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An exhibition designed by Tempora in partnership with Civita, based on the scientific research of the Archeological Park of Pompeii and the Naples National Archeological Museum with the Museo Galileo in Florence and adapted by the Musée de la civilisation.

Thursday, November 18, 2021 a Sunday, September 11, 2022

From November 18, 2021 to September 11, 2022
Musée de la civilisation
85, Rue Dalhousie
Québec (Québec)

Pompeii. The Immortal City is based on the most recent archeological and scientific research and showcases more than 120 artefacts. These objects are staged in a spectacular immersive installation, which allows visitors to truly feel the atmosphere and the daily life of the time, up to the moment of the volcanic eruption, when the earth trembles under the visitor’s feet and everything collapses. A unique museum experience, rich with discovery and emotion!

In 79 AD, the rich Roman city of Pompeii was abruptly buried under the rocks and ashes spewed by Mount Vesuvius, a terrifying volcano. Crystallized for eternity, this tragic end to the inhabitants’ lives has fascinated experts and the general public alike for centuries.

Pompeii. Immortal City. An exhibition designed by Tempora, in partnership with Civita and EDG, based on the scientific project by Museo Galileo in Florence with the collaboration of the National Archaeological Museum of Naples and the Archaeological Park of Pompeii. Adapted by the Musée de la civilisation with the financial support of the ministère de la Culture et des Communications, the exhibition is presented by Groupe Urgence Sinistre (GUS) and powered by ICI Explora.

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Pompeii. The Immortal City is based on the most recent archeological and scientific research and showcases more than 110 artefacts. These objects are staged in a spectacular immersive installation, which allows visitors to truly feel the atmosphere and the daily life of the time, up to the moment of the volcanic eruption, when the earth trembles under the visitor’s feet and everything collapses. A unique museum experience, rich with discovery and emotion!

Real master of artificial and industrialized stone, the “reinforced concrete”, Pier Luigi Nervi (1891-1979) is surely among the most influential structural engineers of the 20th century. During his career, Nervi has participated in the realization of iconic buildings of 20th century architecture, such as the Sports hall in Rome (1958), the Palace of labour in Turin (1960) and the Pirelli skyscraper in Milan (1960). Another important construction, directly linked to Montreal, is the Place Vittoria tower (1964), designed by him in collaboration with the architect Luigi Moretti.

The exhibition, named Pier Luigi Nervi. The art and the science of construction, is an itinerant, lightened and adapted version of the exhibition Pier Luigi Nervi: Architecture as challenge, presented for the first time in Bruxelles in 2010. This exhibition will be presented at the Centre de design de l’UQAMfrom 24th november 2021. A local part of the exhibition will be curated by Carlo Carbone and Réjean Legault, teachers at the Centre de Design de l’UQAM. The exhibition is related to the documentation, analysis, and modelling representation of a selection of projects realized by Nervi, that testify to his atypical approach to design in the production of the constructed environment.

Further information will follow shortly.

The Italian Cultural Institute of Montreal, on the occasion of the XVII edition of the Contemporary Day, is pleased to present the photographic exhibition “Drive tour” by Cristian Chironi, winner of the “Cantica 21” project in the “Over 35” category.

Thursday December 9th 2021, 6:00pm
Istituto Italiano di Cultura
1200, Av. du Dr. Penfield
Montréal (QC), QC H3A 1A9
RSVP – Obligatory, wearing of mask and Vaccine passport

Drive Tour is the photographic evolution of two interdisciplinary projects, My house is a Le Corbusierand Drive. Like the other two it is an itinerant work, which combines architecture, design, travel and landscape: a constellation of paths that leads the artist to move from his native village in Sardinia, towards the main Italian cities and European. On the street he is aboard a Fiat 127 Special called “Camaleonte” designed by Chironi himself because of his ability to change color according to the places where he stops and following the chromatic combinations typical of the architectures in which the artist lives and works. out of twelve countries in the world.

Cristian Chironi, was born in Nuoro in 1974, lives and works between Bologna and Europe. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna Bologna. He uses different languages, making them often dialogue together.

The Contemporary Day  is the great annual event promoted by AMACI that celebrates contemporary art by bringing out, with force and in a single day, the network of subjects and realities that promote contemporary art throughout the year, in Italy and abroad, through the diplomatic-consular network and the Italian Cultural Institutes. The initiative is carried out with the support of the General Direction for Contemporary Creativity of the Ministry of Culture, in collaboration with the MAECI.

Cantica21 is an initiative launched jointly by MAECI and MiBACT (current MiC) that promotes and enhances Italian contemporary art, supporting the production of works by emerging or already established artists, and exhibiting them in Italian Cultural Institutes, Embassies and Consulates.

Thanks to the MAMbo Museum of Bologna and the Collezione Anna e Francesco Tampieri of Nonantola (Modena) for their collaboration