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September 30, 2004
The Atelier sul Mare
by Kenny Campbell

The Atelier sul Mare is a museum-
hotel situated in Castel di Tusa
a small seaside resort between
Palermo and Messina, in one of
Sicily's most charming bays.

The hotel has 40 rooms 13 of
the rooms have been designed
by different international artists.
The room pictured on the left
is Antonio Presti's tribute to Pier
Paolo Pasolini, his prophecies,his life.
The guest enters the room through
a door not to be opened, but
knocked down.
On the door a phophetic poem
written by Pasolini is inscrided.
After treading on the inscription,
the guest goes through a long
labyrinth-like corridor, kneaded
with straw and mud into the great
Yementite room with its large
picture window looking out to the
sea.



The Ateliersul Mare