An installation for peace at Rome Fiumicino airport

From today, passengers departing from Rome Fiumicino Airport encounter a new visual sign at the entrance of Terminal 1: it is "Daring Peace Together, for a Future Without Hate", a collective installation created on a glass window of over 100 square meters, consisting of 108 black and white photographic portraits that give faces to people of different people, different ethnicities and religions.

The work was born as a choral message of peace and shared responsibility, with the aim of transforming a place of passage into a space capable of arousing reflection. Through looks, faces and stories, the installation invites us to stop, even if only for a moment, and to recognize the value of dialogue and brotherhood in an international context such as the airport.

The images portray 108 people who have chosen to "put their face to it" for the message "Dare Peace, Together", offering Travellers a visual experience that interrupts the usual rhythm of departure and opens up a space for greater awareness.

The exhibition was conceived as part of the activity of the Unhate Foundation, a Third Sector organization founded by Alessandro Benetton and supported by Mundys, Edizione and Aeroporti di Roma, committed to promoting projects against violence and discrimination, with particular attention to the younger generations and the value of peace and inclusion.

The work was conceived by the French contemporary artist JR and is part of the international program Inside Out Project, a platform created in 2011 to allow communities around the world to express identity and values through large black and white photographic portraits installed in public spaces. The project thus transforms urban places and transit areas into opportunities for collective meeting and reflection.

The initiative is promoted by Unhate Foundation together with Aeroporti di Roma, the Community of Sant'Egidio and Studio Kene, with the patronage of the City of Fiumicino. The shots were taken by the young people of Studio Kene, the permanent photography workshop for children created by Mohamed Keita, on the occasion of the International Meeting for Peace organized by the Community of Sant'Egidio on October 27 at the Auditorium in Rome.

 

In the photo from left: Roberto Severini, President of the Fiumicino City Council; Vincenzo Nunziata, President of ADR; Irene Boni, Managing Director of Unhate Foundation; Sergio Rivabene, Head of Institutional Relations of the Community of Sant'Egidio.

For Aeroporti di Roma, the installation also represents a new step in the path that aims to enhance Leonardo da Vinci not only as a global strategic hub, but also as a place open to art and culture. In this context, the airport already hosts works and projects such as "Circulatory System" by Jago, the Vitruvian Man by Maestro Mario Ceroli, the monumental sculpture "Jet of Light" by Helidon Xhixha, the exhibition "Men and Gods" created with the support of the Archaeological Park of Ostia Antica, as well as having also welcomed Bernini's "Salvator Mundi".

Located at the junction between Terminal 1 and Terminal 3, the installation is thus inserted in one of the most visible places in the departures area, accompanying the journey with a message of strong civil value and confirming Rome Fiumicino airport as a space capable of combining international mobility, culture and social commitment.