Live television and streaming from half the world, ribbon cutting, unveiling ceremony: the “twin” David, the one born from 3D printing and which saw the engineering department of the University headed by Professor Grazia Tucci, the restorer Nicola Salvioli, l ‘Opificio delle Pietre Dure and many other realities join efforts, arrived in Dubai where it will be one of the main protagonists of the Expo. And with him the Italian Pavilion was presented. “I hope that we can all share the same message and the same conviction: that we can look beyond the crisis together and transform it into an opportunity to start over better thanks to the power of beauty that unites people” were the words of the Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio which greeted «the first major international event after the pandemic».
Also in the Italian delegation the mayor of Florence Dario Nardella and the councilor for culture of Palazzo Vecchio Tommaso Sacchi. Because Florence more than all is the protagonist of this moment: “In Dubai on the occasion of Expo 2020 Dubai – writes Nardella on social media – In view of the inauguration of the Italian Pavilion, we meet the representatives of over 800 companies and partners with the Minister Luigi Di But I. The symbol of the Italian Pavilion will be the 3D “twin” of our David, not a simple copy but the result of a work that has seen together with the work the best digital technologies and Florentine and Italian artisan knowledge ».
The Expo is entitled “Beauty unites people” for this the copy of Michelangelo’s David was chosen as a symbol. A perfect copy even in imperfections, of time and materials. Made possible (and different from all other copies, more “authentic”, if this paradox can be used) by the use of the most advanced technologies available today. The David 3D arrived many months in advance in the Emirates (the Expo starts in October) because it is so large, like the original, over 5 meters, 7 with the base, that the pavilion will be built around it. They buried it so that when you enter you can look it in the eye. And perhaps also because – in the Rai live broadcast this hypothesis was also advanced – by doing so the pudenda could be better hidden, after all the Emirates are an Islamic kingdom.
April 27, 2021 | 12:29
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