HORIZONS
Autism, art and ethics
Autism, art and ethics
February 2, 2008 Conference Room - City Hall
Ciampino Via del Lavoro, 59 - Ciampino (Rome)
Saturday, February 2 2008 from 9.00 to 13.00 has been held in the Conference Hall of the Municipality of Ciampino, the exhibition Horizons conference. This opportunity to raise awareness not only to autism - a syndrome that affects the author of works on show, Simon Ruta - but more generally, the disabled, and - further widen the "Horizons" - diversity in other ways that also now seems to be a sine qua non of contemporary life: cultural, ethnic, social, religious, are on the agenda. Each of these raises suspicion, exclusion, prejudice in the 'other', let alone when diversity is dictated by a medical condition. Yet someone has written that "The price of normality, of being a normal person, it's not a genius. The average person knows how to establish relationships with others, loves to be with people and not very creative. [...] The price of genius is a deficiency in social relationships. " Who said it was Temple Grandon, autistic "excellent", quoted by Michael Fitzgerald in his memorable book Autism and Creativity (2004). What distinguishes our age, namely communication, is absent or "bad" - at least in its canonical form or the verbal and body - in people with autism which, however, surprisingly - though not in all cases - can develop expressive abilities alternative to the border between art and science. Fitzgerald always informs us of distinguished autistic from the past: the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, the writer Lewis Carroll, author and artist Donna Williams eclectic and then some posthumous diagnosis against none other than Michelangelo, Andy Warhol, the British mathematician Richard Borcherds, winner in 1998 Field of the coin, considered the Nobel of mathematics and even Bill Gates seems to have some characteristics comparable to those of autism. But what most want to emphasize is the heritage these human subjects are able to develop and offer to others. Known films like Rain Man - based on the life of Kim Peek, capable of solving complex mathematical operations in a few seconds - or even more Forrest Gump showed us how often goes beyond the disability to become an instrument of social and human transformation. The Forrest to Zemeckis is able to operate a change in who wants to look and who wants to listen.
took part in round table representatives of public institutions at various levels - politicians, teachers, psychologists, physicians - involved the common goal of trying to locate and report on strategies for support and collaboration for this disabling condition turn into a new opportunity for all.
The works on show have been produced under the supervision of the teacher support Maria Giuliano, presented at the conference arrangements for implementation of selected papers, subject, inter alia, a catalog that occasion was distributed freely to the press and all interested visitors. The publication makes use of the critical contributions of Maria Giuliano, Carlo Silvestre Magnelli, Alessandro D'Ercole and Maria Teresa Sarno.
PROGRAM
speakers at the conference Alessandro D'Ercole (artistic director of the Cultural Arts Maxentius); Lucia Zeppetella Fortunata and Folino (psychology from the Tower of The Wire), Andrea Antonelli (creator and trainer of the Draft Basketball), Mary Julian (teacher and assistant in the work done by Simone Ruta), Giuseppe Fedele (President of the Ethics and Autism, an association of families with autistic), Nicola Pinto (founder and president of Project Philippides), Sandro Stramaccioni (Headmaster dell'ITCG "Michele Amari" Ciampino)
and also some representatives of related institutions: Enzo Foschi (Lazio), Tiziana Biolghini (Province of Rome), Adriano Palozzi (Mayor of Marino), Mauro Testa (Head of Culture, Sports, Education, Youth and Multicultural Municipality of Ciampino), Claudio D'Anna (District Health Director Rm H H3)
Organized by Massenzio Arte Cultural Association
http://www.massenzioarte.it/
e-mail : massenzioarte@yahoo.it , f.ruta2 @ libero.it
tel.: 3202654506-3289232342
My paper
TRAVEL NOTES Maria Giuliano
experience ... a work of art.
Working with the masterpieces of an opening to unlimited opportunities to meet with the images that allow a dialogue based on a series of questions. Simone was able to dig, take apart, reassemble, analyze, discover a world little known to him. E 'essential Simone develop more and more capacity to produce and understand messages, translate them and rework them into different codes, with the use and exchange of signs, graphic and painting techniques and thus gain the mastery of different mediums.
The artwork also allow a reading-interpretation that lends itself well to the resolution of problems encountered daily Simone every time you engage in any graphic representation. Obviously, the operational proposals take into account the maturity of perception, visual and manipulative Simone, supporting it from the perspective of continuity.
After experiencing a series of experiments with the masterpieces of art in the classroom of Simon, was set up an "art gallery".
For a more careful classification and easier retrieval of works by Simone was chosen cardboard, larger than a work of art because it fulfills the function of the frame, different colors for different contenuti.Dopo have worked with a work of art for the understanding and interpretation, it becomes a model to imitate, to experiment with the technique. For the same activity has been proposed not a single masterpiece but a collection of works that are different ways to represent similar content. Simon, along with teacher support, has chosen the preferred methods and techniques (impressionism, realism, etc..), He noted some art works of various movements that follow a way of representing the municipality.
experience ... a work of art.
Working with the masterpieces of an opening to unlimited opportunities to meet with the images that allow a dialogue based on a series of questions. Simone was able to dig, take apart, reassemble, analyze, discover a world little known to him. E 'essential Simone develop more and more capacity to produce and understand messages, translate them and rework them into different codes, with the use and exchange of signs, graphic and painting techniques and thus gain the mastery of different mediums.
The artwork also allow a reading-interpretation that lends itself well to the resolution of problems encountered daily Simone every time you engage in any graphic representation. Obviously, the operational proposals take into account the maturity of perception, visual and manipulative Simone, supporting it from the perspective of continuity.
After experiencing a series of experiments with the masterpieces of art in the classroom of Simon, was set up an "art gallery".
For a more careful classification and easier retrieval of works by Simone was chosen cardboard, larger than a work of art because it fulfills the function of the frame, different colors for different contenuti.Dopo have worked with a work of art for the understanding and interpretation, it becomes a model to imitate, to experiment with the technique. For the same activity has been proposed not a single masterpiece but a collection of works that are different ways to represent similar content. Simon, along with teacher support, has chosen the preferred methods and techniques (impressionism, realism, etc..), He noted some art works of various movements that follow a way of representing the municipality.
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