The program for Monday 10 June
What relationship do we have today, in the age of social networks, between our appearance and our identity? How easily do we tend to abandon ourselves to the memory of a nostalgic past rather than live our present? The writer Anna Voltaggio and the philosopher Ilaria Gaspari will try to answer questions like these in a “bold” comparison between the feeling of nostalgia and the concept of reputation (7pm, entry with reservation).
Following this, the theologian Vito Mancuso will lead a meeting on the meaning of hope – the feeling opposite to despair – and on the search for meaning in human life (8.15 pm).
The same evening, at 9.30pm, the public will have the opportunity to embark on a journey between comedy and tragedy with the actor, comedian and well-known face of Il Terzo Segreto di Satira Massimiliano Loizzi. With a unique show that plays with the idea of the end of the world, Loizzi will invite us to reflect on the challenges of life today, offering us a provocative and engaging vision of contemporary society and its contradictions.
The complete program of the Festival della Desperation, which will continue until Sunday 16 June in Andria, is available on the website www.festivaldelladisperazione.it.
It is possible to purchase tickets both on www.festivaldelladisperazione.it and at the Festival secretariat located in via Largo Seminario 18 in Andria (9.30am – 12.30pm / 4.30pm – 8.30pm).
The Festival is conceived and organized by the Andria Readers’ Club. We thank the San Tommaso D’Aquino Diocesan Library, the Immaculate Conception Archconfraternity and the Presidi del Libro for their support and the partners Cristal Palace Hotel and Collettivo 32 for their collaboration.
