{"id":5648,"date":"2025-12-29T15:09:22","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T12:09:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iicnairobi.esteri.it\/?page_id=5648"},"modified":"2026-01-07T15:10:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T12:10:10","slug":"arco-ponte-bilancia-arcobaleno-di-pace-e-lavoro-del-maestro-tommaso-cascella","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iicnairobi.esteri.it\/en\/chi-siamo\/la-sede\/cultural-heritage\/arco-ponte-bilancia-arcobaleno-di-pace-e-lavoro-del-maestro-tommaso-cascella\/","title":{"rendered":"Arco, Ponte, Bilancia, Arcobaleno di Pace e Lavoro del Maestro Tommaso Cascella"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"167\" data-end=\"520\">The artwork \u201cArch, Bridge, Scale, Rainbow of Peace and Work<strong data-start=\"179\" data-end=\"231\">\u201d<\/strong> was created by Maestro Tommaso Cascella (Rome, 1951) as part of an <strong data-start=\"303\" data-end=\"387\">artistic residency <\/strong>program promoted by the Italian Cultural Institute of Nairobi, hosted at the <strong data-start=\"403\" data-end=\"449\">Saint Kizito Vocational Training Institute<\/strong>, on the occasion of the <strong data-start=\"474\" data-end=\"519\">Week of Italian Cuisine in the World 2025<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"522\" data-end=\"960\">The project was conceived with the aim of creating a space for <strong data-start=\"585\" data-end=\"654\">international collaboration, training, and intercultural dialogue<\/strong>, in which art becomes a vehicle for exchange, learning, and communication. Saint Kizito VTI is a centre of excellence in the training of young professionals in fields such as carpentry, metalwork, plumbing, computer science, and other technical skills that are fundamental to human and social development.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"962\" data-end=\"1358\">The artwork \u2014 a <strong data-start=\"978\" data-end=\"1039\">table\/sculpture conceived and entirely created in Nairobi<\/strong>, featuring two tops made of red mahogany and recycled metal \u2014 represents a symbolic place of encounter, balance, and sharing. Through its materials, forms, and meanings, the work reflects the idea that art can transcend linguistic and cultural boundaries, becoming a tool of <strong data-start=\"1321\" data-end=\"1357\">participatory cultural diplomacy<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"1360\" data-end=\"1655\">The table was first exhibited at the <strong data-start=\"1397\" data-end=\"1424\">Nairobi National Museum<\/strong> and was later presented at the <strong data-start=\"1456\" data-end=\"1505\">Residence of the Ambassador of Italy to Kenya<\/strong>, where it is now installed, enriching the its artistic heritage.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"1662\" data-end=\"1680\"><strong data-start=\"1666\" data-end=\"1680\">The Artist<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"1682\" data-end=\"1904\">Maestro <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tommasocascella.com\/\">Tommaso Cascella<\/a> belongs to one of Italy\u2019s most important artistic families. A painter and sculptor, his research arises from an original fusion between a classical foundation and a deeply contemporary sensibility.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"1906\" data-end=\"2207\">His works are animated by an inner tension \u2014 a <em data-start=\"1953\" data-end=\"1971\">\u201clucid madness,\u201d<\/em> to quote Giovanni Pascoli \u2014 and develop through continuous experimentation with materials. Pigments, iron, bronze, stone, cement, paper, and ceramics coexist in his language without hierarchy, as tools of a single poetic investigation.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"2214\" data-end=\"2243\"><strong data-start=\"2218\" data-end=\"2243\">In the Artist\u2019s Words<\/strong><\/h3>\n<blockquote data-start=\"2245\" data-end=\"2617\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-start=\"2247\" data-end=\"2617\"><em data-start=\"2247\" data-end=\"2297\">\u201cArch, Bridge, Scale, Rainbow of Peace and Work.<\/em><br data-start=\"2297\" data-end=\"2300\" \/><em data-start=\"2302\" data-end=\"2394\">Two worlds, two tables joined by a bridge that is also a balance: justice and brotherhood.<\/em><br data-start=\"2394\" data-end=\"2397\" \/><em data-start=\"2399\" data-end=\"2503\">An equilibrium resting on nations themselves, on a table \u2014 or tables \u2014 that become a place of sharing.<\/em><br data-start=\"2503\" data-end=\"2506\" \/><em data-start=\"2508\" data-end=\"2617\">And what could be more human than sharing food, exchanging pizza and spaghetti with ugali and sukuma wiki?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p data-start=\"2624\" data-end=\"2695\">Read the interview with Maestro Cascella during his residency<a href=\"https:\/\/ambnairobi.esteri.it\/en\/news\/dall_ambasciata\/2025\/11\/cascella-unopera-unica-che-unisce-italia-e-kenya\/\"> here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The artwork \u201cArch, Bridge, Scale, Rainbow of Peace and Work\u201d was created by Maestro Tommaso Cascella (Rome, 1951) as part of an artistic residency program promoted by the Italian Cultural Institute of Nairobi, hosted at the Saint Kizito Vocational Training Institute, on the occasion of the Week of Italian Cuisine in the World 2025. 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