Ambassador Mario Vattani, the
Commissioner General for Italy at Expo 2025 Osaka, said
construction work ahead of the Universal Exhibition in Japan is
on schedule, talking about progress at the Italy Pavilion and
the country's participation in the event three months before its
inauguration.
"These are very important occasions, because it is the time when
it is really possible to also understand Expo's logistics",
noted Vattani.
"Our work is fon schedule: we have finished the structure of the
pavilion, a large wooden building designed by Mario Cucinella,
and we are now proceeding to build the Visitor Experience, or
the exhibition path that will be Italy's representation at Expo.
"Naturally, we cannot abstain from giving the public what it
expects from Italy, or the culture of artworks, also because
Expo's theme is 'Art regenerates life'", he added.
"There is great attention on the part of the Japanese media.
"Just think that today a press conference was entirely dedicated
to Italy.
There was "a lot of participation on the part of the Japanese
press, the media - of television as well as the international
press, that, naturally, on such occasions, comes to seize
something new from Expo's preparations: during this press
conference, we could speak more in detail about what will be in
our pavilion, naturally the Farnese Atlas, known to everybody as
a jewel.
"And it was chosen, among other things, by the New York Times as
'one of the ten things to see at Expo for the greater public'.
"But there was also a way to talk about, for example, this
extremely beautiful oeuvre by Tintoretto that is the portrait of
a Japanese together with the other three members of the Tenshō
mission that visited Italy in 1583".
"Expos are important appointments and the public we expect is
also a very young public: this gives us hope for the future.
"And, at the end of the day, Expo's message is also a message of
hope", stressed Vattani.
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