TAll ready for the Torchiara Story Festival, the storytelling salon in the heart of Cilento which, now in its eighth edition, from Saturday 8 October, will open the doors of the Palazzo Baronale de Conciliis to give life to two days of debates and insights, between art, literature and current affairs, in the company of prestigious guests from the cultural scene.
At the opening, at 18 pm, we will celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of Oplepo, the potential literature movement that offers hilarious stories, inventions and literary acrobatics of great originality, entrusted to the care and genius of its founder, Raffaele Aragona, accompanied by the journalist Antonio Fiore.
This meeting will be accompanied by a tribute to women, in all their greatest expressions, as the main theme of the event. An event within the event, of exceptional caliber.
In the same evening, in fact, the female universe will be the core of the exhibition Donne Combattenti, in a suggestive exhibition that will focus on the body of women as a living force, in the photographs of Ornella Foglia and the installation of the busts made of iron - almost as if they were armor, by the artist Antonella Romano in her "blossomings": the two authors wanted to depict, in unison, the woman "who fights against adversity, who molds herself, but does not break", remaining intact in her physicality of being. To crown the exhibition, which is part of the Percorsi d'Arte Contemporanea in Cilento (PACC), the contemporary art conversations return, in dialogue with Renata Caragliano, art critic of La Repubblica.
“This year we have created a temporary exhibition path, here in Torchiara, re-proposing original works, as the highlight of the entire exhibition” – explains Angela Riccio, vice president of the de Stefano Foundation, as well as creator of the cultural promotion project in Cilento.
“Is there anything more fascinating to tell than the woman's body as a work of art? Never before have eyes been focused on current events, just think of the condition of Iranian women, forced to submit to a regime of coercion that still humiliates them, while maintaining all the dignity possible in their gaze. It will be a 2022 edition that will undoubtedly leave its mark” – adds Riccio. The next appointment is scheduled for Sunday, October 9, again from 18 pm, in Torchiara.
The two days will end with a tasting of typical products. Free admission.
Article published on 5 October 2022 - 12:39