Around the world in 80 Kites
The exhibition is a collateral event of ARTEVENTO 2024 that develops in a historical and anthropological key what the International Kite Festival represents.
It is the fifth of the exhibitions of the Kite Museum, a project as historic as the festival. Since 1981, the Museum has been enriched with artefacts from the countries that contributed most to the birth and development of the art of wind. In addition to the oldest specimens, made of exclusively natural materials, the exhibition also presents a selection of contemporary artists, who use the same materials and techniques from the ancient Orient. The kite has carried the message of a sustainable lifestyle for over 2500 years.
How the Kite Museum was founded
Established in 2020 as a result of the reflection imposed by the pandemic on the responsibility of cultural operators to offer ever greater stimuli to an empathetic and resilient society, the museum represents the achievement of the ARTEVENTO experience. The collection has grown since 1981 on the sidelines of the International Kite Festival of the City of Cervia. Comprising an extraordinary heritage of goods and knowledge, the archive makes available a cultural capital of extraordinary value, promoting the kite as a symbol of sustainable creativity and an opportunity for intercultural dialogue capable of enriching the languages of inclusion and peace.
The exhibition
The exhibition offers an opportunity for festival lovers to deepen their passion and for neophytes to understand the artistic and cultural value of an event that, since its first edition, has seen original creations and artefacts of millenary tradition from more than 80 countries around the world flying in the skies of Cervia. Celebrating the kite as an emblem of a harmonious relationship with the environment, the exhibition intends to convey the "spirit" of the art of the wind by continuing the path begun with the first episode of the event that marked the debut of ARTEVENTO's new exhibition project in October 2021.
When
from 11th to 22nd October 2024
Luogo
Torre Salt Warehouse
Cervia - Via Nazario Sauro
Event url
https://artevento.com/Free
Yes
Official Tourist Information Site of Cervia