Procida, a tiny but beautiful island in the Gulf of Naples, has been crowned Italian Capital of Culture 2022. With its winning presentation titled La Cultura non Isola, Procida fought off the 9 other Italian finalists battling for the crown: Ancona, Bari, Cerveteri, L'Aquila, Pieve di Soligo, Taranto, Trapani, Verbania and Volterra.
Italian Capital of Culture 2022
After a tough competition, Procida took the title. This is the first time that the Italian Capital of Culture crown has been awarded to a village and not a larger provincial capital, highlighting that it was the not the candidate's size that was necessary to win this coveted title, but in fact its project. Those involved in the project stated that "Procida island is a place of exploration, experimentation and knowledge, it is a model of cultures and a metaphor of contemporary man. Power of imagination and concreteness of vision show Procida as an exemplary capital of relational dynamics, of practices of inclusion and of care for cultural and natural heritage".
Where is Procida, Italy?
The beautiful island of Procida is located between Capo Miseno and the island of Ischia, just off the coast of Naples. It measures less than 4km2 and is served by frequent ferry services from Naples and Ischia, while having several good hotels and tourist accommodation at more affordable prices than other more well known Italian beauty-spots.
Procida 2022
The Procida 2022 website lists all the events scheduled for 2022, including 44 cultural projects, 330 days of programming, 240 artists, 40 original works and 8 regenerated cultural spaces. These are some of the main features and aims of the programme:
- Procida inventa is a special section of projects that plan artistic processes and events such as exhibitions, cinema, performances and site-specific works.
- Procida ispira includes projects that nominate the island as a source of inspiration, both as a real place and as a space of the imagination.
- Procida include features social inclusion projects that use the languages of art as instruments of expression of the individual placed in relation to the community
- Procida innova is all about projects that promote the relationship between culture and innovation, favouring exchanges between the national community of innovators and the local community, in a process of strategic rethinking of its own cultural heritage.
- Procida impara promotes the strengthening of an educating community, through the creation of open alliances which aim to involve all territorial subjects from the public to the private social sphere.
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