UrbanStyleMag #30 Your Street

oombarstick festival
The risk for European Istria, infact, is seeing itself involved again in socio-political
dynamics not belonging to it: anew chasing a modernity mirage which,
in the name of profit driven aim, absorbs and flattens the civilizations on its
road. But uniformity is monotony, and monotony bores (in the best case).
All this seems to be counter-trended to the trait of Istrian area, which made
of its own several inhabitants’ distinctive features its own distinctive feature,
its particularity. Differences are what make us uniques, and it’s fair enough
that Istria continues to treasure such differences, so as not to see its identity
erased a new time.
That’s why Boombarstick festival steps forward as a “memento” for Istrian
collectivity, offering useful ideas and sparks to re-discover the asset of such
a local multicultural patrimony. The goal is to show Europe that Dignano is
as good as anyone else mostly on the artistic and cultural point of view and,
actually, lives up to those so-called “modern/civilized Countries” already.
Thus, international artists and creatives allegiance is the way the festival invites
Dignano to set an example to Europe itself, exhibiting its ability in overcoming
geo-political and ethnical differences, embracing again its original
essence. The one from an area in which various cultures self-influence each
others, giving life to their own culture. A unique one, constantly evolving.
Art as a connection
Boombarstick festival aims to speak to and from Dignano with art and music
languages because they’re universal languages, from everywhere and for
everyone understandable, as they’re soulspeaking languages. Plus, art and
musical are ideal to pass on the values and features which each culture and
tradition is made of: that’s why the festival stands as a link between Istria
and Europe incouraging a reciprocal fruitful connection. This is the heart of
the festival.
So, the Boombarstick is not only going to pass positive art and creativity driven
messages, but also and especially to create connections with the local
realities in order to increase their potentialities and skills. All that thanks to
the artworks of several (mostly) international artists and to the performances
of local and foreign musicians. This is the heart of the heart of the festival.
Many of the artists, musicians and performers of the festival will also be busy
in workshops and happenings open to the local primary school children, the
dancing, theatre and art schools students as well as some artisans. Taking
an active part everybody could teach and learn something at the same time,
building a bidirectional and horizontal connection, instead of a self-referring
and vertical
one.
Contacts
Boombarstick Art & Music Festival
by Zoo Free Art & Music & Matriosk’art
cultural associations
Organisation: info@boombarstick.com
Press: press@boombarstick.com
Being central events to Boombarstick, on some special dates these activities
will find space inside the festival spots, so also these fringe exhibitions and
performances will encircle Boombarstick international artists’ ones, in a harmony
of styles and techniques.
So that this connection, this fusion, can be much more than an empty metaphor
or a trite illusion, being instead the proof of the unique ability of Dignano
(and Istria in general) in overcoming the limits of the form thanks to its own
substance. As if to say: our culture is to create not to destroy, everybody welcome
nobody excluded.
Accommodation: booking@boombarstick.com
web: boombarstick.com
FB: facebook.com/Boombarstick
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