{"id":102268,"date":"2025-02-21T22:31:58","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T22:31:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/activist\/inside-the-worlds-only-inhabited-art-gallery\/"},"modified":"2025-02-21T22:31:58","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T22:31:58","slug":"inside-the-worlds-only-inhabited-art-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=102268","title":{"rendered":"Inside the world\u2019s only inhabited art gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tcocdn.com\/tco\/images\/Huck\/Metropoliz-header-credit-Giorgio-de-Finis.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The artists also brought embellishments and material improvements to the lives of the residents. Davide Dormino created a piece called \u2018Scala Reale\u2019 (\u2018royal flush\u2019, or literally, royal stairway), after stumbling on a half-destroyed step of a staircase that carries dozens of people to the apartments from the common areas every day. So, \u201cit was rebuilt in Cor-Ten steel, transforming it into a real work of reclamation of the place, with the aim of making the ascent and descent safe for the citizens of Metropoliz. Also, children use it to learn to count.\u201d It is one of Dormino\u2019s favourite works: \u201cPeople kept telling me: \u2018This is art!\u2019 I will never forget the children\u2019s gratitude.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">There are also ephemeral projects that aren\u2019t painted on the walls, but have left a mark on its audiences. Workshops, seminars, lessons, conferences, are all but the beginning of \u201ca universe of things that can pass through these walls\u201d, if they should ever be too full for art, says MAAM\u2019s curator. Artist Venturi recalls a multilingual reading of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, after which a child asked if the document could remain inside her home. It still hangs in the dining room where residents share meals.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The artist\u2019s experience working in this communal, multi-purpose studio was a lesson in collaboration. \u201cThere is always someone passing by, asking questions, and if you need help, you can always find a resident or another artist willing to lend a hand.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Unfortunately though, the surrounding area has not always welcomed Metropoliz\u2019s residents. The local area\u00a0of Tor Sapienza has seen racism against migrants, and on occasion, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2014\/nov\/13\/riot-police-violence-refugees-rome\">violent outbursts<\/a>. However, the wider world\u2019s reception has been very different: \u201cthe first to celebrate MAAM were writers who came here from the <em>New York Times<\/em>. But the neighbourhood still sees it as a place inhabited by gypsies,\u201d says de Finis.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The artists also brought embellishments and material improvements to the lives of the residents. Davide Dormino created a piece called \u2018Scala Reale\u2019 (\u2018royal flush\u2019, or literally, royal stairway), after stumbling on a half-destroyed step of a staircase that carries dozens of people to the apartments from the common areas every day. 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