Local Arts and Culture organisation, Fremantle Biennale collaborate with Fremantle based poet and writer Jennifer Kornberger, and members of the Blessing of the Fleet to bring this historic cultural event into our skies in the form of a narrated sound and light show at Manjaree/Bathers Beach in Fremantle.
The poet chose to dive into the central meaning of the Festa – the experience of blessing that the Madonna bestows. She has done this because she believes the contemporary relevance of the Festa lies in its capacity to open the door to the sacred in a universal way, beyond a specific system of belief.
The qualities of grace, the need for safe passage, protection, and peace in life, are not to be confined. They are overarching qualities that are essential for communities. If they can be experienced through the medium of art, of metaphor, of poetry, they offer a type of transcendence that many people are longing for.
‘You do not have to believe for mercy to move through you, to be caught in the net of grace, in this hour we are fisherfolk.... today the Festa belongs to us all.’ – Jennifer Kornberger
This event is part of the Blessing of the Fleet 2024 event, more details here.
