(Aug. 10) – The second edition of the Art Kontakt Festival takes off today in the unique scenario of Castello di Porto Palermo, in Himara. The protagonist of the event will be the contemporary art, with contamination and cross-cultural interactions with different disciplines, from ballet to avant-garde world music, from video installations to painting. Andi Tepelena, Festival’s artistic director, and Andrea Bonifacio, member of the Scientific Committee, invited to participate Italian artists and curators: Cecilia Tirelli, Venanzio Straulino, Giuseppe Calgaro, Silvia Farisato, Aldo Aliprandi and Arianna Marcolini. In addition to explore the theme of reuse the abandoned military heritage of the Balkans in arts, culture and tourism, and stimulate the growth of a tourism offer based on cultural and environmental heritage, the Festival has the primary objective to promote intercultural dialogue through contemporary art. The detailed program of the Art Kontakt Festival is available at www.artkontakt.al. The festival will close on August 12th. (red)
