Sponz Acquà: Vinicio Capossela's Sponz Fest is dedicated to water

Vinicio Capossela

A fantastic appointment is renewed with the Sponz Fest, the festival conceived by Vinicio Capossela and dedicated to the theme of water!

Will take place from 25 to 30 August 2020 a new edition of the Sponz Fest, the festival conceived and directed by the great artist Vinicio Capossela, between music, art, excursions, workshops and performances.

The Festival will take place in Calitri but not only that, it will also affect Caposele and Torella dei Lombardi in the province of Avellino, then again Paestum, Eboli, Serre, Valva and Contursi Terme in the province of Salerno.

The theme of this new edition of the festival will be the water, as the title suggests Sponz water, intended as element of purification, regeneration and rebirth. To participate in the events it will be necessary to register on the official website of the event and then make the reservation (link in the final mirror).

It will also be possible to follow the Festival from a distance thanks to the streaming of the event on the platform made available by Scabec, the Campana Beni Culturali Society.

The rules to be respected to participate in the event

All events will take place in full compliance with the anti-Covid standards 19, in fact, all the areas were created respecting the rules of social distancing with one maximum capacity of 200 people.

Here are the standards provided:

  • To access the events it will be mandatory to make an online reservation on the official website and show the entrance ticket
  • All seats will be numbered
  • Body temperature will be checked for access to the meeting-show areas
  • The entrance to each area will be characterized by personal sanitation tools
  • Mandatory use of the mask
  • Area security system with qualified personnel
  • Continuous sanitation of public toilets
  •  Administration of food and beverages in compliance with HCCP regulations and Covid-19 regulations

Program

The Sponz AcQuà program is in continuous update and therefore subject to variations. Here are some of the events, while the complete program will be available at the link below.

25 August 2020 Torella dei Lombardi

  • Concert at dawn: Guano Padano-Tribute to the music of frontier cinema
  • Lunch time: Loc. Sorgenti Ofanto. Alfonso Nannariello-Readings from the book Ofanto from the hypeti of vortices and crests. Peppe Leone in Roar of drums, Invocation from the mouth
  • Late afternoon-Castello di Torella: Enza Perna in “Mefite and other treatments” sound adaptations by Giovannangelo De Gennaro. Following Father Giuseppe Gaffurini - former Cistercian monk - Water, swamp and monastic territory
  • Evening-Piazza delle Fontane: Once upon a time in America, Meeting with the author Piero Negri. Vinicio Capossela spoke. Video link with Vincenzo Mollica “Sergio Leone and the Roaring Twenties”. Followed by Dr. Jazz & Dirty Bucks Swing Band (Dixieland).

26 August 2020 Calitri and Loc-Gagliano 

11 hours: 00 

  • Free University meetings for repeat students and workshops with the anthropologist Vito Teti, the volcanologist Rosanna Bonasia and the historian-writer Goffredo Fofi.

17 hours: 00 

  • Clan H theater company in "Quaestio de Acqua" - figurations of flowing by Salvatore Mazza's Idea / theatrical action

19 hours: 00 

  • Meeting with Goffredo Fofi on the work and thought of Danilo Dolci, author of Power and Water

21 hours: 00 

  • Massimo Zamboni and Vasco Brondi in "Floating Souls"

27 August 2020 Calitri and Loc. Gagliano 

11 hours: 00 

  • Clear water at the fountain: a day at the Provolacchi fountain (Bosco di Castiglione) with lessons from the Liberà University for repetitioners with: the anthropologist Vito Teti, the volcanologist Rosanna Bonasia and the historian-writer Goffredo Fofi.
  • Meetings, narrations with Donato Lucev from the book The fountains of Calitri. A cappella set by the Faraualla group in Every Male Fore. Packed lunch for the participants

20 hours: 00 

  • Themed meeting on the Mediterranean with Pietro Bartolo

21 hours: 00 

  • Rolling sponzing review in acQuà with Vinicio Capossela, Victor Herrero, Asso Stefana, Giovannangelo De Gennaro, Peppe Leone, Agostino Cortese and “cupa cupa” di Tricarico, Andrea Lamacchia and other guests.

For the complete program see the page of the dedicated site

Information on Sponz acQuà

When: from 25 to 30 August 2020

Where: Calitri and various locations in Irpinia

Hours: starting at 11:00

Booking: form to fill out

Contacts: Official site | facebook event 

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