ILfest – Italienisches Literaturfestival München, the Italian book and literature festival in Munich, is dedicated this year to the concept of home. Home as a space protected from external threats, but also a space that is different from the workplace. Or, in an even broader sense, home as in “our planet”.
During the various events participants will discuss the home as a place where the individual identity is determined through contact with others. According to the organisers, in these strange times we are living through the sense of home as a place protected from external threats is gradually weakening. The reassuring image of the traditional home – built to human scale, the fruit of an intense relationship with things, people, animals, plants, and connected with images and memories to which our happiness is linked – is undergoing radical change. For the new generations, for example, moving house is a constant in their lives. Lastly, each of us lives in a “home” that never abandons us: our body is our most intimate space. A space that requires attention, respect and care, into which we withdraw to protect our own selves when our feelings of unease become too strong.
The Festival will begin with the opening of the exhibition “Una stanza per scrivere’’ (A room to write). This will be followed by the presentation of the book “Il treno dei bambini” and a screening of Alessandro Piva’s film, “Pasta nera”. On 2 July a talk by Luca Molinari about “Le case che siamo” will be followed by an event dedicated to small children, after which Sandra Petrignani will discuss “Case & cose”. On 3 July four young poets will discuss the poetry of our era, while workshops for children will be held throughout the day.
The festival was organised by Elisabetta Cavani/ItalLIBRI, along with the Italian Cultural Institute in Munich and Pasinger Fabrik, under the patronage of the Consulate General of Italy in Munich.
