Studio Festi
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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Performing Arts |
| Founded | 1982 |
| Founder | Valerio Festi and Monica Maimone |
| Headquarters | |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Valerio Festi, President |
Number of employees | 50 |
| Subsidiaries | Studio Festi do Brasil |
| Website | www.studiofesti.com |
Studio Festi is an Italian artistic project and production|production centre bringing into being shows and grand installations, which have become renowned for their poetry ad aesthetics. Founded in 1982 by Valerio Festi and Monica Maimone, Studio Festi operates from its main offices in Velate (Varese, Italy), its workshop in Venegono Superiore (Varese) and, in 2010, it set up a branch in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Studio Festi’s artistic activity covers three main areas:
- Outdoor shows
- Installations of luminaries, also called architectures of light due to their unique features
- Concerts for fireworks with live orchestra
The poetry characterising Studio Festi’s work is linked to a reinterpretation of traditional city festivals through the invention of stage machines that take inspiration from the Italian Baroque while yet retaining a modern taste as well as through the use of aerial dances, the projection of images on buildings and giant screens to create stage setting and dramaturgical elements, and through the representation of ancient rituals like that of the Italian “parata” (parade). [1] [2] Studio Festi has organized large-scale celebrative events in many Italian cities as well as internationally, events which have become a benchmark in the industry. [3] [4] The realization of the Festino di Santa Rosalia, for 3 consecutive years (1995-1997) in Palermo (Italy), as well as the staging, in 1991 and 1992, of Antigone delle città commemorating the 1980 Bologna terroristic attack, have had a key role in defining Studio Festi’s dramaturgical and aesthetic approach. The ground-breaking character of Studio Festi’s work has also had to do with the so-called architectures of light[5] following the seminal installation realized in Houston in 1987, presenting many innovative aesthetic and technical features. Key examples of that are the one designed for the commemoration of theKobe Lights architecture to commemorate the Great Hanshin earthquake, commissioned every year since 1995. [6] and the Christmas computer controlled decoration at Galeries Lafayette in Paris.[7] [8] In the field of fireworks, Sudio Festi has taken inspiration from the aesthetics, the techniques and the typology of Baroque-style pyrotechnical shows, combining them with live classical orchestra music performances. A famous instance of this artistic development has been the 1999 Saint Peter’s square concert performed by the Accademia di Santa Cecilia Orchestra, and conducted by Myung-Whun Chung, in occasion of the inauguration of the restoration work of the façade of Saint Peter’s Basilica in Rome. [9] The name of Studio Festi is to be associated, moreover, to the opening ceremonies of great sports events, amongst which that of the Turin XX Winter Olympics, where Studio Festi was responsible for the realization of the segment From Renaissance to Baroque, that of the 2008 UCI Cycling World Championships in Varese as well as the opening ceremony of the 2009 FINA World Championships in Rome.
Works
- La luce italiana, lights architecture in the occasion of Italy in Houston 1987 [10]
- Se in Trentino d'estate un castello, 1994 [12]
- L'Angelo e il Cavaliere, Castello di Stenico, Trento, Italy [13]
- Il viaggio di Yonec, Castello di Avio, Trento, Italy [14]
- L'incantesimo dei quattro narratori, Castello di Stenico, Trento, Italy [15]
- Kobe Lights architecture, Kobe, 1995 - 2010, memorial of the 1995 Great Hanshin earthquake [20] [21]
- I Pianeti (The Planets), by Gustav Holst, opening gala concert of 41st Festival dei Due Mondi in Spoleto (Italy), 1998 [22]
- Concerto per fuochi d'artificio (Concert for fireworks), Rome, 1999, Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia Orchestra, conducted by Myung-whun Chung, in Saint Peter's Square at Vatican City in occasion of the inauguration of the renovated facade of St. Peter's Basilica [23]
- La città della luce - L'illuminazione delle porte della città (Artistic illumination of the gates of Bologna), Bologna, 1999 [24]
- Tokyo Millenario, Tokyo, 1999 - 2005 [25]
- La Creazione (The Creation), by Joseph Haydn, Jubilee celebration concert, Spoleto Festival 2000 [26]
- L'ultimo angelo. Un'elegia per il paradiso perduto, Spoleto, Spoleto Festival 2000 [27]
- Una festa barocca (Baroque celebration), Lisbon, 2000, Festival dos Oceanos de Lisboa [28]
- Heaven and Eath, Beijing, 2002, lights architecture [33]
- De los àngeles y de la luz, Bogotà, 2002, closing show of VIII Ibero-American Theater Festival (Festival Iberoamericano de teatro de Bogotà) [34]
- Robe de Lumière, Paris, Galeries Lafayette, 2002 - 2010, Christmas light architecture [35] [36]
- Chritsmas de-light, Istanbul, Akmerkez shopping mall, 2003 - 2008, Christmas light architecture [37] [38] [39] [40] [41]
- Of Angels and Light
- Il Mandarino Meraviglioso (The Miraculous Mandarin) by Béla Bartók, L'apprendista stregone (The Sorcerer's Apprentice) by Paul Dukas, Quadri di un'esposizione (Pictures at an Exhibition) by Modest Mussorgsky (orchestration: Maurice Ravel), opening concert of Festival dei Due Mondi 2004 in Spoleto [45]
- La caída de los ángeles, Bogotà, 2004, X Ibero-American Theater Festival (Festival Iberoamericano de teatro de Bogotà) [46] [47]
- Dal Rinascimento al Barocco (From Renaissance to Baroque), Turin, 2006, part of the 2006 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in Turin [56] [57]
- Special Olympics European Youth Games Opening Ceremony, Rome, 2006 [58]
- Columbus Day Parade", New York, 2006 [59] [60]
- Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü 1907 - 2007, Istanbul [63]
- The dream of Assol, Saint Petersburg, 2007, on the occasion of Scarlet Sails celebrations [67] [68]
- La nascita della bellezza (The birth of beauty), Rome, 2007, the show was part of the celebrations for the 45th anniversary of Valentino Garavani's career. The evening is witnessed by Valentino: The Last Emperor, a feature-length documentary produced and directed by Matt Tyrnauer[69]
- Munich Revue, Munich, Germany, 2008, 850th anniversary of the city [73]
- La Città giardino sul tetto del mondo (The garden town on the top of the world), Varese, 2008, opening ceremony of UCI Road World Championships [74]
- Le rideau se lève (The Curtain Rises), Damascus, 2008, Opening ceremony of Damascus 2008 Arab Capital of Culture [78]
- Pianeti (Planets), Mexico, 2009, touring show, Festival Internacional Cervantino 2009.[79]
- Sinfonia degli oceani (Symphony of the Oceans), Rome, 2009, opening ceremony of 2009 World Aquatics Championships [80]
References
- ^ Valerio Festi - artistic bio
- ^ Monica Maimone - Aritstic bio
- ^ Studio Fest's performances: worldwide
- ^ Studio Fest's performances: Italy
- ^ Examples of Studio Festi's architectures of light
- ^ Kobe Memorial - photos
- ^ Noël del Lumières
- ^ Project of the computer controlled light installation
- ^ Art feast and fireworks: a total experience
- ^ Italy in Houston - Official program
- ^ Antigone delle città - Official program
- ^ Se in Trentino d'estate un castello - Guida ai castelli del Trentino - Official program
- ^ Se in Trentino d'estate un castello - Castello di Stenico - Official program
- ^ Se in Trentino d'estate un castello - Castello di Avio - Official program
- ^ Se in Trentino d'estate un castello - Castello di Stenico - Official program
- ^ 373° Festino di Santa Rosalia - Municipality of Palermo - Official video, part 1
- ^ 373° Festino di Santa Rosalia - Municipality of Palermo - Official video, part 2
- ^ 373° Festino di Santa Rosalia - Municipality of Palermo - Official video, part 3
- ^ 373° Festino di Santa Rosalia - Municipality of Palermo - Official video, part 4
- ^ Kobe Lights Architecture - video
- ^ Flickr Kobe light architectures foto documentation
- ^ 41 Spoleto Festival 1998 - Opening gala official program
- ^ RAI Clips from the live broadcasting
- ^ Bologna si illumina - Mille luci per la città - Official publication by the organizers - ASCOM
- ^ Tokyo Millenario Official billboard
- ^ Spoleto Festival 2000 - Official concert program
- ^ Spoleto Festival 2000 - Official program
- ^ Fucus Events
- ^ III Theatre Olympics in Moscow - Official program
- ^ 2001 Italia in Giappone - Official brochure, Italian
- ^ 2001 Italy in Japan - Official brochure, Japanese
- ^ Extract from Le armi delle arti, a cura di Marino Marin, Milano, Franco Angeli, 2003
- ^ Event official billboard
- ^ VIII Festival Iberoamericano de teatro de Bogotà - Official program
- ^ 2009 official opening ceremony
- ^ “Ladepeche” 29 ottobre 2009
- ^ Radikal 2003, Şölen tasarımcısı Festi'den en 'ışıltılı' mesleğin sırları
- ^ Kosmoturk 2004, Akmerkez, yeni yılı ışıl ışıl karşılıyor
- ^ Yeni Yılda Akmerkez Yine Işıl Işıl, 15 Aralık 2005
- ^ Star Gazete 2006, Festi Akmerkez’in içine de imza attı
- ^ Flickr, Akmerkez Christmas interior decorations
- ^ Sydney Olympic Park official website
- ^ The Blurb Magazine - Astralia Arts and entertainment news and reviews
- ^ The 2004 Colorado Festival of World Theatre - Official program booklet
- ^ Festival dei Due Mondi 2004 - Official program brochure
- ^ Corriere della sera, 4 aprile 2004
- ^ Dziennik Teatralny - Teatry w Internecie, Bogota bogata w teatr
- ^ Video recording of the performance
- ^ El Mundo, 5 January 2005
- ^ El Pais, 4 January 2006
- ^ Municipality of Madrid - Cabalgata de Reyes 2008 - Official program
- ^ Guia sobre Madrid, 4 January 2009
- ^ ARTe MEDIA - Announcement
- ^ ARTe MEDIA - Report
- ^ 2006 The Year of Italy in China - Official inauguration brochure
- ^ La Repubblica, 07 February 2006, Leonetta Bentivoglio, Festa barocca per le Olimpiadi
- ^ La Repubblica, 26 February 2006, Marina Amaduzzi, Il mio teatro volante nel mondo
- ^ Special Olympics Official website, Regional games, Opening Ceremonies
- ^ New York Times, 10 October 2006
- ^ New York Times, 10 October 2006, clip
- ^ Event official press release
- ^ Comune di Bologna - Smart Night - La città in movimento
- ^ Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü Official Web Site
- ^ Acea Official Web Site - 2007
- ^ Acea Official Web Site - 2008
- ^ Acea Official Web Site - 2009
- ^ Petersburg – Channel 5: Clips from the live broadcast
- ^ Neva News, August - September 2007
- ^ Valentino: The Last Emperor - Clips
- ^ Earth Festival website
- ^ RAI TG3 news service
- ^ TimeOut Hong Kong
- ^ Bayerischer Rundfunk: Munich Revue - Clips from the live broadcast
- ^ RAI - Clips from the live broadcast
- ^ Italian Cultural Institute in Singapore - Press release
- ^ The Dancing Sky on Flickr
- ^ TimeOut Singapore 18 July 2008
- ^ Syrian Television - Clips from the live broadcast
- ^ Festival Internacional Cervantino 2009 - Official program
- ^ RAI Sport Live broadcast recording
