PRESENTATION

Embassy Rebirth / Third Paradise Cuba

Embajada Rebirth / Tercer Paraíso CubaProject promoted by ichelangelo Pistole ,o

which uses creativity and art as a vehicle

for a socially responsible transformation

through demo-praxis1 with

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT initiatives in Cuba.

1. the collective power through praxis

“Third Paradise… Continues” on the Cuban Sea, in collaboration with the Cuban artist Alexis Leyva Machado “Kcho”. 2014

Photo. Paola Martínez Fiterre

Third Paradise Symbol

The symbol is made of three consecutive circles. The two external circles represent all the diversities and antinomies, among which nature and artifice. The central one is given by the compenetration of the opposite circles and rep-resents the generative womb of a new humanity.

The first circle is the paradise in which humans were ful-ly integrated into nature. The second one, is the artificial paradise, developed by human intelligence to globalizing proportions through science and technology.

The Third Paradise is the third phase of humanity, realized as a balanced connection between artifice and nature.*

* Excerpt from "Hominiteismo y Demopraxia". Michelangelo Pistoletto (2016)

Michelangelo Pistoletto

Italian artist and Art theorist, considered one of the main representatives of Arte Povera. During the 60s he develops his first pieces with mirrors, which included the spectator in real time inside the play and it opened a new perspec-tive. These work gave him international recognition. Form very early in his career, Pistoletto is interested in collabo-ration and transdisciplinary projects, and he creates Citta-dellarte/Fondazione Pistoletto. Since then, the base of his artistic and theoretical work takes him to a reflection about art, which interacts with every social sector, and he invites experts from all over the world to collaborate in it. His main goal is to use art to achieve a regeneration of society.

Michelangelo Pistoletto in front of Cittadellarte - Fondazione Pistoletto in Biella, Italy. Photo : A. Oitana

Cittadellarte - Fondazione Pistoletto It is a laboratory integrated by specialists and researchers from the different sectors of the social spectrum with the goal of inspiring and producing a responsible change in society. Cittadellarte seeks to combine the aesthetics qualities of art with a substantial ethical commitment, to produce a real transformation in civil society.

The ideas generated in Cittadellarte are the core of a great network of Embassies of the Third Paradise. In the Cuban case, Third Paradise Cuba, works since 2014 promoting partnerships to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

Cuban students making the Third Paradise symbol in the Fortress (Morro) of Habana. in collaboration with the project Barrio Habana during the Festival Love In. June 2016

Rebirth Forum "Geographies of Transformation". 2017 Photo. Gabriel Guerra Bianchini

REBIRTH FORUM AND CANTIERE*

/ CREATING PARTNERSHIPS:

Rebirth is the term Pistoletto uses to call the day of rebirth, or the moment in which we all unite to responsibly trans-form our society; a step in the evolution where human intel-ligence finds ways to live in harmony with nature.

Rebirth project develops Forums in different countries. These forums bring together public and private institu-tions, business representatives, academy, researchers and active citizens in civil society. The themes of a year actions are collectively discussed and elaborated in those forums, to become later the programs and lines of action of what we call the “Cantiere”.

With the direct participation of the citizens in the public life management, the concept of “power” changes its meaning radically: instead of understanding it as a dominant force, it is conceived as the “can do” of every person.*

* Excerpt from "Hominiteismo y Demopraxia". Michelangelo Pistoletto (2016) *Cantiere. Annual Program of collaborative actions in the Rebirth Forums

PARTICIPANTS AND COLLABORATORS

SINCE 2014

Galleria Continua

Ministerio de Cultura

Consejo Nacional de Artes Plásticas CNAP

Centro de Intercambio y Referencia de Iniciativa Comunitaria CIERIC

Comitato Internazionale per lo Sviluppo dei Popoli CISP

Fundación Antonio Núñez Jiménez de la Naturaleza y el Hombre FANJ

Programa de Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo PNUD

Programa Mundial de Alimentos PMA

Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura FAO

Barrio Habana

Acualina

Clandestina

La Marca

Akokan

Instituto Superior de Diseño ISDi

Supervivo (Fanzine)

O2

Casa del Niño y la Niña

Laboratorio Ibsen

Red Iberoamericana de Masculinidades

Museo de Artes de Pinar del Río MAPRI

Ciclo EcoPapel

AlPirata

Camino Al Sol

Tungasuk

Centro de Investigaciones Psicológicas y Sociológicas CIPS

Colectivo Trance

Finca Coincidencias

Finca La Melisa

Proyecto Granjita Feliz

Protección a Animales de la Ciudad PAC

Proyecto Re-Construcción

Asociación Cubana de Producción Animal

ACPA

Alas de Corazón

Facultad de Artes y Letras FAyL

Facultad de Comunicación FCOM

Universidad de La Habana

Universidad de las Artes - ISA

Cátedra de Estudios de la Complejidad

Red en Defensa de la Humanidad

Academia de Ciencias

Academia de Bellas Artes San Alejandro

Academia de Artes Plásticas de Villa Clara

ArtistaXArtista

Centro de Estudios Nacional de Educación Sexual CENESEX

Centro Provincial de Artes Plásticas y Diseño

Centro Nacional de Educación Artística CNEART

Fototeca de Cuba

Fundación Ludwig

Fondo de Cooperación

de la Embajada de Canadá

Instituto Cubano de Investigación Cultural Juan Marinello

Instituto de Filosofía

Estudio KCHO

Oficina del Historiador de la Ciudad OHC

Museo Antropológico Montané

Unión Nacional de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba UNEAC

Proyecto Comunitario de Arte de San Felipe

Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes

Arte Cubano Ediciones

Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Wifredo Lam

El puente_lab

Facultad de Geografía

Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Agrícolas PIAL/INCA

Proyecto de La Fuente

Intercampus

Laboratorio de Arte de San Agustín LASA

COSUDEEl artista italiano Michelangelo Pistoletto junto al presidente cubano Raúl Castro. Noviembre 2015

MAIN WORK THEMES

Sustainable Development Goals

ART-CREATIVITY in Social Transformation Processes (Through workshops, non-commercial fairs, working tables and Rebirth Forums).

Temas de interésSustainable agriculture, healthy food, economic sovereignty, education, scientific research, sustainable tourism, diversity.

JOIN THE CANTIERE! BE PART OF THE SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION

TAKING AS STARTING POINT ART AND CREATIVITY TO ACHIEVE A SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT CONTACT & WEB SITE

tercerparaisocuba@gmail.comwww.tercerparaisocuba.org

EMBASSY REBIRTH / THIRD PARADISE CUBA HEADQUARTERSSpace ARTE CONTINUA

Rayo 108 entre Águila y Dragones, Barrio Chino, Centro Habana. Cuba

MORE INFORMATIONwww.cittadellarte.it www.terzoparadiso.it

www.geographiesofchange.org www.galleriacontinua.com

Contact us to join in and bring your ideas to the events we promote! @RebirthCuba @TercerParaisoCuba @3ParaisoCubaoOo @tercerparaisocuba

#ZonaRayoActiva #CreArte #ForumRebirth #CantiereCuba

Performance “The Spiral´s Rebirth”, in collaboration with the Cuban musician Leo Brower during the opening of the Festival "Contratenores del Mundo". 2016. Photo. Paola Martínez Fiterre