The Ant Theater Florence + San Giovanni Fireworks 2010

Lorenzo Pancini, Memory of Hands, (c) www.theanttheater.com

Every June 24th I try to do something different – it’s San Giovanni, the patron saint of Florence. Most people flock downtown to see the fireworks along the Arno. Last year I got out of the city to a wonderful country meal with De Gustibus, which they are offering again this year. But I’m extremely tempted by the show put on at the Casa della Creativita (just steps from the Duomo on Vicolo Santa Maria Maggiore) by an artists’ collective called The Ant Theater. One of the founding artists is Simone whose work and oral presentation style I admired at the Pecha Kucha night I attended this spring.

The Ant Theater is a collective started by three visual artists in Florence. While working for fashion brands and international publishing houses, they’ve developed a unique approach to the art of drawing in unconventional situations, thank to trusty sketchbooks, watercolour and simple pen drawings. Each has his own distintive obsession: Simone Massoni steals the casual poses and the random speech from street walkers, Ilaria Falorsi depitcts curvy girls in uncommon situations , Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini obsesses about hand positions and details of  friends’ faces. The art of The Ant Theater, created in the dimly lit pubs of Florence, can also be admired group’s website if you cannot make it to the show at the Casa della Creativita’ from June 24 to July 13 2010.

The invitation is open to all from 7pm, drinks and access to the aperitivo table cost 5 euros. Each drink gives you a raffle ticket with which you could win, at the end of the night, one of the 100×70cm canvases on display.