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VII° CONCORSO LA FENICE ET DES ARTISTES ANNO 2006
WHY A COMPETITION
A stay in La Fenice et des Artistes Hotel, enters in a live and current collection, made by art estimators who like to acquire works of art for personal delight and for giving great pleasure to their guests.
Like in the family sitting-room, paintings and sculptures are placed everywhere inside the hotel - in the halls, in the sitting-rooms, in the bed-rooms - so that the guest feels those belonging to him.
This feeling is confirmed by artist's writings who stayed in; the privacy, the delight to star in the own living-room sorrounded by works that it is often possible to see only in the museum, is one of the prevailing themes of the hotel guests' book.
The collection, increased during the years thanks to the Facchini's passion for art, founds in the competition idea a new impulse for becoming year by year richer of present day artists' new pieces.
But this is not the only reason for the competition. As once, the primary purpose of the property is to foster friendly relations among the artists who must feel as at home when at the hotel.
For the whole of the competition, the artists stay at the hotel for three days during which they link new collaborations; new initiatives raise, but above all, there is a festive and friendly air.
Michele Facchini
Amministratore Fenice Hotels
The EDF Group is present in Italy not only as the
major industrial shareholder in Edison, the country’s second
largest energy company, but with a branch that successfully works on important
projects for exploitation of renewable resources and through Fenice, one of the
country’s leading suppliers of energy and environmental services.
The opportunity to boost our image in Italy’s industrial northeast, an area with great potential for growth, and the fortunate coincidence of names convinced Fenice to begin sponsoring the “La Fenice et des Artistes” competition in 2001. The role initially placed by Fenice was then taken over by EDF on behalf of all the companies in the Group.
EDF, a world leader in the electricity industry, bases
its strategies on the value of “sustainable development”:
protection of the environment, public service and social solidarity. This is the
reason for the Group’s particular awareness of the cultural heritage of the
areas where it operates.
The “La Fenice et des Artistes” competitions, traditionally inspired by the themes of environment, rational use of natural resources and protection of the historical and artistic heritage of Venice and its lagoon, perfectly reflect these values.
And so it is with great pleasure that we accept the Competition Curator’s invitation to renew the Group’s support for the event this year.
Bruno D’ONGHIA
Chairman EDF Energia Italia