It is not a festival to be used. It is called the Contemporary Initiatives Front because its purpose avant-garde cultural languagesboth in the understanding of the proposals and in the way they are presented to the audience.
And so it reaches the fourth edition with a bang. Extreme creativity in Villenaa little early this year, 17 – 23 Octoberto collect 30 artists from different disciplines, From the local, national and international who presented their projects at this meeting, 25 percent from Villena although many of them develop their studies abroad.
This is why theatre, poetry, painting, photography, comics, plastic arts, video art, performance and music exist. Different creative languages that aren’t new by definition but are innovative because of the way their authors treat them.
“FIC, a permanent link to the city with contemporary art and its creators”, assures the director of the FIC, Joseph AyeloDuring the presentation at the Teatre Arniches in Alicante, accompanied by a Member of the Cultural Council of the Villena City Council, Elena Benitezand by the artist and one of the curators of this festival, Helen Ferrando’s photo.
This Facade is articulated as follows: workshops, talks, stage performances, concerts and exhibitions Located in different places of the City’s Culture House (KAKV), but also in places around it, for example window of an old shopphotography exhibition bag to the ninesof the Jero Martinez; facade of a symbolic building such as KAKVwhere artist Jorge Sellés will exhibit his work, Exhibited at the Pompidou in Paris; most San Anton’s Hermitage, Where the Croatian photographer will exhibit and perform his work Izabela Matosartist Xu French and visual artist Isabel Perez del Thumb; or a craft brewery, a space where cartoonist Fefeto will present his comics.
Avant-garde music will be released by the band Versonautes and her Beginning of slowness; raw pepperThousand Pesetas Jazz Club and Moondog’s Son, the first three at the KAKV cafe and the fourth at the Plaza de Santiago to close the event.
Also will do ilicitana in the same building Emma WolfWhich stage will Mutant Dog in the Gardenerin a particular version of the rap rhythm. Rafael Hernandez he will present his works there as well; Ainhoa Valley as well as your photos and video work lolo waywith the plastic exhibition wild need. Moreover Juana Varela hold a public meeting to present their performance ResollandWhat the Valencia creator describes as “a song to life”.
Workshops will teach Maite Sanchez Y Raul Domene during the week and then they will present the result to the public.
FIC, a project under construction
For Ayelo, who highlights the designer’s work Ruben Gandia In FIC’s image, it’s “a project under construction, but it’s already like a permanent appointment for people.” The philosophy of this meeting is 30.000 Euro budget Funded mainly by the Villena City Council with the assistance of Committee and IVC (in this edition he increased his participation by 5,000 euros), “what people feel, not what they understand”.
Helen Ferrando One of the FIC’s five curators explains that it is “an attempt to fill the city with contemporary expression” to “make such unconventional creations accessible to art lovers unaware of this type of avant-garde.” In that sense, it confirms that what’s interesting is that “you finally see yourself in places you couldn’t be before.”
On behalf of the Mayor of Villena Culture, Elena Benitez“This FIC already forms an imprint of Villena’s cultural identity, a commitment to Culture as a stamp that defines us in every way, and a passion to make Villena a city of culture in the interior of the province”.