The XV National U.B.I. Congress

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Sanremo, 1st-3rd April 2011

The XV National U.B.I. Congress

The organization of the XV U.B.I. Congress has been this year entrusted to the Cultural Association Bonsai Drynemetum who has made ready an event of great level. The facilities of the Palafiori of San Remo has been better utilized to offer to the lovers a very wide commercial area, which has given hospitality to about 30 exhibitors, and a congressal area , as much wide, where about 100 expository spaces have been prepared to house Bonsai and Suiseki of U.B.I. members, the lecture hall and the area for workshops and demonstrations regarding Ikebana, Shodo and Sumi-e.

Visitors were received at the entrance by 4 tokonoma prepared by some recognized at national level bonsai school , while suiseki was represented by a space prepared by AIAS which has displayed two winning suiseki of previous editions : “The dragon’s rock” of Mrs. Luciana Queirolo a stone winner in 2006 and a suiseki of Mr. Ezio Piovanelli , winner of the 2004 edition.

In consideration of the great number of members enrolled to the exhibition , this year the UBI has decided to make the selection for the admission in the catalogue: of the 15 suiseki exhibited , the sole judge appointed Mr. Sergio Malpeli has selected 10 which will be included in the next U.B.I. Catalogue. Unlike the previous editions, however, the suiseki excluded from the catalogue have remained in exhibition, without however participating to the awarding of the merit plates. In fact , in addition to the U.B.I. recognitions , the A.I.A.S. and the I.B.S. plates have been assigned , by the judges Mr. Vito Di Venere, A.I.A.S. Secretary, and Mrs. Luciana Queirolo , I.B.S. Instructor.

This U.B.I. Congress’ edition has been marked by two didactical moments, theoretic and practical , of particular interest for the suiseki lovers attending to the exhibition. On Saturday morning Mrs. Luciana Queirolo has held an interesting lecture on the report between shape and colour, suggesting the images of some stones in which the shadings of colour enriched their suggestive value.

Mrs. Luciana Queirolo has also read some statements of the Russian paintor Vasilij Kandinsky who in the work “ Spirituality in Art” tells about an art based on the language of colour : in it Kandinsky gives indications on the emotional properties of every tone and of each colour, binding one by one to the soul’s reply : “If a colour is associated to its privileged shape, the effects and the emotions coming out from colours and from the shape , are strengthened".

The day continued in the afternoon , with a programmed excursion in the neighbours of Imperia , under the guide of Mr. Fabrizio Beltrame , expert of the places and materials. In the shrubby surroundings one could find mainly sandstones, but some lucky people could also find a fine palombino stone.

The day ended with a classic gala dinner , which took place in an interior of great prestige, the Casino of San Remo : in the famous theatre have taken place the prizegiving , followed by the dinner served in the Giò Ponti hall. During the awardings Mr. Emilio Capozza has delivered to Mr. Vito Di Venere the title of “UBI Ambassador” with the purpose to represent the Association in the world for suiseki. The title of “UBI Ambassador” for Bonsai has been assigned to Mr. Salvatore Liporace.

This year the Congress provided an important associative moment : as a matter of facts there have been carried out the elections of the New Board , which during the members’ assembly held on Sunday morning has officially taken office .

The goodbye is for the next edition, which will take place in Arco di Trento.

The suiseki admitted to the Catalogue :