from friday 11 till martedì 22 ottobre 2024
exhibit
ARTEVENTO AUTUNNO |
Cultural
The magical atmosphere of ARTEVENTO returns to enchant the City of Cervia, located at the southern gates of the Po Delta Park, with the autumn event that closes the programming of its 44th year with the appointment "One Sky One World - Kite Festival for Peace with the Peace Parade and the exhibition "Around the World in 80 Kites" scheduled from October 11 to 22, 2024 between the department of the Salt Warehouses and the beach.
The most colorful event in Romagna will engage with the Ministry of Culture, Antoniano Bologna, Fondazione PerugiAssisi and many other institutional and civil voices united in promoting a language of peace, inclusion, and solidarity through the practice of the art of the wind and the safeguarding of its traditions from around the world between the beach, the canal port, and the suggestive spaces of the historic center.
Already the organizer since 1981 of the "International Kite Festival," the longest-running of its kind on the planet, and of itinerant, educational, and informative activities of the first Kite Museum in Europe, ARTEVENTO confirms its role as an Italian excellence in the world for the promotion of the kite as intangible heritage of humanity. In fact, the project directed by Caterina Capelli is the subject of a specific study by the ICPI of the Ministry of Culture.
With the autumn appointment, Artevento wants to pay tribute in an original way to the spirit of the world day One Sky One World, which takes place simultaneously worldwide on the second Sunday of October, inviting the public to become the protagonist of a creative mobilization and a spectacular collective action around the theme of the kite, a symbol of freedom, peace, unity, and sustainability.
A rich calendar of events and activities for adults and children in the pulsating heart of the Romagna city with 3 days of flight spectacle on the beach and 12 days of educational workshops, conferences, guided tours, music, and insights developed around the new episode of the itinerant exhibition curated by the Kite Museum, set at the Salt Warehouses Tower and entitled "Around the World in 80 Kites - special Tako No Hakubutsukan Kite Museum of Tokyo".
The highlight of this edition will also be the Peace Parade, organized for the first time in collaboration with the Fondazione PerugiAssisi to consecrate Artevento's recent adherence to the "peace table" of the historic march for human rights, which will see protagonists Antoniano Bologna and the children of the Piccolo Coro.
ONE SKY ONE WORLD | From 11th to 13th October with the Kite Festival and the Peace Parade | Salt Warehouses Tower & Cervia Beach
Inspired by the legendary gesture of American activist Jane Parker Ambrose, who gave Reagan and Gorbachev a kite as a symbol of the unity of peoples in the same sky during the 1985 Seattle Summit on nuclear disarmament, the title of the One Sky One World event winks at the outcome that the festival sets out to achieve, encouraging the activation of good collective practices related to the enhancement of participation in shared projects. The goal is to celebrate the homonymous world day of flight for peace - which takes place simultaneously on the second Sunday of October in every country in the world - strengthening the sense of community and inclusion and promoting intercultural dialogue through the construction of a language of Peace and solidarity promoted by the kite, a poetic symbol of freedom.
The program includes three days of flight on the beach in Cervia in Lungomare Gabriele D'Annunzio, with the festival village set up on the shore to offer the perfect autumnal synthesis of the most loved attractions of ARTEVENTO, between educational workshops and games for children, kite market and performances by guest artists, all in conjunction with the first weekend of the exhibition in the nearby Salt Warehouses Tower.
The climax of the event will be on Sunday, October 13th, which will come to life with the Peace Parade organized for the first time in collaboration with Fondazione PerugiAssisi to consecrate Artevento's recent adherence to the "peace table" of the historic march for human rights, which has been taking place in Umbria for over 60 years and of which the Cervese association supports the candidacy for recognition as a heritage of humanity. Special guests of the day will be Antoniano Bologna and the children of the Piccolo Coro, spokespersons of the message of hope written in the wind.
Accompanied by live music and characterized by the giant flag created by the Peace Center of Cesena, the parade will cross the historic center to reach the beach of the Kite Capital, celebrating in the most joyful way possible the historic world day of flight for peace.
KITE MUSEUM ON DISPLAY | Exhibition, workshops, and insights dedicated to Japan celebrating the twinning between the Kite Museum and the Tako-No-Hakubutsukan Museum of Tokyo | From 11th to 22nd October Salt Warehouses Tower
Also this year, to enrich the program of One Sky One World will be the fourth episode of the exhibition "Around the World in 80 Kites", dedicated to the temporary exhibition of a selection of works from the collection grown in 44 years alongside the Festival and protected by the "Kite Museum" brand. Made in media partnership with Rai News, Rai Pubblica Utilità, and TGR, the exhibition is part of the project of the ICPI of the Ministry of Culture and the DEA Specialization School of the University of Perugia "Protection and safeguard of traditional knowledge and heritage practices of living witnesses at risk of disappear," which recognizes international authority to the artistic director of Artevento Caterina Capelli in ensuring the process of recognizing the value of the kite as intangible cultural heritage.
Alluding to Jules Verne's novel and the anthropological value of the captivating flying object, the exhibition will once again take place inside the Salt Warehouses Tower of Cervia, the fascinating industrial archeology monument built in 1691 for the storage of white gold. In this suggestive context, from October 11th to 22nd, an exhibition entirely dedicated to Japan will come to life, created with the patronage of the Japanese Cultural Institute in Italy, ASCIG Cultural Exchanges Association Italy and Japan, and the Japan Kite Association.
The exhibition seals the prestigious twinning between the collection of the Kite Museum and the Tako-No-Hakubutsukan Kite Museum of Tokyo, presenting for the first time in Europe more than 20 kites coming from the legendary institution in Tokyo at the behest of its Director Masaaki Modegi and the collector Kenzo Suzuki. For the occasion, precious miniature works by Makoto Oyhe from Toyama and some of the most important Masters of the Wind of the Rising Sun such as Masaaki Sato and Kengo Nagata, authors of the Nagoya insect kite and Yukjo Akiyama, inventor of the kinetic kite, will also be exhibited.
The exhibition invites visitors to embark on a journey to discover the history, materials, and philosophy implicit in a practice that has its roots in ancient times, paying tribute to the country that more than any other has developed the tradition of the kite in an extraordinary variety of shapes and meanings. Also dedicated to a deep reflection on the value of environmental sustainability and destined to become itinerant for the precious educational and informative message transmitted, the exhibition delves into the theme of traditional materials used - washi paper and bamboo - and for this reason, it is the perfect opportunity to present the new prestigious partnership of ARTEVENTO with the AIMSC Italian Association of Museums of Printing and Paper, through the intervention of its President Nella Poggi Parigi on the link between the history of paper and the history of the kite.
This year's edition differs from previous ones in that it represents a tangible progress in the direction suggested by the ministerial project, which alludes in the first instance to the urgency of safeguarding the collection through the development of a Training Center or a stable Museum, capable of unleashing unexpressed educational and informative potential.
To book guided tours, workshops, or request information on the program, visit the website www.artevento.com or write to info@artevento.com.
from friday 11 till martedì 22 ottobre 2024
City: Cervia (Ravenna)
Venue: Magazzino del Sale e varie sedi
VARI ORARI
free entry
Info. 051.6569105
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