The first edition of ELEMENTI (17/21 May 2006) examines the theme of fire as a key for interpreting the complex relationships between man and “vital” elements of nature (the sun, plant and animal species, the atmosphere) and above all with energy sources, along with the many possible types of energy that the conservation of the ecosystem and the future of mankind depend on.

Yet the many implications concerning the scientific aspect of fire– from the reduction of emissions and its effects on the lifestyles of people in industrialised countries to natural environmental phenomena such as volcanoes– are integrated and placed alongside evocative “imagined” forms of this archetypal Element.

Through the contribution of international guests - scientists, intellectuals, politicians and institutional representatives, narrators and artists- called upon to interpret the many images conjured up by fire the element, four thematic itineraries are introduced using a number of disciplines:

the fire below us (read...)

the fire above us (read...)

the fire beside us (read...)

the fire inside us (read...)

The calendar is currently being drawn up.