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GLOBAL CULTURE
CALENDAR
BY VIVIANA MAZZA AND CHOIRE
SICHA
THE COLORS GUIDE TO
ESSENTIAL AND NONESSENTIAL
GLOBAL CULTURE
JUNE
JULY
AUGUST
To submit an event listing, please e-mail calendar@colorsmag.com |
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SWITZERLAND |
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2 – 17 JULY
MONTREUX JAZZ FESTIVAL
MONTREUX
WWW.MONTREUXJAZZ.COM
Never mind the word “jazz” in the name. The Montreux Jazz Festival has morphed over time and now features great musical artists in all genres—some of them not even remotely related to jazz. Last year’s fest, for instance, included performances by Radiohead, Gilberto Gil, Krokus (the Swiss stadium-rock
sensation from the ’80s), ZZ Top, and the Pretenders. Presumably, though, all the
performers are jazz fans.
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FRANCE |
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3 – 27 JULY
FESTIVAL D’AVIGNON
AVIGNON
WWW.FESTIVAL-AVIGNON.COM
Created in 1947 by French theater god Jean Vilar, the Festival D’Avignon has become an essential stop on the international theater and dance circuit. Directors and choreographers who have developed works here over the years include Jean-Pierre Vincent, Philippe Caubère, Jean-Claude Gallotta, and the always astonishing Pina Bausch. |
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THAILAND |
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11 – 16 JULY
XV INTERNATIONAL AIDS CONFERENCE
BANGKOK
WWW.AIDS2004.ORG
The location of the 15th International AIDS Conference focuses attention on some critical aspects of today's AIDS crisis. In the past, the conference has been met with demonstrations and unrest. And recently, the near death of US AIDS activism and the rise of Western complacency about HIV have left the world community without much in the way of 'first world" assistance. As with the meeting held in 2000 in Durban, South Africa, this conference is once again convening in a location where even basic treatment is often unavailable or unaffordable to those just outside the meeting-room doors. |
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NETHERLANDS |
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13 – 15 JULY
NORTH SEA JAZZ FEST
THE HAGUE
WWW.NORTHSEAJAZZ.NL
Nearly three decades old, the North Sea Jazz Fest features more than 200 performances ranging from traditional New Orleans jazz, swing, bop, free jazz, avant-garde jazz and electronic jazz to blues, gospel, funk, soul, hip-hop, R&B, world beat, and Latin music. Artists who've played the festival over the years include Count Basie, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Erykah Badu, Ibrahim Ferrerr, B.B. King, Wynton Marsalis, and Joe Zawinul. An audience of more than 70,000 attends performances at 15 concert venues˜and this year, there will be an Asian version of the festival in Qatar, on June 10 and 11 at the Sheraton Hotel Doha, broadening the festival to include Arabic musicians. |
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SPAIN |
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16 JULY – 20 AUGUST
CASTELL DEPERALADA FESTIVAL
PERALADA
WWW.FESTIVALPERALADA.COM
The program for the 18th annual Castell de Peralada Festival won’t be announced until just before it opens, but advance word is that it will feature a Puccini opera and two dance events utilizing rebuilt drops that Salvador Dalí first designed for use in a US dance performance in the 1940s. |
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CANADA |
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17 JULY – 10 AUGUST
FANTASIA FESTIVAL
MONTREAL
WWW.FANTASIAFEST.COM
The aptly named FanTasia Festival is devoted to genre cinema—primarily adventurous works in fantasy, action, or horror styles. Eclecticism has always been the dominant mood here: the festival has premiered Hideo Nakata’s Ringu, John Carpenter’s Vampires, Darren Aronofsky’s Pi, and Terry Zwigoff’s Ghost World, and documentaries such as the classic, How’s Your News? Best of all, there are no entry fees for filmmakers, helping to preserve FanTasia’s indie feel, even as it grows in popularity. |
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SWITZERLAND |
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20 – 25 JULY
PALÉO FESTIVAL NYON
NYON
WWW.PALEO.CH
One of Europe’s biggest and oldest (since 1976) open-air festivals, Paléo Festival Nyon draws some 200,000 concertgoers. The focus is decidedly multicultural; last year, for instance, there was an exclusively African program on one of the stages, but the festival still devoted much attention to big-name US and European rock and pop stars, including R.E.M., Massive Attack, and Alanis Morissette.
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AUSTRALIA |
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21 JULY – 8 AUGUST
MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
MELBOURNE
WWW.MELBOURNEFILMFESTIVAL.COM.AU
As in years past, the 53rd annual Melbourne International Film Festival will screen some of the best of Cannes. But the real draw is its commitment to Asian cinema. Last year, for instance, the festival—which shows more than 400 films over the course of 19 days— took a post-Bollywood look at martial-arts films, and invited the Iranian master filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami to present a range of his documentary and fictional works.
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FRANCE |
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21 APRIL – 23 AUGUST
GIUSEPPE PENONE
CENTRE GEORGES POMPIDOU, PARIS
WWW.CENTREPOMPIDOU.FR
Giuseppe Penone, an Italian artist of international stature—he was short-listed for Britain’s prestigious Turner Prize in 1989—was closely associated with the Arte Povera movement of the late 1960s. This exhibition at the Pompidou Center regards him as much more than a historical curiosity, though, and brings his reputation up to date with the inclusion of gorgeous recent works. Penone’s installation-like sculptural pieces are imbued with a nearly sentimental emotional tenor.
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AUSTRALIA |
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CONTINUING THROUGH AUGUST
BIENNALE OF SYDNEY 2004
SYDNEY
WWW.BIENNALEOFSYDNEY.COM.AU
This biennale, which describes itself as the largest contemporary art festival in the southern hemisphere, has the benefit of spectacular facilities—even the famous, skyline-defining Sydney Opera House is turned into an exhibition space. Traditionally focused on Australia’s relationship to Asian countries, recent biennial programs have been more Eurocentric. |
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