“No one has to choose between being in Europe and be in the Mediterranean Sea, beacuse Europe is in the Mediterranean Sea”: this phrase it was said by Aldo Moro, emphasizing the centrality of the Mare Nostrum and relations between people who overlook it. Our contemporary world – which too often assumes the tragic face of immigration-related deaths in the sea – makes it increasingly urgent to reflect on the history of this sea, an immense mosaic of people, cultures and religions. Even art, in this sense, can make an important contribution: the works of Vincenzo D’Arro, are a great example, they will be exhibited at the Italian Cultural Institute in Valletta. The exhibition “Mediterranean Caput Mundi: Travel between Myth and Reality” – organized by the IIC – will open on Thursday, April 7 to 18 at the Institute Hall and will be open until April 22: it is a tribute, through a narration by images, to the history and the centrality that still has the Mediterranean Sea. The works of Vincenzo D’Arro are metaphors of a journey through two dimensions, spatial and temporal. Oscillating between mythical figures and actual events, children of the Mediterranean Sea, sailing along the boundless sea called memory.
