The whole of human society is now in the reckoning and so must face a historic transition, a complete change.
Humanity has gone through two paradises. The first, in which it integrated fully with nature; the second, in which it expanded into an artificial world of its own, which grew until it came into conflict with the natural world. It is time to begin the third stage, in which humanity will reconcile and unite nature and artifice, creating a new balance at every level and in every area of society: an evolutionary step in which the human intelligence finds ways to live in harmony with the intelligence of nature. A new perspective opens up that involves everyone, without exception, in the daily effort to implement the process of rebirth — each according to his or her abilities and possibilities.
Early signs of change can already be seen in every field of human activity, from art to spirituality, culture to politics, economics to science, manufacturing to education. But collective awareness and responsibility at the global level are urgent if we are to start the ascent toward a new era of humanity.

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Theorem of Trinamics
Trinamics is the dynamics of the number three. It is the combination of two units that gives rise to a third distinct and new unit. In Trinamics three always represents a birth, which occurs by fortuitous or deliberate combination of two subjects.
Trinamics comes into effect in the process of conjunction, connection, combination, conjugation, interaction and fusion of two elements that are in themselves simple or complex. The Trinamic phenomenon occurs in chemistry and in physics, extends to the physiology of bodies and can even be applied to social life in its cultural, political, economic and religious aspects. The sign-formula of Trinamics, also used as the symbol of the Third Paradise, consists of three circles in a line. The two outer circles represent all opposites and any kind of duality. In the Theorem of Trinamics the middle circle, generated from the conjunction of the two outer circles, represents a third and previously nonexistent subject. Trinamics acts in the natural sphere as well as in the artificial one, including every area and aspect of human society. We find it at work for example in the reaction between oxygen and hydrogen that gives rise to water; in the interaction between masses of warm and cold air, causing thunderstorms; in the connection between positive and negative poles which produces electric power; in the union between male and female that generates a new being; in the dialectic between thesis and antithesis that produces synthesis; in the fusion of the opposing political models of absolutism and anarchy out of which democracy has developed.
In the specific terms of this manifesto Hominitheism and Demopraxis are two different subjects that produce a new social system when joined.
Trinamics is the principle of creation, the science of relations and balances.

Michelangelo Pistoletto, 2012 – 2016

Excerpt from the “Hominitheism and Demopraxis” Manifesto

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The Third Paradise assumes a concreate and operational form through the activities of Cittadellarte and the best practices as presented in the Geographies of Change.

The Earth is suffering. Crises follow one another. The globalization of the "growth" is accompanied by more and more realistic forecasts of a planetary collapse.
The imaginative connotation of "the end of the world" given to 21 December 2012 has unfortunately ended up assuming a symbolic meaning in the gravity of the situation humanity finds itself in at this time in history.
With the symbol of the Third Paradise we identify the day of the Re-birth with the 21 December.
The Rebirth-day is an event that celebrates the day in which each of us commits to collaborating to a responsible transformation of the world society. Third Paradise means that at the end of the second paradise, the artificial one in which we are living today, and which has followed the natural paradise, we have to create a third phase of the human progress, generating a balance between nature and artifice.
The term "paradise" comes from the Old Persian for "walled garden". The earth is our garden, it is up to us to protect and take care of it.
The symbol of the Third Paradise is the reformulation of the mathematical sign of infinity. The two opposite circles tend towards the central circle, which represents the womb of the re-birth. This symbol is a perspective that art offers society.
Let's all take part in the Third Paradise – Rebirth.



Rebirth-day is a great celebration throughout the world - a vital, living, breathing symbol of a new beginning.
Rebirth-day is an annual event, a celebration that is renewed every year, let's work all together in the new edition of Rebirth-day.
We can all participate, with personal or group initiatives featuring proposals, actions and activities consistent with the process of responsible social change.
The Rebirth-Day project is low-impact, sustainable and sensitive to environmental issues; it promotes a development model appropriate to a practice of containment and it uses the free collaboration of individuals and communities throughout the world.
Participation in the Rebirth-Day represents a personal commitment to the process of change.
The actions, activities and interventions oriented toward rebirth will be carried out throughout 2016, and especially on the celebration day, 21 December. On December 21, 2016, let's meet in the streets and squares all over the world, and on the Web, to take part in the great celebration of the Third Paradise.
We have the extraordinary opportunity to joyfully and eagerly create our future destiny together: we can participate, with whatever form of expression (performance, music, sound, installations, images...) in creating a great common artwork.