FROM COLORS, WITH LOVE - "UNHATE"

From COLORS With Love

COLORS magazine, the Benetton Group’s socially aware periodical gives UNHATE DOVE to the city of Tripoli, Libya as a sign of peace & hope. The large, dove-shaped sculpture is covered in over 15,000 spent cartridges picked up in the world’s “hot spots”.   Made by Fabrica, the art installation was officially donated to Tripoli on Saturday December 24, 2011, Independence Day, which the Libyan people celebrated for the first time in 42 years.   

 (PHOTO: UNHATE DOVE) “The official handing-over of the dove is the UNHATE Foundation’s first act, both concrete and symbolic,” said Alessandro Benetton, Benetton Group’s executive deputy chairman, on behalf of the Foundation. “Our aim in creating the Foundation is to oppose the culture of hate. It seeks to be a leader and driving force behind the desire for participation and change felt by citizens of the world, especially young people”.

(PHOTO: UNHATE DOVE) The cartridge cases were mounted on the dove in the University of Tripoli & were collected by COLORS from people who live in areas where armed conflicts seem to run on endlessly & who desperately ask for an end to hostilities.   

 (PHOTO: UNHATE DOVE) WITH LOVE is available in four bilingual editions: English + Italian, French, Spanish or Arabic. This issue is also available in digital form to facilitate wide circulation especially online.  Additionally Brazilian filmmaker Fernando Grostein Andrade collaborated on this special COLORS issue & with the support of Criar Institute, founded Cine Rincão, a cinema where children can enjoy the wonderful world of films, safe from drug traffickers and street violence. The video is available on the blog www.colorslove.com & via social networks, including YouTube.  Visit www.unhatefoundation.org to learn more.