{"id":42545,"date":"2020-06-02T05:57:58","date_gmt":"2020-06-02T09:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/?page_id=42545"},"modified":"2022-10-18T15:54:52","modified_gmt":"2022-10-18T19:54:52","slug":"fantin-2020","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/fantin-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Emilio Fantin\u2014Dreams of Trees"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.568), 19px);px\"><strong>Welcome<\/strong> to an <em>exhibition<\/em> and <em>workshop<\/em> that asks: how do we re-member what once rooted us in our own being and in the mutual being of the world around us? Fantin helps highlight a universal consciousness, and a relationship that affects not only the human being but all animated and non-animated things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>This is the Gallery Space\u2019s \u201cfront door\u201d and we are asking for a voluntary donation to support this exhibit\u2014a tip jar, or pay-what-you-will ticket.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">During COVID-19, The Urban Ecological Arts Forum at The Nature of Cities is bringing to life virtual exhibition spaces, highlighting current exhibitions on urban ecological themes that would otherwise be impossible to experience due to the closure of cultural facilities. <strong>Your ticket purchase ensures that the artist\u2014and that this online forum\u2014can continue to bring ecological arts to the public. Please donate what you can. 75% of your donation goes to the artist.<\/strong> You can see the show for free too; scroll down. But please consider a donation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:70px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<a class=\"dbox-donation-button\" style=\"background: #41a2d8 url(https:\/\/d1iczxrky3cnb2.cloudfront.net\/red_logo.png) no-repeat 37px;color: #fff;text-decoration: none;font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;display: inline-block;font-size: 16px;padding: 15px 38px;padding-left: 75px;-webkit-border-radius: 2px;-moz-border-radius: 2px;border-radius: 2px;box-shadow: 0 1px 0 0 #1f5a89;text-shadow: 0 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);\" href=\"https:\/\/donorbox.org\/tnoc-virtual-galleries-fantin-exhibit\">Donate to the artist<\/a>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" id=\"top\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<a href=\"#exhibition\"><div class=\"wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery kb-gallery-wrap-id-_44f114-f8 wide\"><ul class=\"kb-gallery-ul kb-gallery-type-masonry kb-masonry-init kb-mobile-force-hover kb-gallery-id-_44f114-f8 kb-gallery-caption-style-cover-hover kb-gallery-filter-none\" data-item-selector=\".kadence-blocks-gallery-item\" data-image-filter=\"none\" data-lightbox-caption=\"true\" data-columns-xxl=\"1\" data-columns-xl=\"1\" data-columns-lg=\"1\" data-columns-md=\"1\" data-columns-sm=\"1\" data-columns-xs=\"1\"><li class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kadence-blocks-gallery-item-has-caption\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\" style=\"max-height:450px; margin-bottom:10px\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic\" style=\"padding-bottom:81.33333333333333%\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/fantin_less-contrast.jpg\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/fantin_less-contrast.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/fantin_less-contrast.jpg\" data-id=\"42582\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/fantin_less-contrast.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-42582undefined\" style=\"object-fit:cover; object-position:50% 50%\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption\" style=\"font-size:32pt\">Dreams of Trees <br> an Exhibition by Emilio Fantin<\/figcaption><\/div><\/figure><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/a>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-wrap-id-_9c12bd-25 alignnone wide wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery\"><ul class=\"kb-gallery-ul kb-gallery-non-static kb-gallery-type-grid kb-mobile-force-hover kb-gallery-id-_9c12bd-25 kb-gallery-caption-style-cover-hover kb-gallery-filter-mayfair\" data-image-filter=\"mayfair\" data-item-selector=\".kadence-blocks-gallery-item\" data-lightbox-caption=\"true\" data-columns-xxl=\"4\" data-columns-xl=\"4\" data-columns-md=\"4\" data-columns-sm=\"3\" data-columns-xs=\"2\" data-columns-ss=\"2\"><li class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link kadence-blocks-gallery-item-has-caption\"><a href=\"#essays\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"  ><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic kb-gallery-image-ratio-land43 kb-has-image-ratio-land43\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/1D593EEB-1FEC-459D-8599-7F0D085D3358.jpeg\"   alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/1D593EEB-1FEC-459D-8599-7F0D085D3358.jpeg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/1D593EEB-1FEC-459D-8599-7F0D085D3358.jpeg\" data-id=\"43225\" class=\"wp-image-43225\"\/><\/div><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption\">&#8220;To Live in Companionship with Trees, Plants, Rivers and Mountains&#8221;, a Companion Essay by Martine Murray<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/li><li class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link kadence-blocks-gallery-item-has-caption\"><a href=\"#essays\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"  ><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic kb-gallery-image-ratio-land43 kb-has-image-ratio-land43\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/ALDER-c-Alessandra-Weber-747x560.jpg\" width=\"604\" height=\"453\" alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/ALDER-c-Alessandra-Weber.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/ALDER-c-Alessandra-Weber.jpg\" data-id=\"43206\" class=\"wp-image-43206\"\/><\/div><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption\">&#8220;Family Tree&#8221;, a Companion Essay <br> by Andreas Weber<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/li><li class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link kadence-blocks-gallery-item-has-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/dreams-of-trees-webinar-tickets-117203265121%20\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"  ><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic kb-gallery-image-ratio-land43 kb-has-image-ratio-land43\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/5-1-671x560.jpg\" width=\"604\" height=\"504\" alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/5-1.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/5-1.jpg\" data-id=\"43331\" class=\"wp-image-43331\"\/><\/div><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption\"><div>Webinar, a Conversation with Emilio Fantin, Martine Murray and Andreas Weber<br>September 3rd | 3pm (Europe)<br><br><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;border:2px;border-style:solid;border-color:#ffffff;padding: 8px\"> SIGN UP HERE<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/li><li class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link kadence-blocks-gallery-item-has-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/trees-bodies-and-souls-poetic-journey-tickets-117328493683\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"  ><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic kb-gallery-image-ratio-land43 kb-has-image-ratio-land43\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/4-1.jpg\"   alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/4-1.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/4-1.jpg\" data-id=\"43332\" class=\"wp-image-43332\"\/><\/div><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption\"><div>Poetic Journey, a Collective Meditation with Emilio Fantin<br>September 12th | 3-9pm (Europe)<br><br><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;border:2px;border-style:solid;border-color:#ffffff;padding: 8px\"> SIGN UP HERE<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" id=\"exhibition\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-left wide wp-block-heading\">Exhibition Introduction<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This exhibition is made of different moments that evoke a common intent. A fallen, almost dead almond tree has a nightmare of a forest on fire. This dramatic expos\u00e9 of a dream of an Almond tree and a vision of an Olive tree highlights the critical importance of cultivating our own consciousness of dreams and visions; a consciousness of the existing which concerns all realms of nature and in particular the flora and vegetable realm. It highlights that a universal consciousness exists that takes a different form in relation to the natural realm to which it belongs. This relationship affects not only the human being but all animated and non-animated things. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><strong><a href=\"#essays\">\u201cHow do we re-member what once rooted us in our own being and in the mutual being of the world around us?\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/blockquote><\/figure>This consciousness can be investigated and connected to through our intuition, as opposed to an empirical and analytical approach. Through intuition and connection to a deep inner consciousness, I express myself through fragments and evocations. I focus on what is invisible, and what does not appear to us in reality to highlight the plight of the almond tree and the olive tree, whose fruits are strongly symbolic and shows the deteriorating and endangered relationships between human culture and nature. [Many cultures view almond as a sign of virginity, and almond tree as the &#8220;tree of life&#8221;. Olive is a symbol of conjunction between earth and sky and its golden juice brings to us the heat and the light of the sun.] <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><strong><strong><a href=\"#essays\">\u201cTheir leaves mutter something to me my mind does not decipher, but my body still understands.\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/blockquote><\/figure>The exhibition was meant to be held in Tenuta Busulmone, which on an aesthetic level, is affected by the relationship with the nearby Noto, a Sicilian town famous for its baroque architecture. Similarly, the theme of nature, central in the Baroque era, is interpreted here as a \u201cnatural spectacle\u201d, where trees represent the sacrificial aspect within the drama of the destruction of nature in our contemporary age. A new attitude towards the richness of natural world replaced, in baroque era, the post-Renaissance idea of a nature based on the centrality of man. Actor and spectator are both parts of the natural theater which baroque man is part of. Thus in my show, the connection between the urban culture and the nature of this land is evoked by trees who are the actors of dramas and rituals shared by the spectator. This exhibition dramatically reveals, through the dreams and visions of an olive and an almond tree, a broken and forgotten connection, but also how we can cultivate and become connected to our deeper consciousness so that we can work to strengthen human-nature relationships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/428537941?color=388e3c&amp;title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:60px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Exhibition Space<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"kb-gallery-wrap-id-_898934-10 alignnone wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery\"><ul class=\"kb-gallery-ul kb-gallery-non-static kb-gallery-type-masonry kb-masonry-init kb-gallery-id-_898934-10 kb-gallery-caption-style-cover-hover kb-gallery-filter-none kb-gallery-magnific-init\" data-image-filter=\"none\" data-item-selector=\".kadence-blocks-gallery-item\" data-lightbox-caption=\"true\" data-columns-xxl=\"1\" data-columns-xl=\"1\" data-columns-md=\"1\" data-columns-sm=\"1\" data-columns-xs=\"1\" data-columns-ss=\"1\"><li class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/map.jpg\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"   role=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\" style=\"max-width:1500px;\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic\" style=\"padding-bottom:67%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/map.jpg\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1019\" alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/map.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/map.jpg\" data-id=\"42885\" class=\"wp-image-42885\"\/><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Emilio Fantin\u2019s interventions for \u201cDreams of Trees\u201d. ProvocAction, Photology Air, Bulsulmone. Sicily. Italy. 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"kb-gallery-wrap-id-_d421ce-f7 alignnone wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery\"><ul class=\"kb-gallery-ul kb-gallery-non-static kb-gallery-type-masonry kb-masonry-init kb-gallery-id-_d421ce-f7 kb-gallery-caption-style-cover-hover kb-gallery-filter-none kb-gallery-magnific-init\" data-image-filter=\"none\" data-item-selector=\".kadence-blocks-gallery-item\" data-lightbox-caption=\"true\" data-columns-xxl=\"1\" data-columns-xl=\"1\" data-columns-md=\"1\" data-columns-sm=\"1\" data-columns-xs=\"1\" data-columns-ss=\"1\"><li class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/photology-air.jpg\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"   role=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\" style=\"max-width:1049px;\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic\" style=\"padding-bottom:57%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/photology-air.jpg\" width=\"1049\" height=\"603\" alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/photology-air.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/photology-air.jpg\" data-id=\"42640\" class=\"wp-image-42640\"\/><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"kb-gallery-wrap-id-_a771d9-b1 alignnone wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery\"><ul class=\"kb-gallery-ul kb-gallery-non-static kb-gallery-type-masonry kb-masonry-init kb-gallery-id-_a771d9-b1 kb-gallery-caption-style-cover-hover kb-gallery-filter-none kb-gallery-magnific-init\" data-image-filter=\"none\" data-item-selector=\".kadence-blocks-gallery-item\" data-lightbox-caption=\"true\" data-columns-xxl=\"2\" data-columns-xl=\"2\" data-columns-md=\"2\" data-columns-sm=\"2\" data-columns-xs=\"1\" data-columns-ss=\"1\"><li class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/perim-esterno-4-1.jpg\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"   role=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\" style=\"max-width:1500px;\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic\" style=\"padding-bottom:75%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/perim-esterno-4-1.jpg\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1125\" alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/perim-esterno-4-1.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/perim-esterno-4-1.jpg\" data-id=\"42599\" class=\"wp-image-42599\"\/><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/li><li class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/sala-proiezioni-1-1.jpg\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"   role=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\" style=\"max-width:1500px;\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic\" style=\"padding-bottom:75%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/sala-proiezioni-1-1.jpg\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1125\" alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/sala-proiezioni-1-1.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/sala-proiezioni-1-1.jpg\" data-id=\"42600\" class=\"wp-image-42600\"\/><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/li><li class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link kadence-blocks-gallery-item-has-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/tenuta-slideshow_12.jpg\" data-description=\"Poetic Journey, Saturday August 29th Sign Up Here\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"   role=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\" style=\"max-width:1500px;\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic\" style=\"padding-bottom:81%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/tenuta-slideshow_12.jpg\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1220\" alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/tenuta-slideshow_12.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/tenuta-slideshow_12.jpg\" data-id=\"42643\" class=\"wp-image-42643\"\/><\/div><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Poetic Journey, Saturday August 29th<\/br> Sign Up Here<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/li><li class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link kadence-blocks-gallery-item-has-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/tenuta-slideshow_4.jpg\" data-description=\"The Secret Life of Plants an Exhibition by Emilio Fantin\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"   role=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\" style=\"max-width:1500px;\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic\" style=\"padding-bottom:81%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/tenuta-slideshow_4.jpg\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1220\" alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/tenuta-slideshow_4.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/tenuta-slideshow_4.jpg\" data-id=\"42582\" class=\"wp-image-42582\"\/><\/div><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption\">The Secret Life of Plants an Exhibition by Emilio Fantin<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:36px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dreams and Nightmares  <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>We are the ones who can turn reality into a nightmare. <\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A fallen almond tree lying on the ground, almost dead, tells us a forest fire nightmare, whose we are the main cause. Reality emerges in its dramatic contingency, through dreams and concrete visions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-wrap-id-_8fe97d-51 alignnone wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery\"><ul class=\"kb-gallery-ul kb-gallery-non-static kb-gallery-type-masonry kb-masonry-init kb-gallery-id-_8fe97d-51 kb-gallery-caption-style-cover-hover kb-gallery-filter-none kb-gallery-magnific-init\" data-image-filter=\"none\" data-item-selector=\".kadence-blocks-gallery-item\" data-lightbox-caption=\"true\" data-columns-xxl=\"2\" data-columns-xl=\"2\" data-columns-md=\"2\" data-columns-sm=\"2\" data-columns-xs=\"1\" data-columns-ss=\"1\"><li class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG-20190620-WA0001.jpg\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"   role=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\" style=\"max-width:1125px;\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic\" style=\"padding-bottom:133%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG-20190620-WA0001.jpg\" width=\"1125\" height=\"1500\" alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG-20190620-WA0001.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG-20190620-WA0001.jpg\" data-id=\"42594\" class=\"wp-image-42594\"\/><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/li><li class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG-20190620-WA0002.jpg\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"   role=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\" style=\"max-width:1125px;\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic\" style=\"padding-bottom:133%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG-20190620-WA0002.jpg\" width=\"1125\" height=\"1500\" alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG-20190620-WA0002.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG-20190620-WA0002.jpg\" data-id=\"42595\" class=\"wp-image-42595\"\/><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:26px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/the-secret-life-of-plants-3.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"kb-gallery-wrap-id-_d72f34-db alignnone wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery\"><ul class=\"kb-gallery-ul kb-gallery-non-static kb-gallery-type-masonry kb-masonry-init kb-gallery-id-_d72f34-db kb-gallery-caption-style-cover-hover kb-gallery-filter-none kb-gallery-magnific-init\" data-image-filter=\"none\" data-item-selector=\".kadence-blocks-gallery-item\" data-lightbox-caption=\"true\" data-columns-xxl=\"1\" data-columns-xl=\"1\" data-columns-md=\"1\" data-columns-sm=\"1\" data-columns-xs=\"1\" data-columns-ss=\"1\"><li class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG-20190620-WA0000-1.jpg\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"   role=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\" style=\"max-width:1500px;\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic\" style=\"padding-bottom:75%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG-20190620-WA0000-1.jpg\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1125\" alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG-20190620-WA0000-1.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG-20190620-WA0000-1.jpg\" data-id=\"42593\" class=\"wp-image-42593\"\/><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The inner image of a tree<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>A tree teaches me how \u201cto see\u201d not only its seed, root, trunk and foliage, but also the vital flux flowing inside it.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"kb-gallery-wrap-id-_2a8e8c-39 alignnone wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery\"><ul class=\"kb-gallery-ul kb-gallery-non-static kb-gallery-type-masonry kb-masonry-init kb-gallery-id-_2a8e8c-39 kb-gallery-caption-style-cover-hover kb-gallery-filter-none kb-gallery-magnific-init\" data-image-filter=\"none\" data-item-selector=\".kadence-blocks-gallery-item\" data-lightbox-caption=\"true\" data-columns-xxl=\"1\" data-columns-xl=\"1\" data-columns-md=\"1\" data-columns-sm=\"1\" data-columns-xs=\"1\" data-columns-ss=\"1\"><li class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/inner-vision-4-copia-e1591179233455.jpg\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"   role=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\" style=\"max-width:1312px;\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic\" style=\"padding-bottom:48%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/inner-vision-4-copia-e1591179233455.jpg\" width=\"1312\" height=\"641\" alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/inner-vision-4-copia-e1591179233455.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/inner-vision-4-copia-e1591179233455.jpg\" data-id=\"42596\" class=\"wp-image-42596\"\/><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>As counterpoint to our destructive attitude I propose an inner encounter with an olive tree.<br>A group of people listen this text carefully by following the growing process of the plant from the seed to the adult tree and meditate on it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:41px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/olivexxxx1.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:32px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"kb-gallery-wrap-id-_5cb867-e0 alignnone wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery\"><ul class=\"kb-gallery-ul kb-gallery-non-static kb-gallery-type-masonry kb-masonry-init kb-gallery-id-_5cb867-e0 kb-gallery-caption-style-cover-hover kb-gallery-filter-none kb-gallery-magnific-init\" data-image-filter=\"none\" data-item-selector=\".kadence-blocks-gallery-item\" data-lightbox-caption=\"true\" data-columns-xxl=\"1\" data-columns-xl=\"1\" data-columns-md=\"1\" data-columns-sm=\"1\" data-columns-xs=\"1\" data-columns-ss=\"1\"><li class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG-20181217-WA0005-1.jpg\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"   role=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\" style=\"max-width:768px;\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic\" style=\"padding-bottom:133%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG-20181217-WA0005-1.jpg\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG-20181217-WA0005-1.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG-20181217-WA0005-1.jpg\" data-id=\"42718\" class=\"wp-image-42718\"\/><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:65px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dreaming is common to all<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>This exhibition alludes to the consciousness of dreams and visions, a consciousness of the existing which concerns all realms of nature<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-rowlayout alignnone\"><div 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class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-wrap-id-_388083-12 alignnone wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery\"><ul class=\"kb-gallery-ul kb-gallery-non-static kb-gallery-type-masonry kb-masonry-init kb-gallery-id-_388083-12 kb-gallery-caption-style-bottom-hover kb-gallery-filter-none\" data-image-filter=\"none\" data-item-selector=\".kadence-blocks-gallery-item\" data-lightbox-caption=\"true\" data-columns-xxl=\"1\" data-columns-xl=\"1\" data-columns-md=\"1\" data-columns-sm=\"1\" data-columns-xs=\"1\" data-columns-ss=\"1\"><li class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\" tabindex=\"0\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kadence-blocks-gallery-item-hide-caption\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\" style=\"max-width:604px;\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic\" style=\"padding-bottom:75%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" 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alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/sala-proiezioni-2.bilsul-1.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/sala-proiezioni-2.bilsul-1.jpg\" data-id=\"42601\" class=\"wp-image-42601\"\/><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The book&nbsp;Comune a tutti \u00e8 sognare (Dreaming is common to all)&nbsp;gathers together, in separate chapters, various notes, reports, writings and images that have to do with research on the relationship between art and dreams.&nbsp;Some copies of the book, installed on the floor and on the top of one of the walls of the roofless ruin exhibition space, shape the word Sogno (Dream). The relationship between dreams and nature echoes in some parts of the book, for example in these two pages below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:28px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:43px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"kb-gallery-wrap-id-_437185-4e alignnone wide wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery\"><ul class=\"kb-gallery-ul kb-gallery-non-static kb-gallery-type-masonry kb-masonry-init kb-gallery-id-_437185-4e kb-gallery-caption-style-cover-hover kb-gallery-filter-none kb-gallery-magnific-init\" data-image-filter=\"none\" data-item-selector=\".kadence-blocks-gallery-item\" data-lightbox-caption=\"true\" data-columns-xxl=\"1\" data-columns-xl=\"1\" data-columns-md=\"1\" data-columns-sm=\"1\" data-columns-xs=\"1\" data-columns-ss=\"1\"><li class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Schermata-2020-06-07-alle-15.46.03-1.png\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"   role=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\" style=\"max-width:1500px;\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic\" style=\"padding-bottom:65%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Schermata-2020-06-07-alle-15.46.03-1.png\" width=\"1500\" height=\"977\" alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Schermata-2020-06-07-alle-15.46.03-1.png\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Schermata-2020-06-07-alle-15.46.03-1.png\" data-id=\"42738\" class=\"wp-image-42738\"\/><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Dreaming is common to all. 2016. Musagetes and PS Guelph, Ca. Learn more about<a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicationstudio.biz\/books\/dreaming-is-common-to-all\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> the book here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"essays\" style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wide\">Companion Essays<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wide\">\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"float:left; margin: 0 10px 0 30px; max-width:725px; text-align:justify\"><p>\u201cThe almond carries but one fruit. The green layer around it has already dried and given way to the hard shell with its lines and crevasses. When I touch the almond fruit slightly, it falls into my hand. I weigh it on my palm, put my nose to it and sniff. The fruit smells slightly bitter and sweet, although the edible kernel is still protected by the tight case.<\/p>\n<p>I watch the pattern on the shell. I sink my gaze into it, into the little oval-shaped cosmos with the seed of life inside, a little universe in itself. I watch the lines on the shell-like frozen trajectories of long lost stars. I think: The lines in the almond shell are traces the developing fruit has left in matter. The lights of the celestial bodies are traces the developing universe has carved into space.<\/p>\n<p>(\u2026) The world is born in every moment. What we perceive of it are the traces of this birth, traces of force meeting force and igniting stars on its way, of desire meeting desire and letting flesh growing forth. We look at a cracked rock in the riverbed, the black lines on its neat halves flying through the white flesh of its inside, and we realize that the birth inside of it has been happening for billions of years. We inhale the air around us and within an eyelid\u2019s flutter are we amidst the Big Bang. We are birthing being all the time. This is what is going on here, this is what we are about.<\/p>\n<p>The almond looked at me, an eye full of knowledge that I had always known. The setting sun above the horizon was about to melt into the hilltop. From this act of fusion it would bring back a fresh new day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold\">Excerpt from the companion essay to the show \u201cFamily Tree\u201d written by Andreas Weber.<\/p><\/br>\n<p><a style=\"border-style: solid;border-color:#338e3c; padding:12px; margin: 0  0 15px 0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/2020\/08\/05\/family-tree\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">READ MORE<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"float:right; margin: 0 10px 0 30px; max-width:725px; text-align:justify\"><p>\u201cI have reached for language that has been given to us by the natural world. To take flight and to root, both of which a tree attests to in the upward reach and rootedness of its form. What if we could experience our own rootedness in place or in ground, in its nourishing, moral, communal, generative and\/or ancestral aspect, through our relatedness to and experience of the tree and of the forest? Would we continue to be so instrumental in our conceptions if we felt ourselves formed and informed by the tree, the bird, the rock, the river? To imagine the dream of the Almond tree or feel the growth of the Olive tree is to enter the beingness of the tree, to rescue it from its assignation as resource. And if we can imagine the trees\u2019 cries of anguish as fire takes it, or the yearning of its branches towards the light, can we also feel the anguish of the earth, as its forests are felled, its ocean and sky polluted, its depths cut open and mined, its mountains fracked, its soils poisoned and depleted, its rivers dammed. To embrace the mythopoetic as an other lost way of knowing, would it be better to say of the earth, her forests, her ocean, her sky? Could we have given flight to our dreams, imaginations, and ideas, if flight had not been imaged for us by birds? Would we know what it is to endure if we could not feel it in a tree\u2019s standing, in its magnitude and sturdiness? Would we understand how to dance if we did not feel the rise and extenuation of branches, the lightness of leaves as they outpour from their own rootedness below? Could we wing our arms, twist around our own stems? Would we know stillness if it were not for the mountain? Would we have a sense of deep time if it were not for rocks, the movement of water on stone? Would we know mystery if it were not for the night? What should we learn from the small persistent, togetherness of moss? What if we were again to live in companionship with trees, plants, rivers, and mountains?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold\">Excerpt from the companion essay to the show &#8220;To Live in Companionship with Trees, Plants, Rivers and Mountains&#8221; by Martine Murray.<\/p><\/br>\n<p><a style=\"border-style: solid;border-color:#338e3c; padding:12px; margin: 0 0 15px 0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/2020\/08\/11\/toliveincompanionship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">READ MORE<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Final<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This exhibition sounds an alarm for our civilization. The relationship between nature and culture in Western thinking, which is conditioned by the destructive aspect of the human being, manifests itself dramatically in this exhibition. At the same time, it&nbsp;sets up an imaginary stage where the soul of the trees, dreams and visions give life to the<strong> \u201c<\/strong>spectacle of nature<strong>\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Artist Bio<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"kt-info-box_01a023-a1\" class=\"wp-block-kadence-infobox\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-info-box-link-wrap kt-blocks-info-box-media-align-top kt-info-halign-left\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-info-box-media-container\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-info-box-media kt-info-media-animate-none\"><div class=\"kadence-info-box-image-inner-intrisic-container\" style=\"max-width:350px\"><div class=\"kadence-info-box-image-intrisic kt-info-animate-none\" style=\"padding-bottom:97.64918625678119%;height:0;width:553px;max-width:100%\"><div class=\"kadence-info-box-image-inner-intrisic\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/emilio-profilo-copia-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"553\" height=\"540\" class=\"kt-info-box-image wp-image-43420 \"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kt-infobox-textcontent\"><h2 class=\"kt-blocks-info-box-title\">Emilio Fantin<\/h2><p class=\"kt-blocks-info-box-text\"><strong>Artist<\/strong><br><em>lives in <\/em>Bologna<br><br>Emilio Fantin is working on multidisciplinary research: nature, dreams and architecture. His focus is the &#8220;territories and spaces of the invisible&#8221; which arises from plants and dreams relationship. He is interested in the concept of an organism and how this organism informs or is informed by shared art practices.<br><br>For any inquiries about the artwork, email to <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"mailto:fantinemilio@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\">fantinemilio@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/strong><br><\/p><div class=\"kt-blocks-info-box-learnmore-wrap\"><a class=\"kt-blocks-info-box-learnmore\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/naturaartis.blogspot.com\/\">WEBSITE<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Virtual Gallery Production<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This virtual gallery was produced by the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/galleries\/\">Urban Ecological Arts Forum<\/a><\/em>&nbsp;at&nbsp;<em>The Nature of Cities<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Curation:<br><strong>Carmen Bouyer<\/strong><br><strong>Patrick M. Lydon<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With Support From:<br><strong>David Maddox<br>M\u2019Lisa Colbert<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Essay Imagery:<br><strong>Emilio Fantin<\/strong>, <strong>Giancarlo Norese <\/strong>and <strong>Photology Air<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Film Production:<br><strong><strong><strong>Emilio Fantin<\/strong>, <\/strong><\/strong>with footage from <strong><strong><strong>Michel Masetti&nbsp;<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Web Development:<br><strong>Karen Tsugawa<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sponsor:<br>This show was brought to you in part by <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.herbsimmens.com\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Herb Simmens<\/strong><\/a> through the Planetphilia Grant Program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Gallery Partners<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:24px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.photology.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Photology AIR Noto<\/a><br>Tenuta Busulmone, Noto, Italy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The curatorial choice for Photology AIR Noto, 2020 entitled PreservAction, that includes the exhibition \u201cDreams of Trees\u201d, focuses on the theme of environmental awareness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 style=\"font-weight\" 800\"=\"\">Written Transcriptions from Audio Pieces<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:24px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/fire-fire-fire-.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Fire, fire, fire<\/a>&#8221; a transcription from the audio piece presented in the section &#8220;Dreams and. Nightmares&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/olive-tree-inner-image.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Olive tree inner image<\/a>&#8220;, a transcription from the audio piece presented in the section &#8220;The inner image of a tree&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-rowlayout alignnone arrow-box\"><div id=\"kt-layout-id_8643de-d0\" class=\"kt-row-layout-inner kt-row-has-bg kt-layout-id_8643de-d0\"><div class=\"kt-row-layout-overlay kt-row-overlay-normal\"><\/div><div class=\"kt-row-column-wrap kt-has-1-columns kt-gutter-default kt-v-gutter-default kt-row-valign-top kt-row-layout-equal kt-tab-layout-inherit kt-m-colapse-left-to-right kt-mobile-layout-row\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column inner-column-1 kadence-column_acc5bf-05\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<h2 class=\"artforum has-text-color wp-block-heading\" style=\"color:#ffffff\">Also on View at FRIEC<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-medium-font-size\" style=\"color:#ededed\"><strong><strong><strong>Join us as we bring to life interdisciplinary exhibitions that were canceled due to COVID-19.<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-rowlayout alignnone wide\"><div id=\"kt-layout-id_9098fc-76\" class=\"kt-row-layout-inner kt-layout-id_9098fc-76\"><div class=\"kt-row-column-wrap kt-has-3-columns kt-gutter-default kt-v-gutter-default kt-row-valign-top kt-row-layout-equal kt-tab-layout-inherit kt-m-colapse-left-to-right kt-mobile-layout-row\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column inner-column-1 kadence-column_da2f04-54\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<div id=\"kt-info-box_a5ec45-1b\" class=\"wp-block-kadence-infobox\"><a class=\"kt-blocks-info-box-link-wrap info-box-link kt-blocks-info-box-media-align-top 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