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4th Farma Valley Winter Fest (Southern Tuscany)- the Program in a (big) Nutshell

Events

Please note that the detailed program is available at: https://www.unirural.org/fdivdf4-programma-info/ (in Italian). Before we delve into the details, please remember the main “Valley house rules”

  • move around and drink/eat responsibly
  • segreteria@unirural.org or +393317539228 (preferably via messaging) for information, meal and lodging options etc.
  • for those registering for the events, if interested: you will be eligible to obtain uni*rura* educational credits (see: https://www.unirural.org/en/project/)
  • participation to all activities is free (except for the meals on Saturday in Scalvaia and Torniella). In any case, if you like the festival, you may make a donation to the subjects who are organizing the festival (see: https://www.pibinko.org/20251205-sostieni-fdivdf4/, in Italian)

Tursday 11

pizza, quiet, curiosity

A pre-festival evening to break the ice between the organizers, some of the guests arriving from farther away, and anybody who wants to join.

Friday 12

active citizenship, knowledge sharing, aperitivi

This is the “technical” (but not academic) day of the festival. Attending will be in between being part of a science outreach show on the Geography Channel and a session of a participatory design initiative where local residents will be on the same level as international experts and early-stage researchers.

Because what counts is not just what the Farma Valley can do for you, but what you can do for the Farma Valley (and one hundred similar locations).

Saturday 13

Hiking, stalls, vynils

The weather should be ok (no rain is forecast), so the morning opens itself to opportunities for valley explorers (we recommend to check in at the Combriccola info point to verify which will be the active hunting areas during the day).

In the afternoon the FARMA VALLEY EXPO 2025, will be on, with various stalls and desks, and products from local farms and associations. This will lead us to the “apericena” (please book) and the enticing vynil DJ set by our Songmelier from Rome.

For those arriving to the Valley from the North, or for those interested in an alternative program for part of the afternoon, there is the possibility of drifting to the Siena side of the valley. Our friends in Scalvaia will be preparing a mouthwatering lunch, followed by guided tours at the Roberto Serragli carpentry micro-museum and to the Rita Ganozzi Civic Library. After this, we will be waiting for you all in Torniella for the evening part of the program).

Sunday 14

first come and see, and the tell us what three words you would use to summarize this day.

For the morning, hikers of the world, unite in the booking of the guided tour at the Belagaio National Reserve, organized by the Raggruppamento Carabinieri Biodiversità (segreteria@unirural.org or +393317539228, by Dec. 13). This will be the opportunity to explore a lesser not but beautiful natural reserve, the court of its castles, and the Casa Nova visitor centre, after several years in which these facilities have not been accessible.

After your favourite snack or meal, you may merrily direct your steps towards the historical building of the Associazione Filarmonica Popolare di Torniella to visit the pibinko.org network travelling micro-museum.

While you will be busy perusing books from the Seventies, trying to play with “palla 21” balls, listening to incredible anecdotes featuring notable actors from the Farma Valley and its surroundings (Il Papero, Pellegro, and other characters compared to which George Best was a choirboy), etc., the pibinko.org network agents will be setting up the stage to treat your ears and soul. First there will be a set with Lucio Dalla covers, with Dario Canal, Simone Sandrucci, Giacomo Biancalana, and Gianmarco Bonnìci. This set will be followed by a show by the kaleidoscopic Jug Band Colline Metallifere, featuring a couple of surprise guests.

By 9PM we plan to close shop: Dec. 15th is a Monday, and some of the participants will go to school, others to work, and others will be resting (suurely pibinko, who over the past ten weeks hase been working on 16-hour/day shifts between festival organization and other projects).

For more information, requests or proposals: segreteria@unirural.org or +393317539228.

Sigla:

Dici che i tuoi fiori | You say that your flowers
si sono rovinati | have waned
non hai abilità | you have non abilities
questa nazione è brutta | this nation is ugly
ti fa sentire asciutta | it makes you feel dry
senza volontà | with no will
e gioca a fare Dio | and plays God
manipolando il tuo DNA | manipulating your DNA
così se vuoi cambiare | so that if you want to change
invece resti uguale | you still remain the same
per l’eternità | for eternity

ma non c’è niente | but there is nothing
che sia per sempre | which can be forever
perciò se è da un po’ | so if it’s been a while
che stai così male | that you feel so bad
il tuo diploma in fallimento | you failure master
è una laurea per reagire | is a degree to react

puoi finger bene | you can be a good pretender
ma so che hai fame | but I know you are hungry

tutto è efficacia | all is effectiveness
e razionalità | and rationality
niente può stupire | nothing can amuse
e non è certo il tempo | and surely time is not
quello che ti invecchia | what makes you older
e ti fa morire | and eventually die
ma tu rifiuti di ascoltare | but you refuse to listen
ogni segnale che ti può cambiare | to any signal which may change you
perchè ti fa paura | because you are afraid
quello che succederà | of what will happen
se poi ti senti uguale | if you then feel the same

ma non c’è niente
che sia per sempre
perciò se è da un po’
che stai così male
il tuo diploma in fallimento
è una laurea per reagire

sai finger bene
ma so che hai fame

non è niente
non è per sempre
è troppo ormai
che stai così male
il tuo diploma in fallimento
è una laurea per reagire
non è niente
non è per sempre

Third Farma Valley Winter Fest: Day 3 and Epilogue

Compositions,

TO BE TRANSLATED

La terza giornata del Festival è stata tutto sommato defaticante rispetto alla seconda.

Un momento del convegno del Coordinamento associazioni astrofile della Toscana

Abbiamo avuto la presenza di quattordici delegati del Coordinamento Associazioni Astrofile della Toscana, cui abbiamo avuto modo di presentare alcuni colleghi che non conoscevano, come il presidente della AAT (Associazione Astrofili di Torniella), il presidente della AAPB (Associazione Astrofili di Piloni-Bali), il presidente della AAS (Associazione Astrofili dei Sodarini) e altri presidenti.

Il convegno è stato comunque molto interessante, oltre che per i contenuti tecnici, integrati quest’anno dalla presenza di Luciano Massetti del CNR IBIMET di Firenze, anche per alcune considerazioni sulla relazione fra scienza e società che sono emerse nella discussione….da approfondire meglio (possibilmente nella relazione sul festival).

Pici tra amici.

Dopo il pranzo sociale presso la sede dell’AARCIB(Associazione Astrofili Ristorante Camere Il Boscaiolo), con annessi pici cacio e pepe, il digestivo è stato preso durante la dimostrazione di costruzione della pallina di Palla a 21 a cura di Ilo Ferrandi.

Ilo Ferrandi (a sinistra di spalle), costruttore della pallina del 21…per un giorno costruttore di asteroidi. 

Si è deciso successivamente di annullare la visita alla B.M. lavorazioni meccaniche (uno dei due titolari, Alessandro Bartalucci, ha comunque interagito con i partecipanti), andando a svolgere l’assemblea CAAT con chiusura attorno alle 17.30 con una piccola jam session musicale. La cosa è stata facilitata dal fatto che il convegno si teneva nella sala musica dell’Associazione Filarmonica Popolare Torniella, e che essendo il ritrovo di piccole dimensioni, non era stato necessario levare la batteria per svolgere l’evento.

Mauro Bachini, presidente CAAT, con una Eko X27 degli anni ’60 (proprietà Fam. Giacomelli) durante la jam session di fine convegno.

Salutati i delegati del CAAT sotto un nevischio incipiente (fortunatamente girato “a pioggia” dopo poco), due degli organizzatori, assieme ad altri paesani, sono andati a visitare l’antica bottega del falegname di Roberto Serragli a Scalvaia.

Antichi mestieri e remoti saperi a Scalvaia

Nel corso delle prossime settimane sarà preparato un rapporto sul festival. Nel frattempo: per dubbi o domande sui tre giorni di pici, amore e musica (e cultura, ambiente e innovazione libera) in Val di Farma: info@pibinko.org

Epilogo (temporaneo)

Momento di rilassamento post-festival a Scalvaia (fuori campo un gradevole focherello), o troppi pici a pranzo? – Foto di Sonia Masini



Waiting for the Farma Valley Winter Fest in Madrid

Compositions, Videos

As per the promotion plan of the Third Farma Valley Winter Fest (in Southern Tuscany Dec 14-16, this year also hosting the Tuscan conference of amateur astronomer associations, including some international guests), we have an event scheduled for tomorrow (Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018) in Madrid, Spain.

The situation is kind of fluid, but not chaotic: at present the venue and the time are not yet defined. However this is an event taking shape a long way from home, and in a city where I was last time in 2004. So bear with me if some details will arrive last minute. For the moment I can say the event will be after 8PM.

Should you be in Madrid, and interested in participating, please write to  info@pibinko.org to have more details as soon as they are available, or check the pibinko.org/news section during the afternoon of Saturday.

If you are interested in the Farma Valley Winter Fest (Southern Tuscany, Dec. 14-16 2018), please check: http://www.pibinko.org/fvwf3/  , noting that not all content is available in English, as per this note.

Meanwhile, some cool live music (in addition to the  Seguridad Social, branobag).

Farma Valley Winter Fest 2017: how did it go

Compositions,

[For a general presentation of the Festival see the Nov. 28 post]

Some visitors reached the valley already in the morning, enticed by the idea of getting to know this lesser know part of Tuscany.
Indoor activities started early PM, with a printing workshop by Wolgfang Scheibe from Tatti, who delivered t-shirts, cards and other souvenirs with his printing kit.
While the set was being prepared for the main act, Wolfgang, Guglielmo Eboli and Pietro Crivelli had a jam session, bringing the attendees to 6.44PM, when the Etruschi from Lakota started their performance. The band shaked the audience with a selection of their songs, mainly proposing their new album (Giù la testa), but also some older hits, with everybody dancing from Corn Flakes onwards.

The versatile Wolfgang (followed by Guglielmo Eboli) was then called on stage for some covers, such as “Everyday I have the Blues” e “Who do you love”.

A sidebar items to the music, the Farma Valley Community Map, which during the past months was updates with new place names in the north side of the Valley (Scalvaia and surroundings), and a measure for the buiometria partecipativa project, reading 21.13 mag/arsec2, at 12.45PM on Dec. 18, Certopiano, to close the long day.

Special thanks go to:Circolo ARCI di Torniella, Associazione Filarmonica Popolare Torniella, Emanuele Marcatili, Casa Bazar, pizzeria ristorante Il Boscaiolo, agriturismo Casa del Chiodo, Claudio e Fabiano Spinosi, Alessandro Gaido, Andrea Bartalucci, Antonella Pocci.

The Farma Valley Winter Fest is back: see you in Torniella (Southern Tuscany) on Dec. 17, 2017

Announcements,

One year after the experiment with which we launched a Winter Fest where things happen if at all, in the Summer, here we are with the second edition. Below the flyer, more information is provided:

The action will  be on Sunday, Dec. 17 in  Torniella, Southern Tuscany. The program will be in a single day, still maintaining the gist of  last year’s event, bringing together culture, environment, open innovation, and a cool live soundtrack.

If the weather is good, you are invited to reach the valley from the morning, and enjoy a relaxing hike surrounded by forests, creeks, medieval iron works and castles.

In the afternoon, we start with indoor activities. At 2.30 PM we have an enticing printing workshop by Wolfgang Scheibe . You may also bring along a T-shirt and get it printed live with your own design, under the supervision of “Steppenwolfgang”.

While the ink dries up, the set up the live show by Etruschi from Lakota will be prepared. In 2016 they were the main act and the revelation for many at the Winter Fest. This year they are back during the tour to promote their third album, Giù la testa. The band will play their  new tracks, as well as some of their greatest hits. Rock ‘n’roll is assured.

As a backdrop to these events, and as a link to the surroundings, we will have the presentation of the updated version of the Farma Valley Community map. This has been assembled since 2015, documenting place names and other indications which are now missing from official base maps through interviews with residents in the valley. Finally, with a clear sky, starting from the late afternoon we will run some BuioMetria Partecipativa. This is a citizen science project, in fact started from the Farma Valley in 2008, and developed with national and international connections, in order to raise awareness about night sky quality.

For information on potentiali itineraries, to check about food, lodging and other enquiries, please contact mappare@attivarti.org .

The Farma Valley Winter Fest was created by pibinko.org and is promoted by Attivarti.org, Pro Loco Piloni-Torniella, Associazione Filarmonica Popolare di Torniella.