MAMT||Museo Mediterraneo dell' Arte, della Musica e delle Tradizioni (EN)

The MAMT- Mediterranean Museum of Art, Music and Traditions is an institution created by the Fondazione Mediterraneo with the aim “to experience” in an interactive way, the positive emotions of Our Sea through Arts, Music and Traditions. The MAMT is one of the most important initiatives of Fondazione Mediterraneo: an active space created in order to let communicate Arts, Music and Traditions of the Mediterranean contemporary society. The awareness of a past full of ancient traditions is the base for the construction of a rational and connected humanity: the vastness of the Mediterranean area collects together the responsibility, the hard work and intelligence with the ability to share spaces and cultures. Today, more than ever, the sense of future is given by the awareness of the sorrow, of the conflicts and at the same time by the ability to share joys and bond.
Art and Music are since ever the tool of communication and sharing of the humanity that, in a particular “Mediterranean” path, allows us to overtake the violence of the human being that showed itself in his greater brutality in countries as Bosnia, Palestine, Syria and other places: as testify of this there are Bosnia, in order not to forget and Suffering and Hope in the world, exhibitions of the museum.

At the same time there are symbols inviting to meeting and hope appear in lands of desolation and Hush: The Ferrigno Nativity Scene, the exhibition a Sea, three Faiths, the Peace and the Last Neapolitan Supper are part of the Museum.
Near the Totem of Peace and other works by Mario Molinari, sculptor of the color, accompanies the lonely journey of freedom, the Dreamlike World of John Crown and the desire of participation and recognition of the role of women in the Mediterranean in the exhibition “Breaking the Veils, women artists of Islamic World”.
Fado, Flamenco, Tango and Sirtaki, the Song of Naples, the Great Lyric Operas, Arabic Music and the Classics of all the times catch the attention of the audience with the acoustic perfection of the “Music hall” of the Museum.
The section dedicated to Pino Daniele has a particular meaning.
The warm of the Mediterranean human nature and the awareness of the necessity to keep track, the the wealth and the fertility find in the “Section Architecture” – with the Associated presences of Alvaro Siza, Ciamarra Picas, Vittorio Di Pace, Nicola Pagliara, Marco Introini and others - and in the Voices of the Migrants and other strong point.
The artworks of Pietro and Rino Volpe mark Mediterranean signs in which the culture and the literature merge with the creativity making a unique collection.
A collection of HD video about the most important sites of the Campania Region will accompany the tourists of cruises and the visitors in the whole building: the ground floor facing on Municipio Square will host an info-point unique in its kind. The MAMT is also an articulated system of services in the heart of the city of Naples: the library, the emeroteque, the music hall, salt conventions, the restaurants, the Euromedcafé, the residences and the bookshop receive the visitor with sympathy and enthusiasm: that enthusiasm of the Mediterranean!

Representatives 10 European bodies that are partners of the DEFEND program gathered at the Museum of Peace - MAMT for an evaluation meeting of the European Union funded program under Horizon 2020.
The appreciation for the quality of the reception and the high technology of the Museum is unanimous
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The President of the Mediterranean Foundation Michele Capasso - on the occasion of the hundredth anniversary of the establishment of the Municipality of Carthage - met Mayor Hayet Bayoudh in the Municipality building to verify the possibility of establishing a dedicated site of the Museumof Peace - MAMT in Carthage, in particular, to Tunisia and the Arab Maghreb countries.

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During a visit to Sejnane, President Capasso, accompanied by locals, visited the main houses where over 700 women work ceramics using centuries-old techniques.
The art of these women has been established since 2018 on the list representing the cultural heritage of UNESCO.
The know-how of Sejnane's female ceramics is linked to the practice of using a particular technique to produce terracotta artefacts for the home, including kitchen utensils, dolls and animal figurines inspired by the environment. All stages of production are performed by women, who also sell ceramics in the village and on the edges of nearby roads; women therefore occupy an important place in the community. The clay is generally extracted in the wadi beds, then it is cut into tufts, crushed, purified and wet before being kneaded and shaped. Once baked, the ceramic is decorated with two-tone geometric motifs reminiscent of traditional tattoos and Berber textures.
Men participate in the sale, making this family trade a tool to promote family cohesion.
Faced with socio-economic developments, the women of Sejnane have adapted their craftsmanship to the new demands of modern life and market demands, revealing their capacity for innovation. The knowledge and know-how related to this manual art of ceramics in Sejnane are transmitted through traditional and informal education in communities where girls are encouraged to learn this art of fire in addition to traditional school education. The national craft office also offers training courses for young women in the community who wish to engage in this activity.
The Museum of Peace - MAMT will host in 2020 a permanent space with emotional videos that will reproduce the main phases of the process and the history of this ancient craft.

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President Michele Capasso celebrated "World Audiovisual Heritage Day" in Tunis. On this occasion, some emotional videos of the Museum of Peace - MAMT were presented at the "Cité de la Culture", in particular the "Mediterranean of Emotions" and the "Campania of Emotions" collections.
The anniversary was established by UNESCO in 2005 with the precise intention of saving the great multimedia heritage produced between the 20th and the 21st century.

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The professor Nadir Mohamed Aziza, president of MED 21 and co-founder of the “Accademia del Mediterraneo”, endorses the Appeal addressed to the Italian Government to ensure the Naples headquarters of Palazzo Pierce for the Museum of PeaceMAMT and other international institutions, including the “Accademia del Mediterraneo - Maison de la Méditerranée” wanted by the main Euro-Mediterranean countries.

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