KIMMEL
CENTER ANNOUNCES
PIFA
PREVIEW CELEBRATION WEEK
WITH
COMMUNITY ART PROJECT AT DILWORTH
PARK
THE
PEOPLE’S TOWER
MAY
30--JUNE 4, 2017
Community
Invited to Help Construct and Tear Down 8-Story Cardboard Tower
The
Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts has announced a PIFA preview celebration
week taking place May 30 through June 4, 2017.
The week of activities will celebrate the 2018 Philadelphia
International Festival of the Arts (PIFA) through free, interactive
experiences, a star-studded public art panel, and a spirit of community.
Details about the upcoming Festival will be announced at a press conference to
be held on June 3 at Dilworth Park.
Serving as the centerpiece of the weekend’s activities, the public is
invited to help build The People’s Tower
–an 88-foot cardboard structure designed by French artist Olivier Grossetête
and inspired by the architecture of Philadelphia’s Independence Hall. This will be the American Premiere of Grossetête’s
work, presented in partnership with European artist network In Sutu. Free
workshops will be held May 30 – June 2 to create the 1,400 building blocks of
cardboard (registration required) and the weekend will conclude with the
ceremonial topping of the tower on Sunday, June 4 at 7:00 p.m.
BUILDING
BLOCKS WORKSHOP (Registration Required)
Wilma
Theatre- June 3- any time between 9:30 am. -
6:00 p.m. The public will help- build the epic, temporary People’s Tower, and watch it soar over
Dilworth Park. The People’s Tower
will stand overnight and be demolished at 7:00 p.m. the following evening.
ART
IN PUBLIC PLACES PANEL DISCUSSION
Kimmel
Center’s Hamilton Garden- June 4, 2:00 p.m. A panel of star-studded public
artists, place-makers and arts administrators will discuss what it means to
discuss art within public spaces. Learn how public art is different from art
presented in a traditional theatre.
TOPPLE
THE TOWER
Dilworth
Park, June 4, 7:00 p.m. Community is
invited to come and topple the tower that was created the previous day.
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