GENOA.- Segrete. Traces of Memory is a contemporary art exhibition conceived and curated by Virginia Monteverde under the organization of ART Commission in collaboration with Genova Palazzo Ducale Cultural Foundation and ILSREC. Like in previous editions, the artists can use the suggestive and antique jail rooms of the Grimaldina Tower. In these spaces, which remind dramatic events of the past, the invited artists offer different interpretations and feedbacks about the Memory by creating an artistic path loaded by great emotional and evocative impact.

The artists of this 7th edition are Francesco Arena, Stefano Cagol, Pier Giorgio De Pinto, Michel Kiwic, Margherita Levo Rosenberg, Valter Luca Signorile, Cristina Treppo.

Special thanks for the cooperation are due to Galleria Michela Rizzo, Venezia – MACT/CACT Contemporary Art in Canton Ticino, Bellinzona, Switzerland – Die Kunstgalerie, Cologne.

As far as the section video witnesses is concerned, the documentary entitled “The Silent Memory” will be beamed during the whole exhibition. This documentary made by Seo Cizmic recalls the Rom’s genocide within the narration of Piero Terracina is a polyhedrical artist with Rom origins, who is as well Mediator and Intercultural Mediator for the European Council. He is also known in Europe for being a famous activist on human rights.

This 2015 edition also gives space to young artists with the project titled “Peace Project”. At the tower’s top floor there will be an exhibition with a group of young artists coming from various countries. They are Mihail Ivanov, Kristina Kostova, Zlatolin Donchev, Shaghayegh Kashiloo, John Eirik Sandli and Eirik Rønneberg.