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We bring to you our second edition festival brought to you on 19-20 Feb 2022, from Popoli and Spoleto, Italy. Co-creating and dreaming with fellow artists and creatives from around the world, curated for anyone to tune in and interact with the artists during live-streaming sessions.
(Starting from Sat 19 Feb 10:00, ending Sun 20 Feb 17:00 Rome time!)
You can learn more about the artist by clicking on their individual profile pictures ...
Travel with the Artists!
We travel around the world in a digital way, until we can restart something that is in our human nature: the arts, the culture, the social, the travel, the discovery, the dreaming ...
Get ready Dancing with Riccardo Meneghini!
Counting down dancing towards
the Second Edition Festival ...
Riccardo Meneghini
Riccardo Meneghini, inviting us to dance towards the First and now to the Second Edition Festival, following a few steps, a few ideas that can put some attention and some inspiration in moving.
Sam Grudgings at Smart Festival 21
Gavin Irvine at Smart Festival 21
Check out the Festival Program!
Two days of second edition program is in the flow, carefully curated with some final juggling and maybe with some last minute surprises.
DAY1 SATURDAY 19 FEB 2022
Rome Time (GMT+01:00)
- MORNING SESSIONS -
Karin F. Giusti with the mayor of Popoli
10:15 Opening Keynote.
10:45 Be Like Water my Friend.
Adi Atassi | Riccardo Meneghini
11:30 Solo Exhibition. Gallery 545 Belfast.
Rosie McGurran | Francesca Biondi
12:00 Environmental Art. Spider Woman.
12:30 Photography as Art.
13:00 LUNCH BREAK VIDEO STREAMING ...
- AFTERNOON SESSIONS -
14:00 Marhaba from Australia!
14:20 Tony and his Big Fish.
14:40 Merhaba from Turkey!
15:00 Wellness in Italia.
15:30 SIESTA BREAK
16:00 Art is Life.
16:30 A Fine Line.
17:00 APERITIVO TIME!
- EVENING SESSIONS -
19:30 American in Rome, painting & singing
20:00 Tiramisu Poetry from Bristol.
20:30 From The Film Director's Chair.
DAY2 SUNDAY 20 FEB 2022
Rome Time (GMT+01:00)
- MORNING SESSIONS -
10:00 Buongiorno from Popoli!
Karin F. Giusti from her studio in Popoli
10:15 Opening Keynote.
11:00 "Na Siko Serious Mazee" Let's rap!
11:30 50 People One Question.
12:00 Reporting from Nicosia.
12:30 Straniaro a Gubbio.
13:00 LUNCH BREAK VIDEO STREAMING ...
- AFTERNOON SESSIONS -
14:00 Festival Metaverse Premier!
- Keynote. The Art Gate District.
- The Meta Biennale 2021.
Group exhibition tour: Adi Atassi, Rosie McGurran,
Ingrid Christensen, Karin F. Giusti, Keith Thomson,
Niaz Maleknia Berman, Gero Cacciatore, Dead Frogs,
Sam J. Grudgings, Teresa Albor, Riccardo Meneghini
15:00 Rebooting Open Call for 2022.
15:30 SIESTA BREAK
16:00 Our Friends & Patrons
16:30 Closing remarks. Divine Feminine Wisdom
17:00 APERITIVO TIME!
GRAZIE MILLE A TUTTI, ARRIVIDERCI!
Smart Festival 22
hosted by
Popoli, Italy
Session Intervals Video Streaming:
Check out some of the live play backs from our First Edition Festival:
Register your free tickets!
Register in advance your free tickets for this live-streaming event - coming to you on the 19-20 February. Free entry via Zoom, a presto!
Registered Ticket Holders
Get ready, co-creating, dreaming, dancing, stealing the moments..., dedicated to arts and culture. Be inspired by artists and creatives. Because the world needs them now more than ever!
- Festival Metaverse -
Art lovers and collectors can visit the work of our festival artists in a virtual reality space, a presto!
The Meta Biennale
NOVEMBER 18 - DECEMBER 19 2021
- Paintings -
Adi Atassi (Fine Artist. The Hidden Vocabulary. Room I & II)
Rosie McGurran (Artist R.U.A. The Inishlacken Project. Room I & III)
Ingrid Christensen (Artist. Nude Stripped Bare. Room I)
- Public Art -
Karin F. Giusti (Public Art Innovator. Dreamweave. Room I)
- Photography -
Keith Thomson (City Photography. En Plein Air. Room IV)
Niaz Maleknia (Photo Documentary. Play With Me. Room V)
Gero Cacciatore (Fotografo. Berlin Recordings. Room IV)
- Performance Art -
Teresa Albor (Artist. Against Wisdom. Room I)
Sam J. Grudgings (Poet. My Name is Dispute. Room I)
Dead Frogs (Experimental Music. A New Reality. Room I)
Riccardo Meneghini (Dance Artist. The Tree. Room I)
Free entry to the exhibition through the Art Gate Lobby
Extended Exhibition Spaces
until the end of Feb 2022!
Second Edition Festival
Metaverse Sessions ...
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To enter the Art Gate Lobby, download the app onto your VR headset or computer here.