Festival delle Letterature Migranti Returns to Palermo with 150 Guests
The Festival delle Letterature Migranti's third edition is currently taking place in Palermo, scheduled to conclude on October 8, 2017. This event features a variety of activities such as workshops, readings, exhibitions, film screenings, book presentations, and discussions, all centered around themes of migration and multiculturalism. With 150 participants and 100 literary discussions, the festival promotes intercultural dialogue, mobility, and interfaith connections. Key figures include Ramin Bahrami, Gili Lavy, and Fabrice Oliver Dubosc. Historic sites like Teatro Massimo and Palazzo Chiaramonte-Steri serve as venues. The literature segment encompasses six thematic categories, while visual arts showcase "Il settimo uomo" at Palazzo Branciforte and an exhibition by Serena Vestrucci at Museo Archeologico Salinas. Gili Lavy's film "Divine Mother" will be screened at Palazzo Chiaramonte Steri on October 7.
Key facts
- Festival delle Letterature Migranti third edition runs until October 8, 2017 in Palermo.
- 150 guests including artists, directors, journalists, and academics.
- 100 literary conversations are scheduled.
- Program emphasizes mobility as a right, intercultural encounter, and interfaith dialogue.
- Venues include Archivio Storico, Palazzo Chiaramonte-Steri, Piazza Bellini, Teatro Massimo, Museo Pasqualino, Palazzo Branciforte, Museo Salinas, and Teatro Garibaldi.
- Literature section divided into six thematic areas: Alfabeti, Lost (and Found) in Translation, Palermo a pezzi, Meticciati, Terre perse, Come stare al mondo.
- Exhibition 'Il settimo uomo' at Palazzo Branciforte features John Berger and Jean Mohr's work on migrant workers in Europe.
- Serena Vestrucci's exhibition 'Things become clear after billions of years' at Museo Archeologico Salinas.
- Gili Lavy's film 'Divine Mother' premieres at Palazzo Chiaramonte Steri on October 7 as part of collaboration with Fondazione Merz.
- Curator Agata Polizzi oversees the visual arts program.
Entities
Artists
- Ramin Bahrami
- Gili Lavy
- Luigi Serafini
- Letizia Battaglia
- Fabrice Oliver Dubosc
- Luca Briasco
- Massimo Zamboni
- Patrick Ourednik
- Moshe Khan
- Frank Westerman
- Mustafa Khalifa
- Flore Murard-Yovanovitch
- Francesca Borri
- Shady Hamadi
- Mia Lecomte
- Samar Yazbek
- John Berger
- Jean Mohr
- Serena Vestrucci
- Wael Shawky
- Agata Polizzi
- Beatrice Merz
- François Beaune
- Paolo Di Stefano
- Chen He
- Max Lobe
- Valeria Luiselli
- Nasim Marashi
- Tamta Melašvili
- Charif Majdalani
- Wu Ming 2
- Andrea Segre
- Adriano Sofri
- Vladimir Sorokin
- Yanis Varoufakis
- Michele Tiberio
- Niccolò de Napoli
- Fatma Bucak
- Davide Camarrone
- Lorenzo Madaro
- Maria Centonze
- Lisa Parola
Institutions
- Festival delle Letterature Migranti
- Archivio Storico
- Palazzo Chiaramonte-Steri
- Piazza Bellini
- Teatro Massimo
- Museo Pasqualino
- Palazzo Branciforte
- Museo Salinas
- Teatro Garibaldi
- Contrasto
- Fondazione Merz
- Artribune
- Museo Archeologico Antonio Salinas
- GAM – Galleria d'Arte Moderna
- Palazzo Chiaramonte Steri
Locations
- Palermo
- Italy
- Mediterranean
- China
- France
- United Kingdom
- Iran
- Cameroon
- Mexico
- Afghanistan
- Turkey
- Syria
- Torino