Fondazione San Domenico Onlus, with the patronage of the Ministry of Culture, the Apulia Region and the City of Fasano, presents the restoration of the former IMARFA and its future transformation into a center for contemporary arts and culture with a light installation by Michelangelo Pistoletto. Love Difference, a monumental and colorful light installation composed of 20 neon signs, is on view through October 20, 2024.
This work, conceived for the first time in 2005 as part of Luci d'Artista in Turin, was born within the broader and more articulated project of 2002 Love Difference – Movimento Artistico per una Politica InterMediterranea, created to promote respect and mutual understanding between different cultures through the universality of art. Installed as a large, illuminated sign encountered on the roadside, Love Difference overlooks the Mediterranean Sea for the very first time, a crossroads of cultures and an element that connects different lands and communities, coinciding – as mentioned earlier – with the meeting of the world's great leaders in the same location. This unique spatial and temporal context amplifies the message of peace and communion among people, reminding us that dialogue, tolerance, and acceptance of others are the principles on which to base our society.
To learn more about the installation, please visit the Fondazione San Domenico Onlus website.