earth planet.

It has been staged in various symbolic places of the world which, starting in 2004 from the “Door of No Return" of the House of Slaves in the island of Gorée, Dakar, as a symbol of the erosion of the historical memory of humanity. The PLEXUS METR'ART is a monumental historical contemporary art work, long  390.94 meters  and made from 2004 to 2019 by original photocopies as reproductions of 935 digital works by 469 artists from all over the world, as their contribution to Plexus Open Calls on  specific thematic issues on various forms of erosions increasing in the planet, from the erosion of human rights, freedom and peace to the erosion of biodiversity and of our natural and cultural heritage.  The PLEXUS METR'ART has traveled, from 2004 to 2023, physically and virtually between Dakar - Ballarat  (Australia) - Lecce, Rome, New York, Dakar, Passo del Furlo (Marche, Italy), Dakar, Rio de Janeiro Jerusalem, Rome, Dakar, Cairns (Australia), Cagliari, Rome, and Assisi.

 

Plexus International Open Calls

• 2004 Open Call to stop the sea erosion of the Door of No Return of the House of Slaves in Gorée Island, Dakar, Old City Hall Medina.  2° Triangle of Art Festival, within the DakArtOff of the Biennal of Contemporary African Art. Erosions and Renaissance Show Act 1, May 29-June 7, 2004
• 2004 Plexus International Open Call to stop the emu eggs’ erosion in the Maroota Plateau, Australia, a sacred Aboriginal Festival and Law Gound and home to the largest gallery of art in rock, near Sydney, on the occasion of the Eureka Rising Festival, Grainery Lane Theatre Gallery.  Ballarat, Australia, Erosions and Renaissance Show Act 2,  29 November - 5 December 2004

• 2005, Lecce, Italy, Erosions of the Barocco Heritage and Mediterranean landscape,  Accademia di Belle Arti;

• 2005, Roma: Eating Art,  Accademia Nazionale di Danza, on the occasion of  the 3° EuroMed Forum sulle Culture Alimentari, Sapienza University of Rome;

• 2005, New York, Erosion of the Human Rights,  St. Mark Church in the Bowery; Human Rights Day

• 2006, Barcellona Erosion of the Mediterranean Heritage, Alimentaria Fair, within the X° Mediterranean Diet International Congress;

• 2006, Dakar: Erosion of the Door of No Return of the  House of the Slaves of Goree,  within  the 3rd Triangle de l’Art Festival de la Medina-Dakar, DakArtOff - Biennal of Contemporary African Art;

• 2006, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria: Erosion of the cognitive capacities of the young African generations , Christopher Columbus House, on the occasion of seminar Advancements in nutrition and obesity by the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria;

• 2006, Sassari: Desertification, Padiglione Tavolara, on the occasion of the seminar L’Identità Mangiata. Visioni e Percorsi per un‘Azione Comune sul Cibo;

• 2007, Viterbo: Erosion of the Biodiversity and Genetic Heritage, Rettorato dell'Università della Tuscia, on the occasion of the  1° International Conference CIISCAM - Centro Internazionale Interuniversitario di Studi sulle Culture Alimentari Mediterranee;

• 2008 Open Call for the Safeguard of the Cultural and Natural Heritage of Humankind, Gorée, House of the Slaves, Dakar, within the DakArtOff of the Biennal of Contemporary African Art, 12 May 2008, Erosions and Renaissance Show Act 8
• 2011, Rome: Save Biodiversity and Food of the World with Art, Centro Culturale Elsa Morante
• 2012, Passo del Furlo, Marche (Italy) Plexus Metr'Art Preview, Casa degli Artisti
• 2012, Dakar,  Plexus International Open Call Metr'Art for Rio+20, Village des Artistes, Atelier Seni MBay, Dakar, within the DakArtOff of the Biennal of Contemporary African Art, 12 May 2012
• 2012 Plexus International Open Call Rio+20 Terra!! Erosions of the Living Traditions of the Planet. Rio de Janeiro,  Comunidade Quilombo du Sacopa, Rio de Janeiro, Erosions and Renaissance Show Act 9, part 1, 29 June 2012
• 2012 Human Rights Day Plexus International Open Call Bring Your Light for a change of perception and awareness,  Rome, CB Loft, 10 December 2012
• 2013 Human Rights Day Plexus Open Call in Order to Survive - All Human Rights for All, dedicated to Nelson Mandela. 10 December 2013, online
• 2014, Cairns (Australia): Plexus  Cargo -Art and Food with No Borders, Canopy Art Centre, Centre for Australasian Theatre, on the occasion of the Human Rights Day
• 2015, Roma: Viaggio dell'Arca del Well-Being nel Pianeta della Dieta Mediterranea, Estate Romana, Gazometro
• 2015, Cagliari: Plexus  Cargo -Art and Food with No Borders, Centro Culturale il Lazzaretto, on the occasion of the Huamn Rights Day
• 2016 Plexus Open Call Metr’art - Stop Indiference, Rome, Porto di Ripa Grande, 2 April 2016
• 2016 Plexus Human Day Day - Stop Indiference, Public Library Villa Corsini, Villa Pamphili, Rome, on the occasion of the Human Rights Day
• 2017 Human Rights Day Plexus International Open Call Metr’Art- Bring Your Imagination. The Right of Imagination. 10 December 10, 2017, online
• 2018  Bring Your Wings to Fly Together. The Butterfly: The Return of Art into the Community, Rome, Macro Museum of Contemporary Art of Rome, 10 December 2018, Human Rights Day
• 2019 Open Call Action Now: Sos Terra!! Stop Indifference!! In Order To Survive Bring Your Self – Bring Your Planet, Rome, Circo Massimo, within the Global Climate Week for Future, 27 September 2019
• 2021 Plexus International Open Call In Order to Survice A Change of Awareness and Perception, Assisi - at  the Peace March in the Basilica of Assisi, Ottobre 2021.  
• 2023 Plexus Metr'Art Flag for Peace to Stop the War and Save the Planet, Rome, at the Earth Village, Villa Borghese, Rome, on the occasion of the Earth Day, 22 April 2023. 

• 2023 Metr'Art Call for Peace and Reconciliation - Stop the War - Stop Indifference,  Assisi, at  the Peace March in the Basilica of Assisi, on the occasion of the Human Rights Day,  10 December 2023.