The Bella Skyway Festival has been organised in Toruń since 2009 and its beginnings are connected with the fact that the town tried to become a European Capital of Culture 2016. The Festival is about creating new, fresh ideas for the inhabitants of Toruń and visitors of the city. It’s about building visions. Everything the experience infinite in our everyday life.
The programme of this event is based on three pillars:
- Science – festival’s concept is based on astronomy and science. The way Skyway communicates with people taking part in it is unusual, accessible and inspiring, always inviting people to go a step further to learn something new. The experience of beauty is very important, of course, but that scientific accent should be not neglected.
- Art – the driving force of the festival. Audiovisual arts, performance, art that is electrifying, innovative and unusual, that goes well with the natural landscape of the town and its public space. Art you can simply touch. This festival pillar is important from the perspective of town’s heritage and history, as Toruń is known for its special art and science-friendly atmosphere.
- People – “culture for everybody” – this has been the motto of the festival since its very beginning. Skyway is an event for all generations. To start interaction with culture it’s enough to leave the house. This is an advantage of a non-commercial event. An important aspect of the festival is a possibility to get involved in special actions accompanying the event.
Science and art combined with a strong social dimension are the aspects that have always intermingled and complemented one another in Toruń. They make the town so special. So does Skyway.
The programme of this year’s Bella Skyway Festival, which will take place from the 26th until 30th of August 2014, is divided into three parts:
- Immen(c)ity: constructions created just for a brief moment which enter into a dialogue with existing architecture of the Old Town of Toruń. For five days those ephemeral constructions will become a part of the urban landscape, changing its perception.
- Cinematic procedures: the facades of the buildings will turn into cinematic screens. Motion pictures will transform completely the well known surfaces. The latest 3D video mapping concepts will be put aside small video-installations, which will be moving in the very same way as large-scale projections.
- Perceptual tricks: artistic immersions into the urban landscape, which carry a mystery with themselves. Is this, what we see, real?
More detailed programme of the Bella Skyway Festival, you can download here (PDF)
For more information visit: Bella Skyway Festival website
Photo © Adrian Chmielewski. Bella Skyway Festival 2013.