Back to Pesaro The festival PopsophyWith a new edition full of events, shows and artistic versions. After the last edition of 2023, the theme “Amati Monsters”, the artistic director Lucezia Ercoli He prepared new suggestions for the Pesaro square. Under the novelties of this edition, the use of further cultural containers to which are added Piazza del Popolo: IL Pescheria Visual Arts Centerand the court From Palazzo Gradari.
The theme – The theme chosen for the 2025 edition is “The threshold”A word that identifies an intervening and metamorphic space: not only a border to cross, but also a transit area that unites worlds, experiences and times. It is on the threshold that the transformation is reached, where identity is questioned and the new shape. PopSophy interprets this concept as metaphor of the contemporary conditionExploring the thresholds between real and virtual” natural and artificial” adolescence and adulthood” Life and death.
«As beloved monsters, our attraction for the monstrous investigated – explains The artistic director Lucrezia Ercoli – The threshold investigates the intersection, passage and change. Cross the threshold It means stopping in a point of ambiguity between what we have been and what we are. It is this limited space, always a space characterized by doubt and uncertainty that the festival wants to explore through philosophy, music, art and pop culture. A reflection that is even more urgent in suspended and dramatic times that we experience with new unpredictable war scenarios».
«Popsofia is an initiative that we wanted strong – He added The mayor of Pesaro Andrea Biancani – Because it is an event that creates curiosity, in which young people are involved and always know how to attract a very large audience, made from “loyal”, but also from “new” people who can visit the city on this occasion. We are just as proud of enhancing the cultural programming of the Marche Summer in the name of innovation and change and this festival, able to interwoven music, philosophy and pop culture, represents one of the most vibrant expressions of our cultural identity “.
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