United Nations 70th Anniversary - The Rebirth

United Nations 70th anniversary

24 October 2015

The Rebirth The inauguration of the “The Rebirth“ sculpture will take place during an Open Day at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.

The sculpture consists of 193 stones, representing the number of member states in the UN. Each stone originates from each country and is left rough with the country’s name engraved on it.

This event will be an important step in the ‘rebirth’ of the Palais and will symbolise the United Nations’ commitement to peace, rights and wellbeing.

#UN70

Ariana Park, Geneva

193

stones representing the 193 member states of the United Nations

Celebrating the United Nations’ 70th anniversary 2015 marks the global celebration of the 70th anniversary of the United Nations, which aims to honour the historic breadth of the Organization’s development, security and human rights work. The “UN70” celebration also aims to unite Member States, global civil society and the many individual women and men working in common cause to enable a strong UN to realize a better world.

The project is an initiative of the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) in collaboration with the Permanent Mission of Italy to the United Nations in Geneva. It is being organized by Italian and Swiss organizations Cittadellarte-Fondazione Pistoletto and Art for the World

What is the Third Paradise?

“It is the fusion between the first and second paradise. The first is the paradise in which humans were fully integrated into nature. The second is the artificial paradise, developed by humans through a process that has now reached globalizing proportions. This paradise is made of artificial needs, artificial products, artificial comforts, artificial pleasures, and every other form of artifice.

Humankind has formed a real artificial world that gives rise, in an exponential manner and in parallel with its beneficial effects, to irreversible processes of decline on a planetary scale. The danger of a tragic collision between the natural sphere and artificial has been announced in every way.

The idea of the Third Paradise is to lead artifice — that is, science, technology, art, culture and political life back to the Earth, while engaging in the reestablishment of common principles and ethical behavior, for on these the actual success of the project depends” Michelangelo Pistoletto Extract from “The Third Paradise” 2003 - 2012 www.terzoparadiso.org/testi/the_third_paradise.pdf

“Three circles are drawn: the two opposite circles signify nature and artifice; the middle one is the conjunction of the two and represents the generative womb of the Third Paradise”