Symposium of European Art Group Frequenzen e.V. with picenian artists in "il giardino erboso" . Exhibition in the S. Francesco Monastery at Monsampolo del Tronto."Transito con catene dal 18-6 al 20-8-2001 al km 199, SS4" with Maurizio Bolla, Anna Carpineti, Robert Engl, Maxs Felinfer, Lorenz Fjodorow, Charles Gatt, Irene Hallmann-Strauss, Heinrich Hoffmann, Nazareno Luciani, Roland Mayer, Patricia Monica Vena and Peter M. Weber;

Ist International Symposium of Contemporary Art at Monsampolo del Tronto
Organized by the Giardino Erboso

"Transito con Catene" is a very innovative manifestation which was held in Monsanpolo in the month of June: an international Art Symposium in which several artists coming from various European countries met with Italian artists particularly from Ascoli Piceno. These all worked together for a week to produce their work (sculpture, painting, music, literature ) at the Giardino Erboso, a renovated country- house on the hill of Monsampolo.
For those who were interested it was possible to watch the artists work, exchange opinions and ideas and live the unique experience of watching the birth of a work of art. Above all one had the possibility of coming into contact with a world which is not always accessible: that of artistic expression, which is nothing else but the most primary means of human expression.
On the 23rd of June, an exhibition was held at the Convent of St Francis--- Municipal Museum and in the Crypt of the Church of SS.Maria in the town of Monsampolo del Tronto.

The exhibits consisted of the works produced during the Symposium between the 23rd of June and the 20th of August 2001.
The exhibition was incorporated into the ambience of the feast and fair of S. Teopista, a typical example of popular culture organized by the Commune of Monsanpolo del Tronto, the Chamber of Commerce and the CIA of Ascoli Piceno, the Marche region, The Agriculture and Tourism department (?) Province of Ascoli Piceno, Department of Culture.

THEME FOR DISCUSSION "Artists living Europe"

Italian artists and artists from the North of Europe (members of the European group Frequenzen united with local artists) who in spite of their age difference, mingle, compare and work together in a little centre of Ascoli Piceno in the Giardino Erboso at the Monsanpolo del Tronto to produce Art. The Piceno, European territory proposes cultural and artistic exchanges supporting the meeting of authors from Northern Europe with local ones, encouraging comparisons, enrichment, cultural exchanges that bring about the awareness of a rich cultural territory

"There are no more in-between seasons"……."the climate is disturbed"….."the weather has gone mad, because of the ozone hole"
OK, all this is partially true, but they have nothing to do with the title of this article, "On the road with chains at KM 199" This does not regard the weather forecast of the meteorological office, nor is it a communication of the Road, Highway or Transport department. It does not regard chains that brake, limit or repress movement: on the other hand they are threads, wires that unite, bind, like the subtle threads that link the mind and the soul, permitting that every now and then one leads the other and vice-versa. In this case the threads permit the soul to drag the mind, suggesting:
Come on, let yourself go, come and participate in the marvellous act of creation, not only as a spectator but as a protagonist, interacting with other human beings, equal to us, who feel free to say, express and turn themselves upside down and inside-out like a glove showing their inner faces, their dreams, their sadness and their joy .
So come forget for a few hours, the stress, the time, your mobile-phone, the fast track of everyday life, I will accompany you, notwithstanding everything, I will nurture you.
However, even I need your sustenance, otherwise I will become too weak to be able to help you. Hence, it is now my turn and you must accompany me, because I need nourishment; meanwhile, you can relax and get to know intimately that human aspect called Art