La Guarimba X Fragmentario:

La Guarimba is a film festival and a cultural organization based in the southern Italian region of Calabria with the aim of bringing the cinema back to the people and the people back to the cinema.

Founded by Calabro-venezuelan artist Giulio Vita and Venezuelan artist Sara Fratini, the organization works with cinema and illustration, using culture as a vehicle to promote their values of participatory democracy, integration and accessibility.

Guarimba, in venezuelan indigenous language, means “safe place”.

Since 2016, Fragmentario has been exploring the relationship of the citizens of Amantea with their local cipolla rossa.

In 2016 we did a workshop extracting color from local Tropea onions, thus exploring this secret power or their beloved onion.

In 2017 we extracted color from the skin of local Tropea onions, as well as Israeli avocado seeds and then did an experimental weaving workshop in which we did a public art installation at Parco La Grotta where the film festival is held every August.

In 2018 due to the USCIS Fragmentario could not travel outside of the USA.

In 2019 Fragmentario was be back at La Guarimba to develop an audiovisual body of work with Griffin Moore and Michele Condo exploring this relationship of the locals. We will also present the work of Onion Society: Class of 2019, textile and audivisual work by four international artists.

In 2020 due to COVID19 Fragmentario could not travel outside of the USA.

Amantea, Italy

2016 - Ongoing