Season 2023 Press Release

press release of 19 April 2023

O R G A N I C A

museum of environmental art in the Limbara Park

Contemporary art at the foot of the Limbara

Sunday 14 May in Tempio Pausania sees the opening of the new season of the ‘Organica’ museum of environmental art, immersed in the unspoilt nature of the Limbara Park.

From May to December 2023, a rich programme of exhibitions, installations, concerts, cultural events and environmental workshops will takeplace in the Curadureddu Forest.

The 2023 season of the ‘Organica’ environmental art museum opened with a press conference on 19 April in Tempio Pausania. Together with Giannella Demuro, the museum’s artistic director, the mayor of Tempio Gianni Addis, the territorial director of the Fo.Re.S.T.A.S. Regional Agency Maurizio Barneschi, the deputy mayor Anna Paola Aisoni and the municipal councillor for Culture Monica Liguori took part in the conference. Also taking part in the conference were some of the artists and partners who will participate in the various initiatives on the calendar.

For the fourth consecutive year in Tempio Pausania, contemporary art will inhabit the foothills of the Limbara, in the vegetal setting of the Curadureddu forest and along the paths through the scents of the Mediterranean maquis.

The ‘Organica’ Museum of Environmental Art in the Limbara Park, in fact, is ready to open its doors for a season that includes from May to December 2023 a full calendar of exhibitions, workshops, performances, happenings, concerts and cultural trekking appointments dedicated to the discovery of places, the excellence of the territory, and reflection on the themes of environmental sustainability, thanks to the collaboration with the Municipality of Tempio and the Fo.Re.S.T.A.S. Regional Agency.

The common thread among the various activities of the project, now in its fourth season, is the relationship between man and nature: ‘Organica‘ was in fact created to create a moment of ‘encounter’ with the places on the island, an original opportunity to discover the extraordinary beauty of this land and, at the same time, offer food for thought on the complex relationship between human beings and the natural environment.

Exhibitions

Twelve exhibitions of the Museo Organica, scheduled in the exhibition spaces of the CEDAP – Centre for Documentation on the Environment and Landscape located a few kilometres from Tempio Pausania, in the Bosco di Curadureddu, dedicated to contemporary art, nature photography and the environment.

The protagonists of calendar 2023 are six visual artists who pay special attention to environmental issues, representing some of the most interesting outcomes of contemporary visual research: Giorgio Urgeghe, Gavino Ganau, Dario Ghibaudo, Davide Mariani, Pierluigi Calignano and Pietruccia Bassu.

Alongside them are the photographers Ivano Piva and Nanni Angeli and the director and videomaker Tore Manca.Also on the programme are the retrospective anthological exhibition on Fabrizio De André in conjunction with the Faber Festival, the special project dedicated to the Tempiese naturalist Michele Tamponi and the exhibition on the work of architect Antonello Menicucci.

Opening on 14 May

Theopening of the season – Sunday 14 May – includes a full day of events with the inauguration of the first two exhibitions of the 2023 programme: for the contemporary art section, the personal exhibition of artist Giorgio Urgeghe, ‘As long as it is green‘ curated by Mariolina Cosseddu, while for the photography section, the exhibition ‘Apparently | ap:arente’mente‘, a project by photographer Ivano Piva dedicated to plastics.

The Museum’s inauguration also coincides with the ‘Open CEAS‘ initiative, a two-day promotion of the INFEAS network – Information, Training and Education for the Environment and Sustainability, of which CEDAP/CEAS Tempio is a member, organised by the Sardinian Regional Government‘sDepartment of Environmental Protection .

The initiative includes workshops to disseminate good environmental practices, including ‘Pachamama’, a movement workshop for mothers and children (13 May), ‘Plasticando’ (14 May), a workshop for families on plastics and recycling, led by architect Simone Vacca D’Avino, and ‘Riciclattoli’ (14 May), a creative workshop on children’s games, led by Rita Virdis.

Events

CEDAP’s exhibition calendar is accompanied by a rich programme of events and activities in the Bosco di Curadureddu in which the Museum of Environmental Art of the Limbara Park is located. During the summer, Giorgio Urgeghe and the winner of a contest for young artists will create two new works to be permanently installed in the museum.

At the same time as the creation of the works, the programme includes a series of dedicated events, workshops and meetings with the artists, which will allow the public to get to know the project and its protagonists more closely; guided tours and cultural treks to discover the museum and the territory’s specificities and naturalistic peculiarities in the company of art critics, naturalists and experts on the flora and fauna of the Limbara Park.

Many side events, concerts, musical performances and creative workshops are scheduled in the forest, linked to regional and national music, art and territory festivals and circuits in collaboration with local artists and associations.

On 16 July, the Faber Festival, organised by the Iskeliu Association, lands on Limbara with a day in the mountains between Vallicciola and Curadureddu, with concerts, guided tours, excursions and tastings.

On 7 and 8 October, the Bosco di Curadureddu becomes the stage for the second edition of ‘Foliage – festival of music for the woods‘, realised in collaboration with Toscana Produzione Musica and S’ala Produzione. “Foliage” is a festival dedicated to experimental music, with a focus on projects that connect body, performance act, and voice. On Saturday 7 October, the protagonists are the Blastula.scarnoduo composed of singer Monica Demuru together with percussionist and composer Cristiano Calcagnile, who present “Solo una cosa ho avuto nel mondo“, a musical project inspired by the figure of Pasolini.

On Sunday, 8 October , the international company IgorxMoreno presents ‘Concerto‘, a work that aims to fuse the languages of choreography, singing and music, creating an experience that acts on a sound, visual and empathic level.

Thanks to the support of the Fondazione di Sardegna, this year sees the start of Organica EDU, a new project by the Museum to bring the territory’s young people closer to the languages of art, implemented in collaboration with the city’s schools: the Liceo G.M. Dettori, the Istituto di Istruzione Superiore Don Gavino Pes and the Istituto Comprensivo Tempio.

Places

All Organica events are held on the slopes of Mount Limbara, near Tempio Pausania: in the Curadureddu forest and at the CEDAP – Centre for Education and Documentation on the Environment and Landscape.

The CEDAP space has two exhibition rooms, one dedicated to contemporary art and the other to photography, and is also an information point for hiking, environmental and cultural activities in the area.

Guided tours of the Museum of Environmental Art can be organised for small groups by booking in collaboration with the experiential tourism portal Escursì.com.

The locality can be reached from Tempio, Olbia and Sassari along the SS 392 state road, and then on foot along one of the evocative paths that lead into the Limbara forests.

Organica’s partners

Organica – museum of environmental art in the Limbara Park is a project of the cultural association tramedarte curated by the art critic Giannella Demuro and realised with the support of the Municipality of Tempio Pausania, the Foundation of Sardinia, the Region of Sardinia – Department of Environmental Protection, Salude & Trigu – Chamber of Commerce of Sassari and in collaboration with: Agenzia Forestale Regionale per lo Sviluppo del Territorio e dell’Ambiente della Sardegna Fo.Re.S.T.A.S., Confcommercio Nord Sardegna, Accademia di Belle Arti ‘Mario Sironi’, Fondazione Sardegna Film Commission, FAI – Fondo Ambiente Italiano, Fondazione Italia Patria della Bellezza, Touring Club Italiano, Department of Architecture, Design and Urban Planning of the University of Sassari, Acqua Smeraldina; the schools of Tempio: Liceo G.M. Dettori, Istituto di Istruzione Superiore Don Gavino Pes and Istituto Comprensivo Tempio; La Nuova Sardegna, the associations: AIPD – Associazione Italiana Persone Down – Gallura section, Iskeliu, La Sardegna vista da vicino, Omnia, S’Ala Produzione, Società Umanitaria – Cineteca Sarda, Sonos & Sounds; with partners: Centro Multidisciplinare L’Arcobaleno, Cantina Sociale Gallura, Cinedigital srl, Escursì.com, Gallura Mia srl, Giua abbigliamento, Il Vecchio Corso BB, Hotel Pausania Inn, Vallicciola Nature Hotel.

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Location: Tempio Pausania (SS) | Monte Limbara | locality Curadureddu / CEDAP – Centro di Educazione e Documentazione Ambientale e Paesaggistica del Limbara (SS 392 Tempio-Oschiri)

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