Art Workshops

Who is Dali ? Why Dali ?“Born in 1904, this productiveand multitalented artist,the provoker and visionaryservant of fantasy and surrealism,was a talented creatorwith exceptional techniquesand broad art knowledge.Due to his judgmental andparanoid interpretation methods,he boldly decoded theintimate and obscure aspectsof human thought and distortedreality for himself andothers. He himself classifiedhis paranoia as follows: “anemotional delusion of interpretationthat forms a baseof the artistic phenomenon aswell as of my genius to transformreality into somethingunique”. Dali worked on allfields starting with the mostclassical such as paintings,drawings, sculpture and etching,to the most avant-gardesuch as facilities, happeningsand performances. One of Dali’scharacteristics is that hesharply describes what existson the collective underlyingunconscious, our dream andour instincts. Dali repeatedlystated that “The scenery is anemotional state”. His sceneryis something broader than aplain, picturesque landscape.It is a life scene, a personalexperience.”Montse Aguer, Le Mondede Dali, Editions Larousse,2010.“His work can be interpretedin many ways”, reflecting in asense the way Dali also did,according to his mood, his visions,his obsessions and thethrills of each moment. Themultiple ways of expressionhe used simply depicts his innermostworld.Dali was obsessed with thebody decay as time passes.Consequently emerges thewell known melting clocks,as well as the conception ofdecayed bodies and faces. ForDali, body matter will meltwith time. He consideredthis as a threat. He felt thateven time itself may thaw thespiritual dimension and thisscared him.Dali’s contemplations arewhat interested us and ledus to dedicate this 1st editionof the Festival Anamesato surrealism and draw inspirationfrom his work forthis Festival’s art workshops.We believe that the values ofthis festival form a link withDali:The contact with the body,with ourselves and with eachother. The desire of recognitionand the zest for creativitythrough dialogue, in orderto draw closer the humanitymay prevail among us.