DIORAMI is an artistic project by Francesca Berardi and Alessandro Sala curated by Maria Chiara Di Trapani. A Project commissioned by SiMuA - Sistema Museale di Ateneo dell'Università degli Studi di Palermo and winner of PAC2021 - Plan for Contemporary Art, promoted by the General Directorate for Contemporary Creativity of the Ministry of Culture.
DIORAMI is an invitation to immerse oneself in colours and shapes, sounds and images featuring eight plant species distinguishing the natural, social and cultural landscape of Sicily, identified with the scienti c collaboration of the Botanical Garden of the University of Palermo.
The objective of each podcast, visual chapter and installation is to overcome the indifference with which we too often relate to the plant universe, creating an opportunity to change our gaze, reverse direction, and favour a relationship of knowledge, respect and care towards trees.
Diorami presents perspectives that highlight the active role of each plant species in the ecosystem, the relationship between plants and the context in which they live, emphasising the plant capacity to combine differences and generate life. An opportunity to re ect together on the migratory movements, climate and social changes taking place, pointing out examples and possible activities to change the destructive direction given by the Anthropocene, returning to the cultivation of respect, cultural memory and interdependence between existing species.