Intergenerational networking in collaboration with World Food Forum | FAO
16 October | h. 18:30
Orto Botanico | Botanical Garden in Rome
Join us for integenerational networking at the beautiful Rome Botanical Gardens to explore the EIT Food x World Food Forum 2024 Art Exhibition 'Paradise Bank' and meet the artist himself, Lucas Memmola. Space is limited, so please register at the link below.
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About the World Food Forum
The World Food Forum Flagship Event serves as a premier global platform that promotes youth action, science, and innovation to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), fostering sustainable, resilient, and inclusive food futures through multi-sector partnerships. Events and activities are held year round with the goal to transform agrifood systems through the power of youth.
Paradise Parasite by Lucas Memmola
Artist background
Lucas Memmola is a Brazilian Italian artist under 35 who specializes in experiential art exhibitions. He has worked with several projects around Italy and in Rome.
Exhibition Abstract
Paradise Bank is a site-specific installation by Italian-Brazilian artist Lucas Memmola, curated by Tramandars for the World Food Forum (WFF) and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) at the Botanical Gardens in Rome. The exhibition addresses the importance of forests in the context of youth and agrifood systems, with a concentration on the Amazon rainforest.
The title of the installation is an association of two images: 'Paradise' which is understood as a mythical garden, an eden that finds its real reflection in the richness, natural prosperity, and abundance of the forest. The term 'Bank’ refers to a dual meaning: on one hand, the function of security and protection, and on the other, to the concept of economic speculation and accumulation.
The installation highlights the need for young people and beyond to innovate and implement sustainable practices for the protection of the Amazon's beauty and biodiversity, such as the better production of key exports of the area and the promotion of Indigenous agricultural supply chains. Indigenous Peoples have always defended the forest, a necessary organ for the Earth, and should be respected and included.
*Refreshments will be provided featuring the products shown in the exhibition with vegan and vegetarian options.
This event will be held at:
Orto Botanico | Botanical Garden in Rome
Largo Cristina di Svezia, 23 A - 24, 00165 Roma RM