XXV European Biennial Show Of Blacksmithing Art

XXV EUROPEAN BIENNIAL SHOW OF BLACKSMITHING ART
Traditional forging championship
31 AUGUST 1 • 2 • 3 SEPTEMBER 2023

The European Biennial Show of Blacksmithing Art in Stia is the most traditional event about Wrought Iron held regularly in Italy since 1976; born from an idea by Pier Luigi della Bordella and Ivan Bruschi, with the fundamental support of Vittoriano Frulloni, who was the Mayor of Stia back then, it is the dean of the Exhibitions of Artistic Crafting of Forged Irons which are held continuously throughout the world.

Over the years, this event has proved to be the most important point of reference in the world of Blacksmithing Art, thus becoming simultaneously an opportunity to make the Casentino Valley known, with the aim of creating a fruitful exchange between culture, craftsmanship and promotion of the Territory.

It is the umpteenth fundamental demonstration of the sensitivity and of the natural predisposition that the people of the Casentino Valley show towards craftsmanship, and the proof, for national and European observers, that Tuscany still remains the cradle of the civilization of artisan work and applied arts.

Stia has always opened its doors to both Masters and young blacksmiths from all over the world, gaining the international recognition of “Manifestation Without Borders”, an undisputed showcase of a high quality wrought iron artistic handicraft.

We are talking about wrought Iron in the truest sense of the term and about a craftsmanship which is never indulging too much in showy interventions of excessively advanced technologies.

A tenaciously sustained tutelage, dialectically protected too, of a product which must remain authentic – not a timeless and incorrigible conservatism, but a conscious commitment in an open confrontation in defence of an Art that has recreated a space of its own, leaning towards the needs of the future.

MAP https://biennale-arte-fabbrile.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/2023/08/13075029/Mappa-intera-Biennale.pdf
PROGRAM https://biennale-arte-fabbrile.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/2023/08/13075541/Programma-intera-Biennale.pdf

PROGRAMME
> FRIDAY 1 SEPTEMBER
• 08:00/24:00 – Piazza G. Mazzini
“11th World Forging Championship”
• 14:00/20:00 – Officine Capodarno’s head office c/o Ex Elementary School
”10th International Design and Drawing Contest – Pier Luigi della Bordella”
• 09:30/23:00 – Piazza della Repubblica
Opening of the exhibition stands with metalworking tools
• 09:30/23:30 – Lanificio (Wool Mill)
Opening of the Exhibition Space “Wool Mill Empty Space_Incubator of Ideas”
• 09:30/24:00 – Piazza B. Tanucci
”Sculptural Art Itinerary_4th International Sculpture Competition”

CONFERENCE
> FRIDAY 1 SEPTEMBER
• 09:00 – Lombard Hall – Lanificio (Wool Mill)
Conference “The digital workshop”
In collaboration with the Order of Architects
P.P.C. of the Province of Arezzo
Speakers:
Roberto Giordani (Italy)
Artist – Teacher of the Stia Forging School
“Iron sculpture… from the project to the realization of the work. Artistic didactic experiences.”
Roberto Magni (Italy)
Blacksmith – Teacher of the Stia Forging School
“Applied technology… artfully”
Enrico Di Munno (Italy)
Architect – Professor of Computational Architecture and phygital developments – Founder of parametric design and prototyping startup PANarchitectures
“Phygital manufacturing processes for art and architecture”
Martino Stenico (Italy)
Blacksmith – Teacher of the Stia Forging School Guided tour of the Exhibition Space “Wool Mill Empty Space_Incubator of Ideas”, the Forum of Extemporaneous Forging and the Sculptural Art Path in Piazza Bernardo Tanucci.
• 16:30 Lombard Hall – Lanificio (Wool Mill)
Pratovecchio Stia Elementary School “P. Uccello” classes 2° and 5°
“The Art of the Wrought Iron: a world to discover”
• 17:30 – Lombard Hall – Lanificio (Wool Mill)
Zeevik Gottlieb (Israel)
“Hofi’s sistema, the way he made, and the applicants in my art”

MUSICAL EVENTS
> FRIDAY 1 SEPTEMBER
• 18:30 – Piazza B. Tanucci
Aperitif in music
• 21:30 – Piazza B. Tanucci
Live Duo JOLE & LEO – The Duo ranges from international songs to original compositions, mixing the use of the guitar in the most classic sound with clearly more modern sounds (synth bass, vocoder and beatbox). A perfect balance between improvisation, arrangement and experimentation in a completely contemporary sound context

COLLATERAL EVENTS
Memories of Iron – Traditional Artistic Iron Products of the Casentino Valley
“Museo del Bosco, della Montagna e dello Sci” – Ecomuseo del Casentino

Japan Forging Group with Yukio Kanari & C.
“Forging Area Lanificio (Wool Mill)”

French Catalonia Forging Group with Bruno Vidal & C.
“Forging Area Lanificio (Wool Mill)”

Forging Workshop for Children from 6 to 12 years old with Daphne Kooistra and Paul Klaasen
Reservations required at “Forging Area Lanificio (Wool Mill)” and Info Point Lanificio FREE OF CHARGE
Friday 1 September 10:00 – 13:00 / 15:00 – 19:00

Creative Workshops for Children from 6 to 12 years old
c/o Museo dell’Arte della Lana – Cost € 5,00
Reservations required at: info@museodellartedellalana.it
Friday 1 september 11:00 – 12:00 / 16:30 – 18:30

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