Festivals
Festivals and appointments in Turin
Luci d’Artista
Turin, from 3 November to 31 January 2011
Luci d’Artista is back, event that decorate city streets, squares and bridges with big light installations by internationally renowned artists and giant posters that reinvent unusual spaces in the city. The 2010-2011 edition includes the exhibition of 21 works, three of them are news: the creation by German artist Tobias Rehberger, the installation of Richi Ferrero, who participated in the Luminale 2010 in Frankfurt, and then exchange with the city of Lyon, which provides the gardens of Piazza Carlo Felice. On November 6, at the Night of the Arts CONTEMPORARY Lights remain on all night. “Luci d’Artista” is inserted into the program of Contemporary Fall Special TorinoPiemonte.
Luci d’Artista
The Salone Internazionale del Libro di Torino
Torino, 12 – 16 maggio 2011
Lingotto Fiere, via Nizza 294, Torino
Phone: +39 011 66 44 111
The appointment with the Salone returns every year in May at Lingotto, the famous Fiat plant with the spiral ramp and roof-top test track, a masterpiece of industrial archaeology. Designed between 1915 and 1922 and admired by Le Corbusier, since 1985 it has been transformed by Renzo Piano into an exhibition, conference and commercial centre.
From the 100,000 visitors and 553 exhibitors of 1988, the Salone has grown to the current 300,000 visitors and over 1,400 exhibitors. In 2008 there were 3,889 accredited journalists from 875 different publications, 9,870 minutes of coverage on radio and TV, 4,730 articles in the press. Its strength is founded on three well-balanced identities. The Turin Salone is, in fact, an important commercial showcase, an immense bookshop and a cultural festival all in one.
1,400 exhibitors, 12,500 teachers, and 13,089 publishers, booksellers, librarians, agents, illustrators and translators came together at the 2008 Salone. The Salone dedicates special sections to trade professionals. The International Book Forum for the exchange of publishing and translation rights. The Book Film Bridge for the audio-video transposition of literary work. The Incubator helps young publishers to publicise themselves. The Italian Fellowship Programme offers international publishers the chance to visit and get to know the leading Italian publishers.
Today, the Salone is the biggest bookshop in Italy and the cultural area of the Mediterranean. Endless shelves on which the general public can find best-sellers and curiosities, unfindable volumes and the latest publications. A showcase where small and mid-range publishers have the same visibility as major brand names and where local publishers can make themselves known outside their area. Plus the space where antique booksellers can set out their treasures: from illuminated manuscripts to rare first editions.
www.salonelibro.it
For more information: Fondazione per il Libro, la Musica e la Cultura – Via Santa Teresa, 15 – 10121 Torino – phone + 39 011 518 42 68
Photo: “Spettacolo della Nuova Fontana del Cervo”. Property: “Consorzio La Venaria Reale ”.