UniversoAssisi Festival Launches in Umbria with Joseph Grima as Artistic Director
Joseph Grima, newly appointed creative director of the Design Academy Eindhoven and co-curator of the 2015 Chicago Architecture Biennial, is the artistic director of UniversoAssisi – a Festival in Secret Places. The multidisciplinary event, organized by the City of Assisi with the Fondazione Internazionale Assisi, runs from July 20 to 23, 2017. It features music, theater, dance, poetry, literature, philosophy, animated cinema, and architecture across historic streets, squares, noble palaces, and natural sites like Monte Subasio Park and the Bosco di San Francesco. Highlights include a dialogue between Rem Koolhaas and Hans Ulrich Obrist on Superstudio (July 21, Tempio della Minerva); Stefano Boeri in conversation with Grima (July 20, Palazzo Vallemani); concerts by Orchestra di Piazza Vittorio (July 20) and Agar Agar (July 22); theater by Marco Paolini, Antonio Rezza, and others; dance by Aterballetto; and poetry readings by Mariangela Gualtieri, Davide Rondoni, Milo De Angelis, and more. The festival also features an animated cinema section curated by Joseph Feltus and Igor Prassel, and experimental concerts in the Mortaro Grande dolina by ArcHertz—Assisi. The closing concert by Nicola Piovani is titled "La musica è pericolosa" (July 23). The coordination team includes Paolo Ansideri, Enrico Sciamanna, Lorenzo Chiuchiu, Fulvia Angeletti, Lucia Fiumi, and Gianluca Liberali.
Key facts
- Joseph Grima is artistic director of UniversoAssisi festival in Assisi, Italy.
- The festival runs from July 20 to 23, 2017.
- It is organized by the City of Assisi with Fondazione Internazionale Assisi.
- Events take place in historic streets, squares, palaces, and natural sites like Monte Subasio Park and Bosco di San Francesco.
- Rem Koolhaas and Hans Ulrich Obrist will interview Superstudio on July 21.
- Stefano Boeri will have a public conversation with Joseph Grima on July 20.
- Aterballetto performs 'Solo from Tempesta' and 'Golden Days'.
- Nicola Piovani closes the festival with 'La musica è pericolosa' on July 23.
Entities
Artists
- Joseph Grima
- Sarah Herda
- Rem Koolhaas
- Hans Ulrich Obrist
- Stefano Boeri
- Valter Scelsi
- Gian Piero Frassinelli
- Italo Rota
- Carlo Antonelli
- Gianluigi Ricuperati
- Joseph Feltus
- Igor Prassel
- Mariangela Gualtieri
- Davide Rondoni
- Milo De Angelis
- Viviana Nicodemo
- Gian Mario Villalta
- Diego Fusaro
- Marco Paolini
- Antonio Rezza
- Flavia Mastrella
- Vittorio Continelli
- Cristina Bozzolini
- Nicola Piovani
- Paolo Ansideri
- Enrico Sciamanna
- Lorenzo Chiuchiu
- Fulvia Angeletti
- Lucia Fiumi
- Gianluca Liberali
- Youssef Nabil
- Superstudio
- Liz Diller
- Bjarke Ingels
- Mogol
- Patrizia Bovi
- Daniele Sepe
- Ila Bêka
- Louise Lemoine
- Beatriz Colomina
- Marc Wigley
- Luca Trevisani
- Antonio Ottomanelli
- Lino Musella
- Elena Bucci
- Julia Kent
- Ramberto Ciammarughi
- Pier Paolo Pasolini
- Valentina Silvestrini
Institutions
- Design Academy Eindhoven
- Chicago Architecture Biennial
- City of Assisi
- Fondazione Internazionale Assisi
- Oicos – Riflessioni
- Accademia Lingua Italiana – Assisi
- Piccolo Teatro degli Instabili
- Musica Eventi d’Autore
- Teatro Metastasio
- Orchestra di Piazza Vittorio
- Aterballetto
- ArcHertz—Assisi
- Fai-Bosco di San Francesco
- Artribune
- UniversoAssisi
- Open Design School
- Matera 2019
- Il Piccolo Teatro degli Instabili
- Subsonica
- Micrologus
Locations
- Assisi
- Italy
- Umbria
- Monte Subasio
- Bosco di San Francesco
- Tempio della Minerva
- Palazzo Vallemani
- Teatro Metastasio
- Piccolo Teatro degli Instabili
- Piazza di Chiesa nuova
- Piazza Chiesa Nuova
- Mortaro Grande
- dolina del Mortaro Grande
- Parco del Monte Subasio
- cattedrale di San Rufino
- Ponte Santa Croce
- Palazzo Bartocci Fontana
- Foro Romano
- Volta Pinta
- Australia
- Basilica Superiore di San Francesco
- Basilica di Santa Chiara
- Piazza del Comune
- Lyrick Summer Arena
- Matera