From March 22nd to 24th, from 8 PM to 11 PM, Parco Miralfiore hosts Daan Roosegaarde’s poetic installation (Italy’s first) with thousands of biodegradable fireflies to narrate, marvelously, how to reconnect with the environment.
A park. The night. Silence. Then thousands of luminous sparks. They sway in the air. It’s awe, wonder. Pesaro, the Italian Capital of Culture welcomes SPARK, artist Daan Roosegaarde‘s poetic installation, in the city’s urban park from March 22nd to 24th, from 8 PM to 11 PM, when thousands of small organic and biodegradable fireworks will float in the air wrapped in the early spring nights to narrate the art, technology, and sustainability of “The Nature of Culture” of Pesaro 2024. BPER Banca is the special partner for the three-day performance. “We are very proud,” says Mayor Matteo Ricci, “to host such an important event of global stature. A unique spectacle that will amaze us, excite us, leave us speechless, with its suggestions and explosions of colors and lights, illuminating the sky of our beautiful Miralfiore Park. A poetic experience that will ‘reconcile’ us with nature, the protagonist of our Italian Capital of Culture. It will be an extraordinary postcard of Pesaro 2024, to be sent out into the world.” For Ricci, “Fireflies are a symbol of our childhood, but also indicators of environmental quality. This sky is a warning, so that of the Italian Capital of Culture will be a year where we relaunch the culture of sustainability. There’s no plan B, there’s no Planet B: we all have the responsibility to do our part to counteract climate change.”
The artist was inspired by the magical light of fireflies and the desire to make the ritual of fireworks more current and sustainable. The result is SPARK, a performance that invites visitors to marvel and reflect. In a pure and ancestral way, direct, “capable of reconnecting individuals, among themselves and with the environment,” explains Deputy Mayor and Councilor for Beauty Daniele Vimini , SPARK will be one of the strongest narratives of “The Nature of Culture” of Pesaro 2024. Driven by childish, naive, and primitive wonder, it will urge us to reconnect with our origins, making us reflect. Providing an experience that will be a collective heritage for current and future generations. “The project,” Vimini reminds us, “has been one of the pillars of the Capital’s dossier from the outset. 2024 will be punctuated by other sensational moments – such as Kagami, by Ryuichi Sakamoto and Tin Drum (August 29th/September 11th) and The Life by Marina Abramović (June) – European or national premieres that will be unforgettable, like the experience of SPARK at Miralfiore . A place chosen because it is a symbol of the city, of
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