In March 2004 Turin University granted Pistoletto an honorary degree in Political Science. On that occasion Pistoletto publicly announced the most recent phase of his work, The Third
Paradise, the symbol of which is the New Infinity Sign. What is the third paradise? It is a global artistic project that faces the universal problem of humanity's survival; it is the
attempt to get the entire humanity to take its responsibilities in giving life back to earth. It is, most of all, the visionary view of an artist. The biblical reference does not have any
religious purpose, but is used to give force and meaning to the concept of responsible social change and to fuel a high ideal that unites, in a single endeavour, the arts, the sciences,
economics, spirituality and politics.
