Once again "The Ladies of Asolo" a building projection by Alex Rowbotham was screened in the castle grounds of Asolo. This year saw a bigger involvement by Luce Dipinta in the technical direction of the festival. Fantadia has turned more towards outdoor projection events including dance and musicians, live in the main square. A one night outdoor concert also took place within one of the icons of Asolo, La Rocca.
For more information and images of the event please see below or visit the festival website: www.fantadia.com
International Painting with Light Festival - Val Venosta 2008
Another successful summer Painting with Light festival took place in South Tyrol, Italy. This time three castles were used as canvases for artists work plus, for the first time, the theatre of Silandro (Kulturhaus) was the main venue for all the showcase screenings throughout the week. Artists represented were from Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, United Kingdom and USA. An interactive projection installation "Shadowplay" by Antoine & Hans Ruedisueli, ran during the week and proved very popular, especially with the children.
For more information and images of the event please visit the festival website: www.multivisione.com
Screenings at French International Audio Visual Festivals
Everything Flows and Nothing Stands Still is a panoramic Watchout show, created as an installation for a visitor centre of the Stelvio National Park (Italy). It has been invited to be screened at the 2008 audio visual festival - Multiphot in Chelles, France, as part of the Professional Showcase, and also at the 2nd edition of the mountain and nature audio visual festival organised by Parc National des Ecrins in southern France. It was also screened at the 2007 edition of Fantadia, in Asolo Italy.
Painting with Light Festival 2008 - Val Venosta
August 2008, Val Venosta, Alto Adige, Italy. Luce dipinta has taken over the role of organiser and will be building on the success of the first edition held in August 2006. For more information please follow the link to www.multivisione.com. A new website for the next edition will be online early in 2008 and will include details on how artists/authors can submit their work for possible inclusion in the festival program.
Cross Country World Championships 2008 - Malles, Val Venosta
February 2008. The Junior and under 23 Skiing Cross Country World Championships. Luce Dipinta created an event opener, a projection onto a wall of water.
Fantadia Festival 2007 - Asolo
The latest building projection "Asolo e le sue donne" designed and programmed by Alex Rowbotham was revealed at the recent Fantadia Festival in Asolo, Italy. It was a homage to three of the more well known people who made Asolo their home, Caterina Cornaro, Eleonora Duse and Freya Stark. It covered two sides of the Reata Tower inside the walls of the Castle which is now home to the Duse Threatre. Two evenings were postponed due to thunderstorms and heavy rain, however, the success of the first evenings has opened other possibilities for repeat performances later in the year.
Fantadia Festival 19-27 May 2007
The next edition of this reknowned festival has an exciting programme of multivision screenings, installations and a concert with projections!
Luce dipinta and Alex Rowbotham are working together with Francesco Lopergolo to create a new piece of work to be projected, on four evenings of the festival, directly on to the Reata Tower of the castle in Asolo.
"Asolo e le sue donne":
"Ladies of Asolo". The beauty of art, the magic of the landscape, the ideal refuge for the body and the soul, attracted many famous people to Asolo, in different times, who loved it and lived in it. Of these, there were three women; Caterina Cornaro, Eleonora Duse and Freya Stark, who were unconnected by time but deeply tied to this town. Travellers, enterprising, nonconformist and intellectuals of international fame that contributed to elect the image of Asolo as a place ideal for its beauty and its high quality.
Caterina Cornaro, ex queen of Cyprus, exiled to Asolo in 1489, was able to create a castle, that still bares her name, a beautiful Renaissance court. Eleonora Duse, divine of the international theatre, used to come to relax in Asolo from the hard work of the stage, and also, chose Asolo as her final resting place. Freya Stark, explorer, writer and photographer, felt privileged to set Asolo as her goal of returning from her journeys and she too is buried here, in the cemetery of S.Anna.
The extraordinary story of these three women will be explored by Alex Rowbotham, a British artist specialized in digital projections on buildings.
Work selected to be screened at international festival in 2007
"Everything Flows and Nothing Stands Still" will be screened in May at the 2007 Fantadia festival in Asolo, Italy. More info on this show.
Work screened at international festivals in 2006
The panoramic multivision "Fuoco sulle montagne" ("Fire in the Mountains") was screened at Chelles Multiphot Festival, France and at the Fantadia International Festival of Multivision, Asolo, Italy.