KUM! reaches Perugia as Manuel Vilas brings the outskirts into the festival
The tenth edition opens today around The Temptation of Violence. On Saturday, the Spanish writer examines poverty, memory and inequality.
KUM! Festival opens today in Perugia, Umbria, for its tenth edition, running through 25 October under the theme The Temptation of Violence. The inauguration is scheduled for 5 p.m. at Auditorium San Francesco al Prato with scientific director Massimo Recalcati; Franco Arminio appears at 9:30 p.m. Saturday’s literary focus is Manuel Vilas. At 6:45 p.m. in Teatro del Pavone, his An Ode to Poverty explores Spain’s outskirts through work, family memory and inequality. On Sunday at 10:30 a.m. in the same theatre, Antonio Moresco considers the family as a “black box”. Events are free, with mandatory online booking while places last. Literature thus enters the programme as a tool for reading both social and intimate forms of violence.