see gallery heroic red space
gardens of Antonino Caponnetto Square, Palermo, Italy December 12 2024
art installation in memory of mafia victims Emanuela Sansone and Giuseppa di Sano
Heroic Red Space was created in front of Sampolo Street, nearby Ucciardone Prison, where, on December 27 1896, the criminal act took place see SAMPOLO street/Ucciardone prison area read in ricordo di Emanuela Sansone e Giuseppa di Sano project
the art installation was inaugurated in the presence, among others, of Palermo Mayor Roberto Lagalla, Palermo VIII District President Marcello Longo, Sicilian Antimafia Commission President Antonello Cracolici, Centro Siciliano di Documentazione (CSD) “Giuseppe Impastato” President Umberto Santino, CSD co-founder with Umberto Santino Anna Puglisi, Biblioteca delle donne e Centro di consulenza legale - Udi Palermo representatives Daniela Dioguardi and Mariella Pasinati, Academy of Fine arts of Palermo students and professor Rosa Persico
see inauguration tv video report
in ricordo di Emanuela Sansone e Giuseppa Di Sano ongoing project is promoted by:
- Centro Siciliano di Documentazione “Giuseppe Impastato”
- NO MAFIA Memorial
- Biblioteca delle Donne e Centro di Consulenza Legale UDI Palermo
- Museo Sociale Danisinni
- City of Palermo
with the participation of the Academy of Fine Arts of Palermo
Rossella Puccio art director
from left to right: Palermo VIII District Councilor Giusi Chinnici, in ricordo di emanuela sansone e giuseppa di sano project art director Rossella Puccio, Biblioteca delle donne e Centro di consulenza legale – Udi Palermo representative
Mariella Pasinati
Palermo VIII District President Marcello Longo, the artist and Giusi Chinnici whom we thank for the photos