NU—ARTS AND COMMUNITY 28.09.2022—02.10.2022, NOVARA

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NU is participation. NU is a social creative network. NU is innovation and tradition. NU is new productions. NU is breaking through disciplines. NU is theatre, dance, music, literature, circus, visual arts. NU is looking forward, from the crossroad of the two principal railway axes in the North of Italy. NU is a pause for reflection and at the same time a shock. NU is the city and its places. NU is Novara’s cultural and social associations. NU is Novarese people. NU is Nuàra, the ancient name of Novara, slang and symbol of new nourishment. NU is a simple and emblematic logo that represents the creative spirit of Novara.

28.09—2.10.2022,
NOVARA

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NU Arts and Community is a project of Comune di Novara produced by Associazione Rest-Art in collaboration with Fondazione Piemonte dal Vivo and the associations of the city of Novara.

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ARTISTIC DIRECTION
Ricciarda Belgiojoso

SECRETARIAT
Chiara Gozzi

SPONSORING
Giulia Dalloni

PRESS OFFICE
Angela Giorgi
in collaboration with Serena Galasso

VIDEO ARTS PROJECTS
Andrea Lissoni

VISUAL IDENTITY GRAPHICS AND WEB DESIGN
Studio Vedèt

COMMUNICATION AND GRAPHICS
Pierpaolo Di Giuseppe
in collaboration with
Nicholas Rota and Valentina Protti

SOCIAL MEDIA
Maddalena Musazzi
PHOTOS
Emanuele Meschini

VIDEOS
Michela Riefolo

PRODUCTION
Mattia Cavazzana
Massimo Dellavecchia
Luca Biasetti
in collaboration with Matteo Cavagna

ADMINISTRATION
Carolina Ferrara
Manuela Benedetti

BOX OFFICE
DICE platform and Virginia Cavazzana

HOSPITALITY
Chiara Pascale

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REDUCTION
Members of Rest-Art, FAI, Circolo dei Lettori, students, < 18 and > 65 years old: 20% off on tickets (12€, 8€, 4€, 1€) and 50% off for the circus (1€).

Performances and Events

Wednesday 28.09
7.00 pm

Casa Bossi
REMIX THE CINEMA

From Jean Cocteau to Pier Paolo Pasolini, a new immersive experience of live cinema and electronic music rediscovering the great classics of the history of cinema.
5 € TICKETS

Wednesday 28.09
9.00 pm

Salone dell'Arengo
NOSFERATU
music by FILIPPO PEROCCO
ARSENALE ENSEMBLE, conductor Filippo Perocco

Based on the novel on Dracula by Bram Stoker, one of the best classic movies of all time turns 100 years old. For the occasion the renowned film of German expressionism directed by Murnau is restored by Cineteca di Bologna and screened at NU with the new original music composed by Filippo Perocco performed live by Arsenale Ensemble.
Distributed by nòva generazione creativa.
10 € TICKETS

Thursday 29.09
6.00 pm

Castello di Novara
GLI ANNI DI BRUNO
EMIDIO CLEMENTI

Founder, voice, bass and songwriter of Massimo Volume, Emidio Clementi also is a writer. At NU he talks about his last book “Gli anni di Bruno”, published by Playground. In collaboration with Il Circolo dei Lettori Novara. Free entrance, for reservations TICKETS

Thursday 29.09
7.30 pm

Associazione Rest-Art, via Giovannetti 2 Novara
ELECTRICITY
STEFANO INVERNIZZI

Opening of the exhibition by Stefano Invernizzi curated by Marco Tagliafierro. The works by Invernizzi show a new, cool and allegorical manner of painting that reviews the styles of classical art and uses symbols that are connected one another in a neverending series.
The exhibition will run until the 29th October, from Monday to Friday from 9 to 5 pm.
Free entrance

Thursday 29.09
9.00 pm

Arengo del Broletto
LOCKDOWN MEMORY
Instabili Vaganti

Textual and visual notes, physical and musical scores, conversations in zoom and scenes from the daily life of the artists involved are the dramaturgical fragments in progress that bounce off the walls of an aseptic room in search of a single glimmer, that virtual window open to a world which had to mark its own borders due to the pandemic.
10 € TICKETS

Friday 30.09
7.00 pm

Ex Chiesa di S.Agostino
DOV'È PIÙ PROFONDO
IRENE RUSSOLILLO, project, choreography and performance
EDOARDO SANSONNE | KAWABATE, sound and performance

This performance of dance and music is the result of a creative process focused on the body as a tool for research and consciousness where people practicing singing traditions in mountain territories have been invited to participate with their cultural and musical heritage.
Distributed by nòva generazione creativa.
€ 5

Friday 30.09
9.00 pm

Casa Bossi
ROMEO AND JULIET HYBRID OPERA
CABIRIA TEATRO

The renowned Shakespeare drama is adapted to the present day, with scenes in live streaming from the famous dome of San Gaudenzio by Antonelli alternated to the live-action show on the stage of Casa Bossi.
10 €

Saturday 01.10
11.00 am

Canonica del Duomo di Novara - Courtyard
CORDE DI RECITA
GHENADIE ROTARI, accordion

Acclaimed as “magnificent of the accordion”, Ghenadie Rotari has held concerts in all Europe, North America and Asia collaborating with renowned ensembles, privileging contemporary music. At NU he presents music by Rameau, Piazzolla and composers of our time, including the new piece that for the occasion NU has commissioned to Daniela Terranova, among the most appreciated living composers.
Distributed by nòva generazione creativa.
€ 5 TICKETS

Saturday 01.10
4.00 pm - 7.00 pm

Ex Chiesa di S.Agostino
STATO DI GRAZIA
Francesca Cola

Video of the public art project by artist Francesca Cola that was implemented during the first edition of NU (2020), guiding those who participated in an imaginative process that from the body brought to inner space.
The 17’ film is screened in loop.
Production Oltre Le Quinte.
Free entrance TICKETS

Saturday 01.10
9.00 pm

Nòva - Giardino
JOAN THIELE LIVE BAND

Grown up between Cartagena and Italy, since she was a child Joan Thiele spent a nomad life that gave her an international musical style. As part of the Torino Jazz Festival Piemonte, at NU she is presenting her last album together with special advances of the upcoming album.
15 € TICKETS

Saturday 01.10
10.30 am

Nòva - Garden
OMAR SOULEYMAN

Syrian wedding singer turned global dance icon Omar Souleyman presents Shlon (Arabic for “how,” or literally “which color”), 6 new techno-meets-dabke songs of romance and love to the world, all superimposed on complex techno arrangements by Hasan Alo, and based on the hi-speed Kurdish and Arabic dabke and baladi styles with the exception of “Mawwal” being presented in its traditionally slower pace.
10 € TICKETS

Sunday 02.10
12.00 pm

Museo Faraggiana - Courtyard
SOFIA DONATO, piano

Winner of the Special Prize of the Jury - VI Premio Alkan 2022, Sofia Donato started playing the piano at five and since then her early talent brought her to hold many concerts in Italy and abroad. At NU she plays music by Haydn, Chopin, Liszt and the Sonata in A minor by Shor-Pletnev.
Distributed by nòva generazione creativa.
€ 5 TICKETS

Sunday 02.10
3.00 pm

Spazio Nòva
AS I WAS MOVING AHEAD OCCASIONALLY I SAW BRIEF GLIMPSES OF BEAUTY
JONAS MEKAS, regia
ANDREA LISSONI, introduzione

In occasione dei cento anni dalla nascita di Jonas Mekas, il padre del New American Cinema Group, NU presenta la versione appena restaurata del lungometraggio di 4 ore presentato nel 2000 al London Film Festival che ricostruisce l’attività filmica di oltre 30 anni del regista, poeta e artista lituano. Il film è introdotto da Andrea Lissoni, curatore della sezione di NU Immagini in Movimento.
Nell’ambito del programma Jonas Mekas 100!, in collaborazione con il Lithuanian Film Center e l’Ambasciata della Repubblica di Lituania in Italia.
Ingresso libero su prenotazione al link.

Sunday 02.10
7.30 pm

Nòva - Garden
GINEVRA NERVI

In the framework of electronic music, Ginevra Nervi’s research is based on exploring the vocal timbre using various techniques for manipulating sound. Ginevra also composed soundtracks for movies for Netflix and Amazon Prime Video and films selected for Venice International Film Festival, and was nominated for the best original song at David di Donatello. At NU she presents her new album The Disorder of Appearances.
€ 5 TICKETS

Sunday 02.10
9.00 pm

Nòva - Giardino
BABAU

Babau è un progetto pantropicale in cui la fascinazione per l'exotica e il field recording incontra le tecniche compositive e improvvisative della computer music. Babau è anche il gruppo civetta di ArteTetra.
Ingresso 5 € TICKETS

Community Labs

Friday 30.09
10.30 am

nòva
IRENE RUSSOLILLO
MOVEMENT AND DANCE WORKSHOP

Dancer, performer and choreographer, Irene Russolillo creates hybrid performances working on body movement, singing and writing, where the emotional component and music are always very strong.
In collaboration with Casa di Giorno.
Free attendance.

Friday 30.09
5.00 pm

Giardino Marco Adolfo Boroli, Sant'Andrea
TEATRO NECESSARIO
CLOWNS AT LARGE

A moment of euphoria, recreation and cathartic rituality for three talented clowns, with intricated juggling passages and music that accompanies the rhythm of all actions, in a continuous musical journey that doesn’t stop, also during the most inthinkable stunts.
2 € TICKETS

Saturday 01.10
2.00 pm - 6.00 pm

Nòva - Giardino
ROCK BANDS

In collaboration with Nòva. For those who want to participate please inscribe here https://forms.gle/2UHpHCEJuJZRd5EKA

Sunday 02.10
10.00 am - 12.00 pm

Downtown, from Piazza Garibaldi to nòva
ZENO’S PARADOX: ACHILLES AND THE TORTOISE
ELISABETTA CONSONNI, choreography
MARIO MARIOTTI, trumpet

Freely inspired by the mathematical paradox of Achilles and the turtle, the performance consists in a slow motion walking of an astronaut, the slow-motion walker par excellence, from one point to another in the urban context. In spite of the continuous provocation to sudden actions to react to the surroundings, the astronaut resists her gestures of slowness, in an increasingly paroxysmal contrast with the reality around her, and interacts with those she meets.
Distributed by nòva generazione creativa.
Free attendance.