TIRANA, May 21 /ATA/ – Eighth edition of the Cloud Festival kicked off on Tuesday at Reja (the Cloud), a modern art installation by renowned Japanese artist Sou Fujimoto placed in front of the National Gallery of Arts in Tirana, Albania.
The Minister of Economy, Culture and Innovation, Blendi Gonxhja, took to the social media to announce the event that promotes cultural diversity and art’s power to bring people together.
“At Reja –the meeting point where the where the newness combines with the traditional, bringing magical performances by local and international artists in poetry, dance and music,” Gonxhja said via the social media.
He invited Tirana public to experience the cultural activities at Reja as a true celebration of art, where talent and creativity of artists will light up the evenings of May.
Cloud Festival will continue until May 26.
Tirana Municipality announced earlier today that the festival will see tonight the performance by both Albanian and foreign artists. The event features a considerable number of artists and performers of all art genres, who perform every evening for the public in the Albanian capital.
REJA or The Cloud Festival, hosted by the Municipality of Tirana, is an outdoor festival focusing especially on performance, movement, sound and all the in-between.
Reja (the Cloud), a modern art installation by Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto, has been placed in front of the National Gallery of Arts in Tirana in January 2016. Since then, Reja became not only the biggest attraction and the most visited place in the city of Tirana but most importantly, an additional cultural asset functioning as an events venue with a rich cultural program, created in partnership with local, regional and international cultural and architectural organizations, and individuals.
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