Alessandra Caliendo: "Maurizio showed me some ÒmobilesÓhe had made in the past, I found them interesting: perfectly matching thatmoment of our lives, when we were looking for a new balance both personal andsocial, in our town, Naples: a sunken, precarious and difficult jewel.
Moreover we identify the equilibrium of these objects,containing movement of material in space, a perfect expression of our commonand beloved practice of Nichiren DaishoninÕs Buddhism."
Maurice Rodriguez: "Alma Roca nel ventoÓ is for me theresult of a meeting, an experiment of sharing experiences and histories, tomake to coincide "life and creativity".
Instinctively and immediately they quite agreed on thematerials to use, both for the common feeling to act with materials, and forthe refusal of the dominant ideology of "use it and throw it away";implicitly and silently experience did the rest.
They knew where from they would start but not where theywere going:
they knew only that they would stop when they will feelsatisfied of the experience they had with determined objects and materials.
Without talking so much, maybe chatting, listening to somemusic, eating, living, making. Playing and very seriously believing in whatthey do, they exchange and share experiences to create new ones: they let theinstinct act and play, with a lot of joy and fun.
The result: "Lightness rich in contents" that hasalways been very dear to Alessandra. For Maurizio a confirmation of his wish tolive on art and creativity.
Starting and learning from A. Calder
At first "Alma Roca nel vento" was the name wethought for the exhibition of the mobiles, and we started to make ta web-sitejust to announce it.
In the process, we felt the need to show other ÒthingsÓ wehave done, thatÕs why the site "Alma Roca" and the exhibition"Alma Roca nel vento" were born.