Artmania Festival

ARTmania Festival
Location(s) Sibiu, Romania
Years active 2006 - present
Date(s) 8-14 August 2011
Genre Rock, Heavy metal
Website www.artmaniafestival.ro

The ARTmania Festival is an art festival, held in the Romanian town of Sibiu. The festival, one of the most important projects developed by ARTmania[1], was first organized in the summer of 2006 and it has been held every summer since.

The main attraction of the festival is the music: rock and metal bands perform in the Large Square (Piaţa Mare) during the first two days weekend days of the festival. Major bands have performed at the festival including Nightwish, HIM, Opeth, Amorphis, Anathema, Lacrimosa, Tiamat, My Dying Bride and Within Temptation and the festival grows each year[2].

In 2007, it reached a record attendance, with 15,000 people in the Large Square watching Jethro Tull[3]. A large number of participants come from Romanian towns and other European countries. The festival benefits from the support of local authorities, with funding from town and county councils and it is promoted at a large scale in the regional mass media.

Moreover, besides concerts, the ARTmania Festival features other cultural events, such as: visual art exhibitions in the cultural spaces of Sibiu, museum exhibitions, film screenings, classical music performances, lectures, workshops and parties in club cellars. This large range of cultural manifestations is opened to festival participants due to the partnership with the main cultural institutions of Sibiu, like Brukenthal National Museum and ASTRA National Museum Complex.

For the 2010 edition, ARTmania organized concerts both in the Large and the Small Square. The Sisters of Mercy and Kamelot played on the first festival day[2] while Serj Tankian and Sirenia performed during the second. The 2010 ARTmania Festival took place between the 13th to the 15th of August 2010.

The 2011, the 6th edition of ARTmania Festival will take place between the 8th and 14th of August, with Lacrimas Profundere, Tarja Turunen, Lacuna Coil, Republica and Sonata Arctica playing in the Large Square of Sibiu. This year, the festival brings something new, with four bands playing on stage in the Large Square instead of three.

Besides these concerts, the festival will continue offering a rich and diverse cultural program, adapted not only to the public, but also the medieval citadel. Thanks to their tickets or subscriptions, the festival's public will be able to enjoy seven days of exhibits and alternative events, as well as manifestations dedicated to belles arts.

Contents

Concerts along the years

2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006

Visual Arts Exhibitions

2011 2010 2009 2006
  • Din Adancuri (From the Deep) by Anda Cofaru at the Habitus Cultural Centre – exhibition inspired by Tarja Turunen’s music
  • “Rock Memorandum” by Diana and Doina Pantea – exhibition at the Habitus Cultural Centre
  • the photographic exhibition ARTnatomy- The Reconfiguring Eye, by Miluta Flueras, at the Artists’ Café, ArtCafe in the Large Square
  • Live Aeons exhibition by Victor Cristescu and Dumitru Catalin - a collection of photographs
  • Neo-gothic living vs. The Age of Enlightenment Model – exhibition at the Brukenthal Museum
  • ARTmania Festival in images – photo exhibition hosted by Touristical information Center
  • Ichtys” Paintings by Niklas Sundin (DT) – hosted by Bohemian Flow
  • “From A Dark Mind” Photo exhibition – offered by Aaron Stainthorpe (MY DYING BRIDE) hosted by Habitus Center
  • “TOYMANIA" Exhibion – visual arts exhibition of Romanian artist Daniel Turcu hosted by the Contemporary Art Gallery
  • LIVE on canvas – visual arts show & exhibition by Anda Cofaru Romanian visual artist hosted by Mayoralty Lobby
  • Colorful images – animated films projections by Mihai Badica Romanian visual artist hosted by Art Cafe
  • Jan Kaila visual arts exhibition hosted by the Brukenthal Museum of Sibiu. Jan Kaila is Head of the Post-universitary Studies Department from the Academy of Fine Arts of Helsinki and has a PHd in visual arts
  • ELINA BROTHERUS visual arts exhibition hosted by the Brukenthal Museum of Sibiu. Elina Broherus one of the most “en vogue” artistic figures of today’s international artistic world.
  • Romanian Arts Exhibition – visual arts exhibition of several Romanian artists hosted by the Contemporary Art Museum of Sibiu

Literature events

2011 2007
  • Launch of “Room mates. Student in Chisinau” novel by Mihail Vakulovski – in Large Square, Sibiu
  • Launch of “Bazar bizar” novel by Radu Paraschivescu – at Astra Library in Sibiu
  • Launch of “Fotbalistic manifest” of Traian Ungureanu – at Astra Library in Sibiu

Classical music Concerts & other genre

2009 2006
  • Guilty Lemon concert – jazz concert hosted by Art Cafe.
  • Classical music Festival-Contest „Carl Filtsch” - piano concerts and classical music recitals offered by young Romanian artists in Thalia music hall of Sibiu
  • “Carl Filtsch” Gala concert – offered by the winners of the “Carl Filtsch” classical music contest in Thalia music hall of Sibiu

Film screening

2010
  • Punksters & Youngsters (FI) 2008 – an ASTRA film projecton in the Small Square

Museum exhibitions

2010
  • Romanian Traditional Craftsmen Fair – Museum of Traditional Folk Civilization (ASTRA National Museum Complex)
  • “Contemporary norwegian arts and crafts” exhibition – architecture and design exhibition hosted in House of Arts from the Small Square of Sibiu
  • Traditional art exhibitions – Museum of Transylvanian Civilization
  • Exhibitions – “Emil Sigerus” Museum of German Ethnography and Folk Art
  • European Art Gallery & the Brukenthal Library permanent exhibitions – hosted by Brukenthal Pallace
  • Romanian Art Gallery & the Restauration studios permanent exhibition- hosted by the Blue House, in the Large Square
  • Contemporary Art Gallery permanent exhibitions - within Brukenthal Museum
  • “Altemberger House” Museum of History permanent exhibitions - within Brukenthal Museum
  • Museum of Natural History permanent exhibitions
  • Museum of History of Pharmacy permanent exhibitions – in the Small Square
  • ASTRA Museum complex’s permanent exhibitions

Workshops & other cultural manifestations

2011 2010 2009
  • Miluta Flueras - workshop dedicated to concert photography at the Artists’ Café, ArtCafe.
  • “The Art of Fire” - street fire show by Crispus in the Large Square and the Small Square

Warm-up parties & After parties

2010 2009 2008
  • SOM Afterparty – by Ian P. Chris (DE) & Ina Lux Noctis, at Flying Time club
  • Silviu D. Heavy Hour - DJ Set at Bohemian Flow club
  • Ina Lux Noctis Afterparty - DJ set at Kultur Cafe Sigi
  • Silviu D. Acid Phonique - Flying Time club
  • Silent Noise, Onishka & Ina DJ Set held in Bohemian Flow
  • Ewvoll & Nedeea DJ set held in Sigi Kultur Café
  • Anathema Warm-Up Party – held in “Grigore Preoteasa” Students Cultural Center, in Bucharest

References

  1. ^ http://www.artmania.ro/en/all_events.html | ARTmania's Projects
  2. ^ a b "ARTmania Festival 2010 Announcement". Archived from the original on 2 May 2010. http://www.webcitation.org/5pQq7gpV0. 
  3. ^ "Jethro Tull live in Sibiu". ARTmania website. 30 August 2007. Archived from the original on 2 May 2010. http://www.webcitation.org/5pQpmZC8o. 

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