ROma, 16 Jun. (askanews) – is a project linked to the theme of migration, travel and welcome “Adrian Paci. No man is an island” edited by Cristiana Perrella. The personal staff of theAlbanian artist for years residing in Italy represents the second conciliation appointment 5, the project of contemporary art promoted by the Dicastery for the culture and education of the Vatican created On the occasion of Jubilee 2025, and will be open until September 21, 2025.
“No man is an island”, the project of the Albanian artist Adrian Paci for conciliation 5
In the Conciliation space 5, the road gallery visible 24 hours a day, Adrian Paci presents the sculpture “Home to Go”. A male figure, a cast of the artist’s body, supports on his shoulders a upside -down roof, which in the form recalls a couple of wings. The work evokes The idea of a humanity suspended between precariousness and transcendenceputs in the center L‘Human being as traveler And the idea of the obligatory and dramatic journey of those who are forced to leave their land.
This work is in dialogue with another intervention by the artist in the Sistine lanes of the monumental complex of Santo Spirito in Sassia. Here is the video installation “The Bell Tolls Upon the Waves”, Inspired by an episode that really happened: in 1566 in Termoli, during a Turkish attack, the looters attempted to stole the bell of Santa Caterina used to warn the sailors in case of danger: a vain attempt because in the transport the bell ended at sea sinking the boat on which it traveled.
“Migration for me is not a theme but a life experience”
The artist explained: «I start from the stories, I start from something concrete, I start from an image, I start from a story, and then I try to discover his potential to bring it to a more universal level. Migration, I often say it, for me it is not a theme, it was a life experience And as such experiences give you images, they give you stories and I have tried to work with these stories ».
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