To celebrate the anniversary of the Dayton agreements after the Sarajevo war (1992-1995), a phygital exhibition Sarajevo, from war to peace thirty years later is going to be launched between Bari and Sarajevo, inspired by the Ars Aevi project and celebrated through words and experiences of many protagonists, from local to Italian authorities, from children of yesterday to the adults of today.
Born as a political and peaceful artistic action in response to the war, conceived and realized by Enver ‘Enjo’ Hadžiomerspahić, the project started in 1992 from the Michelangelo Pistoletto’s donation of his artwork Porta allo Specchio. Become one of the greatest contemporary art collections, Ars Aevi will find its definitive location in the new Museum of Contemporary Art designed by Renzo Piano in 2005, donated to Sarajevo and just presented according to its executive design. The collection can be known and enjoyed thanks to the website, the online catalogue and a virtual exhibition, a sort of demo preview of the new Sarajevo Museum.
The project of the Sarajevo, from war to peace thirty years later exhibition, realized through the collaboration of the University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, many Italian and Bosnian institutions and the partnership of the Ars Aevi Museum, aims to promote intercultural dialogue and peace, through an exhibition combining stories and contents, in a physical, digital, interactive and immersive way, by using different digital tools, such as an interactive ‘augmented’ catalogue and a VR exhibition on ArtSteps.