8 Albe is a contemporary art festival taking place in Eastern Sicily; its name pays homage to the natural site surrounding the area, which is of great value for its biodiversity. The first two editions, both curated by Carolina Ciuti, focused on elements of the earth, with the aim of poetically and dreamlike addressing the environmental issues currently emerging within the ecosystem. The third edition was curated by Lucia Pietroiusti under the title “Sunsets: Cosmogonies and the End of Worlds.” The festival has collaborated with foundations such as TBA21 Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, In Between Art Film, and Collezione Lemaitre, as well as with artists including Jonathas de Andrade, Rachel Rose, Basim Magdy, Johanna Billing, Camille Henrot, Lina Lapelytė, Agnieszka Polska, Julian Charrière, Karrabing Film Collective, Marcus Coates, Cauleen Smith, Daniel García Andújar, Enrique Ramírez, Regina De Miguel, and Revital Cohen & Tuur Van Balen.
The project is fully supported by Dimora delle Balze