| DAMANHUR CREA: A Centre for the Arts, Research and Well Being |
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Damanhur Crea is a multi-functional space, a ‘living laboratory’ where ideas and dreams are translated into artistic objects, cultural events, training and eco-sustainable projects.
Thanks to the advantages of the circulation of the Credit – which has supported the creation of many businesses and services – in 2003, the Federation bought a former Olivetti factory at Vidracco, abandoned for 20 years. In 2004, after a demanding job of renovation, the complex re-opened as Damanhur Crea: Art, Culture and Health Centre.
Above all, it is a meeting place for people and ideas, where art and experimentation give birth to life and products and services of quality.
The Damanhurian sculpture, picture, ceramic, mosaic and glass art workshops are known throughout the whole world for the works that have been realised for the Temples of Humankind. The Damanhurian artists have 30 years of experience and research in all styles and ancient and modern techniques, which have allowed them to create an original and unique style. The laboratories offer a vast range of artistic products, from art objects for decorating the house, to carrying out the complete interior design of environments – houses, ships, restaurants and public places, flagship offices – to the execution of monumental works for public and private institutions. The restoration workshop, lastly, offers a service to artistically restore precious objects, fabrics and furniture, works of art and architecture, for private individuals, institutions, churches and museums.
‘Olivetti’ Conference Centre Feather in the cap of Damanhur Crea, the ‘Adriano Olivetti’ Conference Centre offers a welcoming space with plenty of light and plenty of possibilities, suited to hosting events and conferences of every kind.The Conference Hall, which seats 500, has video-cameras and a giant screen to project the event as it happens, equipment for simultaneous translation in several languages and live transmission over the Internet. It is the most modern meeting and conference facility in Valchiusella. A versatile stage, that can be dismantled, transforms it into a modern theatre, suitable for theatrical performances, music and dance. The staff at the Conference Centre can supply interpreters, multi-lingual hostesses and audio-video technicians for every kind of event. The company, Orolight, lastly, can produce laser light shows and multimedia able to complete every event with a specially arranged festival of colours and sounds. Next to the Conference Hall, there is the permanent exhibition of Oberto Airaudi’s Selfic Paintings, open to the public every day, offering sensory and aesthetic experiences of a rare intensity. For information on the services offered and how to rent spaces: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Arielvo Café and Restuarant In the heart of Damanhur Crea, there is the Café Arielvo, a meeting place for an aperitif, a snack, a great coffee or a steaming hot chocolate accompanied by delicious organic pastries freshly baked every day by Pan Mi Piace, the Damanhurian bakery.Next to the café, the organic restaurant offers lunches and dinners characterised by taste, fantasy and naturalness and tasting sessions of typical, local products, all genuine and organic. Arielvo also offers a high level catering service for external events and for meetings at the Conference Centre. Tentaty – Organic and GMO-free products The first centre in Valchiusella to promote ecologically sound trade and the culture of organic, genuine food, Tentaty offers the public over 3,000 articles, from food to herbal preparations and cosmetics, to products for the home and cleaning. Many of the foods on sale in Tentaty come from the Damanhurian businesses which guarantee the quality and the ‘cleanness’ of all the stages of the production and working process. Examples include the renowned cheeses from the cheese-dairy La Buona Terra, the prestigious ‘Aval’, ‘Erbaluce’, red ‘Anansal’ and white ‘Setapta’ and all the vegetables cultivated at ‘Tiglio’, ‘Punto Verde’ and at the ‘Fattoria’. The food products on sale at Tentaty, besides having a certificate of origin, are tested by the analysis laboratory, Aset, which makes further checks that there are no traces of GMOs.Tentaty is open Monday 8.30 to 15.00, Tuesday to Friday 8.30 to 20.30, Saturday and Sunday 8.30 to 21.30.
SEL ET – ‘Selfic’ Workshop The experts in Selfica direct their research towards the realisation of ‘living’ objects, capable of carrying out functions aimed at the wellbeing of those who use them, to harmonise people and environments and open up sensitivity. Tel. 0125.789728 - This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it - www.sel-et.com SOLERA', MEDIALUNA PROGETTI and MbM
The experience of the Federation with its research into the field of planning and realising renewable, low-environmental-impact installations and constructions in eco-building is available to all through Solerà, Medialuna Progetti and MbM. The technicians and architects of the three businesses offer consultancy in all fields of application of renewable energies, design and install equipment with integrated systems and manage their worksites in accordance with the rules and regulations of eco-architecture and eco-building. www.solera.info
The Damanhur Consortium The Damanhurian businesses and workshops operate under the label ‘DH-Crea’, which represents the Consortium of the Damanhurian co-operatives. The Consortium guarantees the quality and ethical manufacture of the products of each co-operative www.damanhur.biz.
The artists and craftsmen and women of Dh-Crea are able to integrate their abilities in the execution of shared projects, with full respect for the sensitivities and the requirements of the clients, whether they be architects, planners, public or private institutions, or single individuals. |
