At the 19th International Architecture Exhibition of the Venice Biennale, curated by Carlo Ratti, the first hall of the Corderie dell’Arsenale becomes a visual and conceptual manifesto. It is The Third Paradise Perspective, the immersive installation by Cittadellarte – Fondazione Pistoletto, which invites us to reflect on our relationship with the planet.
Seventy centimeters of water: this is the projected sea level in Venice by 2100. Visitors truly walk through it, in a setting that seems dystopian but pulses with possibility. At the center is the symbol of the Third Paradise, created by Michelangelo Pistoletto: three interlocking circles that open up a new space between nature and artifice. A portal, both physical and mental, that asks whether we are ready.
The installation is the result of a collective collaboration: Michelangelo Pistoletto, Paolo Naldini, Michele Cerruti But, Tiziano Guardini, Luigi Ciuffreda, and Giulia Giavatto, with support from Lavazza Group, Artemide, Pomilio Blumm, and others. But more than an artwork, it is an invitation to unite creativity, technology, and commitment. For Michele Cerruti But, Cittadellarte is the gateway to the Biennale: «an invitation to engage with the present and imagine a new balance».
With The Third Paradise Perspective, art stops being merely observation and becomes action, a space for encounter, an opportunity to rethink our place in the world. It is an invitation to walk — even barefoot if necessary — into a vision of the future that does not wait to arrive but is built now, together. Because every creative act can be a political choice, and every passage through the Third Paradise a chance for rebirth.
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