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The festival
The Art Explora Festival is an itinerant festival that travels the seas and oceans aboard the world's first museum ship, offering innovative artistic and cultural experiences free of charge. The festival takes place on board the museum ship, alongside the docks in exhibition pavilions, and in various venues in the heart of the host cities. From spring 2024 to autumn 2027, the museum boat will travel to 15 countries in the Mediterranean, cradle of great civilizations and melting pot of many cultures, bringing together artists, curators, cultural, associative and educational organizations who, collectively, are imagining a new vision of the Mediterranean.
The museum boat
This catamaran is the world's 1st museum boat. Designed by architects Axel de Beaufort and Guillaume Verdier, it was built at the Perini Navi shipyard in Italy. It meets the most ambitious technological requirements, as well as those for welcoming the public on board. The 47-meter-long, 55-meter-high museum ship can accommodate up to 2,000 visitors a day. On board, the public is invited to discover unique immersive experiences, free of charge.
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IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCES
The Art Explora Festival offers a wide range of experiences designed to renew the dialogue between the arts and the public, combining education, art discovery and technology. Virtual reality, immersive video, sound experiences: everything is done to facilitate access to art and culture for as many people as possible.
PAVILLON exhibitions
Two exhibition pavilions are deployed alongside the quay, space permitting. One is dedicated to the evocative power of the Mediterranean Sea and the imaginary worlds it conjures up. The second addresses the themes of migration and exile through photography and the moving image.
LIVE PROGRAMME
Each host city hosts a free, multi-disciplinary festival lasting around ten days, which takes place on a large stage set up on the quayside close to the boat, as well as in the city's emblematic venues and local institutions.
At Art Explora's invitation, a local curator of international renown develops a multidisciplinary cultural program featuring performances, concerts, lectures, film screenings, dance shows, DJ sets, workshops and meetings on different themes, with a fresh approach at each stage.