The Pazza Idea Festival explores the complex social and cultural scenarios of contemporaneity through the interpretative and popular capacity of books and art in its many facets, offering opportunities for encounter and confrontation. It is the festival of contemporaneity, a presidium of cultural and literary avant-garde that constantly explores the meanders of our history, the changing present and possible futures.
Pazza Idea proposes a literary journey through meetings, application workshops, readings, panels, projections, lectio magistralis involving writers, philosophers, sociologists, musicians, filmmakers, opinion leaders, journalists, digital culture experts, bloggers in a cultural and creative in-depth study that suggests the tools needed to guide the cultural, artistic and educational paths of everyday life.
What else are books if not the chance to transform oneself, to become, even for a moment, someone else in another time and place?
The Pazza Idea workshops are moments of open, plural and inclusive training. Since their beginnings, they have been able to intercept the needs of the public, in a historical moment that places great importance on lifelong and continuous learning.
Pazza Idea’s research is always oriented towards the discovery of different artistic expressions and the area of interest of the Visual Arts is broader than one can imagine.
Art and creativity are intertwined: the expression of art is motivated by creativity and is understood differently depending on the artist.
Contemporary society is full of challenges, both technological and social, made even more complex by the digital transformation.
Some call it ‘the third eye’, others prefer ‘the ridicule of writing poetry to the ridicule of not writing poetry’ (W.Szymborska): poetry is a sharp blade that cuts through reality and often reveals its secrets.
That music is a universal language, we all know; that it is inextricably linked to poetry, literature, the other arts that allow us to read the world, also.
The look, the creativity, the strength of women have always been a source of great inspiration for us.
At school with Pazza Idea to inhabit transformations together “It can happen to get girls and boys interested in books, it still does: listening to
Cos’è stato Pazza Idea. Abitare Trasformazioni “Gratitude and thankfulness, small steps towards happiness!” “And I have the privilege and fortune to do this every edition
