MIRABILIA 2019 ONE LAND | ONE FESTIVAL
Mirabilia Festival is an ongoing project, an adaptable fluid that tries to answer and anticipate the society and artists’ requirements, and that needs to flow through the territory like a river that flows through the various cities, a connecting tool and a stimulus source.
Taking the first steps in the street theater (Launched originally as street theater), conceived as an urban artistic form and, above all, as the main mechanism of audience engagement and public training, the festival evolves towards the circus, dance, site-specific performances and special projects, as instruments of involvement and innovation.
Without worrying about taking artistic risks, sometimes huge, real jumps in the dark, accompanied by a confident audience, always dealing with new and unconventional projects, discovering the new frontiers of the performing arts.
So the festival user, led through wonderful, and sometimes unknown, places, involved in dozens of interaction processes and new ways of communication, is transported in a “suspended dimension”, in a reflection on the languages identity it pairs with, curious to see if performance seems to be reality or if reality is similar to a performance.
A dimension that only a great visionary festival can provide, and that makes Mirabilia a unique and precious event, to be lived to the full and without limits or prejudices.
“An invitation to reflect on capitalism and humanity”
(John Fisherman, for Mirabilia 2019)
Le Mostre di Mirabilia
During the days of the festival, a personal exhibition of the artist Nicolò Canova will be set up, including the original version of the work commissioned by the festival, to explore with the public the development and the artistic path of this promising young talent.
On some days, the exhibition will be “overrun” with a parallel one of papier-mâché dogs by Tom Campbell. A memorable encounter between painting and plastic art!
Secret Shows
While some festival locations are kept strictly secret, in order to take advantage of the surprise effect on the spectator, some shows, the famous “Secret Shows“, are, in no way, listed in the program, on the web or social media, as happened in 2017.
Among these, some new entries flank well-known artists, already present in previous editions. Artist, place and time will be communicated by the art director to 10 people chosen at random, to whom word of mouth is entrusted, exclusively in person or by telephone conversation.
If you become aware of any of these shows, please do not post any info on social media, and keep the information for yourself, communicating it only to your friends or relatives and only by voice, treating it as a precious and exclusive gift, reserved for a few.
Special Projects
Six are the Special Projects of the Festival, six absolutely unique and exceptional artistic path that by itself are worth the visit to the festival.
The most striking, spectacular and innovative is certainly John Fisherman. Look for him, it will be an unforgettable experience.
“The Dog Project” by Tom Campbell, supported by Creative Ireland, develops visual and plastic arts in a path of residence and creation, in which the territory takes part, with the construction of over one hundred papier-mâché dogs, in order to transform the workshops into artistic flash mobs in which the participants will invade the public space in Turin on June 22nd and then in Fossano and Busca.
The artist will also develop two other actions with the community, in which the themes of sharing and respect for nature will play an essential role.
“Le Bagnanti” is the Special Project that Marco Chenevier develops for Mirabilia in … a pool! A performance between swimmers and dancers that will leave the audience amazed, amused and wet. Swimsuit, towel and flip-flops are mandatory! The non-swimsuit-dressed public will absolutely not be admitted to the show!
Two special projects of Turin dance companies: Balletto Teatro di Torino creates the Special Project for the Railway Museum, where the dance winds not only around locomotives and turntables, but also inside wagons and carriages
EgriBiancoDanza reconstructs its “Fuga” in a wonderful, mysterious and fascinating location: the Quarries of Alabastro in Busca, a place for the pink alabaster extraction, present in many of our baroque churches. Entertainment for a few, it requires that the public participates using mountain boots or suitable footwear. Helmets, torches and ropes will be supplied in collaboration with the Municipality of Busca and the CEGAT. Special thanks to the landowners.
Last, but not least, we jump to Castelmagno. On August 15th the fantastic Sanctuary will host the tightrope walker Andrea Loreni engaged in the spectacular crossing accompanied by Lou Dalfin’s notes. An unmissable event in a lunar landscape at an altitude of 1800 meters, which will require weeks of physical and psychological preparation to deal with the additional risks due to poor oxygenation of great heights. A thrilling concert!
These are flanked by two other projects, also very special. The Alba Film Festival develops three absolutely exceptional events with/for Mirabilia, between music, cinema and circus.
The first appointment, given the importance of the partnership, represents an extraordinary evening that takes place in Turin, at the Polo del ‘900 with a music concert by Nino Rota accompanied by an intense editing of movie images by Federico Fellini. Two other events will follow within the Festival, with the movie screening of “The Walk” and “Assurdi, Grotteschi, Esagerati anche Amabili”, a projection / conference of famous film clips with circus themes or circus scenes.
The Holden School of Turin is 25 years old! To celebrate this, it develops the Maps Project with Mirabilia and various other festivals.
The map will trace the stages of Salinger’s novel and Holden Caulfield’s wanderings around New York. Thousands copies of the map will be distributed in the entrance queues to the performances.
Happy Birthday therefore, Scuola Holden!
…and more
“La Taurinense per Fossano”. Carousel of the Fanfare of the Alpine Brigade “Taurinense” of songs from the military and band tradition.
The collaboration with the FLIC Circus School of Turin continues and that one with the Rogelio Rivel of Barcelona is born.
At the Sanctuary of Valmala and in the Church of San Bernardino in Saluzzo, the Faber Teater Company will present the “Stabat Mater”, conceived and written by Antonella Talamonti for the six Company actors and singers, using different languages and dialects and drawing inspiration, in writing, from the contemporary compositional practices that to the paraliturgical repertoire of oral tradition.
The project by Ugo Pitozzi: “Reunion Phase 2019, Phase 1” concludes the programming of Mirabilia Festival XIII ed.