Festival Catalysi 2027

Catalysi is a festival of performing, sound and visual arts, produced by Societas at Teatro Comandini in Cesena, Italy. Catalysi conceives the festival as a form in motion, rather than a succession of works. Different artistic forms coexist, intersect and alter one another, giving rise to an unstable constellation of bodies, sounds, images and gestures. Each intervention leaves a trace, transforming the conditions in which the next one takes place. The festival thus becomes an environment to be traversed, rather than a sequence of events to be attended. Unfolding across Teatro Comandini, the open-air space of Arena San Biagio and, on selected occasions, the Biblioteca Malatestiana, Catalysi explores the relationship between artistic work and the spaces that receive it. Each place introduces a different condition of perception, a different possibility of encounter between the work and its audience. The festival brings together artists whose research moves across disciplinary boundaries and established forms, giving rise to unexpected correspondences between different forms of expression and visions. Rather than seeking a common ground, Catalysi allows differences to remain active, generating a field of tensions and transformations. Catalysi does not simply present works. It exposes a process in which artistic forms, spaces and bodies continually redefine one another.